arduino-LoRa/API.md

LoRa API

Include Library

#include <LoRa.h>

Setup

Begin

Initialize the library with the specified frequency.

LoRa.begin(frequency);

• frequency - frequency in Hz (433E6, 866E6, 915E6)

Returns 1 on success, 0 on failure.

Set pins

Override the default NSS and NRESET pins used by the library. Must be called before LoRa.begin().

LoRa.setPins(ss, reset);

• ss new slave select pin to use, defaults to 10
• reset new reset pin to use, defaults to 9

End

Stop the library

LoRa.end()

Sending data

Begin packet

Start the sequence of sending a packet.

LoRa.beginPacket();

Returns 1 on success, 0 on failure.

Writing

Write data to the packet. Each packet can contain up to 255 bytes.

LoRa.write(byte);

LoRa.write(buffer, length);

• byte single byte to write to packet

or

• buffer data to write to packet
• length size of data to write

Returns the number of bytes written.

Note: Other Arduino Print API's can also be used to write data into the packet

End packet

End the sequence of sending a packet.

LoRa.endPacket()

Returns 1 on success, 0 on failure.

Receiving data

Parsing packet

Check if a packet has been received.

int packetSize = LoRa.parsePacket();

Returns the packet size or 0 if no packet was received.

Packet RSSI

int rssi = LoRa.packetRssi();

Returns the RSSI of the received packet.

Available

int availableBytes = LoRa.available()

Returns number of bytes available for reading.

Peeking

Peek at the next byte in the packet.

byte b = LoRa.peek();

Returns the next byte in the packet or -1 if no bytes available.

Reading

Read the next byte from the packet.

byte b = LoRa.read();

Returns the next byte in the packet or -1 if no bytes available.

Note: Other Arduino Stream API's can also be used to read data from the packet