Any plans for integration with RFM69 (MQTT RFM69 gateway)?

[hyteoo]

I love the RFM69 gateway you built (http://tinkerman.cat/rfm69-wifi-gateway/)
I am building sensors based on RFM69, currently using a ESP8266-RFM69 gateway with some custom software I wrote, however I'd love to also have espurna on that.
I saw the modded espurna you provide in the article, however that's an old version and it's come a long way since then.

Any chance to integrate support into the official espurna for that?
I know there's the sonoff gateway, however the rfm69 features dwarf the simple RF modules used in the sonoffs, and also it's more tinker-able :)

I'd be happy to help as I'm actively developing on the topic.

[xoseperez]

There are no plans at the moment. Problem is that the RFM69GW has some additional web interface features and I don't have a way to (easily) build custom web interfaces in ESPurna, like removing parts of the web interface that are not going to be used for a certain device.

But I do have plans to update the RFM69GW project at some point, maybe even porting it to ESP32.

[hyteoo]

That would be great
Even though a big part of espurna is supporting existing commercial devices, I think it's potential is in using it on custom devices. And a RF based setup is a must in any smart home... relying on wifi alone is not very efficient.

Hope you get to move the project here on github and update it soon :)

[knopserl]

@xoseperez. I'm working on varios ESP32 solution (ASkSin, LoRa), so I'm interested also in other projects with ESP32. I think the ESP32 (the small bare ESP32S board for 3€) is really a nice MCU. However I like the RFM95 more than the RFM69. So you make a ESP32 version, please make it RFM95 AND RFM69 compatible. It shoul be easily possible as it was also done on other PCB's.

[xoseperez]

@knopserl actually, I've been working on an M5Stack-based (ESP32) node for TTN using a custom PCB that supports both the RFM95 and the RFM69. The code at the moment is only for the RFM95 but I might port the rfm69gw to it as well: https://github.com/xoseperez/m5stack-rfm95

[knopserl]

@xoseperez thats perfect, I like that combination: ESP32 + RFM95. RFM69 is a nice to have but RFM95 is definitly the best option. I'm not planning to participate in the TTN but rather build a LoRaLAN instead of a LoraWAN, so a gateway to my local MQTT server and then NodeRed of even OpenHAB, but I think I can reuse the project for that purpose, right? Or install a local TTN server?
Does the code work in principle with a ESP32 LoRa OLED module? It has ESP32, RFM95, OLED, Battery-Charger on-board?

[xoseperez]

OK, I have made up my mind... check the rfm69 branch 🙈

[svwhisper]

It's great to see this functionality added. Can I suggest that when Espurna detects it is running as a gateway that RFM69 ATC is disabled? I think different RFM69 nodes present with quite different RSSI and therefore ATC on the gateway instance of Espurna is likely a hindrance rather than a help. I would like to be able to propose the code changes required, but am not yet skilled enough to do so.

[xoseperez]

Actually, it was not enabled but the debug message was wrong. Anyway, I have disabled it explicitly now.