I finally found the time to unpack my ExpLoRer board. I connected it to my macbook and loaded the example sketch to upload the temperature via LoRaWan (TTN).
After entering the right keys from my application it worked directly. (besides that the method LoRaBee.setSpreadingFactor(9) not is acceped)
But the I made a change in the sketch to debug the temp. From that moment I can upload the sketch to the board but it doesn’t connect to TTN. I get different messages from “Connection to the network failed” and “There was no response from the device”. There’s no battery on the board and unplug en plug it again doesn’t solve this. Now i keep getting:
There was no acknowledgment sent back!
There was no acknowledgment sent back!
There was no acknowledgment sent back!
Connection timed-out. Check your serial connection to the device! Sleeping for 20sec.
Oh No! This shouldn't happen. Something is really wrong! Try restarting the device!
The program will now halt.
I have similar ‘problems’ with my Sodaq Mbili , after uploading a new sketch I have to unplug the RN2483 bee from the board and plug it back. From that moment it communicates again. But I can’t take of the RN2483 from the ExpLoRer. And maybe this is a different issue.
The message “There was no acknowledgment sent back!” means that the RN module doesn’t get a confirmation that the message is received by the gateway. Are you in range of an gateway?
I have updated the sketch, now by default it is sending without ADR and without ACK.
This is compatible with all networks.
The Explorer was shipped with version 1.0.1 the difference between 0.9.5 is that 0.9.5 doesn’t support OTAA.
As long as you use ABP on the LoRaBEE you shouldn’t have any problems.
The I modified the code (sleep longer in loop) and then upload the sketch:
Communication to LoRaBEE failed!
There was no response from the device.
This is exactly what happens with my Mbili. From the second upload on I have to remove the LoRaBee after every upload. But on the ExpLoRer I can’t do that?
I disconnected the board for few minutes (no battery) but nothing helps to communicate with the RN2483
Thanks for your answer.
Regards,
Oscar
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CPU reset.
We also have the same issue. Some of the RN modules are not responding anymore when they are busy and you upload a sketch.
With the Mbili you can take off the USB / switch the on/off button or remove the lorabee.
With the Explorer you can just unplug the usb cable. This will reset the lora module.
The sketch is still on the microcontroller. When you replug the usb you can open the serial monitor directly.
With explorer revision 5 and up we added a reset line from the microcontroller to the RN modules.
This will solve the problem with LoRa if it hangs after an upload of a new sketch. The reset is attached to an I/O pin.
Unfortunately this is here not the case. I have to disconnect the board for several hours (didn’t measure how many) to be able to communicate with the RN again.
Wouldn’t it be possible to connect some pins by hand with a wire as workaround? This situation makes developing an application very hard.
