Payload format
You can select different payload formats in paxcounter.conf:
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Plain uses big endian format and generates json fields, e.g. useful for TTN console
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Packed uses little endian format and generates json fields (exception: floats are big endian encoded)
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CayenneLPP generates MyDevices Cayenne readable fields
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Decrepated information from the things network v2
If you're using TheThingsNetwork (TTN) you may want to use a payload converter. Go to TTN Console - Application - Payload Formats and paste the code example below in tabs Decoder and Converter. This way your MQTT application can parse the fields pax, ble and wifi.
To add your device to myDevices Cayenne platform select "Cayenne-LPP" from Lora device list and use the CayenneLPP payload encoder.
To track a paxcounter device with on board GPS and at the same time contribute to TTN coverage mapping, you simply activate the TTNmapper integration in TTN Console. Both formats plain and packed generate the fields latitude, longitude and hdop required by ttnmapper. Important: set TTN mapper port filter to '4' (paxcounter GPS Port).
Hereafter described is the default plain format, which uses MSB bit numbering. Under /TTN in this repository you find some ready-to-go decoders which you may copy to your TTN console:
plain_decoder.js | plain_converter.js | packed_decoder.js | packed_converter.js
Port #1: Paxcount data
byte 1-2: Number of unique devices, seen on Wifi [00 00 if Wifi scan disabled]
byte 3-4: Number of unique devices, seen on Bluetooth [ommited if BT scan disabled]
Port #2: Device status query result
byte 1-2: Battery or USB Voltage [mV], 0 if no battery probe
byte 3-10: Uptime [seconds]
byte 11: CPU temperature [°C]
bytes 12-15: Free RAM [bytes]
byte 16: Last CPU core 0 reset reason
bytes 17-20: Number of restarts since last power cycle
Port #3: Device configuration query result
byte 1: Lora DR (0..15, see rcommand 0x05) [default 5]
byte 2: Lora TXpower (2..15) [default 15]
byte 3: Lora ADR (1=on, 0=off) [default 1]
byte 4: Screensaver status (1=on, 0=off) [default 0]
byte 5: Display status (1=on, 0=off) [default 0]
byte 6: Counter mode (0=cyclic unconfirmed, 1=cumulative, 2=cyclic confirmed) [default 0]
bytes 7-8: RSSI limiter threshold value (negative, MSB) [default 0]
byte 9: Scan and send cycle in seconds/2 (0..255) [default 120]
byte 10: Wifi channel hopping interval in seconds/100 (0..255), 0 means no hopping [default 50]
byte 11: Bluetooth channel switch interval in seconds/100 (0..255) [default 10]
byte 12: Bluetooth scanner status (1=on, 0=0ff) [default 1]
byte 13: Wifi antenna switch (0=internal, 1=external) [default 0]
bytes 14-15: Sleep cycle in seconds/10 (MSB) [default 0]
byte 16: Payloadmask (Bitmask, 0..255, see rcommand 0x14)
byte 17: 0 (reserved)
bytes 18-28: Software version (ASCII format, terminating with zero)
Port #4: GPS data (only if device has fature GPS, and GPS data is enabled and GPS has a fix)
bytes 1-4: Latitude
bytes 5-8: Longitude
byte 9: Number of satellites
bytes 10-11: HDOP
bytes 12-13: Altitude [meter]
Port #5: Button pressed alarm
byte 1: static value 0x01
Port #6: (unused)
Port #7: Environmental sensor data (only if device has feature BME)
bytes 1-2: Temperature [°C]
bytes 3-4: Pressure [hPa]
bytes 5-6: Humidity [%]
bytes 7-8: Indoor air quality index (0..500), see below
Indoor air quality classification:
0-50 good
51-100 average
101-150 little bad
151-200 bad
201-300 worse
301-500 very bad
Port #8: Battery voltage data (only if device has feature BATT)
bytes 1-2: Battery or USB Voltage [mV], 0 if no battery probe
Port #9: Time/Date
bytes 1-4: board's local time/date in UNIX epoch (number of seconds that have elapsed since January 1, 1970 (midnight UTC/GMT), not counting leap seconds)
Ports #10, #11, #12: User sensor data
Format is specified by user in function `sensor_read(uint8_t sensor)`, see `src/sensor.cpp`.