LoRa Nodes are used to receive data from the LoRa Sensors (Droplets and MicroEdges) that have been configured in Rubix Platform (see Preparartion article links below).
LoRa-Droplet
The LoRa-Droplet node functions as a method to import points from a Droplet device (configured in Rubix Platform). This allows for the use of the sensor measurements to be utilised within the Rubix Wires programming. The LoRa-Droplet node allows advanced flows to be created based on the elements and properties of a Droplet device, such as temperature, humidity, light levels, and other available Droplet properties.
Outputs
- JSON -
JSON is the summation of all data available from the device in a single
JSON string. This includes all data points, not just the data points
available on the node outputs. Most often used for
debugging purposes.
- ID - ID is the Sensor ID of the LoRa Droplet, this will be unique to each LoRa sensor.
- Voltage - Voltage is the voltage of the batteries in the device.
- RSSI
- Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) is a measurement of the
power present in a received radio signal. This is how good the quality
of the wireless LoRa connection is. A negative number closer to Zero is
better.
- LowBatteryAlm - Low battery alarm is a boolean and is triggered to true whenever the voltage (of the batteries of the droplet) drop below the pre-set limit.
- Watchdog - Watchdog is a boolean that triggers to true when data has not been received from the LoRa Droplet within the configured interval.
- Temperature - Temperature is the temperature measurement last pushed from the LoRa Droplet.
- Humidity - Humidity is the humidity measurement last pushed from the LoRa Droplet.
- Lux - Lux is the light level (unit of luminance, equal to one lumen per square metre) last pushed from the LoRa Droplet.
- Pressure - No Longer Supported.
- Movement - Movement is a boolean and is true/1 if movement was detecting when the LoRa Droplet last pushed data.
Settings
Name - The desired name of the node.
- Enable - Node will not function if Enable is not switched on. Can be used to disable the node functions.
- Selected Sensor - (Read-Only) This is the currently selected sensor.
- Topic Type -This is how the sensor is referenced within the Rubix Platform/Wires environment. This can either be by the Sensor ID, or by the UUID of the sensor (in Rubix Platform).
- Low Battery Warning Voltage - This is the voltage level of the low battery warning. Anything less than this set level will trigger low voltage warning.
- Watchdog
- Time - The unit of time for Watchdog (No message warning) delay.
- Watchdog (No message warning) delay - The duration of time before the watchdog triggers if no data is received/pushed from the sensor.
Operation
When Rubix Platform receives a data push from a LoRa Droplet sensor, the data is sent to the corresponding LoRa-Droplet node so that the measurements can be used for logical programming within Rubix Wires.
Troubleshooting
- If the dropdown list of LoRa Droplet Sensors is empty (or not up-to-date) please click Settings > Save, then re-open the Settings for the LoRa Droplet Node.
- In order for the LoRa nodes to receive data from the LoRa App, the LORA_RAW config file must have the correct MQTT details. Contact Nube-iO Support for assistance if you are not receiving data to the LoRa nodes.
LoRa-MicroEdge
The LoRa-MicroEdge node functions as a method to import points from a MicroEdge device. This allows for the use of the device properties to be translated and utilised within the Rubix Wires environment for processes. The LoRa-MicroEdge node allows advanced flows to be created based on the elements and properties of a MicroEdge device, such as pulse counts, and analogue data.
Outputs
- JSON - JSON is the summation of all data available from the device in a single JSON string. This includes all data points, not just the data points available on the node outputs. Most often used for debugging purposes.
- ID -ID is the Sensor ID of the LoRa MicroEdge, this will be unique to each LoRa sensor.
- Voltage - Voltage is the voltage of the batteries in the device.
- RSSI
- Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) is a measurement of the power present in a received radio signal. This is how good the quality of the wireless LoRa connection is. A negative number closer to Zero is better.
- LowBatteryAlm - Low battery alarm is a boolean and is triggered to true whenever the voltage (of the batteries of the droplet) drop below the pre-set limit.
- Watchdog - Watchdog is a boolean that triggers to true when data has not been received from the LoRa Droplet within the configured interval.
- Pulses - Pulses is the measurement of pulses that the device has received at the pulse input on the MicroEdge sensor.
- A1/A2/A3 - A1/A2/A3 respectively is the measurements taken from each analogue input point on the MicroEdge sensor.
Settings
- Name - The desired name of the node.
- Enable - Node will not function if Enable is not switched on. Can be used to disable the node functions.
- Selected Sensor - (Read-Only) This is the currently selected sensor.
- Topic Type
-This is how the sensor is referenced within the Rubix Platform/Wires
environment. This can either be by the Sensor ID, or by the UUID of the
sensor (in Rubix Platform).
- Low Battery Warning Voltage - This is the voltage level of the low battery warning. Anything less than this set level will trigger low voltage warning.
- Watchdog
- Time - The unit of time for Watchdog (No message warning) delay.
- Watchdog (No message warning) delay - The duration of time before the watchdog triggers if no data is received/pushed from the sensor.
Operation
When Rubix Platform receives a data push from a LoRa MicroEdge sensor, the data is sent
to the corresponding LoRa-MicroEdge node so that the measurements can be used for
logical programming within Rubix Wires.
Troubleshooting
- If
the dropdown list of LoRa MicroEdge Sensors is empty (or not up-to-date)
please click Settings > Save, then re-open the Settings for the LoRa-MicroEdge Node.
- In order for
the LoRa nodes to receive data from the LoRa App, the LORA_RAW config
file must have the correct MQTT details. Contact Nube-iO Support for
assistance if you are not receiving data to the LoRa nodes.