LoPy4 LoRa Data Corruption



  • I'm trying to get raw lora data transmission going on the LoPy4's. I've been running the original LoPy's for a year with no issues but the LoPy4's seem to get scrambled data. I created a small test program to verify. Any ideas what could cause this? I'm running the same code on 2 units.

    import socket
    import machine
    import time
    
    # initialize LoRa in LORA mode
    # more params can also be given, like frequency, tx power and spreading factor
    lora = LoRa(mode=LoRa.LORA)
    lora.init(mode=LoRa.LORA, frequency=918000000, power_mode=LoRa.ALWAYS_ON, tx_power=20, bandwidth=LoRa.BW_125KHZ, sf=9,
                  preamble=8, coding_rate=LoRa.CODING_4_8, tx_iq=False, rx_iq=False)
    # create a raw LoRa socket
    s = socket.socket(socket.AF_LORA, socket.SOCK_RAW)
    # send some data
    s.setblocking(True)
    s.send('Hello From COM7')
    
    while True:
    
        # get any data received...
        s.setblocking(False)
        data = s.recv(64)
        if data:
          print(data)
          time.sleep(0.5)
          s.setblocking(True)
          s.send('Hello From COM7')
    
        # wait a random amount of time
      #  time.sleep(1)
    

    Here's the console output.

    b'Hello From \xc7OM7'
    b'Hello Erom \xc7OM7'
    b'Hello From \xc5OM7'
    b'Hello From \xc5OM7'
    b'Hello From\x10\xc6OM7'
    b'Hello From COM7'
    


  • @ssmith

    Hi,

    You can find all the specs for the LoRa transceiver we're using on these modules here:

    LoPy: https://www.semtech.com/uploads/documents/sx1272.pdf

    LoPy4: https://www.semtech.com/uploads/documents/sx1276.pdf



  • This appears to be a receiver saturation issue. At what point does the LoRa receiver saturate? my rssi is at -25 on both devices. If I change the sf to 7 then I don't get errors.



  • Yes, both running 1.15. I also see it on ones running 1.13. If I run a lopy4 and a lopy I don't get any data through.



  • Hi,

    Are both LoPy4's running on the latest firmware? We released a new update yesterday. Can you try updating both and let me know if the issue persists?


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