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swaits 0b4eb04591 fix: correct postcard encoding for u8/i8 fields (was using varint/zigzag)
ROOT CAUSE: postcard encodes u8 and i8 as raw bytes, NOT varint/zigzag.
The Python encoders used varint() for u8 and zigzag() for i8. For small
values this was silently correct (varint(7) == raw byte 7), but for
tx_power_dbm: zigzag(14) = 28, which the new validation correctly
rejected as out of range (-9..22). This was a pre-existing bug masked
by the absence of validation.

Fix all RadioConfig field encoders in both donglora.py and meshcore_rx.py.
Fix docs/PROTOCOL.md to correctly document i8 as raw byte, not zigzag.
Restore full config validation.
2026-03-29 20:42:58 -06:00

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"""DongLoRa host library — connect, configure, send/receive LoRa packets.
This is a minimal helper for the example scripts. It implements the
DongLoRa USB protocol (COBS-framed postcard) just enough to be useful.
See docs/PROTOCOL.md for the full specification.
"""
# /// script
# requires-python = ">=3.10"
# dependencies = ["cobs", "pyserial"]
# ///
import glob
import struct
import subprocess
import serial
import time
from cobs import cobs
# ── USB device discovery ──────────────────────────────────────────
USB_VID_PID = "1209:5741"
def find_port() -> str | None:
"""Find the DongLoRa serial port by USB VID:PID."""
for path in sorted(glob.glob("/dev/ttyACM*")) + sorted(glob.glob("/dev/ttyUSB*")):
try:
result = subprocess.run(
["udevadm", "info", "--query=property", f"--name={path}"],
capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=2,
)
props = dict(
line.split("=", 1) for line in result.stdout.splitlines() if "=" in line
)
vid = props.get("ID_VENDOR_ID", "").lower()
pid = props.get("ID_MODEL_ID", "").lower()
if f"{vid}:{pid}" == USB_VID_PID:
return path
except Exception:
continue
ports = sorted(glob.glob("/dev/ttyACM*"))
return ports[0] if ports else None
def wait_for_device() -> str:
"""Block until a DongLoRa device appears."""
print("Waiting for DongLoRa...", end="", flush=True)
while True:
port = find_port()
if port:
print(f" found {port}")
time.sleep(0.3)
return port
print(".", end="", flush=True)
time.sleep(0.5)
# ── COBS framing ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
def cobs_encode(data: bytes) -> bytes:
return cobs.encode(data) + b"\x00"
def read_frame(ser: serial.Serial) -> bytes | None:
"""Read one COBS frame. Returns decoded bytes or None on timeout."""
buf = b""
while True:
b = ser.read(1)
if not b:
return None
if b == b"\x00":
break
buf += b
if not buf:
return None
try:
return cobs.decode(buf)
except cobs.DecodeError:
return None
# ── Postcard encoding ────────────────────────────────────────────
def varint(n: int) -> bytes:
out = []
while n >= 0x80:
out.append((n & 0x7F) | 0x80)
n >>= 7
out.append(n & 0x7F)
return bytes(out)
def zigzag(n: int) -> bytes:
return varint((n << 1) ^ (n >> 31) if n >= 0 else ((-n - 1) << 1) | 1)
def decode_varint(data: bytes) -> tuple[int, bytes]:
n, shift = 0, 0
for i, b in enumerate(data):
n |= (b & 0x7F) << shift
shift += 7
if not (b & 0x80):
return n, data[i + 1:]
return n, b""
def decode_zigzag(data: bytes) -> tuple[int, bytes]:
n, rest = decode_varint(data)
return (n >> 1) ^ -(n & 1), rest
# ── Command encoding ─────────────────────────────────────────────
def encode_config(cfg: dict) -> bytes:
"""Encode a RadioConfig dict to postcard bytes.
Postcard wire format: u8/i8 are raw bytes, u16/u32 are varint,
i16/i32 are zigzag+varint, enums are varint variant index.
"""
out = varint(cfg["freq_hz"]) # u32: varint
out += varint(cfg["bw"]) # enum: varint variant index
out += struct.pack("B", cfg["sf"]) # u8: raw byte
out += struct.pack("B", cfg["cr"]) # u8: raw byte
out += varint(cfg["sync_word"]) # u16: varint
out += struct.pack("b", cfg["tx_power_dbm"]) # i8: raw signed byte
return out
def encode_command(cmd: str, **kwargs) -> bytes:
"""Encode a command name + kwargs to postcard bytes."""
commands = {
"Ping": 0, "GetConfig": 1, "SetConfig": 2, "StartRx": 3,
"StopRx": 4, "Transmit": 5, "DisplayOn": 6, "DisplayOff": 7,
}
idx = commands[cmd]
out = varint(idx)
if cmd == "SetConfig":
out += encode_config(kwargs["config"])
elif cmd == "Transmit":
config = kwargs.get("config")
if config is None:
out += b"\x00"
else:
out += b"\x01" + encode_config(config)
payload = kwargs["payload"]
out += varint(len(payload)) + payload
return out
# ── Response decoding ────────────────────────────────────────────
def decode_response(data: bytes) -> dict:
"""Decode a postcard-encoded response into a dict."""
if not data:
return {"type": "Empty"}
variant = data[0]
rest = data[1:]
if variant == 0:
return {"type": "Pong"}
elif variant == 1:
return {"type": "Config", "raw": rest.hex()}
elif variant == 2:
rssi, rest = decode_zigzag(rest)
snr, rest = decode_zigzag(rest)
plen, rest = decode_varint(rest)
return {"type": "RxPacket", "rssi": rssi, "snr": snr, "payload": rest[:plen]}
elif variant == 3:
return {"type": "TxDone"}
elif variant == 4:
return {"type": "Ok"}
elif variant == 5:
code = rest[0] if rest else -1
return {"type": "Error", "code": code}
else:
return {"type": f"Unknown({variant})"}
# ── High-level helpers ───────────────────────────────────────────
def send(ser: serial.Serial, cmd: str, **kwargs) -> dict:
"""Send a command and return the response."""
ser.write(cobs_encode(encode_command(cmd, **kwargs)))
ser.flush()
data = read_frame(ser)
if data is None:
return {"type": "Timeout"}
return decode_response(data)
def connect(port: str | None = None, timeout: float = 2.0) -> serial.Serial:
"""Open a connection to a DongLoRa device."""
if port is None:
port = wait_for_device()
ser = serial.Serial(port, timeout=timeout)
ser.reset_input_buffer()
return ser
# Default radio config: 915 MHz, 125 kHz BW, SF7, CR 4/5
DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
"freq_hz": 915_000_000,
"bw": 7, # 125 kHz
"sf": 7,
"cr": 5, # CR 4/5
"sync_word": 0x1424,
"tx_power_dbm": 14,
}