Question about sending broadcast messages

[fmc5046]

Hi really cool project! I had a question about sending messages to other nodes, is there a way to broadcast messages to all nodes and not expect or wait for a reply? I'm working on a project where I'd like to both broadcast to all nearby nodes and also send messages directly to a node and wait for the acknowledgement to ensure the message was delivered successfully. Thanks.

[tinytronix]

Not waiting for reply for sending broadcasts needs some modification in the code.

The fast hack is:

1st:
copy function LoraGateway::Send to LoraGateway::SendWithoutReply and modify
currTransaction.nRepeat = 3;
to
currTransaction.nRepeat = 0;

2nd:
Give each node private device ids and callbacks as required AND:
Give each node the same common broadcast device id (any id will do as long as it is the same in each node):
lora.RegisterCallback(0xffffffff, //Lora node ID
LORA_ACTOR_REQ, //Lora command id
(void*)onLORA_Broadcast);//callback function for command LORA_ACTOR_REQ

3rd:
in the callback function onLORA_Broadcast do not send a confirmation

4th:
DONE!

The smarter way would be:

create a new define
#define LORA_STATUS_DONT_REPLY 8
in the above mentioned new function LoraGateway::SendWithoutReply set
currTransaction.nRepeat = 0;
and set
currTransaction.loraFrameTx.head.status = LORA_STATUS_DONT_REPLY;
Then in the node implementation create a function which returns the current dataFrame.head.status which then will
reflect LORA_STATUS_DONT_REPLY.

The advantage of this solution: Reply or not reply does not depend on a specific node id. The gateway can decide for
each transmission if it wants a reply or not.

A common broadcast device id for each node is needed for both solutions.