Device profiles

A Device Profile defines the device capabilities and boot parameters that are needed by ChirpStack for setting the LoRaWAN^® radio access service. These information elements shall be provided by the end-device manufacturer.

Note: RX and TX related parameters configured in the device-profile are the parameters that ChirpStack will use on initial communication. However, ChirpStack will re-configure the parameters using mac-commands to the parameters set in the Configuration file.

Device-profile templates

On create or update it is possible to use a device-profile template to fill in most device-profile values. This also includes payload codecs. Please refer to Device-profile templates for more information.

Payload codecs

Note: the raw payload will always be available, even when a codec has been configured.

Cayenne LPP

When selecting the Cayenne LPP codec, ChirpStack will decode and encode following the Cayenne Low Power Payload specification.

Custom JavaScript codec functions

When selecting the Custom JavaScript codec functions option, you can write your own (JavaScript) functions to decode an array of bytes to a JavaScript object and encode a JavaScript object to an array of bytes. The JavaScript environment in which the codecs are executed is based on QuickJS which supports the ES2020 specification. The Node.js Buffer class is also available.

Example template:

// Decode uplink function.
//
// Input is an object with the following fields:
// - bytes = Byte array containing the uplink payload, e.g. [255, 230, 255, 0]
// - fPort = Uplink fPort.
// - variables = Object containing the configured device variables.
//
// Output must be an object with the following fields:
// - data = Object representing the decoded payload.
function decodeUplink(input) {
  return {
    data: {
      temp: 22.5
    }
  };
}

// Encode downlink function.
//
// Input is an object with the following fields:
// - data = Object representing the payload that must be encoded.
// - variables = Object containing the configured device variables.
//
// Output must be an object with the following fields:
// - bytes = Byte array containing the downlink payload.
function encodeDownlink(input) {
  return {
    bytes: [225, 230, 255, 0]
  };
}

Measurements

If a codec has been configured, then ChirpStack will automatically detect the measurements in the decoded uplink payload. Detected measurements can be found under the Measurements tab of the device-profile.

Once a measurement kind has been selected, ChirpStack will start aggregating these measurements and will visualize these under Device metrics on the device dashboard. Aggregation is per hour for the last 24 hours, per day for the last 31 days and per month for the last year.