NAMote72 application example using LoRaWAN-lib MAC layer implementation

Dependencies:   LoRaWAN-lib SX1272Lib lib_gps lib_mpl3115a2 mbed

LoRaWAN-demo is a ClassA device example project using LoRaWAN-lib and SX1272Lib libraries.

This demo application sends a frame every 4 to 6 seconds (randomly) and displays its current status using a serial port as display(VT100).

The serial port settings are as shown in below image. To access the serial port settings please click on "Setup" menu and then "Serial port..."

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The terminal window should be setup as shown in below image. To access the terminal window settings please click on "Setup" menu and then "Terminal..."

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The image below shows the VT100 application status.

Application main screen

The application gives the possibility to either activate the device using

  • Over The Air Activation (OTAA)
  • Personalization activation (PA)

The activation mode can be adjusted in Comissioning.h by changing the following parameter:

/*!
 * When set to 1 the application uses the Over-the-Air activation procedure
 * When set to 0 the application uses the Personalization activation procedure
 */
#define OVER_THE_AIR_ACTIVATION                     1


The application gives the possibility to select which kind of network we are connecting to.

  • Public Network (true)
  • Private Network (false)

The netork type can be changed as follows:

/*!
 * Indicates if the end-device is to be connected to a private or public network
 */
#define LORAWAN_PUBLIC_NETWORK                      true


OTAA
When OTAA is selected the user must porvide a device EUI, an application EUI and an application key.
These can be adjusted by changing the following parameters:

/*!
 * Mote device IEEE EUI (big endian)
 *
 * \remark In this application the value is automatically generated by calling
 *         BoardGetUniqueId function
 */
#define LORAWAN_DEVICE_EUI                          { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }

/*!
 * Application IEEE EUI (big endian)
 */
#define LORAWAN_APPLICATION_EUI                     { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 }

/*!
 * AES encryption/decryption cipher application key
 */
#define LORAWAN_APPLICATION_KEY                     { 0x2B, 0x7E, 0x15, 0x16, 0x28, 0xAE, 0xD2, 0xA6, 0xAB, 0xF7, 0x15, 0x88, 0x09, 0xCF, 0x4F, 0x3C }


PA
When PA is selected the user must porvide a network ID, a device address, a network session key and an application session key.
These can be adjusted by changing the following parameters:

/*!
 * Current network ID
 */
#define LORAWAN_NETWORK_ID                          ( uint32_t )0

/*!
 * Device address on the network (big endian)
 *
 * \remark In this application the value is automatically generated using
 *         a pseudo random generator seeded with a value derived from
 *         BoardUniqueId value
 */
#define LORAWAN_DEVICE_ADDRESS                      ( uint32_t )0x00000000

/*!
 * AES encryption/decryption cipher network session key
 */
#define LORAWAN_NWKSKEY                             { 0x2B, 0x7E, 0x15, 0x16, 0x28, 0xAE, 0xD2, 0xA6, 0xAB, 0xF7, 0x15, 0x88, 0x09, 0xCF, 0x4F, 0x3C }

/*!
 * AES encryption/decryption cipher application session key
 */
#define LORAWAN_APPSKEY                             { 0x2B, 0x7E, 0x15, 0x16, 0x28, 0xAE, 0xD2, 0xA6, 0xAB, 0xF7, 0x15, 0x88, 0x09, 0xCF, 0x4F, 0x3C }


On top of main.c the user has the possibility to tweak some application settings such as:

  • Join requests transmission frequency
  • Frames transmission frequency
  • Application default datarate
  • Confirmed or Unconfirmed frames transmission
  • ADR (Adaptive Datarate) ON/OFF
  • Application port to be used by the transmitted frames

The join requests transmission frequency can be adjusted by changing the follwoing parameter:

/*!
 * Join requests trials duty cycle.
 */
#define OVER_THE_AIR_ACTIVATION_DUTYCYCLE           10000000  // 10 [s] value in us


The frame transmission frequency can be adjusted by changing the follwoing parameters:

/*!
 * Defines the application data transmission duty cycle. 5s, value in [us].
 */
#define APP_TX_DUTYCYCLE                            5000000

/*!
 * Defines a random delay for application data transmission duty cycle. 1s,
 * value in [us].
 */
#define APP_TX_DUTYCYCLE_RND                        1000000


The frame transmission scheduling is then executed as follows:

        if( ScheduleNextTx == true )
        {
            ScheduleNextTx = false;
            // Schedule next packet transmission
            TxDutyCycleTime = APP_TX_DUTYCYCLE + randr( -APP_TX_DUTYCYCLE_RND, APP_TX_DUTYCYCLE_RND );
            TimerSetValue( &TxNextPacketTimer, TxDutyCycleTime );
            TimerStart( &TxNextPacketTimer );
        }


The application default datarate can be adjusted by changing the following parameter:

Quote:

When ADR is off this setting is the fixed datarate that will be used by the application.
When ADR is on this setting is the initial datarate used by the application.

/*!
 * Default mote datarate
 */
#define LORAWAN_DEFAULT_DATARATE                    DR_0


The transmitted frame contents will depend on LORAWAN_CONFIRMED_MSG_ON value.

/*!
 * LoRaWAN confirmed messages
 */
#define LORAWAN_CONFIRMED_MSG_ON                    true
  • If LORAWAN_CONFIRMED_MSG_ON equals false then the application payload is one byte corresponding to the AppLed state.
  • If LORAWAN_CONFIRMED_MSG_ON equals true then the application payload is six bytes corresponding to the AppLed state, Downlink counter (unsigned 16 bits), received RSSI (signed 16 bits) and received SNR (signed 8 bits).

/*!
 * \brief   Prepares the payload of the frame
 */
static void PrepareTxFrame( uint8_t port )
{
...
    switch( port )
    {
    case 5:
        {
            Gps.service( );
            Mpl3115a2.ReadTemperature( );
            AppData[0] = AppLedStateOn;                        // (bit 0 == 1) => LED on
            AppData[1] = ( int32_t )Mpl3115a2.Temperature;     // Signed degrees Celcius in half degree units. So, +/-63 °C
            AppData[2] = BoardGetBatteryLevel( );              // Per LoRaWAN spec; 0 = Charging; 1...254 = level, 255 = N/A
            AppData[3] = ( Gps.LatitudeBinary >> 16 ) & 0xFF;
            AppData[4] = ( Gps.LatitudeBinary >> 8 ) & 0xFF;
            AppData[5] = Gps.LatitudeBinary & 0xFF;
            AppData[6] = ( Gps.LongitudeBinary >> 16 ) & 0xFF;
            AppData[7] = ( Gps.LongitudeBinary >> 8 ) & 0xFF;
            AppData[8] = Gps.LongitudeBinary & 0xFF;

            uint16_t altitudeGps = atoi( Gps.NmeaGpsData.NmeaAltitude );
            AppData[9] = ( altitudeGps >> 8 ) & 0xFF;
            AppData[10] = altitudeGps & 0xFF;
        }
        break;
    case 224:
...
}


The ADR enabling/disabling can be adjusted by changing the following parameter:

/*!
 * LoRaWAN Adaptive Data Rate
 *
 * \remark Please note that when ADR is enabled the end-device should be static
 */
#define LORAWAN_ADR_ON                              1


The application port can be adjusted by changing the following parameter:

/*!
 * LoRaWAN application port
 */
#define LORAWAN_APP_PORT                            5
Committer:
mluis
Date:
Mon Apr 24 13:42:18 2017 +0000
Revision:
9:37deeefbfe45
Parent:
7:51e20992a423
WARNING: Radio API timings changed from micro-seconds to milliseconds; ; Synchronized with https://github.com/Lora-net/LoRaMac-node git revision e506c246652fa44c3f24cecb89d0707b49ece739; Updated all libraries to the latest versions

Who changed what in which revision?

UserRevisionLine numberNew contents of line
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 1 /*
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 2 / _____) _ | |
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 3 ( (____ _____ ____ _| |_ _____ ____| |__
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 4 \____ \| ___ | (_ _) ___ |/ ___) _ \
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 5 _____) ) ____| | | || |_| ____( (___| | | |
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 6 (______/|_____)_|_|_| \__)_____)\____)_| |_|
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 7 (C)2013 Semtech
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 8
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 9 Description: Timer objects and scheduling management
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 10
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 11 License: Revised BSD License, see LICENSE.TXT file include in the project
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 12
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 13 Maintainer: Miguel Luis and Gregory Cristian
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 14 */
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 15 #ifndef __TIMER_H__
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 16 #define __TIMER_H__
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 17
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 18 #include "mbed.h"
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 19
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 20 /*!
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 21 * \brief Timer object description
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 22 */
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 23 typedef struct TimerEvent_s
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 24 {
mluis 9:37deeefbfe45 25 uint32_t value;
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 26 void ( *Callback )( void );
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 27 Ticker Timer;
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 28 }TimerEvent_t;
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 29
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 30 /*!
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 31 * \brief Timer time variable definition
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 32 */
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 33 #ifndef TimerTime_t
mluis 9:37deeefbfe45 34 typedef uint32_t TimerTime_t;
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 35 #endif
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 36
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 37 /*!
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 38 * \brief Inializes the timer used to get current time.
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 39 *
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 40 * \remark Current time corresponds to the time since system startup
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 41 */
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 42 void TimerTimeCounterInit( void );
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 43
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 44 /*!
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 45 * \brief Initializes the timer object
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 46 *
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 47 * \remark TimerSetValue function must be called before starting the timer.
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 48 * this function initializes timestamp and reload value at 0.
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 49 *
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 50 * \param [IN] obj Structure containing the timer object parameters
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 51 * \param [IN] callback Function callback called at the end of the timeout
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 52 */
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 53 void TimerInit( TimerEvent_t *obj, void ( *callback )( void ) );
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 54
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 55 /*!
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 56 * \brief Starts and adds the timer object to the list of timer events
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 57 *
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 58 * \param [IN] obj Structure containing the timer object parameters
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 59 */
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 60 void TimerStart( TimerEvent_t *obj );
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 61
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 62 /*!
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 63 * \brief Stops and removes the timer object from the list of timer events
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 64 *
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 65 * \param [IN] obj Structure containing the timer object parameters
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 66 */
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 67 void TimerStop( TimerEvent_t *obj );
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 68
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 69 /*!
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 70 * \brief Resets the timer object
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 71 *
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 72 * \param [IN] obj Structure containing the timer object parameters
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 73 */
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 74 void TimerReset( TimerEvent_t *obj );
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 75
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 76 /*!
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 77 * \brief Set timer new timeout value
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 78 *
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 79 * \param [IN] obj Structure containing the timer object parameters
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 80 * \param [IN] value New timer timeout value
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 81 */
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 82 void TimerSetValue( TimerEvent_t *obj, uint32_t value );
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 83
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 84 /*!
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 85 * \brief Read the current time
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 86 *
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 87 * \retval time returns current time
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 88 */
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 89 TimerTime_t TimerGetCurrentTime( void );
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 90
mluis 5:931305eb0f73 91 /*!
mluis 5:931305eb0f73 92 * \brief Return the Time elapsed since a fix moment in Time
mluis 5:931305eb0f73 93 *
mluis 5:931305eb0f73 94 * \param [IN] savedTime fix moment in Time
mluis 5:931305eb0f73 95 * \retval time returns elapsed time
mluis 5:931305eb0f73 96 */
mluis 5:931305eb0f73 97 TimerTime_t TimerGetElapsedTime( TimerTime_t savedTime );
mluis 5:931305eb0f73 98
mluis 5:931305eb0f73 99 /*!
mluis 5:931305eb0f73 100 * \brief Return the Time elapsed since a fix moment in Time
mluis 5:931305eb0f73 101 *
mluis 5:931305eb0f73 102 * \param [IN] eventInFuture fix moment in the future
mluis 5:931305eb0f73 103 * \retval time returns difference between now and future event
mluis 5:931305eb0f73 104 */
mluis 5:931305eb0f73 105 TimerTime_t TimerGetFutureTime( TimerTime_t eventInFuture );
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 106
mluis 0:8e36e3d5d706 107 #endif // __TIMER_H__