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How to Setup Your Own Remote Weather Station Using LoRaWAN

Measure temperature, humidity, pressure, light intensity, rainfall, particulate matter, wind speed and wind direction on the Helium Network.

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How to Setup Your Own Remote Weather Station Using LoRaWAN

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Seeed Studio SenseCAP ONE S900 9-in-1 Compact Weather Sensor
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Dragino RS485-LN RS485 / Modbus to LoRaWAN Converter
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Seeed Studio Seeed SenseCAP M1 LoRaWAN Gateway (Helium Network)
Only required if there is no existing Helium Network coverage
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Preconfigured Weather Station for Helium Network
Pre-configured kits are available as an alternative to the first two required components.
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Software apps and online services

Putty
SenseCap One Configuration Tool
Helium Console
TagoIO

Story

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Code

Weather Station Function Decoder

C/C++
function Decoder(bytes, port) {

    var payload_index = bytes[2];
    var decoded_frame ={};
    //Payload index of 0 contains air temperature (C) and air humidity (%)
    if (payload_index == 0) 
    {
      decoded_frame.Air_Temperature = (bytes[3]<<24 | bytes[4]<<16 | bytes[5]<<8 | bytes[6])/1000;
      decoded_frame.Air_Humidity = (bytes[7]<<24 | bytes[8]<<16 | bytes[9]<<8 | bytes[10])/1000;
    }
    //Payload index of 1 contains barometric pressure and light intensity (Lux)
    else if (payload_index == 1)
    {
      decoded_frame.Barometric_Pressure = (bytes[3]<<24 | bytes[4]<<16 | bytes[5]<<8 | bytes[6])/1000;
      decoded_frame.Light_Intensity = (bytes[7]<<24 | bytes[8]<<16 | bytes[9]<<8 | bytes[10])/1000;
    }
    //Payload index of 2 contains minimum wind direction (degree) and maximum wind direction (degree)
    else if (payload_index == 2)
    {
      decoded_frame.Min_Wind_Direction = (bytes[3]<<24 | bytes[4]<<16 | bytes[5]<<8 | bytes[6])/1000;
      decoded_frame.Max_Wind_Direction = (bytes[7]<<24 | bytes[8]<<16 | bytes[9]<<8 | bytes[10])/1000;
    }
    //Payload index of 3 contains average wind direction (degree) and minimum wind speed (m/s)
    else if (payload_index == 3)
    {
      decoded_frame.Avg_Wind_Direction = (bytes[3]<<24 | bytes[4]<<16 | bytes[5]<<8 | bytes[6])/1000;
      decoded_frame.Min_Wind_Speed = (bytes[7]<<24 | bytes[8]<<16 | bytes[9]<<8 | bytes[10])/1000;
    }
    //Payload index of 4 contains maximum wind speed (m/s) and average wind speed (m/s)
    else if (payload_index == 4)
    {
      decoded_frame.Max_Wind_Speed = (bytes[3]<<24 | bytes[4]<<16 | bytes[5]<<8 | bytes[6])/1000;
      decoded_frame.Avg_Wind_Speed = (bytes[7]<<24 | bytes[8]<<16 | bytes[9]<<8 | bytes[10])/1000;
    }
    //Payload index of 5 contains accumulated rainfall and accumulated rainfall duration
    else if (payload_index == 5)
    {
      decoded_frame.Accumulated_Rainfall = (bytes[3]<<24 | bytes[4]<<16 | bytes[5]<<8 | bytes[6])/1000;
      decoded_frame.Accumulated_Rainfall_Duration = (bytes[7]<<24 | bytes[8]<<16 | bytes[9]<<8 | bytes[10])/1000;
    }
    //Payload index of 6 contains rain intensity and maximum rain intensity
    else if (payload_index == 6)
    {
      decoded_frame.Rain_Intensity = (bytes[3]<<24 | bytes[4]<<16 | bytes[5]<<8 | bytes[6])/1000;
      decoded_frame.Max_Rain_Intensity = (bytes[7]<<24 | bytes[8]<<16 | bytes[9]<<8 | bytes[10])/1000;
    }
    //Payload index of 7 contains PM2.5 and PM10 data
    else if (payload_index == 7)
    {
      decoded_frame.Pm2_5 = (bytes[3]<<24 | bytes[4]<<16 | bytes[5]<<8 | bytes[6])/1000;
      decoded_frame.Pm10 = (bytes[7]<<24 | bytes[8]<<16 | bytes[9]<<8 | bytes[10])/1000;
    }
    return decoded_frame;
}

Credits

MinhV

MinhV

2 projects • 3 followers
IOT Engineer at Parley Labs. I love traveling, exploring new places, learning other cultures and trying out all the food.
Bryan Bui-Tuong

Bryan Bui-Tuong

3 projects • 7 followers
I like to build things. Father, Electrical Engineer, Real Estate investor, corporate rentals, Crypto Enthusiast.

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