pycom-documentation/content/tutorials/all/PyGate.md

Pygate

For Starting Pygate and connecting it to a LoRa server , you need to

1- Have a pycom Device (Wipy, LoPy, GPy ,..etc) attached to the Pygate Board (The RGB LED should be on the same side as the usb port of PyGate)

2- Attach LoRa Antenna to Pygate Board

3- Flash the Pycom Device with latest PyGate Firmware.

4- Upload the Gateway configuration json file on the attached pycom device (via Pymakr or VsCode) , Depending on the type of Pygate (EU868/US915) you should have different config files.

In the following example we will demonstrate a simple script for getting started with Pygate using Wifi connection for EU868 region:

you can use that same file you just need to put your GW unique ID , LoRa server adresse and port numbers

from 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 func
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.nl.pool.ntp.org")

#Read the GW config file from Filesystem
fp = open('/flash/config.json','r')
buf = fp.read()

# Start Pygate
machine.pygate_init(buf)

Sample Config json file for GW configuration on 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
	}
}

To stop the Pygate at any time use:

• REPL -> use CTRL-C
• using deinit function machine.pygate_deinit()

that will stop GW tasks and safely power off the Concentrator.