<![CDATA[SiPy's ID and PAC]]>I have uploaded latest firmware to my first SiPy board. Apparently it has been succesfully updated to version 1.6.5.b1 and it has been shown an ID and a PAC on the terminal tool. But when I am trying to read id() and pac() from microPython I am getting all FF.

from network import Sigfox
sfx=Sigfox(mode=Sigfox.SIGFOX, rcz=Sigfox.RCZ1)
sfx.frequencies()
(868130000, 869525000)

sfx.id()
b'\xff\xff\xff\xff'

sfx.pac()
b'\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff'

Do you have any suggestion to get the proper id() and pac()?

]]>https://forum.pycom.io/topic/782/sipy-s-id-and-pacRSS for NodeSun, 08 Mar 2026 20:57:58 GMTMon, 27 Feb 2017 02:06:46 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to SiPy's ID and PAC on Mon, 27 Feb 2017 02:06:46 GMT]]>I have uploaded latest firmware to my first SiPy board. Apparently it has been succesfully updated to version 1.6.5.b1 and it has been shown an ID and a PAC on the terminal tool. But when I am trying to read id() and pac() from microPython I am getting all FF.

from network import Sigfox
sfx=Sigfox(mode=Sigfox.SIGFOX, rcz=Sigfox.RCZ1)
sfx.frequencies()
(868130000, 869525000)

sfx.id()
b'\xff\xff\xff\xff'

sfx.pac()
b'\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff'

Do you have any suggestion to get the proper id() and pac()?

]]>https://forum.pycom.io/post/4622https://forum.pycom.io/post/4622Mon, 27 Feb 2017 02:06:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SiPy's ID and PAC on Mon, 27 Feb 2017 10:00:24 GMT]]>Hi @Jordi,

You need to convert the binary values to human readable with the following snippet of code:

from network import Sigfox
import binascii

# initalise Sigfox for RCZ1 (You may need a different RCZ Region)
sigfox = Sigfox(mode=Sigfox.SIGFOX, rcz=Sigfox.RCZ1)

# print Sigfox Device ID
print(binascii.hexlify(sigfox.id()))

# print Sigfox PAC number
print(binascii.hexlify(sigfox.pac()))
]]>https://forum.pycom.io/post/4651https://forum.pycom.io/post/4651Mon, 27 Feb 2017 10:00:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SiPy's ID and PAC on Mon, 27 Feb 2017 23:25:11 GMT]]>Thank you @bucknall

When SiPy is uploaded:

0_1488237807233_ID_PAC_esb.png

And using suggested code:

0_1488237570753_Captura de 2017-02-28 00:18:33.png

]]>https://forum.pycom.io/post/4689https://forum.pycom.io/post/4689Mon, 27 Feb 2017 23:25:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SiPy's ID and PAC on Tue, 28 Feb 2017 09:17:28 GMT]]>Hmm this is interesting let us ask @daniel and move this over to firmware - seems very odd!

]]>https://forum.pycom.io/post/4702https://forum.pycom.io/post/4702Tue, 28 Feb 2017 09:17:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SiPy's ID and PAC on Tue, 28 Feb 2017 11:28:10 GMT]]>How do you get your print functions to output to Pycom Console? My console only shows all the other stuff, never the actually desired output.

]]>https://forum.pycom.io/post/4711https://forum.pycom.io/post/4711Tue, 28 Feb 2017 11:28:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SiPy's ID and PAC on Tue, 28 Feb 2017 11:29:13 GMT]]>@maku can you post a picture of what your console looks like? You might have some settings configured differently.

]]>https://forum.pycom.io/post/4712https://forum.pycom.io/post/4712Tue, 28 Feb 2017 11:29:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SiPy's ID and PAC on Tue, 28 Feb 2017 11:38:34 GMT]]>0_1488281900584_Pymakr_PycomConsole.png

It works one out of 20. But this is the very usual output.

]]>https://forum.pycom.io/post/4713https://forum.pycom.io/post/4713Tue, 28 Feb 2017 11:38:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SiPy's ID and PAC on Tue, 28 Feb 2017 14:47:01 GMT]]>@bucknall I would like to try any firmware previous version.
0_1488293051741_Captura de 2017-02-28 15:43:48.png

But https://www.pycom.io/support/supportdownloads/#firmware is down right now.

0_1488293004623_Captura de 2017-02-28 15:41:28.png

I will appreciate any tested firmware to be able to try https://github.com/pycom/pycom-libraries/blob/master/examples/sigfoxUplink/main.py on SiPy

]]>https://forum.pycom.io/post/4725https://forum.pycom.io/post/4725Tue, 28 Feb 2017 14:47:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SiPy's ID and PAC on Tue, 07 Mar 2017 12:36:57 GMT]]>@Jordi this is a ver estrange issue and it appears that the tool is not able to program the PAC and ID on your board. We haven't changed anything around the Sigfox ID/PAC registration process, but can you try updating to 1.6.7.b1?

If that doesn't work, please email me your WiFi MAC address to support at pycom.io so that we can have a look in our database. Get the mac like this:

from network import WLAN
import binascii

binascii.hexlify(WLAN().mac())
]]>https://forum.pycom.io/post/5018https://forum.pycom.io/post/5018Tue, 07 Mar 2017 12:36:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SiPy's ID and PAC on Wed, 08 Mar 2017 19:21:49 GMT]]>@daniel Fortunately I have tried your Pycom Firmware Update from a virtualized Windows on Debian.

Using Linux firmware updater on Debian, reading from Python SiPy ID and PAC are all ffff.fff. But using Windows updater version, I am able to read properly ID and PAC from Python (Linux or Windows).

Hopefully you will be able to check and fix updater for Linux.

Thank you for your answers and collaboration.

]]>https://forum.pycom.io/post/5064https://forum.pycom.io/post/5064Wed, 08 Mar 2017 19:21:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SiPy's ID and PAC on Fri, 10 Mar 2017 12:51:46 GMT]]>Hi @bucknall!

Even if I use the mentioned snippet the same output can be seen, i.e. b'ffffffff'. Any suggestion?

Mike

]]>https://forum.pycom.io/post/5144https://forum.pycom.io/post/5144Fri, 10 Mar 2017 12:51:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SiPy's ID and PAC on Fri, 10 Mar 2017 12:52:56 GMT]]>Hi @michal.zykov! First of all, have you updated your SiPy? And if so are you using Debian (Linux) to update your device?

]]>https://forum.pycom.io/post/5145https://forum.pycom.io/post/5145Fri, 10 Mar 2017 12:52:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SiPy's ID and PAC on Fri, 10 Mar 2017 13:02:02 GMT]]>Hi @bucknall!

Yep, I already updated SiPy by using Linux updater (Fedora 25) - SiPy firmware 1.6.7.b1. I'm able to send a print-screen that it was successful.

Thx,
Mike

]]>https://forum.pycom.io/post/5146https://forum.pycom.io/post/5146Fri, 10 Mar 2017 13:02:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SiPy's ID and PAC on Fri, 10 Mar 2017 13:13:41 GMT]]>@michal.zykov, we've identified a problem with the Linux Firmware Updater and are handling it now. If you could use the Windows or Mac OS Firmware Update tool, that should get you up & running for the time being!

Apologies about this! We're working to get it sorted asap!

Thanks!

]]>https://forum.pycom.io/post/5147https://forum.pycom.io/post/5147Fri, 10 Mar 2017 13:13:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SiPy's ID and PAC on Sat, 11 Mar 2017 12:24:01 GMT]]>Hi @bucknall!

I've tried to re-flash SiPy by using MS Windows firmware updater. It works great! Thank you! Hope, you'll be able to fix Linux firmware updater soon.

Mike

]]>https://forum.pycom.io/post/5179https://forum.pycom.io/post/5179Sat, 11 Mar 2017 12:24:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SiPy's ID and PAC on Sun, 17 Jun 2018 20:56:05 GMT]]>Hello,

I have the same problem. How could I find the right Device ID and PAC?

I'm using Mac OS X.

]]>https://forum.pycom.io/post/20331https://forum.pycom.io/post/20331Sun, 17 Jun 2018 20:56:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SiPy's ID and PAC on Mon, 18 Jun 2018 10:38:24 GMT]]>@josep-salom Can you please provide more details? What is the output you get from the commands?

]]>https://forum.pycom.io/post/20341https://forum.pycom.io/post/20341Mon, 18 Jun 2018 10:38:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SiPy's ID and PAC on Tue, 19 Jun 2018 05:53:39 GMT]]>@xykon I'm using the procedure as indicated in https://docs.pycom.io/chapter/gettingstarted/registration/sigfox.html, and I got:

>>>
b'ffffffff'
b'ffffffffffffffff'
>
MicroPython v1.8.6-470-gf41d0f27 on 2017-02-22; SiPy with ESP32
Type "help()" for more information.
>>>

which are not correct ID and PAC.

I'm using SiPy module with Pysense, on a Mac OS X 10.11.6 running Visual Studio Code.

]]>https://forum.pycom.io/post/20351https://forum.pycom.io/post/20351Tue, 19 Jun 2018 05:53:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SiPy's ID and PAC on Tue, 19 Jun 2018 07:04:17 GMT]]>@xykon I've just upgraded SiPy and still have the problem:

>>>
b'ffffffff'
b'ffffffffffffffff'
>
Pycom MicroPython 1.18.0 [v1.8.6-849-046b350] on 2018-06-01; SiPy with ESP32
Type "help()" for more information.
>>>

How could I get the right ID and PAC?

]]>https://forum.pycom.io/post/20355https://forum.pycom.io/post/20355Tue, 19 Jun 2018 07:04:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SiPy's ID and PAC on Tue, 19 Jun 2018 08:45:30 GMT]]>@josep-salom Sigfox registration requires using the firmware updater in online mode.

]]>https://forum.pycom.io/post/20359https://forum.pycom.io/post/20359Tue, 19 Jun 2018 08:45:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SiPy's ID and PAC on Tue, 19 Jun 2018 11:14:55 GMT]]>@xykon So sorry, I'm very new on that. What does it exactly mean? How should I do that?

]]>https://forum.pycom.io/post/20366https://forum.pycom.io/post/20366Tue, 19 Jun 2018 11:14:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SiPy's ID and PAC on Tue, 19 Jun 2018 11:38:47 GMT]]>@josep-salom You need to solve this problem first so that you can use the firmware updater in online mode. This is required to get your Sigfox ID and PAC allocated. I suggest you email us with your IP address so that we can do some testing.

]]>https://forum.pycom.io/post/20367https://forum.pycom.io/post/20367Tue, 19 Jun 2018 11:38:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to SiPy's ID and PAC on Tue, 17 Jul 2018 16:32:39 GMT]]>@bucknall For SIgfox backend registration I beleive I need to put the ID and and PAC out put from with hexlifiy

print("ID ", ubinascii.hexlify(sigfox.id()))
print("PAC ", ubinascii.hexlify(sigfox.pac()))

in my case is:

ID b'004e3d90'
PAC b'c957cd18b7848c0'

so ID that I typed is '004e3d90' and PAC 'c957cd18b7848c0'

The device seems to be registered but on backend device webpage I can not see it online at all. How I do I know when is connected to the (Luxembourg) Sigfox network and will get online?

It is done immediately or shall I wait?

]]>https://forum.pycom.io/post/20933https://forum.pycom.io/post/20933Tue, 17 Jul 2018 16:32:39 GMT