Introduction

The KellerAg.Shared.IoT.Converters are a set of .NET DLLs to handle proprietary communication data from IoT devices of the company KELLER Druckmesstechnik AG.

The main purpose is to demonstrate one possible way to implement the text data stored on FTP folders (via 2G/3G/4G/NB-IoT/LTE-M) or JSON text from/to LoRaWAN network server (TheThingsNetwork / ThingsPark (Actility) / Loriot.io).

The communication protocol are public:

The KellerAg.Shared.IoT.Converters are an example implementation of said communication protocols and used by KELLER’s KOLIBRI Cloud. overview

Github-URL

Please visit: https://github.com/KELLERAGfuerDruckmesstechnik/KellerAg.Shared.IoT.Converters

Usage

Nuget URL : https://www.nuget.org/packages/KellerAg.Shared.IoT.Converters/

PM> Install-Package KellerAg.Shared.IoT.Converters

Use these following namespaces

using KellerAg.Shared.IoT.Converters; //for the converters

using Entities.Data; //for the DeviceSettings-DTO
using JsonToBusinessObjects.Conversion; //for some used entities/DTOs
using JsonToBusinessObjects.DataContainers; //for some used entities/DTOs

Conversion with FTP text file

// Have a look at the examples in https://github.com/KELLERAGfuerDruckmesstechnik/KellerAg.Shared.IoT.Converters/blob/master/DemoBlazorApp/FtpConversions.cs
IConvert converter = new KellerAg.Shared.IoT.Converters.IoTConvert();

string gsmCommunicationJsonText = converter.GsmCommunicationToJson(text_content); // Gets the text content in Json format

ConversionResult conversionResult = converter.GsmCommunicationJsonToBusinessObject(gsmCommunicationJsonText);

JsonToBusinessObjects.DataContainers.BusinessObject businessObject = conversionResult.BusinessObjectRoot;

Console.WriteLine($"The battery's capacity is {BusinessObject.DeviceInformation.BatteryCapacity} %")

//or from DTO to a valid text file
var deviceConfiguration = new Entites.Data.DeviceSettings{ GeneralNetworkName = "My Network Name", GeneralLocationName = "My Device Name", GeneralAltitudeText = "555", HardwareConnectionType = (byte?)5, MeasurementInterval = 48000};
gsmCommunicationJsonText = converter.DeviceConfigurationToGsmCommunication(deviceConfiguration);

Conversion with LoRa data

// Have a look at the examples in https://github.com/KELLERAGfuerDruckmesstechnik/KellerAg.Shared.IoT.Converters/blob/master/DemoBlazorApp/Pages/DemoLora.razor 
IConvert converter = new KellerAg.Shared.IoT.Converters.IoTConvert();

KellerAg.Shared.LoRaPayloadConverter.PayloadInformation extractedInformation = converter.LoRaPayloadToLoRaMessage("1F011302000313042F0DFF0E000F00100115051603",4);
Console.WriteLine($"There are {extractedInformation.Measurements.Count} measurements stored.")

//or directly the whole JSON from the network server
// Example with a JSON from TheThingsNetwork:
string exampleLoRaTransmissionTTNText = @"{""app_id"":""ldtapplication"",""dev_id"":""ldtdevice1"",""hardware_serial"":""0004A30B001EC250"",""port"":1,""counter"":0,""payload_raw"":""AQUB03/AAAB/wAAAf8AAAD94px5BxdcKAAAAAA=="",""payload_fields"":{""Channel_1"":5.104235503814077e+38,""Channel_2"":5.104235503814077e+38,""Channel_3"":5.104235503814077e+38,""Channel_4"":0.9713000059127808,""channel"":""0000000111010011"",""ct"":5,""func"":1,""payload"":""AQswAD93JxNBu1wp""},""metadata"":{""time"":""2017-10-30T11:18:25.511380476Z"",""frequency"":867.1,""modulation"":""LORA"",""data_rate"":""SF12BW125"",""coding_rate"":""4/5"",""gateways"":[{""gtw_id"":""eui-c0ee40ffff29356b"",""timestamp"":300640588,""time"":"""",""channel"":3,""rssi"":-42,""snr"":9,""latitude"":47.49873,""longitude"":8.746949},{""gtw_id"":""kellergw2"",""gtw_trusted"":true,""timestamp"":509643924,""time"":""2017-10-30T11:17:44Z"",""channel"":3,""rssi"":-61,""snr"":9.5,""latitude"":47.498688,""longitude"":8.747711}]},""downlink_url"":""https://integrations.thethingsnetwork.org/ttn-eu/api/v2/down/ldtapplication/httpldttest?key=ttn-account-v2.4vThJdZ2ISzcdwppUzCaLWsBmF1_GszPXEOglkR3AfA""}";

JsonToBusinessObjects.DataContainers.BusinessObjectRoot businessObject = Converter.LoRaJsonMessageToBusinessObject(exampleLoRaTransmissionTTNText);
Console.WriteLine($"There are {businessObject.LoRaData.Measurements.Count} measurements stored from the device with the EUI {businessObject.LoRaData.EUI}.")

//or from DTO to a valid KELLER payload whereas there can be multiple payloads
List<string> payloads = Converter.DeviceConfigurationToLoRaPayloads(DeviceSettings deviceConfigurationDifference); // Properties that are not null/empty will be used for generating the payloads

  //alternative:  
List<string> payloads = Converter.DeviceConfigurationToLoRaPayloads(string deviceConfigurationDifference); // JSON string with properties to change (not listed properties shall not be changed)

// or directly from a PayloadInfo object to a list of KELLER LoRa-Payload strings  
var payloadInfo = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<PayloadInformation>(payloadInfoJson);  
List<string> payloads = PayloadConverter.ConvertToTheThingsNetwork(payloadInfo);  
  // alternative
List<string> payloads = PayloadConverter.ConvertToActility(payloadInfo);  
  // alternative
List<string> payloads = PayloadConverter.ConvertToLoriot(payloadInfo);

Todos

  • Open-Source Entities (KellerAg.Shared.Entities)
  • Extend DeviceSettings.cs and add conversion from DTO to LoRaWAN Json
  • Combine all namespaces and DLLs into one

FAQ

Question: This is C#/.NET library. Do you also have another language such as Java or Python?
Answer: No. Only C#/.NET so far.

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