Lora Gateway range?

[sam_uk]

Hi total newbie so please excuse stupid questions.

I have a small computer with text files on it (getchip.com)

I'd like to be able to get those text files a mile away (or better) on my mobile phone.

Can I connect a LoPy to my small computer somehow and set it as a gateway to 'read' those text files and send it over LoRa

Then I take another LoPy and connect to it via bluetooth and read those text files?

What's the maximum data rate I could get over a mile?

If this is possible what should I be googling?

[sam_uk]

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[vruizvil]

@sam_uk I think... mesh network is inside the IP level, to solve the mobility problem on wireless systems. I don't know if Lora has a full OSI network level

[vruizvil]

@sam_uk Well, your aproach must be possible with lopy!! I believe in the Pycom team, they'll help us with news uppgrades and libraries, i'm sure.

[sam_uk]

@vruizvil

How about getting this running?

Layer 1 LoRa

Layer 2 Ax25

Layer 3 Mesh Datagram Protocol (Network) layer, and may be carried over any wireless or wired data link, whether over a shared medium (eg, CSMA/CA used in Wi-Fi) or a dedicated medium (eg, AX.25 packet radio, serial cable).

MDP is written in C I think though, unclear if that can run on Micropython devices?

[sam_uk]

@sam_uk So the Lopy is running a linux kernel? Is it possible to use alternate kernels? Eg one with Batman-adv built in?

[bmarkus]

On top on LoRa physical layer you can implement whatever protocol you want if you do not want to use a LoRaWAN network. However consider the legal regulations, e.g. in Europe on 868MHz you are not allowed to exceed the 1% transmit duty ratio.

[abilio]

Hi @sam_uk, the LoPy (and all Pycom modules so far) run FreeRTOS, which has a tiny memory footprint. Is also the Espressif's officially supported OS, but please understand that is an RTOS and not a fully blown OS. Perhaps another route can be taken to implement the protocol.

[tony]

C.H.I.P. (getchip.com) is a small computer running Linux. It has built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

LoPy is a micro-computer that runs run Python programs (using a mostly hidden real-time operating system). It has built-in Bluetooth (with basic support so far), Wi-Fi and a LoRa radio.

To communicate with a mobile phone (which has Bluetooth and Wi-Fi) you have many options, including:

C.H.I.P -- Wi-Fi --> LoPy -- LoRa --> LoPy -- Wi-Fi --> phone
C.H.I.P -- Wi-Fi --> LoPy -- LoRa --> LoPy -- Bluetooth --> phone
C.H.I.P -- Bluetooth --> LoPy -- LoRa --> LoPy -- Bluetooth --> phone
C.H.I.P -- wired SPI --> LoPy -- LoRa --> LoPy -- Bluetooth --> phone
C.H.I.P -- USB --> LoPy -- LoRa --> LoPy -- Bluetooth --> phone
etc...

The first option may be the simplest to implement today.