Feather M0 LoRa TTN V3

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Feather M0 LoRa TTN V3

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I bought this board because of Adafruit's reputation of being a quality supplier of devices.

So far, I am frustrated that I cannot find any code example of connecting this board the Things Network Stack (TTN V3). Can anyone tell me if it can work and where I can get an example code THAT WORKS on PlatformIO?

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Re: Feather M0 LoRa TTN V3

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Take a look at the LMIC library https://github.com/mcci-catena/arduino-lmic
There are examples for the feather m0 and instructions fo platformio. I have not used platformio myself but I have used this library with the Arduino IDE.

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Re: Feather M0 LoRa TTN V3

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I'm looking for examples to join the "Things Stack Community Edition"
I have a Helltec Lora 32 OLED device working on TTN3, but CANNOT get the Feather M0 LoRa board code!

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Re: Feather M0 LoRa TTN V3

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I have used the feather m0 LoRa with TTN v3 using the library and examples I posted above. I don’t think I can help more than that.

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Re: Feather M0 LoRa TTN V3

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Here is the code I am using to send data from a temp/humidity sensor to TTN V3 from a feather m0 lora:

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/*******************************************************************************
 * The Things Network - Sensor Data Example
 * 
 * Example of sending a valid LoRaWAN packet with DHT22 temperature and
 * humidity data to The Things Networ using a Feather M0 LoRa.
 * 
 * Learn Guide: https://learn.adafruit.com/the-things-network-for-feather
 * 
 * Copyright (c) 2015 Thomas Telkamp and Matthijs Kooijman
 * Copyright (c) 2018 Terry Moore, MCCI
 * Copyright (c) 2018 Brent Rubell, Adafruit Industries
 * 
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to anyone
 * obtaining a copy of this document and accompanying files,
 * to do whatever they want with them without any restriction,
 * including, but not limited to, copying, modification and redistribution.
 * NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND IS PROVIDED.
 *******************************************************************************/
#include <lmic.h>
#include <hal/hal.h>
#include <SPI.h>

#include "Adafruit_Si7021.h"

//
// For normal use, we require that you edit the sketch to replace FILLMEIN
// with values assigned by the TTN console. However, for regression tests,
// we want to be able to compile these scripts. The regression tests define
// COMPILE_REGRESSION_TEST, and in that case we define FILLMEIN to a non-
// working but innocuous value.
//
#ifdef COMPILE_REGRESSION_TEST
#define FILLMEIN 0
#else
#warning "You must replace the values marked FILLMEIN with real values from the TTN control panel!"
#define FILLMEIN (#dont edit this, edit the lines that use FILLMEIN)
#endif

// This EUI must be in little-endian format, so least-significant-byte
// first. When copying an EUI from ttnctl output, this means to reverse
// the bytes. For TTN issued EUIs the last bytes should be 0xD5, 0xB3,
// 0x70.
static const u1_t PROGMEM APPEUI[8] = { <REDACTED> };
void os_getArtEui (u1_t* buf) { memcpy_P(buf, APPEUI, 8);}

// This should also be in little endian format, see above.
static const u1_t PROGMEM DEVEUI[8] = { <REDACTED> };
void os_getDevEui (u1_t* buf) { memcpy_P(buf, DEVEUI, 8);}

// This key should be in big endian format (or, since it is not really a
// number but a block of memory, endianness does not really apply). In
// practice, a key taken from the TTN console can be copied as-is.
static const u1_t PROGMEM APPKEY[16] = { <REDACTED> };
void os_getDevKey (u1_t* buf) {  memcpy_P(buf, APPKEY, 16);}



// payload to send to TTN gateway
static uint8_t payload[5];
static osjob_t sendjob;

// Schedule TX every this many seconds (might become longer due to duty
// cycle limitations).
const unsigned TX_INTERVAL = 60;

// Pin mapping for Adafruit Feather M4 LoRa
const lmic_pinmap lmic_pins = {
    .nss = 8,
    .rxtx = LMIC_UNUSED_PIN,
    .rst = 4,
    .dio = {3, 12, LMIC_UNUSED_PIN},
    .rxtx_rx_active = 0,
    .rssi_cal = 8,              // LBT cal for the Adafruit Feather M0 LoRa, in dB
    .spi_freq = 8000000,
};

Adafruit_Si7021 sensor = Adafruit_Si7021();

void onEvent (ev_t ev) {
    Serial.print(os_getTime());
    Serial.print(": ");
    switch(ev) {
        case EV_SCAN_TIMEOUT:
            Serial.println(F("EV_SCAN_TIMEOUT"));
            break;
        case EV_BEACON_FOUND:
            Serial.println(F("EV_BEACON_FOUND"));
            break;
        case EV_BEACON_MISSED:
            Serial.println(F("EV_BEACON_MISSED"));
            break;
        case EV_BEACON_TRACKED:
            Serial.println(F("EV_BEACON_TRACKED"));
            break;
        case EV_JOINING:
            Serial.println(F("EV_JOINING"));
            break;
        case EV_JOINED:
            Serial.println(F("EV_JOINED"));
            {
              u4_t netid = 0;
              devaddr_t devaddr = 0;
              u1_t nwkKey[16];
              u1_t artKey[16];
              LMIC_getSessionKeys(&netid, &devaddr, nwkKey, artKey);
              Serial.print("netid: ");
              Serial.println(netid, DEC);
              Serial.print("devaddr: ");
              Serial.println(devaddr, HEX);
              Serial.print("artKey: ");
              for (int i=0; i<sizeof(artKey); ++i) {
                if (i != 0)
                  Serial.print("-");
                Serial.print(artKey[i], HEX);
              }
              Serial.println("");
              Serial.print("nwkKey: ");
              for (int i=0; i<sizeof(nwkKey); ++i) {
                      if (i != 0)
                              Serial.print("-");
                      Serial.print(nwkKey[i], HEX);
              }
              Serial.println("");
            }
            // Disable link check validation (automatically enabled
            // during join, but because slow data rates change max TX
      // size, we don't use it in this example.
            LMIC_setLinkCheckMode(0);
            break;
        /*
        || This event is defined but not used in the code. No
        || point in wasting codespace on it.
        ||
        || case EV_RFU1:
        ||     Serial.println(F("EV_RFU1"));
        ||     break;
        */
        case EV_JOIN_FAILED:
            Serial.println(F("EV_JOIN_FAILED"));
            break;
        case EV_REJOIN_FAILED:
            Serial.println(F("EV_REJOIN_FAILED"));
            break;
            break;
        case EV_TXCOMPLETE:            
            Serial.println(F("EV_TXCOMPLETE (includes waiting for RX windows)"));
            if (LMIC.txrxFlags & TXRX_ACK)
              Serial.println(F("Received ack"));
            if (LMIC.dataLen) {
              Serial.println(F("Received "));
              Serial.println(LMIC.dataLen);
              Serial.println(F(" bytes of payload"));
            }
            // Schedule next transmission
            os_setTimedCallback(&sendjob, os_getTime()+sec2osticks(TX_INTERVAL), do_send);
            break;
        case EV_LOST_TSYNC:
            Serial.println(F("EV_LOST_TSYNC"));
            break;
        case EV_RESET:
            Serial.println(F("EV_RESET"));
            break;
        case EV_RXCOMPLETE:
            // data received in ping slot
            Serial.println(F("EV_RXCOMPLETE"));
            break;
        case EV_LINK_DEAD:
            Serial.println(F("EV_LINK_DEAD"));
            break;
        case EV_LINK_ALIVE:
            Serial.println(F("EV_LINK_ALIVE"));
            break;
        /*
        || This event is defined but not used in the code. No
        || point in wasting codespace on it.
        ||
        || case EV_SCAN_FOUND:
        ||    Serial.println(F("EV_SCAN_FOUND"));
        ||    break;
        */
        case EV_TXSTART:
            Serial.println(F("EV_TXSTART"));
            break;
        default:
            Serial.print(F("Unknown event: "));
            Serial.println((unsigned) ev);
            break;
    }
}

void do_send(osjob_t* j){
    // Check if there is not a current TX/RX job running
    if (LMIC.opmode & OP_TXRXPEND) {
        Serial.println(F("OP_TXRXPEND, not sending"));
    } else {
        // read the temperature from the Si7021
        float temperature = sensor.readTemperature();
        Serial.print("Temperature: "); Serial.print(temperature);
        Serial.println(" *C");
        // adjust for the f2sflt16 range (-1 to 1)
        temperature = temperature / 100; 

        // read the humidity from the si1021
        float rHumidity = sensor.readHumidity();
        Serial.print("%RH ");
        Serial.println(rHumidity);
        // adjust for the f2sflt16 range (-1 to 1)
        rHumidity = rHumidity / 100;
        
        // float -> int
        // note: this uses the sflt16 datum (https://github.com/mcci-catena/arduino-lmic#sflt16)
        uint16_t payloadTemp = LMIC_f2sflt16(temperature);
        // int -> bytes
        byte tempLow = lowByte(payloadTemp);
        byte tempHigh = highByte(payloadTemp);
        // place the bytes into the payload
        payload[0] = tempLow;
        payload[1] = tempHigh;

        // float -> int
        uint16_t payloadHumid = LMIC_f2sflt16(rHumidity);
        // int -> bytes
        byte humidLow = lowByte(payloadHumid);
        byte humidHigh = highByte(payloadHumid);
        payload[2] = humidLow;
        payload[3] = humidHigh;

        // prepare upstream data transmission at the next possible time.
        // transmit on port 1 (the first parameter); you can use any value from 1 to 223 (others are reserved).
        // don't request an ack (the last parameter, if not zero, requests an ack from the network).
        // Remember, acks consume a lot of network resources; don't ask for an ack unless you really need it.
        LMIC_setTxData2(1, payload, sizeof(payload)-1, 0);
    }
    // Next TX is scheduled after TX_COMPLETE event.
}

void setup() {
    delay(5000);
    //while (! Serial);
    Serial.begin(9600);
    Serial.println(F("Starting"));
    sensor.begin();

    // LMIC init
    os_init();
    // Reset the MAC state. Session and pending data transfers will be discarded.
    LMIC_reset();
    // Disable link-check mode and ADR, because ADR tends to complicate testing.
    LMIC_setLinkCheckMode(0);
    // Set the data rate to Spreading Factor 7.  This is the fastest supported rate for 125 kHz channels, and it
    // minimizes air time and battery power. Set the transmission power to 14 dBi (25 mW).
    LMIC_setDrTxpow(DR_SF7,14);
    // in the US, with TTN, it saves join time if we start on subband 1 (channels 8-15). This will
    // get overridden after the join by parameters from the network. If working with other
    // networks or in other regions, this will need to be changed.
    LMIC_selectSubBand(1);

    // Start job (sending automatically starts OTAA too)
    do_send(&sendjob);
}

void loop() {
  // we call the LMIC's runloop processor. This will cause things to happen based on events and time. One
  // of the things that will happen is callbacks for transmission complete or received messages. We also
  // use this loop to queue periodic data transmissions.  You can put other things here in the `loop()` routine,
  // but beware that LoRaWAN timing is pretty tight, so if you do more than a few milliseconds of work, you
  // will want to call `os_runloop_once()` every so often, to keep the radio running.
  os_runloop_once();
}

with lmic_project_config.h

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// project-specific definitions
//#define CFG_eu868 1
#define CFG_us915 1
//#define CFG_au921 1
//#define CFG_as923 1
// #define LMIC_COUNTRY_CODE LMIC_COUNTRY_CODE_JP	/* for as923-JP */
//#define CFG_in866 1
#define CFG_sx1276_radio 1
#define LMIC_USE_INTERRUPTS

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Re: Feather M0 LoRa TTN V3

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Thank you that gets me a little further. I was able to build and program the code. However, I can only send one data packet then the program hangs

Starting
Temperature: 20.00 *C
%RH 1234.00
313866: EV_JOINING
313978: EV_TXSTART
655168: EV_JOINED
netid: 19
devaddr: 260C967B
artKey: (A KEY)
nwkKey: (ANOTHER KEY)
656061: EV_TXSTART
995317: EV_TXCOMPLETE (includes waiting for RX windows)
1026018: EV_TXSTART
OP_TXRXPEND, not sending

Any suggestions?

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Re: Feather M0 LoRa TTN V3

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hmm -- I have reproduced this issue and I have no idea what has broken. It has worked in the past, but clearly something has changed.
I'll see if I can figure out what and will post any progress.

My apologies for the non-working example...

Edited to add -- I also have similar code running on a feather_m4_express with rfm9x featherwing and it also is now apparently broken.
sigh ....

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Re: Feather M0 LoRa TTN V3

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well... the issue with my featherm4 express/featherwing was just a bad connection to one of the pins... It is now working normally, but I am still unable to get the feather m0 lora to work properly ...

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Re: Feather M0 LoRa TTN V3

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That's why it's driving me nuts. I'm a retired software engineer and I have worked on a lot of microprocessor based projects and there was always problems with vendor libraries and insufficient documentation. However these ESP32/ESP8286 devices seem to have more problems than what would be considered reasonable.

The reason I purchased the Adafruit product is because many online reviews said they were a very reputable company with outstanding support. Frankly, I don't see that.

I hope someone (perhaps you) can figure out what LoRaWan TTN3 example will work with this device.

Thanks for your support so far.

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Re: Feather M0 LoRa TTN V3

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AH -- found the issue - ON the feather M0 LoRa , DIO1 is not connected by default. I had to install a jumper from the DIO1 Pin to the D12 pin for my code to work.

also there is one minor change to my code

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LMIC_setTxData2(1, payload, sizeof(payload)-1, 0);
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LMIC_setTxData2(1, payload, sizeof(payload), 0);
It is now working normally for me.

Note: I do not represent Adafruit -- Just trying to help.

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Re: Feather M0 LoRa TTN V3

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YES!!! LOL

I just found that out when trying another excellent project at: https://github.com/lnlp/LMIC-node

There is a README.md that states that the jumper between DI01 -> Pin 6 (GPIO6) is required. I added the jumper and got the program to work!

I will probably try the example you gave me later, but right now I'm happy with the great documentation of LMIC-Node.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP :) I was really going to give up on this board.

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Re: Feather M0 LoRa TTN V3

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Thanks for the LMIC-NODE link. I’ll give it a try.
Good luck with your projects.

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Re: Feather M0 LoRa TTN V3

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I have a Helltec Lora 32 OLED device working on TTN3, but CANNOT get the Feather M0 LoRa board code!

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