[micropython] Timeout socket doesn't work in LoRa

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#1

I’m noob with python and lora, I want to open a socket wait for a message, if there is no message then do something else, my code so far is:

from network import LoRa
import socket
import machine
import time
import binascii
import network

n = 0
try:
 the_sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_LORA, socket.SOCK_RAW)
except:
   exit('Error creating socket.')
the_sock.settimeout(5)
while True:
    try:
        n+=1
        print("Hola"+str(n))
        time.sleep(1)
        the_sock.setblocking(True)
        ack = the_sock.recv(HEADER_SIZE)
    except socket.timeout, e:
        err = e.args[0]
        print(err)
        break`

The problem is that the timeout it’s not working, I’ve checked some answers but the code looks good to me, can you help me please?

Kind Regards

#2

Is that with the LoPy? You could check out my example code that I’ve been using as an example for a workshop: https://github.com/brocaar/pycom-examples. This runs on the LoPy + PySense shield.

#3

Yes it’s with the lopy, I’ve checked your code, but you don’t use the socket timeout, do you have one that uses it by any chance?

#4

No sorry, I never tried. Note that you might want to re-post your question at https://forum.pycom.io :slight_smile: