Looking for a LoRa gateway, with a difference. I do not want to get on the IoT. I want the contents of the packets to go to a Mega. Text and GPIO pins. I believe this could be done by modifying the packet forwarder, which is a bit above my skill level.
Has anyone found a library that will handle this requirement?
Its not at all clear what you are trying to do.
More details please.
LoRa radios send data in packets. the sweet thing is, one receiver, countless transmitters. a one channel LoRa gateway can deal with about 30 radios. this is a vast inprovement over 30 transceivers at the receiving end, 30 antenna connections - too much monkey business.
LoRaWAN radios are LoRa radios. The software in the gateway that receives the packets sends them through a packet forwarder to the internet. from there, it goes though the internet to an application server, which processes the packet, determines what to do with the information, then sends back a reply to your system. you are dependent on an external server and an internet connection to handle your needs
I want to use LoRa, as opposed to LoRaWAN. I want my packets to be dealt with by the LoRa gateway in my living room. I want to receive packets, decode them, and either send data to my weather station, or switch closures to my security system, entirely in house. I want the switch closures to set and clear bits on PORTF, to trigger my existing alarm system
I am looking for a gateway optimized for Arduino users. I can't be the first person with these needs.
If you want to setup a LoRaWAN server on a private network, that is possible and there is no compulsion to have an Internet connection. Given the low cost of Gateways these days, its an option that makes sense in a lot of cases.
As for a single channel 'Arduino' LoRa gateway, I dont know of one, but if there is a demand for one, then it ought not to be difficult to find. Or just write your own.
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