Alex Bucknall
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LoPy LoRaWAN Nano-Gateway Using MicroPython and TTN

Can't afford an expensive LoRa gateway to test your projects? Use a Pycom LoPy as a nano-gateway and connect up to The Things Network!

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LoPy LoRaWAN Nano-Gateway Using MicroPython and TTN

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LoPy LoRaWAN Nano-Gateway main.py

Python
Code for main.py file for LoPy LoRaWAN Nano-Gateway
""" LoPy LoRaWAN Nano Gateway example usage """

import config
from nanogateway import NanoGateway


nanogw = NanoGateway(id=config.GATEWAY_ID, frequency=config.LORA_FREQUENCY,
                datarate=config.LORA_DR, ssid=config.WIFI_SSID,
                password=config.WIFI_PASS, server=config.SERVER,
                port=config.PORT, ntp=config.NTP, ntp_period=config.NTP_PERIOD_S)

nanogw.start()

LoPy LoRaWAN Nano-Gateway config.py

Python
Code for LoPy LoRaWAN Nano-Gateway config.py file
""" LoPy LoRaWAN Nano Gateway configuration options """

GATEWAY_ID = '11aa334455bb7788' # specified in when registering your gateway

SERVER = 'router.eu.thethings.network' # server address & port to forward received data to
PORT = 1700

NTP = "pool.ntp.org" # NTP server for getting/setting time
NTP_PERIOD_S = 3600 # NTP server polling interval

WIFI_SSID = 'my-wifi'
WIFI_PASS = 'my-wifi-password'

LORA_FREQUENCY = 868100000 # check your specifc region for LORA_FREQUENCY and LORA_DR (datarate)
LORA_DR = "SF7BW125"   # DR_5

LoPy LoRaWAN Nano-Gateway gateway.py

Python
Code for LoPy LoRaWAN Nano-Gateway gateway.py - this is the library require to use the LoPy as a gateway.
""" LoPy Nano Gateway class """

from network import WLAN
from network import LoRa
from machine import Timer
import os
import binascii
import machine
import json
import time
import errno
import _thread
import socket


PROTOCOL_VERSION = const(2)

PUSH_DATA = const(0)
PUSH_ACK = const(1)
PULL_DATA = const(2)
PULL_ACK = const(4)
PULL_RESP = const(3)

TX_ERR_NONE = "NONE"
TX_ERR_TOO_LATE = "TOO_LATE"
TX_ERR_TOO_EARLY = "TOO_EARLY"
TX_ERR_COLLISION_PACKET = "COLLISION_PACKET"
TX_ERR_COLLISION_BEACON = "COLLISION_BEACON"
TX_ERR_TX_FREQ = "TX_FREQ"
TX_ERR_TX_POWER = "TX_POWER"
TX_ERR_GPS_UNLOCKED = "GPS_UNLOCKED"

STAT_PK = {"stat": {"time": "", "lati": 0,
                   "long": 0, "alti": 0,
                   "rxnb": 0, "rxok": 0,
                   "rxfw": 0, "ackr": 100.0,
                   "dwnb": 0, "txnb": 0}}

RX_PK = {"rxpk": [{"time": "", "tmst": 0,
                  "chan": 0, "rfch": 0,
                  "freq": 868.1, "stat": 1,
                  "modu": "LORA", "datr": "SF7BW125",
                  "codr": "4/5", "rssi": 0,
                  "lsnr": 0, "size": 0,
                  "data": ""}]}

TX_ACK_PK = {"txpk_ack":{"error":""}}


class NanoGateway:

    def __init__(self, id, frequency, datarate, ssid, password, server, port, ntp='pool.ntp.org', ntp_period=3600):
            self.id = id
        self.frequency = frequency
        self.sf = self._dr_to_sf(datarate)
        self.ssid = ssid
        self.password = password
        self.server = server
        self.port = port
        self.ntp = ntp
        self.ntp_period = ntp_period

        self.rxnb = 0
        self.rxok = 0
                self.rxfw = 0
                self.dwnb = 0
                self.txnb = 0

        self.stat_alarm = None
                self.pull_alarm = None
                self.uplink_alarm = None

        self.udp_lock = _thread.allocate_lock()

        self.lora = None
        self.lora_sock = None

    def start(self):
        # Change WiFi to STA mode and connect
        self.wlan = WLAN(mode=WLAN.STA)
        self._connect_to_wifi()

        # Get a time Sync
        self.rtc = machine.RTC()
        self.rtc.ntp_sync(self.ntp, update_period=self.ntp_period)

        # Get the server IP and create an UDP socket
        self.server_ip = socket.getaddrinfo(self.server, self.port)[0][-1]
        self.sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM, socket.IPPROTO_UDP)
        self.sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
        self.sock.setblocking(False)

        # Push the first time immediatelly
        self._push_data(self._make_stat_packet())

        # Create the alarms
        self.stat_alarm = Timer.Alarm(handler=lambda t: self._push_data(self._make_stat_packet()), s=60, periodic=True)
        self.pull_alarm = Timer.Alarm(handler=lambda u: self._pull_data(), s=25, periodic=True)

        # Start the UDP receive thread
        _thread.start_new_thread(self._udp_thread, ())

        # Initialize LoRa in LORA mode
        self.lora = LoRa(mode=LoRa.LORA, frequency=self.frequency, bandwidth=LoRa.BW_125KHZ, sf=self.sf,
                        preamble=8, coding_rate=LoRa.CODING_4_5, tx_iq=True)
        # Create a raw LoRa socket
        self.lora_sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_LORA, socket.SOCK_RAW)
        self.lora_sock.setblocking(False)
        self.lora_tx_done = False

        self.lora.callback(trigger=(LoRa.RX_PACKET_EVENT | LoRa.TX_PACKET_EVENT), handler=self._lora_cb)

    def stop(self):
        # TODO: Check how to stop the NTP sync
        # TODO: Create a cancel method for the alarm
        # TODO: kill the UDP thread
        self.sock.close()

    def _connect_to_wifi(self):
        self.wlan.connect(self.ssid, auth=(None, self.password))
        while not self.wlan.isconnected():
            time.sleep(0.5)
        print("WiFi connected!")

    def _dr_to_sf(self, dr):
        sf = dr[2:4]
        if sf[1] not in '0123456789':
            sf = sf[:1]
        return int(sf)

    def _sf_to_dr(self, sf):
        return "SF7BW125"

    def _make_stat_packet(self):
        now = self.rtc.now()
        STAT_PK["stat"]["time"] = "%d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d GMT" % (now[0], now[1], now[2], now[3], now[4], now[5])
        STAT_PK["stat"]["rxnb"] = self.rxnb
        STAT_PK["stat"]["rxok"] = self.rxok
        STAT_PK["stat"]["rxfw"] = self.rxfw
        STAT_PK["stat"]["dwnb"] = self.dwnb
        STAT_PK["stat"]["txnb"] = self.txnb
        return json.dumps(STAT_PK)

    def _make_node_packet(self, rx_data, rx_time, tmst, sf, rssi, snr):
        RX_PK["rxpk"][0]["time"] = "%d-%02d-%02dT%02d:%02d:%02d.%dZ" % (rx_time[0], rx_time[1], rx_time[2], rx_time[3], rx_time[4], rx_time[5], rx_time[6])
        RX_PK["rxpk"][0]["tmst"] = tmst
        RX_PK["rxpk"][0]["datr"] = self._sf_to_dr(sf)
        RX_PK["rxpk"][0]["rssi"] = rssi
        RX_PK["rxpk"][0]["lsnr"] = float(snr)
        RX_PK["rxpk"][0]["data"] = binascii.b2a_base64(rx_data)[:-1]
        RX_PK["rxpk"][0]["size"] = len(rx_data)
        return json.dumps(RX_PK)

    def _push_data(self, data):
        token = os.urandom(2)
        packet = bytes([PROTOCOL_VERSION]) + token + bytes([PUSH_DATA]) + binascii.unhexlify(self.id) + data
        with self.udp_lock:
            try:
                self.sock.sendto(packet, self.server_ip)
            except Exception:
                print("PUSH exception")

    def _pull_data(self):
        token = os.urandom(2)
        packet = bytes([PROTOCOL_VERSION]) + token + bytes([PULL_DATA]) + binascii.unhexlify(self.id)
        with self.udp_lock:
            try:
                self.sock.sendto(packet, self.server_ip)
            except Exception:
                print("PULL exception")

    def _ack_pull_rsp(self, token, error):
        TX_ACK_PK["txpk_ack"]["error"] = error
        resp = json.dumps(TX_ACK_PK)
        packet = bytes([PROTOCOL_VERSION]) + token + bytes([PULL_ACK]) + binascii.unhexlify(self.id) + resp
        with self.udp_lock:
            try:
                self.sock.sendto(packet, self.server_ip)
            except Exception:
                print("PULL RSP ACK exception")

    def _lora_cb(self, lora):
        events = lora.events()
        if events & LoRa.RX_PACKET_EVENT:
            self.rxnb += 1
            self.rxok += 1
            rx_data = self.lora_sock.recv(256)
            stats = lora.stats()
            self._push_data(self._make_node_packet(rx_data, self.rtc.now(), stats.timestamp, stats.sf, stats.rssi, stats.snr))
            self.rxfw += 1
        if events & LoRa.TX_PACKET_EVENT:
            self.txnb += 1
            lora.init(mode=LoRa.LORA, frequency=self.frequency, bandwidth=LoRa.BW_125KHZ,
                     sf=self.sf, preamble=8, coding_rate=LoRa.CODING_4_5, tx_iq=True)

    def _send_down_link(self, data, tmst, datarate, frequency):
        self.lora.init(mode=LoRa.LORA, frequency=frequency, bandwidth=LoRa.BW_125KHZ,
                      sf=self._dr_to_sf(datarate), preamble=8, coding_rate=LoRa.CODING_4_5,
                      tx_iq=True)
        while time.ticks_us() < tmst:
            pass
        self.lora_sock.send(data)

    def _udp_thread(self):
        while True:
            try:
                data, src = self.sock.recvfrom(1024)
                _token = data[1:3]
                _type = data[3]
                if _type == PUSH_ACK:
                    print("Push ack")
                elif _type == PULL_ACK:
                    print("Pull ack")
                elif _type == PULL_RESP:
                    self.dwnb += 1
                    ack_error = TX_ERR_NONE
                    tx_pk = json.loads(data[4:])
                    tmst = tx_pk["txpk"]["tmst"]
                    t_us = tmst - time.ticks_us() - 5000
                    if t_us < 0:
                        t_us += 0xFFFFFFFF
                    if t_us < 20000000:
                        self.uplink_alarm = Timer.Alarm(handler=lambda x: self._send_down_link(binascii.a2b_base64(tx_pk["txpk"]["data"]),
                                                                                              tx_pk["txpk"]["tmst"] - 10, tx_pk["txpk"]["datr"],
                                                                                              int(tx_pk["txpk"]["freq"] * 1000000)), us=t_us)
                    else:
                        ack_error = TX_ERR_TOO_LATE
                        print("Downlink timestamp error!, t_us:", t_us)
                    self._ack_pull_rsp(_token, ack_error)
                    print("Pull rsp")
            except socket.timeout:
                pass
            except OSError as e:
                if e.errno == errno.EAGAIN:
                    pass
                else:
                    print("UDP recv OSError Exception")
            except Exception:
                print("UDP recv Exception")
            # Wait before trying to receive again
            time.sleep(0.025)

OTAA Node main.py

Python
Code for main.py file for OTAA LoPy Node
""" OTAA Node example compatible with the LoPy Nano Gateway """

from network import LoRa
import socket
import binascii
import struct
import time

# Initialize LoRa in LORAWAN mode.
lora = LoRa(mode=LoRa.LORAWAN)

# create an OTA authentication params
dev_eui = binascii.unhexlify('AA BB CC DD EE FF 77 78'.replace(' ','')) # these settings can be found from TTN
app_eui = binascii.unhexlify('70 B3 D5 7E F0 00 3B FD'.replace(' ','')) # these settings can be found from TTN
app_key = binascii.unhexlify('36 AB 76 25 FE 77 77 68 81 68 3B 49 53 00 FF D6'.replace(' ','')) # these settings can be found from TTN

# set the 3 default channels to the same frequency (must be before sending the OTAA join request)
lora.add_channel(0, frequency=868100000, dr_min=0, dr_max=5)
lora.add_channel(1, frequency=868100000, dr_min=0, dr_max=5)
lora.add_channel(2, frequency=868100000, dr_min=0, dr_max=5)

# join a network using OTAA
lora.join(activation=LoRa.OTAA, auth=(dev_eui, app_eui, app_key), timeout=0)

# wait until the module has joined the network
while not lora.has_joined():
    time.sleep(2.5)
    print('Not joined yet...')

# remove all the non-default channels
for i in range(3, 16):
    lora.remove_channel(i)

# create a LoRa socket
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_LORA, socket.SOCK_RAW)

# set the LoRaWAN data rate
s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_LORA, socket.SO_DR, 5)

# make the socket blocking
s.setblocking(False)

time.sleep(5.0)

""" Your own code can be written below! """

for i in range (200):
    s.send(b'PKT #' + bytes([i]))
    time.sleep(4)
    rx = s.recv(256)
    if rx:
        print(rx)
    time.sleep(6)

ABP LoPy Node main.py

Python
Code for main.py file for ABP LoPy Node
""" ABP Node example compatible with the LoPy Nano Gateway """

from network import LoRa
import socket
import binascii
import struct
import time

# Initialize LoRa in LORAWAN mode.
lora = LoRa(mode=LoRa.LORAWAN)

# create an ABP authentication params
dev_addr = struct.unpack(">l", binascii.unhexlify('26 01 14 7D'.replace(' ','')))[0] # these settings can be found from TTN
nwk_swkey = binascii.unhexlify('3C74F4F40CAE2221303BC24284FCF3AF'.replace(' ','')) # these settings can be found from TTN
app_swkey = binascii.unhexlify('0FFA7072CC6FF69A102A0F39BEB0880F'.replace(' ','')) # these settings can be found from TTN

# join a network using ABP (Activation By Personalization)
lora.join(activation=LoRa.ABP, auth=(dev_addr, nwk_swkey, app_swkey))

# remove all the non-default channels
for i in range(3, 16):
    lora.remove_channel(i)

# set the 3 default channels to the same frequency
lora.add_channel(0, frequency=868100000, dr_min=0, dr_max=5)
lora.add_channel(1, frequency=868100000, dr_min=0, dr_max=5)
lora.add_channel(2, frequency=868100000, dr_min=0, dr_max=5)

# create a LoRa socket
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_LORA, socket.SOCK_RAW)

# set the LoRaWAN data rate
s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_LORA, socket.SO_DR, 5)

# make the socket blocking
s.setblocking(False)

""" Your own code can be written below! """

for i in range (200):
    s.send(b'PKT #' + bytes([i]))
    time.sleep(4)
    rx = s.recv(256)
    if rx:
        print(rx)
    time.sleep(6)

Pycom Libraries Github Repo

Up to date version of the LoPy Nano-Gateway library

Credits

Alex Bucknall

Alex Bucknall

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Senior Engineer @ Arribada | Software / Hardware | PhD in Reconfigurable Computing
Thanks to Daniel Campora.

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