Sensor Edition: freefall_lorawan

Configuration

Default

  1. Follow this guide to add your device to The Things Stack.
  2. Change the APPEUI, DEVEUI and APPKEY in conf/app_conf.h to the values specific to your device, which are used on The Things Stack.
  3. Uncomment the REGION parameters in conf/lorawan_conf.h. These should correspond to the location that you use these devices at.

Free fall detection

  1. Change ACC_FF_THRESHOLD in app/conf.h to a value you prefer. This will determine the threshold where all axis can be from 0g (which would indicate that it is free falling) to be considered a free fall event.
  2. Change ACC_FF_DURATION in app/conf.h to a value you prefer. This will determine how many times the axis have to meet the threshold values. Note that ACC_FF_ODR in the same file also affects this.
  3. ACC_FF_SCALE in app/conf.h could also be changed for situations where more than 2g has to be detected. LIS2DH12.hin the LIS2DH12 library lists all the options for this in the full scale section.
  4. ACC_FF_ODR in app/conf.h could be lowered to save power, or increased to improve performance. LIS2DH12.h in the LIS2DH12library lists all the options for this in the ODR section.

Low power

  1. Set GNSE_ADVANCED_TRACER_ENALBE to 0 in conf/app_conf.h. This will make the device consume less power, but also disables UART.
  2. Set DEBUGGER_ON to 0 in conf/app_conf.h.
  3. Set ACC_FF_ODR in app/conf.h to a lower value if the decreased performance of the free fall detection does not matter for your setup. LIS2DH12.h in the LIS2DH12 library lists all the options for this.

Additionally, try to remember that:

  • Setting DEBUGGER_ON to 1 will consume more power. The debugger is ON by default using the macro DEBUGGER_ON in conf/app_conf.h.
  • Keeping peripherals (such as the sensors) off by controlling the load switches will significantly reduce the power consumption. But, of course, you can not turn the load switch connected to the accelerometer off without disabling the free fall detection as well.

LoRa extra’s

Some extra setup configurations can be done to change the behaviour of the LoRaWAN features. These include:

  1. Setting the activation method (OTAA or ABP) in LORAWAN_DEFAULT_ACTIVATION_TYPE in lora_app.h. OTAA is recommended.
  2. The data rate can be set in lora_app.h. The default configuration uses the ADR. If you want to set your preferred data rate, set LORAWAN_ADR_STATE to LORAMAC_HANDLER_ADR_OFF and set LORAWAN_DEFAULT_DATA_RATE to your preference. A list of the options per region are shown in Region.h in the STM32WLxx_LoRaWAN library.
  3. ACC_FF_LORA_PORT can be changed in conf/app_conf.h, which is used to configure the transmission port. The LoRaWAN keys mentioned in the default section can be altered here as well.
  4. Also in conf/app_conf.h, the downlink port can be set by altering ACC_FF_DOWNLINK_PORT.

Debugger

For debugging, the firmware has to support it first. The debugger is set in the macro DEBUGGER_ON in conf/app_conf.h.

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