Getting HTCC-AB02A connected to Helium/TTN

#1

I have two Heltec devices HTCC-AB02A and I can get them talking to each other. I’m interested in connecting these to the Helium Network or TTN but haven’t had any luck with the examples. The two devices I have don’t have the OLED screen if that helps to identify them. I have a Nebra Hotdpot do I also need a Lorawan gateway to connect to TTN and/ Helium?

Thanks in advance,

WW

#2

What examples have you tried? What messages are you seeing on the serial port console?

You have a Nebra Hotspot, is that on the Helium network?

You need to be in range of a Helium network hotspot or a TTN hotspot. Have an account on that network and provision that device on the network.

#3

Thanks for responding dstacer.

The example code is below. It was line 24 that was stopping me from connect to the Helium network which was what I’m interested in using so I haven’t tried TTN once I got on to Helium.

Line 24 was:

/LoraWan channelsmask, default channels 0-7/
uint16_t userChannelsMask[6]={ 0x00FF,0x0000,0x0000,0x0000,0x0000,0x0000 };

I found a document mentioning the following instead and it works:

/LoraWan channelsmask, default channels 0-7/
uint16_t userChannelsMask[6]={ 0xFF00,0x0000,0x0000,0x0000,0x0000,0x0000 };

Yes the Nebra is a Helium Hotspot and it’s on my roof so I knew I was in range I just wasn’t sure if it worked as a gateway or if that was a totally different device requirement. Evidently it works as a gateway too.

Thanks Again.

#include “LoRaWan_APP.h”
#include “Arduino.h”

/*

  • set LoraWan_RGB to Active,the RGB active in loraWan
  • RGB red means sending;
  • RGB purple means joined done;
  • RGB blue means RxWindow1;
  • RGB yellow means RxWindow2;
  • RGB green means received done;
    */

/* OTAA para*/
uint8_t devEui[] = { 0x22, 0x32, 0x33, 0x00, 0x00, 0x88, 0x88, 0x02 };
uint8_t appEui[] = { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 };
uint8_t appKey[] = { 0x88, 0x88, 0x88, 0x88, 0x88, 0x88, 0x88, 0x88, 0x88, 0x88, 0x88, 0x88, 0x88, 0x88, 0x66, 0x01 };

/* ABP para*/
uint8_t nwkSKey[] = { 0x15, 0xb1, 0xd0, 0xef, 0xa4, 0x63, 0xdf, 0xbe, 0x3d, 0x11, 0x18, 0x1e, 0x1e, 0xc7, 0xda,0x85 };
uint8_t appSKey[] = { 0xd7, 0x2c, 0x78, 0x75, 0x8c, 0xdc, 0xca, 0xbf, 0x55, 0xee, 0x4a, 0x77, 0x8d, 0x16, 0xef,0x67 };
uint32_t devAddr = ( uint32_t )0x007e6ae1;

/LoraWan channelsmask, default channels 0-7/
uint16_t userChannelsMask[6]={ 0xFF00,0x0000,0x0000,0x0000,0x0000,0x0000 };

/LoraWan region, select in arduino IDE tools/
LoRaMacRegion_t loraWanRegion = ACTIVE_REGION;

/LoraWan Class, Class A and Class C are supported/
DeviceClass_t loraWanClass = LORAWAN_CLASS;

/the application data transmission duty cycle. value in [ms]./
uint32_t appTxDutyCycle = 15000;

/OTAA or ABP/
bool overTheAirActivation = LORAWAN_NETMODE;

/ADR enable/
bool loraWanAdr = LORAWAN_ADR;

/* set LORAWAN_Net_Reserve ON, the node could save the network info to flash, when node reset not need to join again */
bool keepNet = LORAWAN_NET_RESERVE;

/* Indicates if the node is sending confirmed or unconfirmed messages */
bool isTxConfirmed = LORAWAN_UPLINKMODE;

/* Application port /
uint8_t appPort = 2;
/!

  • Number of trials to transmit the frame, if the LoRaMAC layer did not
  • receive an acknowledgment. The MAC performs a datarate adaptation,
  • according to the LoRaWAN Specification V1.0.2, chapter 18.4, according
  • to the following table:
  • Transmission nb | Data Rate
  • ----------------|-----------
  • 1 (first) | DR
  • 2 | DR
  • 3 | max(DR-1,0)
  • 4 | max(DR-1,0)
  • 5 | max(DR-2,0)
  • 6 | max(DR-2,0)
  • 7 | max(DR-3,0)
  • 8 | max(DR-3,0)
  • Note, that if NbTrials is set to 1 or 2, the MAC will not decrease
  • the datarate, in case the LoRaMAC layer did not receive an acknowledgment
    */
    uint8_t confirmedNbTrials = 4;

/* Prepares the payload of the frame */
static void prepareTxFrame( uint8_t port )
{
/*appData size is LORAWAN_APP_DATA_MAX_SIZE which is defined in “commissioning.h”.
*appDataSize max value is LORAWAN_APP_DATA_MAX_SIZE.
*if enabled AT, don’t modify LORAWAN_APP_DATA_MAX_SIZE, it may cause system hanging or failure.
*if disabled AT, LORAWAN_APP_DATA_MAX_SIZE can be modified, the max value is reference to lorawan region and SF.
*for example, if use REGION_CN470,
*the max value for different DR can be found in MaxPayloadOfDatarateCN470 refer to DataratesCN470 and BandwidthsCN470 in “RegionCN470.h”.
*/
appDataSize = 4;
appData[0] = 0x00;
appData[1] = 0x01;
appData[2] = 0x02;
appData[3] = 0x03;
}

//downlink data handle function example
void downLinkDataHandle(McpsIndication_t *mcpsIndication)
{
Serial.printf("+REV DATA:%s,RXSIZE %d,PORT %d\r\n",mcpsIndication->RxSlot?“RXWIN2”:“RXWIN1”,mcpsIndication->BufferSize,mcpsIndication->Port);
Serial.print("+REV DATA:");
for(uint8_t i=0;iBufferSize;i++)
{
Serial.printf("%02X",mcpsIndication->Buffer[i]);
}
Serial.println();
uint32_t color=mcpsIndication->Buffer[0]<<16|mcpsIndication->Buffer[1]<<8|mcpsIndication->Buffer[2];
#if(LoraWan_RGB==1)
turnOnRGB(color,5000);
turnOffRGB();
#endif
}

void setup() {
Serial.begin(115200);
#if(AT_SUPPORT)
enableAt();
#endif
deviceState = DEVICE_STATE_INIT;
LoRaWAN.ifskipjoin();
}

void loop()
{
switch( deviceState )
{
case DEVICE_STATE_INIT:
{
#if(LORAWAN_DEVEUI_AUTO)
LoRaWAN.generateDeveuiByChipID();
#endif
#if(AT_SUPPORT)
getDevParam();
#endif
printDevParam();
LoRaWAN.init(loraWanClass,loraWanRegion);
deviceState = DEVICE_STATE_JOIN;
break;
}
case DEVICE_STATE_JOIN:
{
LoRaWAN.join();
break;
}
case DEVICE_STATE_SEND:
{
prepareTxFrame( appPort );
LoRaWAN.send();
deviceState = DEVICE_STATE_CYCLE;
break;
}
case DEVICE_STATE_CYCLE:
{
// Schedule next packet transmission
txDutyCycleTime = appTxDutyCycle + randr( 0, APP_TX_DUTYCYCLE_RND );
LoRaWAN.cycle(txDutyCycleTime);
deviceState = DEVICE_STATE_SLEEP;
break;
}
case DEVICE_STATE_SLEEP:
{
LoRaWAN.sleep();
break;
}
default:
{
deviceState = DEVICE_STATE_INIT;
break;
}
}
}

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