reworked rtos tasking & minor core sanitizations

platformio.ini

@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ build_flags =
 ; ---> NOTE: For production run set DEBUG_LEVEL level to NONE! <---
 ; otherwise device may crash in dense environments due to serial buffer overflow
 ;
-    -DCORE_DEBUG_LEVEL=ARDUHAL_LOG_LEVEL_NONE
+;    -DCORE_DEBUG_LEVEL=ARDUHAL_LOG_LEVEL_NONE
-;   -DCORE_DEBUG_LEVEL=ARDUHAL_LOG_LEVEL_INFO
+   -DCORE_DEBUG_LEVEL=ARDUHAL_LOG_LEVEL_INFO
 ;   -DCORE_DEBUG_LEVEL=ARDUHAL_LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE
 ;   -DCORE_DEBUG_LEVEL=ARDUHAL_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG
 ;

src/globals.h

@@ -44,16 +44,10 @@ typedef struct {
   } configData_t;
 
 extern configData_t cfg;
-extern uint8_t mydata[];
 extern uint64_t uptimecounter;
 extern osjob_t sendjob;
 extern char display_lora[], display_lmic[];
 extern int countermode, screensaver, adrmode, lorasf, txpower, rlim;
 extern uint16_t macs_total, macs_wifi, macs_ble; // MAC counters
-extern bool joinstate;
 extern std::set<uint16_t> macs;
 extern hw_timer_t * channelSwitch;      // hardware timer used for wifi channel switching
-
-#ifdef HAS_DISPLAY
-    extern HAS_DISPLAY u8x8;
-#endif

src/lorawan.cpp

@@ -116,9 +116,9 @@ void do_send(osjob_t* j){
         goto end;
     }
 
-    uint8_t mydata[4];
-
     // prepare payload with sum of unique WIFI MACs seen
+    static uint8_t mydata[4];
+  
     mydata[0] = (macs_wifi & 0xff00) >> 8;
     mydata[1] = macs_wifi  & 0xff;
     
@@ -169,13 +169,12 @@ void onEvent (ev_t ev) {
         
         case EV_JOINED:
 
-            joinstate=true;
             strcpy_P(buff, PSTR("JOINED"));
             sprintf(display_lora, ""); // clear previous lmic status message from display
 
             // Disable link check validation (automatically enabled
-            // during join, but not supported by TTN at this time).
+            // during join, but not supported by TTN at this time).  -> do we need this?
-            // LMIC_setLinkCheckMode(0); -> do we need this?
+            LMIC_setLinkCheckMode(0);
             
             // set data rate adaptation
             LMIC_setAdrMode(cfg.adrmode);

src/main.cpp

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Refer to LICENSE.txt file in repository for more details.
 
 // Initialize global variables
 configData_t cfg;                   // struct holds current device configuration
-osjob_t sendjob, initjob;           // LMIC jobs
+osjob_t sendjob;                    // LMIC job handler
 uint64_t uptimecounter = 0;         // timer global for uptime counter
 uint8_t DisplayState = 0;           // globals for state machine
 uint16_t macs_total = 0, macs_wifi = 0, macs_ble = 0;   // MAC counters globals for display
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ led_states previousLEDState = LED_ON;    // This will force LED to be off at boo
 unsigned long LEDBlinkStarted = 0;  // When (in millis() led blink started)
 uint16_t LEDBlinkDuration = 0;      // How long the blink need to be
 uint16_t LEDColor = COLOR_NONE;     // state machine variable to set RGB LED color
-bool joinstate = false;             // LoRa network joined? global flag
-bool blinkdone = true;              // flag for state machine for blinking LED once
 hw_timer_t * displaytimer = NULL;   // configure hardware timer used for cyclic display refresh
 hw_timer_t * channelSwitch = NULL;  // configure hardware timer used for wifi channel switching
 
@@ -128,33 +126,19 @@ const lmic_pinmap lmic_pins = {
     .dio = {DIO0, DIO1, DIO2}
 };
 
-// LoRaWAN Initjob
-static void lora_init (osjob_t* j) {
-    // reset MAC state
-    LMIC_reset();
-    // This tells LMIC to make the receive windows bigger, in case your clock is 1% faster or slower.
-    LMIC_setClockError(MAX_CLOCK_ERROR * 1 / 100); 
-    // start joining -> will happen automatically after first do_send job
-    // LMIC_startJoining();
-    // lmic init done - onEvent() callback will be invoked when events occur
-}
 
 // LMIC FreeRTos Task
 void lorawan_loop(void * pvParameters) {
 
     configASSERT( ( ( uint32_t ) pvParameters ) == 1 ); // FreeRTOS check
 
-    static uint16_t lorawait = 0;
+    //static uint16_t lorawait = 0;
 
     while(1) {
         
         // execute LMIC jobs
         os_runloop_once();
 
-        // indicate LMIC state on LEDs if present
-        #if (HAS_LED != NOT_A_PIN) || defined (HAS_RGB_LED)
-            led_loop();
-        #endif
         /*
         // check if payload is sent
         while(LMIC.opmode & OP_TXRXPEND) {
@@ -170,12 +154,13 @@ void lorawan_loop(void * pvParameters) {
             vTaskDelay(1000/portTICK_PERIOD_MS);
         }
         */
+
         vTaskDelay(10/portTICK_PERIOD_MS); // reset watchdog
     }    
 }
 
-/* end LMIC specific parts --------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
+/* end LMIC specific parts --------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 
 /* beginn hardware specific parts -------------------------------------------------------- */
@@ -384,6 +369,7 @@ uint64_t uptime() {
 #endif
 
 #if (HAS_LED != NOT_A_PIN) || defined (HAS_RGB_LED)
+
     void blink_LED(uint16_t set_color, uint16_t set_blinkduration) {
         LEDColor = set_color;                   // set color for RGB LED
         LEDBlinkDuration = set_blinkduration;   // duration 
@@ -457,7 +443,6 @@ uint64_t uptime() {
 
  #endif
 
-
 /* begin Aruino SETUP ------------------------------------------------------------ */
 
 void setup() {
@@ -575,10 +560,16 @@ ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Features %s", features);
     printKeys();
 #endif
 
-os_init(); // initialize lmic run-time environment
+// initialize LoRaWAN LMIC run-time environment
-os_setCallback(&initjob, lora_init); // setup initial job & join LoRaWAN network 
+os_init(); 
+// reset LMIC MAC state
+LMIC_reset();
+// This tells LMIC to make the receive windows bigger, in case your clock is 1% faster or slower.
+LMIC_setClockError(MAX_CLOCK_ERROR * 1 / 100); 
+
+// start lmic runloop in rtos task on core 1 (note: arduino main loop runs on core 1, too)
+// https://techtutorialsx.com/2017/05/09/esp32-get-task-execution-core/
 
-// start lmic runloop in rtos task on core 1 (arduino main loop runs on core 1)
 ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Starting Lora task on core 1");
 xTaskCreatePinnedToCore(lorawan_loop, "loratask", 2048, ( void * ) 1,  ( 5 | portPRIVILEGE_BIT ), NULL, 1); 
 
@@ -597,21 +588,21 @@ xTaskCreatePinnedToCore(sniffer_loop, "wifisniffer", 2048, ( void * ) 1, 1, NULL
     }
 #endif
     
-// kickoff first sendjob -> joins network and transmits initial payload "0000"
+// kickoff sendjob -> joins network and rescedules sendjob for cyclic transmitting payload
-uint8_t mydata[] = "0000";
 do_send(&sendjob);
+
 }
 
-/* end Aruino SETUP ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/* end Arduino SETUP ------------------------------------------------------------ */
 
+/* begin Arduino main loop ------------------------------------------------------ */
 
-/* begin Aruino LOOP ------------------------------------------------------------ */
-
-// Arduino main moop, runs on core 1
-// https://techtutorialsx.com/2017/05/09/esp32-get-task-execution-core/
 void loop() {
 
-    // simple state machine for controlling display, LED, button, etc.
+  	while (1) {
+
+        // simple state machine for controlling uptime, display, LED, button, memory.
+
         uptimecounter = uptime() / 1000;    // counts uptime in seconds (64bit)
 
         #if (HAS_LED != NOT_A_PIN) || defined (HAS_RGB_LED)
@@ -637,6 +628,7 @@ void loop() {
 
         vTaskDelay(10/portTICK_PERIOD_MS); // reset watchdog
 
+    } // end of infinite main loop
 }
 
-/* end Aruino LOOP ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+/* end Arduino main loop ------------------------------------------------------------ */