Since Microchip never published an Aussie firmware we have never had a chance to play with the RN2XXX modules in the past. However, lately there has been some movements and we might be able to get our hands on some files soon.
While I am waiting to get my hands on the Tindie RN2903 breakout boards, I’ll fire away and ask the Nooby questions.
Does you solution work for RN2903, you reckon? afaik RN2903 and 2483 are quite similar in many ways.
We don’t have any of SODAQ products but we do have couple of UNOs lying around in R&D (and an Stalker). Did you give any of them a go in your experiment? (my guess is no, or you would’ve mentioned it but wouldn’t hurt asking )
This upload program only works on Arduino boards with the SAMD chip.
We have developed the program for the SODAQ ONE. We have added the support for the SODAQ ExpLoRer and SODAQ Autonomo + LoRaBee in the next version. We will push it to our public github tonight.
@IoT_Marco
To let it work for the Autonomo we added the BEE_VCC pin to enable the power on the bee socket.
pinMode(BEE_VCC,OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(BEE_VCC,HIGH);
The program will NOT work on the Things UNO and NOT on the SODAQ Mbili because it is written for the SAMD chips. @Mehradzie
Yes it works on both RN modules, but only when you use a micro controller with a SAMD chip like the Arduino Zero or SODAQ Autonomo.
If you still get the message: “The module did not respond”
Give the board an power cycle. Disconnect the usb cable for 10 seconds and re-open the serial monitor.
absolutely, it is possible
I forked the Sodaq Firmware Updater a couple of days ago, and I made some changes to be able to upgrade my RN2483 soldered on my ESP8266 RN2483 Shield, on other Arduino Zero boards and on ESP32.
Should be a good starting point, here is the repo, many thanks from Sodaq sharing original code
OK I will give that a go, when I have used the latest version of board files, an Explorer is recognised on USB as a SARA - not sure if this effects communication with the board
This is normal, the Arduino IDE picks the first SAMD M0 board in your list.
It used to be the Explorer, now it’s the SARA. If you install the Arduino M0 Board files, the board suddenly is a Arduino Zero.
OK thanks got it updated - here are my experiences.
Once I updated board files to 1.6.19 (latest at the moment) - board identified as SARA and firmware updater worked.
But to using the simple example for the explorer (from the Sodaq page) results in
Network Connection failed!
There was no response from the device.
I rolled back through the board file version until 1.6.15 where it not only started to identify the board as an Explorer again (on a different com port) but also connected to the network - after lots of unsuccessful tries.
I then also rolled back the Sodaq_RN2483 library back a version to 1.0.10 and instant connection again and again after each reset of the board.
So for me with a fairly old Rev5b board - the combination of Board 1.6.15 and Library 1.0.10 works for me
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, it was a stupid question - just didn’t open my eyes and missed it - long day at work