Lorawan datarate

[Hella Koe]

Hello,
I'm using the Fipy with a single Channel Gateway to TTN.

# set the LoRaWAN data rate
s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_LORA, socket.SO_DR, 5)

What does the '5' mean? Is there a documentation of the datarate (dr) values (0-7)?
In the Lora Documentation (https://docs.pycom.io/firmwareapi/pycom/network/lora/) it reads:
In LoRa.LORAWAN mode, only adr, public, tx_retries and device_class are used. All the other params will be ignored as they are handled by the LoRaWAN stack directly.
So there is no way to set the spreading factor manually?

[Thierry]

Hello
the spreading factor is a parameter used by (raw) LoRa.
You can set it using the sf method of a LoRa object instance.
Eg :

from network import LoRa
import socket 
# A raw LoRa interface(note the mode)
LoRa_Interface = Lora(mode=LoRa.LORA, region=LoRa.EU868, public=False)
#Now I set the SF parameter to 12 for the interface
LoRa_Interface.sf(12)

#And now a LoRa Socket
LoRa_Socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_LORA, socket.SOCK_RAW)

Now, the line you talk about is a LoRaWAN parameter:
Eg

# A raw LoRaWAN interface(note the mode)
LoRaWAN_Interface = Lora(mode=LoRa.LORAWAN, region=LoRa.EU868, public=False)
#And now a LoRaWAN Socket (unfortunately the creation have the same parameters)
s = socket.socket.(socket.AF_LORA, socket.SOCK_RAW)
# Set the LORAWAN DR to 5.
s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_LORA, socket.SO_DR, 5)

You may find a documentation about DataRate in LoRaWAN specification (or here)

To summarize :

• Spreading Factor is a raw LoRa parameter

• DataRate is a LoRaWAN parameter

Note that DataRate is related to Speading Factor but they are not the same.

Hope this help.

[jcaron]

@Hella-Koe The data rate is a combination of modulation (LoRa, FSK, LR-FHSS…), bandwidth (in RF terms, expressed in kHz, like 125 kHz or 500 kHz) and spreading factor.

Each region defines its own set of data rates. For instance, in the EU868 region:

(8 to 11 and 15 are new and AFAIK not available on LoPys).

They're defined as combinations rather than independent settings because there are quite a few rules which map a given data rate to another (for ADR or RX1DROffset), and that also allows capabilities to be declared with a simple 2-byte bitfield.

If you are using LoRaWAN, you have to use the data rates defined for your region. Note that not all data rates may be available for all channels, and that on top of the regional spec, you have to take into account the network settings and the capabilities of the device and gateway.

If you are using raw LoRa, then you can set the parameters individually, you just need to make sure that sender and receiver use the same settings.

[Hella Koe]

@Thierry @jcaron Thank you so much for taking your time! This helps me a lot!