Added support for the WNC M14A2A Cellular LTE Data Module.

Dependencies:   WNC14A2AInterface

Easy Connect

Easily add all supported connectivity methods to your mbed OS project

This project is derived from https://developer.mbed.org/teams/sandbox/code/simple-mbed-client-example/file/dd6231df71bb/easy-connect.lib. It give user the ability to switch between connectivity methods and includes support for the WNC14A2A Data Module. The `NetworkInterface` API makes this easy, but you still need a mechanism for the user to select the connection method, The selection is made by modifying the `mbed_app.json` file and using `easy_connect()` from your application.

Specifying connectivity method

To add support for the WNC14A2A, add the following to your ``mbed_app.json`` file:

mbed_app.json

{
    "config": {
        "network-interface":{
            "help": "options are ETHERNET,WIFI_ESP8266,WIFI_ODIN,MESH_LOWPAN_ND,MESH_THREAD,WNC14A2A",
            "value": "WNC14A2A"
        }
    },
}

After you choose `WNC14A2A` you'll also need to indicate if you want debug output or not by Enabling (true) or Disabling (false) WNC_DEBUG.

If WNC_DEBUG is enabled, there are 3 different levels of debug output (selected via bit settings). These debug levels are set using the following values:

ValueDescription
1Basic WNC driver debug output
2Comprehensive WNC driver debug output
4Network Layer debug output

You can have any combination of these three bit values for a total value of 0 – 7.

WNC Debug Settings

    "config": {
        "WNC_DEBUG": {
            "value": false
        },
        "WNC_DEBUG_SETTING": {
            "value": 4
        },
    }

Using Easy Connect from your application

Easy Connect has just one function which will either return a `NetworkInterface`-pointer or `NULL`:

Sample Code

#include "easy-connect.h"

int main(int, char**) {
    NetworkInterface* network = easy_connect(true); /* has 1 argument, enable_logging (pass in true to log to serial port) */
    if (!network) {
        printf("Connecting to the network failed... See serial output.\r\n");
        return 1;
    }
 
    // Rest of your program
}

Tested on

  • K64F with Ethernet.
  • AT&T Cellular IoT Starter Kit with WNC M14A2A Cellular Data Module

The WNCInterface class currently supports the following version(s):

  • MPSS: M14A2A_v11.50.164451 APSS: M14A2A_v11.53.164451

License

This library is released under the Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License and may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

Revision:
0:478cfd88041f
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/esp8266-driver/ESP8266/ESP8266.h	Wed Apr 19 01:08:11 2017 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+/* ESP8266Interface Example
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 ARM Limited
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ESP8266_H
+#define ESP8266_H
+
+#include "ATParser.h"
+
+/** ESP8266Interface class.
+    This is an interface to a ESP8266 radio.
+ */
+class ESP8266
+{
+public:
+    ESP8266(PinName tx, PinName rx, bool debug=false);
+
+    /**
+    * Startup the ESP8266
+    *
+    * @param mode mode of WIFI 1-client, 2-host, 3-both
+    * @return true only if ESP8266 was setup correctly
+    */
+    bool startup(int mode);
+
+    /**
+    * Reset ESP8266
+    *
+    * @return true only if ESP8266 resets successfully
+    */
+    bool reset(void);
+
+    /**
+    * Enable/Disable DHCP
+    *
+    * @param enabled DHCP enabled when true
+    * @param mode mode of DHCP 0-softAP, 1-station, 2-both
+    * @return true only if ESP8266 enables/disables DHCP successfully
+    */
+    bool dhcp(bool enabled, int mode);
+
+    /**
+    * Connect ESP8266 to AP
+    *
+    * @param ap the name of the AP
+    * @param passPhrase the password of AP
+    * @return true only if ESP8266 is connected successfully
+    */
+    bool connect(const char *ap, const char *passPhrase);
+
+    /**
+    * Disconnect ESP8266 from AP
+    *
+    * @return true only if ESP8266 is disconnected successfully
+    */
+    bool disconnect(void);
+
+    /**
+    * Get the IP address of ESP8266
+    *
+    * @return null-teriminated IP address or null if no IP address is assigned
+    */
+    const char *getIPAddress(void);
+
+    /**
+    * Get the MAC address of ESP8266
+    *
+    * @return null-terminated MAC address or null if no MAC address is assigned
+    */
+    const char *getMACAddress(void);
+
+     /** Get the local gateway
+     *
+     *  @return         Null-terminated representation of the local gateway
+     *                  or null if no network mask has been recieved
+     */
+    const char *getGateway();
+
+    /** Get the local network mask
+     *
+     *  @return         Null-terminated representation of the local network mask 
+     *                  or null if no network mask has been recieved
+     */
+    const char *getNetmask();
+
+    /* Return RSSI for active connection
+     *
+     * @return      Measured RSSI
+     */
+    int8_t getRSSI();
+
+    /**
+    * Check if ESP8266 is conenected
+    *
+    * @return true only if the chip has an IP address
+    */
+    bool isConnected(void);
+
+    /** Scan for available networks
+     *
+     * @param  ap    Pointer to allocated array to store discovered AP
+     * @param  limit Size of allocated @a res array, or 0 to only count available AP
+     * @return       Number of entries in @a res, or if @a count was 0 number of available networks, negative on error
+     *               see @a nsapi_error
+     */
+    int scan(WiFiAccessPoint *res, unsigned limit);
+
+    /**
+    * Open a socketed connection
+    *
+    * @param type the type of socket to open "UDP" or "TCP"
+    * @param id id to give the new socket, valid 0-4
+    * @param port port to open connection with
+    * @param addr the IP address of the destination
+    * @return true only if socket opened successfully
+    */
+    bool open(const char *type, int id, const char* addr, int port);
+
+    /**
+    * Sends data to an open socket
+    *
+    * @param id id of socket to send to
+    * @param data data to be sent
+    * @param amount amount of data to be sent - max 1024
+    * @return true only if data sent successfully
+    */
+    bool send(int id, const void *data, uint32_t amount);
+
+    /**
+    * Receives data from an open socket
+    *
+    * @param id id to receive from
+    * @param data placeholder for returned information
+    * @param amount number of bytes to be received
+    * @return the number of bytes received
+    */
+    int32_t recv(int id, void *data, uint32_t amount);
+
+    /**
+    * Closes a socket
+    *
+    * @param id id of socket to close, valid only 0-4
+    * @return true only if socket is closed successfully
+    */
+    bool close(int id);
+
+    /**
+    * Allows timeout to be changed between commands
+    *
+    * @param timeout_ms timeout of the connection
+    */
+    void setTimeout(uint32_t timeout_ms);
+
+    /**
+    * Checks if data is available
+    */
+    bool readable();
+
+    /**
+    * Checks if data can be written
+    */
+    bool writeable();
+
+    /**
+    * Attach a function to call whenever network state has changed
+    *
+    * @param func A pointer to a void function, or 0 to set as none
+    */
+    void attach(Callback<void()> func);
+
+    /**
+    * Attach a function to call whenever network state has changed
+    *
+    * @param obj pointer to the object to call the member function on
+    * @param method pointer to the member function to call
+    */
+    template <typename T, typename M>
+    void attach(T *obj, M method) {
+        attach(Callback<void()>(obj, method));
+    }
+
+private:
+    BufferedSerial _serial;
+    ATParser _parser;
+
+    struct packet {
+        struct packet *next;
+        int id;
+        uint32_t len;
+        // data follows
+    } *_packets, **_packets_end;
+    void _packet_handler();
+    bool recv_ap(nsapi_wifi_ap_t *ap);
+
+    char _ip_buffer[16];
+    char _gateway_buffer[16];
+    char _netmask_buffer[16];
+    char _mac_buffer[18];
+};
+
+#endif