The Pygate is an 8-channel LoRaWAN gateway. This page will help you get started with it.
The Pygate board can have an PyEthernet adapter connected which allows an ethernet connection. The PyEthernet also support PoE. Do check the separate page and warning for PoE-NI!
To connect your Pygate to a LoRa server, follow these steps:
config.json
for your Pygate and upload it.main.py
that creates an uplink (wifi, ethernet or lte) and runs the LoRa packet fowarder.main.py
.machine.pygate_deinit()
. It will take a few seconds to stop the gateway tasks and safely power-off the concentrator.Make sure you supply a config matching your region (EU868, US915, etc), e.g. https://github.com/Lora-net/packet_forwarder/tree/master/lora_pkt_fwd/cfg. If you are in EU region, it should be sufficent to update the example below with your GW ID, the LoRa server address and port number.
The following example shows the script and json file to run the Pygate over Wifi connecting to The Things Network.
config.json
under gateway_ID
(Just enter the hex digits without the “eui-” prefix and without spaces)config.json
under server_address
main.py
config.json
and main.py
and reset the boardfrom network import WLAN
import time
import machine
from machine import RTC
import pycom
# Disable Hearbeat
pycom.heartbeat(False)
# Define callback function for Pygate events
def machine_cb (arg):
evt = machine.events()
if (evt & machine.PYGATE_START_EVT):
# Green
pycom.rgbled(0x103300)
elif (evt & machine.PYGATE_ERROR_EVT):
# Red
pycom.rgbled(0x331000)
elif (evt & machine.PYGATE_STOP_EVT):
# RGB off
pycom.rgbled(0x000000)
# register callback function
machine.callback(trigger = (machine.PYGATE_START_EVT | machine.PYGATE_STOP_EVT | machine.PYGATE_ERROR_EVT), handler=machine_cb)
# Connect to a Wifi Network
wlan = WLAN(mode=WLAN.STA)
wlan.connect(ssid='<SSID>', auth=(WLAN.WPA2, "<PASSWORD>"))
while not wlan.isconnected():
time.sleep(1)
print("Wifi Connection established")
# Sync time via NTP server for GW timestamps on Events
rtc = RTC()
rtc.ntp_sync(server="0.pool.ntp.org")
# Read the GW config file from Filesystem
fp = open('/flash/config.json','r')
buf = fp.read()
# Start the Pygate
machine.pygate_init(buf)
A sample config.json
file for gateway configuration in EU868 region:
{
"SX1301_conf": {
"lorawan_public": true,
"clksrc": 1,
"antenna_gain": 0,
"radio_0": {
"enable": true,
"type": "SX1257",
"freq": 867500000,
"rssi_offset": -164.0,
"tx_enable": true,
"tx_freq_min": 863000000,
"tx_freq_max": 870000000
},
"radio_1": {
"enable": true,
"type": "SX1257",
"freq": 868500000,
"rssi_offset": -164.0,
"tx_enable": false
},
"chan_multiSF_0": {
"enable": true,
"radio": 1,
"if": -400000
},
"chan_multiSF_1": {
"enable": true,
"radio": 1,
"if": -200000
},
"chan_multiSF_2": {
"enable": true,
"radio": 1,
"if": 0
},
"chan_multiSF_3": {
"enable": true,
"radio": 0,
"if": -400000
},
"chan_multiSF_4": {
"enable": true,
"radio": 0,
"if": -200000
},
"chan_multiSF_5": {
"enable": true,
"radio": 0,
"if": 0
},
"chan_multiSF_6": {
"enable": true,
"radio": 0,
"if": 200000
},
"chan_multiSF_7": {
"enable": true,
"radio": 0,
"if": 400000
},
"chan_Lora_std": {
"enable": true,
"radio": 1,
"if": -200000,
"bandwidth": 250000,
"spread_factor": 7
},
"chan_FSK": {
"enable": true,
"radio": 1,
"if": 300000,
"bandwidth": 125000,
"datarate": 50000
},
"tx_lut_0": {
"pa_gain": 0,
"mix_gain": 5,
"rf_power": 9,
"dig_gain": 3
},
"tx_lut_1": {
"pa_gain": 0,
"mix_gain": 5,
"rf_power": 9,
"dig_gain": 3
},
"tx_lut_2": {
"pa_gain": 0,
"mix_gain": 5,
"rf_power": 9,
"dig_gain": 3
},
"tx_lut_3": {
"pa_gain": 0,
"mix_gain": 5,
"rf_power": 9,
"dig_gain": 3
},
"tx_lut_4": {
"pa_gain": 0,
"mix_gain": 5,
"rf_power": 9,
"dig_gain": 3
},
"tx_lut_5": {
"pa_gain": 0,
"mix_gain": 5,
"rf_power": 9,
"dig_gain": 3
},
"tx_lut_6": {
"pa_gain": 0,
"mix_gain": 5,
"rf_power": 9,
"dig_gain": 3
},
"tx_lut_7": {
"pa_gain": 0,
"mix_gain": 6,
"rf_power": 11,
"dig_gain": 3
},
"tx_lut_8": {
"pa_gain": 0,
"mix_gain": 5,
"rf_power": 13,
"dig_gain": 2
},
"tx_lut_9": {
"pa_gain": 0,
"mix_gain": 8,
"rf_power": 14,
"dig_gain": 3
},
"tx_lut_10": {
"pa_gain": 0,
"mix_gain": 6,
"rf_power": 15,
"dig_gain": 2
},
"tx_lut_11": {
"pa_gain": 0,
"mix_gain": 6,
"rf_power": 16,
"dig_gain": 1
},
"tx_lut_12": {
"pa_gain": 0,
"mix_gain": 9,
"rf_power": 17,
"dig_gain": 3
},
"tx_lut_13": {
"pa_gain": 0,
"mix_gain": 10,
"rf_power": 18,
"dig_gain": 3
},
"tx_lut_14": {
"pa_gain": 0,
"mix_gain": 11,
"rf_power": 19,
"dig_gain": 3
},
"tx_lut_15": {
"pa_gain": 0,
"mix_gain": 12,
"rf_power": 20,
"dig_gain": 3
}
},
"gateway_conf": {
"gateway_ID": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
"server_address": "router.eu.thethings.network",
"serv_port_up": 1700,
"serv_port_down": 1700,
"keepalive_interval": 10,
"stat_interval": 30,
"push_timeout_ms": 100,
"forward_crc_valid": true,
"forward_crc_error": false,
"forward_crc_disabled": false
}
}