LoRa send and receive without joining the Things Network

[larswd]

Hi!

I am working on a LoRa based device using the Wio-E5-mini, and I am very interested in using this module for my sensor. Yet, I do find the joinOTAA using the things network a bit too much so to say for the desired functionality of my sensor. Hence, I was wondering if it was possible to just transmit signals via the antenna without going to the things network. I was thinking something along the line of

LoRaModem modem;

void setup(void)
{

    if (!modem.begin(EU868)){
        Serial.println(F("Failed to start module"));
        while(1){}
    }
    Serial.print(F("Version: "));
   Serial.print(modem.version());

    }
}

void loop(void)
{
    String msg= "This is a good message!";
    modem.beginPacket();
    modem.print(msg);
    int err = modem.endPacket(true);
}

This might be a dumb question so to say, but it was not immediately clear for me when reading the documentation. If I overlooked something, I would be grateful for a pointer in the right direction. My question still remains, is this kind of communication supported with this module, and if so, could I get a pointer as to how this is performed? And if it is not supported, would it be possible to request this to be supported in a future edition?

[fpistm]

Hi @larswd in fact you can use this library: https://github.com/jgromes/RadioLib The STM32Wl support was added in version https://github.com/jgromes/RadioLib/releases/tag/5.6.0

[larswd]

Thanks a lot for the help!

[fpistm]

Welcome