Running sigfox with a Raspberry-Pi

Sigfox on Raspberry Pi

Sigfox on Raspberry Pi

Based on my sigfox multi-board shield, it is possible to hack sigfox with a raspberry pi. The standard telecom Design firmware allow to use it as a modem. The raspberry Pi just have to send the expected AT commands

 

 

 

Configure the Raspberry-Pi

The serial port of the RaspberryPi is used for boot console and must be reconfigured to be available for application.

Edit /etc/inittab ; the last line should be

T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyAMA0 115200 vt100

add a # in front of this line to disable it

#T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyAMA0 115200 vt100

Then edit /boot/cmdline.txt and change the line from

dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=ttyAMA0,115200 kgdboc=ttyAMA0,115200 console=tty1 ...

to

dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=tty1 ...

Now you can reboot the raspberry Pi

Install console tool and connect

Once restarted, install minicom serial console

sudo apt-get install minicom

and launch it

minicom -b 9600 -o -D /dev/ttyAMA0 

Now you can type any AT command like AT?

AT
OK
AT?
----------------
E    => Echo
I    => Information
Q    => Quiet
V    => Verbose
X    => Extended result code
Z    => Reset
?    => Help
&F   => Factory
&V   => Status
&W   => Save
S200 => Reboot banner display

 

4 thoughts on “Running sigfox with a Raspberry-Pi

  1. Hi,

    thanks for your work.
    I have a problem, i can’t make minicom work. I’m connected to my raspberry with ssh. When i run minicom on AMA0, i can’t use my keyboard. Do i need to use a real keyboard connected on my raspberry ? Is it possible to use ssh to interact with the minicom running on the rapsberry ?

    Thx

    • According to our direct discussion, the cause was the version of rasbian used : wheezie is recommended.

      • Thank you for your answer.
        I think I’ve made a mistake during my first test (i didn’t comment the line ttyAMA0 in /etc/inittab, i think).
        So, i restart from a fresh whezzie installation : it worked !
        Then, I have restart from a clean whezzie install, then upgrade to jessy, and then following the tuto again : it also works.
        (i really thing it was my fault, the first time)

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