Looking very much forward to this! Any progress on this?
@kamaradclimber Are you planning on releasing this as on official HA integration?
It is available as a custom hacs repository if you want.
I don’t plan to make it evolve much more but would gladly accept suggestions and patches.
I would prefer 1technophile to add this kind of capacity to OMG instead but in the meantime there is a solution.
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Awesome, will give it a shot. Recently ordered the soil sensor and a LORA-gateway for ESP32.
Hopefully, I will get it all to work. If I can, anybody can :). Keep you posted…
Nevermind… bought a Heltec V3 LORA board… not supported my OMG
You need to compile and maybe change pins
[env:esp32s3-dev-c1-ble]
platform = ${com.esp32_platform}
board = esp32-s3-devkitc-1
...
info from meshtastic:
Same stuff here 
Maybe LoRaWan
Alright… this is all new for me. Where do I check/set the pins in the code?
I see some pin definitions in main/config_lora.h, but it’s not all of them and the names do not correspond. with the names on the meshtastic github.
Also see you mentioned GitHub - jgromes/RadioLib: Universal wireless communication library for embedded devices on OMG forum. Can you give me some more pointers on how to piece this together? Again… this is new to me…
It will not work with sx1262.
Only supported chip in omg:
Alright… sorry for so many messages in a row…
I got the LILYGO 32v2.1 board and flashed it to the lilygo_ble firmware using option 1 on the OMG website. No issues here and the board is autodiscovered in HA.
I installed the custom repo as made by @kamaradclimber in installed the integration. It detects OMG in HA.
I bought the Makerfabs soil sensor v3 and flashed it with the code as @wmaker published on his Git. Only changed the frequency to 868 and set the update interval to 20 secs (value of 1 in the code).
That’s where it currently ends. HA is not auto-discovering the soil sensor. And I don’t see any MQTT-messages dropping by ( mosquitto_sub -h 192.168.x.x -t home/OpenMQTTGateway_ESP32_LORA/LORAtoMQTT/# -u mqtt -P ********* -v). So, not sure if the soil sensor and OMG are actually communicating.
I got debugging output from the soil sensor:
Code start>>
LoRa Radio Started successfully!
ADC:883
ADC:892
ADC:892
BAT:992
3.20V
BAT:992
3.20V
BAT:992
3.20V
LoRa TX: {"node_id":"ID011318","hum":53.22819,"temp":25.103,"adc":33,"bat":3.196875}
Code end<<
Nothing wrong if you ask me…
I am not as familiar with these prebuilt firmware, but I believe lilygo_ble does not include LoRa.
From looking at this table, I think your best option is ttgo-lora32-v1-868. Its for the V1 board, but it may work for the one you have.
Awesome, got it to work. Took the firmware as @wmaker mentioned and changed the script a bit that he posted before. Basically just the ID of the sensor and the topic of the MQTT messages. And everything came together!
Hoping very much this will be further developed! Would be great if multiple devices got supported and the script is no longer necessary. Not too much work if you ask me, but unfortunately far beyond my skills.
Sorry to see there is not a lot of action here…
Anyway… The Lora has been running indoors for about a month now. I lost about 25% of its battery. Humidity always reports 100%. Other than that is the device running smoothly.
I just received the 3D printed outdoor case. It’s a really tight fit, but curious to see if it works outdoors!
A bit of progress here (not published yet):
- Added capability to change LORA receiving frequency
- Added WebUI
- Added Lilygo v1 display support
- Lora node identifier as a subtopic per default (per device MQTT topic) as asked by @wmaker
Todo:
- Configuration through the WebUI for @pricelesstoolkit
- Auto discovery @kamaradclimber
Is there a reference repository for the sensor node code that I could check and align with, or is it only the code snippets in this post?
As far as I have been able to ascertain, the base node code that most are using is in this thread (click here).
You are certainly welcome to use mine which is similar code, but mostly differs in how the measured values of the soil capacitance is reported.
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Two of my three sensor also have humidity stuck at some value (right now stuck at 0%).
A few things have happened since I was last here. It was necessary to modify my code because of two problems:
- Fast dying batteries:
I noticed that a few of my sensors stopped working overnight. The last sign of this was a large number of transmissions:
I believe the issue lies in my code’s sequence. Initially, I begin whith the measurement and then transmit values in loop(). When the voltage falls during data transmission, the chip restarts, sends data again, encounters a voltage drop, and restarts in a repeating cycle. I have fixed the code in loop() and it is now reliable.
- Wrong values for dry and wet:
I have made an error in measuring dry and wet samples. I obtained different readings when measuring in water and wet soil, so I calibrated my sensor with dry and wet soil, not air and water.
Maybe this will help someone make their sensor more reliable - I’ve attached my new code, maybe it will help someone too, even if the code is still crap. I´m to lazy to translate my german comments, sorry. 
Still to do - measuring cycle every three hours. I can’t see that it makes any difference whether I measure every hour or every three hours, with the exception of the extended battery life.
// Arduino Pro Mini
// ATMega326P 3.3V/8M
#include <SPI.h>
#include <Wire.h>
#include <RadioLib.h>
#include <avr/wdt.h>
#include <avr/sleep.h>
#include "I2C_AHT10.h"
#include <ArduinoJson.h>
String node_id = String("ID") + "011270";
//Set sleep time, when value is 1 almost sleep 20s,when value is 450, almost 1 hour.
#define SLEEP_CYCLE 450
//#define SLEEP_CYCLE 38 //5 Minuten
//Lora set
//Set Lora frequency
#define FREQUENCY 868.0
#define BANDWIDTH 125.0
#define SPREADING_FACTOR 10
#define CODING_RATE 7
#define OUTPUT_POWER 14
#define PREAMBLE_LEN 8
#define GAIN 0
//328p
#define DIO0 2
#define DIO1 6
#define LORA_RST 4
#define LORA_CS 10
#define SPI_MOSI 11
#define SPI_MISO 12
#define SPI_SCK 13
//pin set
#define VOLTAGE_PIN A3
#define PWM_OUT_PIN 9
#define SENSOR_POWER_PIN 5
#define ADC_PIN A2
#define DEBUG_OUT_ENABLE 1
SX1276 radio = new Module(LORA_CS, DIO0, LORA_RST, DIO1);
AHT10 humiditySensor;
String jsonoutput; // string für json-übertragung
bool readSensorStatus = false;
int sensorValue = 0; // variable to store the value coming from the sensor
int batValue = 0; // the voltage of battery
int count = 0;
int ADC_O_1; // ADC Output First 8 bits
int ADC_O_2; // ADC Output Next 2 bits
int16_t packetnum = 0; // packet counter, we increment per xmission
float temperature = 0.0;
float humidity = 0.0;
float bat = 0.0;
bool AHT_init()
{
bool ret = false;
Wire.begin();
delay(100);
if (humiditySensor.begin() == false)
{
#if DEBUG_OUT_ENABLE
Serial.println("AHT10 not detected. Please check wiring. Freezing.");
#endif
}
if (humiditySensor.available() == true)
{
temperature = humiditySensor.getTemperature();
humidity = humiditySensor.getHumidity();
ret = true;
}
if (isnan(humidity) || isnan(temperature))
{
#if DEBUG_OUT_ENABLE
Serial.println(F("Failed to read from AHT sensor!"));
#endif
}
return ret;
}
void Lora_init()
{
int state = radio.begin(FREQUENCY, BANDWIDTH, SPREADING_FACTOR, CODING_RATE, SX127X_SYNC_WORD, OUTPUT_POWER, PREAMBLE_LEN, GAIN);
#if DEBUG_OUT_ENABLE
Serial.print("FREQUENCY: ");
Serial.println(FREQUENCY);
Serial.print("BANDWIDTH: ");
Serial.println(BANDWIDTH);
Serial.print("SPREADING_FACTOR: ");
Serial.println(SPREADING_FACTOR);
Serial.print("CODING_RATE: ");
Serial.println(CODING_RATE);
Serial.print("SX127X_SYNC_WORD: ");
//Serial.println(SX127X_SYNC_WORD);
Serial.print("OUTPUT_POWER: ");
Serial.println(OUTPUT_POWER);
Serial.print("PREAMBLE_LEN:");
Serial.println(PREAMBLE_LEN);
Serial.print("GAIN: ");
Serial.println(GAIN);
#endif
Serial.println(state);
if (state == ERR_NONE)
{
#if DEBUG_OUT_ENABLE
Serial.println(F("success!"));
#endif
}
else
{
#if DEBUG_OUT_ENABLE
Serial.print(F("failed, code "));
Serial.println(state);
#endif
// while (true)
// ;
}
}
void setup()
{
#if DEBUG_OUT_ENABLE
Serial.begin(115200);
Serial.println("Soil start.");
Serial.print(FREQUENCY);
Serial.println(" Mhz");
Serial.print("Watchdog set to ");
Serial.print(SLEEP_CYCLE * 8 / 60);
Serial.println(" Minutes");
#endif
delay(100);
// set up Timer 1
pinMode(PWM_OUT_PIN, OUTPUT);
TCCR1A = bit(COM1A0); // toggle OC1A on Compare Match
TCCR1B = bit(WGM12) | bit(CS10); // CTC, scale to clock
OCR1A = 1;
pinMode(LORA_RST, OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(LORA_RST, HIGH);
delay(100);
pinMode(SENSOR_POWER_PIN, OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(SENSOR_POWER_PIN, HIGH); //Sensor power on
delay(100);
Lora_init();
Wire.begin();
if (humiditySensor.begin() == false)
{
#if DEBUG_OUT_ENABLE
Serial.println("AHT10 not detected. Please check wiring. Freezing.");
#endif
}
#if DEBUG_OUT_ENABLE
else
Serial.println("AHT10 acknowledged.");
#endif
//setup over
#if DEBUG_OUT_ENABLE
Serial.println("[Set]Sleep Mode Set");
#endif
low_power_set();
}
void loop()
{
wdt_disable();
if (count > SLEEP_CYCLE) //(7+1) x 8S 450
{
//count init
count = 0;
do_some_work();
all_pins_low();
}
low_power_set();
}
ISR(WDT_vect)
{
#if DEBUG_OUT_ENABLE
Serial.print("[Watch dog]");
Serial.println(count);
#endif
delay(100);
count++;
//wdt_reset();
wdt_disable(); // disable watchdog
}
void low_power_set()
{
all_pins_low();
delay(10);
// disable ADC
ADCSRA = 0;
sleep_enable();
watchdog_init();
set_sleep_mode(SLEEP_MODE_PWR_DOWN);
delay(10);
noInterrupts();
sleep_enable();
// turn off brown-out enable in software
MCUCR = bit(BODS) | bit(BODSE);
MCUCR = bit(BODS);
interrupts();
sleep_cpu();
sleep_disable();
}
//Enable watch dog
void watchdog_init()
{
// clear various "reset" flags
MCUSR = 0;
// allow changes, disable reset
WDTCSR = bit(WDCE) | bit(WDE);
WDTCSR = bit(WDIE) | bit(WDP3) | bit(WDP0); // set WDIE, and 8 seconds delay
wdt_reset(); // pat the dog
}
void do_some_work()
{
digitalWrite(SENSOR_POWER_PIN, HIGH); // Sensor/RF95 power on
digitalWrite(LORA_RST, HIGH);
delay(5);
pinMode(PWM_OUT_PIN, OUTPUT); //digitalWrite(PWM_OUT_PIN, LOW);
TCCR1A = bit(COM1A0); // toggle OC1A on Compare Match
TCCR1B = bit(WGM12) | bit(CS10); // CTC, scale to clock
OCR1A = 1; // compare A register value (5000 * clock speed / 1024).When OCR1A == 1, PWM is 2MHz
Lora_init();
delay(50);
//ADC2 AVCC as reference voltage
ADMUX = _BV(REFS0) | _BV(MUX1);
//ADC2 internal 1.1V as ADC reference voltage
//ADMUX = _BV(REFS1) |_BV(REFS0) | _BV(MUX1);
// 8 分频
ADCSRA = _BV(ADEN) | _BV(ADPS1) | _BV(ADPS0);
delay(50);
for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
{
//start ADC conversion
ADCSRA |= (1 << ADSC);
delay(10);
if ((ADCSRA & 0x40) == 0)
{
ADC_O_1 = ADCL;
ADC_O_2 = ADCH;
sensorValue = (ADC_O_2 << 8) + ADC_O_1;
ADCSRA |= 0x40;
#if DEBUG_OUT_ENABLE
Serial.print("ADC raw:");
Serial.println(sensorValue);
#endif
Serial.print("Sensor ");
Serial.println(node_id);
// 800 = Erde trocken, 600 Erde nass
// (Sensorwert, trocken, nass, 0%, 100%)
// Überprüfe, ob der Sensorwert innerhalb der Grenzen liegt
if (sensorValue > 800) sensorValue = 800;
if (sensorValue < 650) sensorValue = 650;
// Skaliere den Sensorwert zwischen 0 und 100
sensorValue = 100 - ((sensorValue - 650) * 100 / (800 - 650));
#if DEBUG_OUT_ENABLE
Serial.print("ADC:");
Serial.println(sensorValue);
#endif
if (readSensorStatus == false)
readSensorStatus = AHT_init();
}
ADCSRA |= (1 << ADIF); //reset as required
delay(50);
}
//ADC3 internal 1.1V as ADC reference voltage
ADMUX = _BV(REFS1) | _BV(REFS0) | _BV(MUX1) | _BV(MUX0);
delay(50);
for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
{
//start ADC conversion
ADCSRA |= (1 << ADSC);
delay(10);
if ((ADCSRA & 0x40) == 0)
{
ADC_O_1 = ADCL;
ADC_O_2 = ADCH;
batValue = (ADC_O_2 << 8) + ADC_O_1;
ADCSRA |= 0x40;
#if DEBUG_OUT_ENABLE
Serial.print("BAT:");
Serial.println(batValue);
bat = (float)batValue * 3.3;
//float bat = (float)batValue * 3.3;
bat = bat / 1024.0;
Serial.print(bat);
Serial.println("V");
#endif
}
ADCSRA |= (1 << ADIF); //reset as required
delay(50);
}
send_lora();
delay(1000);
radio.sleep();
packetnum++;
readSensorStatus = false;
Serial.println("Versorgungsspannung LORA aus");
digitalWrite(SENSOR_POWER_PIN, LOW); // Sensor/RF95 power off;
delay(100);
}
void all_pins_low()
{
pinMode(PWM_OUT_PIN, INPUT);
pinMode(A4, INPUT_PULLUP);
pinMode(A5, INPUT_PULLUP);
delay(50);
}
void send_lora()
{
// Create json object for transfer
DynamicJsonDocument root(96);
//JsonObject& root = jsonBuffer.createObject();
root["node_id"] = node_id;
root["hum"] = (String)humidity;
root["temp"] = (String)temperature;
root["adc"] = (String)sensorValue;
root["bat"] = (String)bat;
serializeJson(root, jsonoutput);
#if DEBUG_OUT_ENABLE
serializeJson(root, Serial);
Serial.println("");
#endif
radio.transmit(jsonoutput);
jsonoutput = "";
}
I have purchased a Makerfabs Lora Soil Sensor V3 and Makerfabs MaESP ESP32 Gateway. I have loaded the gateway with python code as per https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d9dZf8PyiU. When I connect the gateway to serial port within Arduino, data is received from the Soil Sensor without issue. The bit I am having problems with is the next step, how to get this data flow into H/A with the Makerfabs ESP32 gateway. Has anybody been able to do this and if so can they assist in letting me know how to go about it. Thanks.
I only glanced through the YouTube, but I don’t think it is using OpenMQTT-Gateway (OMG) code which most users in this thread are using. MQTT is used by the LoRa Gateway to talk to HA.
I thought I would report out that after more than a year of use, my MakerFab soil sensors which I use outdoors are failing dead at a high rate (around 100%). Switching to the 3D printed mushroom as a housing helps, but seems most the failures occur after a period of heavy rain. When I open up the enclosure, I find evidence of bugs of some kind, particularly spiders, were at one time on the PCB and in particular leaving their stuff across pins on components. Hope to debug this further some day, but it may be that the best path forward is to fully enclose these sensors, and give up on the humidity/temperature.