ebyte-e32-ui

Ebyte E32 Command Line Interface + minimal GUI.

Works with Ebyte-E32 LoRa modules with configurable pin assignment. The 3 GPIOs are controlled via linux cdev, and the serial port is controlled by a normal /dev/ttyXXX character device.

Uses ebyte-e32-rs as a driver, plus some traits from embedded-hal and their implementations from linux-embedded-hal.

For the CLI, clap is used.

For the GUI, on top of clap, klask is used.

Example Pinout and Configuration

Configurable with Config.toml in the same directory as the binary (or set the option config):

serial_path = "/dev/ttyAMA0"
baudrate = 9600
parity = "None"
data_bits = 8
stop_bits = 1
gpiochip_path = "/dev/gpiochip0"
aux_pin = 18
m0_pin = 23
m1_pin = 24

Ebyte Pin	Raspberry Pi Pin (BCM pin number)
VCC	3v3
GND	GND
AUX	18
M0	23
M1	24
TX	15 (RX)
RX	14 (TX)

CLI Usage Examples

In these examples, you can substitute ebyte-e32-cli with cargo run --bin ebyte-e32-cli if you are in the project root directory. This directory also contains an example Config.toml.

• Reading model data or parameters (good first test):

  ebyte-e32-cli {read-model-data|read-parameters}
  

• Listen for transmissions:

  ebyte-e32-cli listen
  

• Configure for address 1, channel 16, no forward error correction, permanent persistence:

  ebyte-e32-cli configure --address 1 --channel 16 --fec off --persistence permanent
  

For send mode, enter your messages in the prompt or pipe them in via stdin.

GUI Usage Notes

The GUI is the default target, meaning you can launch it with cargo run. For sending data, the data provided in the Input tab is used (where you can also select a file to read the input from).

Configuration and Persistence

With the Configuration subcommand, the module parameters can be adjusted. Note that your module settings have to match the other module's settings for any transmission to be successful.

With the persistence option of the Configuration subcommand, the settings can be saved (temporary or permanent). In permanent mode, the settings will be persisted onto the module.

Screenshots

You can run the GUI on your normal OS for testing.

These screenshots are slightly outdated but show the features of the GUI and CLI:

System Requirements + Portability

The underlying driver (ebyte-e32-rs) is platform-agnostic (doesn't require linux, just implementations of embedded-hal).

This program requires a linux character device and 3 CDEV GPIO lines.

For the character device, it should be available as /dev/ttyABC. Note that (depending on your distribution) you may have to add your user to certain groups to be able to use the serial port, like dialout.

For the GPIO lines, find your boards gpiochipXXX in /sys/class/gpio/gpiochipXXX, then find the lines you want to connect and enter the info in Config.toml.

The AUX line must support being an input line, the M0 and M1 lines must support being output lines.

CLI Help

Top-level help:

ebyte-e32-ui 0.5.0
CLI + GUI for interacting with EByte E32 LoRa modules

USAGE:
    ebyte-e32-cli [OPTIONS] <SUBCOMMAND>

OPTIONS:
        --config <CONFIG>    Configuration file [default: Config.toml]
    -h, --help               Print help information
    -V, --version            Print version information

SUBCOMMANDS:
    configure          Write Ebyte module parameters
    help               Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
    listen             Listen for incoming data on the Ebyte module
    read-model-data    Read Ebyte module data and print to stdout
    read-parameters    Read Ebyte module parameters and print to stdout
    send               Send data from stdin over the Ebyte module

Configuration subcommand help (ebyte-e32-cli help configure):

ebyte-e32-cli-configure
Write Ebyte module parameters

USAGE:
    ebyte-e32-cli configure [OPTIONS] --address <ADDRESS> --channel <CHANNEL>

OPTIONS:
    -a, --address <ADDRESS>
            Module Address (16 Bit)

        --air-rate <AIR_RATE>
            Air Baudrate [default: bps2400] [possible values: bps300, bps1200, bps2400, bps4800,
            bps9600, bps19200]

    -c, --channel <CHANNEL>
            Channel (8 Bit)

        --fec <FEC>
            Forward Error Correction Mode [default: on] [possible values: on, off]

    -h, --help
            Print help information

        --io-drive-mode <IO_DRIVE_MODE>
            IO drive Mode for AUX pin [default: push-pull] [possible values: push-pull,
            open-collector]

        --persistence <PERSISTENCE>
            Whether settings should be saved persistently on the module [default: temporary]
            [possible values: temporary, permanent]

        --transmission-mode <TRANSMISSION_MODE>
            Transmission Mode [default: transparent] [possible values: transparent, fixed]

        --transmission-power <TRANSMISSION_POWER>
            Transmission Power [default: dbm30] [possible values: dbm30, dbm27, dbm24, dbm21]

        --uart-parity <UART_PARITY>
            UART Parity [default: none] [possible values: none, odd, even]

        --uart-rate <UART_RATE>
            UART Baudrate [default: bps9600] [possible values: bps1200, bps2400, bps4800, bps9600,
            bps19200, bps38400, bps57600, bps115200]

        --wakeup-time <WAKEUP_TIME>
            Wireless Wakeup Time [default: ms250] [possible values: ms250, ms500, ms750, ms1000,
            ms1250, ms1500, ms1750, ms2000]

The other subcommands have no further options.

Raspberry Pi Serial Port Setup

The serial port hardware peripheral must be enabled (but without login shell).

Simplified Dependency Graph