Published April 26, 2018 © MIT

Publish Any Event to Wia Using Your MKR FOX 1200

How to set up a MKR FOX 1200 and publish an event or location through Sigfox to Wia.

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Publish Any Event to Wia Using Your MKR FOX 1200

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Arduino MKR Fox 1200

Sigfox Antenna

Micro-USB to USB Cable (Generic)

Software apps and online services

Wia

Sigfox

Story

Components

Arduino MKRFox1200

Sigfox Antenna

Micro USB to USB

Setup Your Environment

If you have not already done, download and install the Arduino IDE for your chosen operating system here

Open the IDE and go to `Tools > Boards > Board Manager

Search for the Arduino SAMD Boards

Install the board's core library

Arduino board manager

Connect the Board to your Computer

Using a micro USB cable, connect the micro USB port on the board to the USB port on your computer.

Install Sigfox Library

Go to Sketch > Include Libraries > Manage Libraries

Type SigFox into the search bar and click the first option. A button will appear in the bottom right of the box that will allow you to install the library

Sigfox Library

Select Board and Port

In Tools

Select the Arduino MRKFox1200 board

Select the correct port (Arduino MRKfox1200 should be on the port name):

Once you've got it connected to your computer, get the name of your device using one of the following steps:

Linux and Mac OS X

Open a terminal window and run the command ls /dev/tty.*

Look for a device with the name that begins with /dev/tty.usbmodem e.g. /dev/tty.usbmodemPy343431 or /dev/ttyACM0.

Windows

Download and install the FTDI drivers from here.

Open the Windows start menu and search for 'Device Manager'

The COM port for the Pycom device will be listed as 'USB Serial Device' or something similar

Keep note of the COM port (e.g. COM4)

Note: For Linux, you may need to run the following commands and restart the Arduino Ide to add permissions to upload a sketch to the board

Shell

sudo usermod -a -G tty ${USER}sudo usermod -a -G dialout  ${USER}

Create a new Sketch

Create a new file called sketch_sigfox_init.ino and add the code listed at the bottom named "Publish an Event to Sigfox".

*The code just waits until the Serial has begun. This makes sure Sigfox is connected and prints the Device ID and PAC number of the Device.

Upload Code to the Board

Click Sketch > Upload to upload the code to your Device to retrieve the ID and PAC number of the device.

View the Serial Monitor

Click the Screen Monitor Icon on the right hand side

In the monitor, it should display the ID and PAC for the device

Board ID and Pac Numbers

Register Device with Sigfox

Click here to register the Device with SigfoxChoose the providerArduinofrom the list Then, choose the appropriate country

Sigfox providers

Enter Device information

*Enter the ID and PAC of your device into Sigfox

Sigfox Device ID and PAC

Once entered, you must sign in or sign up to a Sigfox account to view your Device on the Sigfox Dashboard.

The Code

Create a new file called sketch_sigfox.ino and add the code below named "Publish an Event to Wia".

Make sure that

Tools > Boards is set to Arduino MRKfox1200

Tools > Port is set to the port of the board

SigFox.beginPacket() & SigFox.endPacket() are the wrappers for the payload

The data is placed between the wrappers and has a max size of 12 Bytes

Strings will be converted to hexadecimal

Upload the Code

Click Sketch > Upload to upload the code for MRKfox1200

You can view the output from the serial monitor on the right of the screen

Receiving the Message on Sigfox dashboard

Go to the Sigfox dashboard, the link is here

On your Sigfox account, click on the Device tab, click on your Device ID and click Messages

Sigfox message

The payload will be displayed in hexadecimal

Convert to ASCII to view your message

Connecting Sigfox with Wia

First, Sigfox must be integrated with Wia to see your Sigfox messages in Wia.The tutorial can be accessed here

Receiving the message on Wia

If the callback has been properly setup between Sigfox and Wia, the message should also be displayed in Wia

Go to your Space that has your Sigfox integration

Click on Device that matches the Sigfox device on the Sigfox website

Click on the events tab and Sigfox message should be displayed

Code

#include <SigFox.h>   // must include the SigFox library
  
void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600); 
  while(!Serial) {}; //waits for Serial to be available
  if (!SigFox.begin()) { //ensures SigFox is connected
    Serial.println("Shield error or not present!");
    return;
  }
  
  String version = SigFox.SigVersion();
  String ID = SigFox.ID();
  String PAC = SigFox.PAC();

  Serial.println("ID  = " + ID);
  Serial.println("PAC = " + PAC);

  delay(100);

  // Send the module to the deepest sleep
  SigFox.end();
}

void loop() {
}

#include <SigFox.h>   // must include the SigFox library

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600); 
  while(!Serial) {}; //waits for Serial to be available
  if (!SigFox.begin()) { //ensures SigFox is connected
    Serial.println("Shield error or not present!");
    return;
  }
  Serial.print("sending");
  Serial.print(SigFox.internalTemperature())
  SigFox.begin();
  SigFox.beginPacket();
  SigFox.print(SigFox.internalTemperature()); //content of the packet
  
  SigFox.endPacket();
  Serial.print("sent");
}
void loop() {
  while(1);
}

Credits

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Publish Any Event to Wia Using Your MKR FOX 1200

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Software apps and online services

Story

Components

Setup Your Environment

Connect the Board to your Computer

Install Sigfox Library

Select Board and Port

Linux and Mac OS X

Windows

Create a new Sketch

Upload Code to the Board

View the Serial Monitor

Register Device with Sigfox

Enter Device information

The Code

Upload the Code

Receiving the Message on Sigfox dashboard

Connecting Sigfox with Wia

Receiving the message on Wia

Schematics

Arduino MKR FOX 1200

Code

Publish an Event to Sigfox

Publish an Event to Wia

Credits

Spivey

Comments

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Publish Any Event to Wia Using Your MKR FOX 1200

Publish Any Event to Wia Using Your MKR FOX 1200

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Software apps and online services

Story

Components

Setup Your Environment

Connect the Board to your Computer

Install Sigfox Library

Select Board and Port

Linux and Mac OS X

Windows

Create a new Sketch

Upload Code to the Board

View the Serial Monitor

Register Device with Sigfox

Enter Device information

The Code

Upload the Code

Receiving the Message on Sigfox dashboard

Connecting Sigfox with Wia

Receiving the message on Wia

Schematics

Arduino MKR FOX 1200

Code

Publish an Event to Sigfox

Publish an Event to Wia

Credits

Spivey

Comments

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