Configuration file
CLI relies heavily on the configuration file to do most actions.
For example the configuration file will provide information such as:
- Flashing configuration
- Whether the device should be router or not
- What peripherals are available on the board
- How frequently to poll the sensors
- What sensors are attached
By default, configuration file is called zigbee.yml and CLI will try to find it in the working directory.
It is possible to point the CLI to this configuration file by providing a flag. For this see Using the CLI
Example configuration¶
Note
The complete and latest file is located in the repository, in zigbee.yml. It may contain newer/changed configuration options.
# Format for this file is not stable, and can change at any time.
general:
# Defines how much time a loop will sleep after each iteration.
# Note: This does not necesseraly mean that each 2 minutes
# sensor values will be updated. Currently all sensors are polled
# synchronously, which means that if there are 3 sensors defined
# and each needs 5 seconds to obtain the result then it will take
# (3 * 5)s + runevery, which in this case will be 1m15s.
runevery: 1m
# Board name, as defined in Zephyr.
board: nrf52840dongle_nrf52840
# This paths are necessary to build the generated firmware.
# If nRF Connect setup was done with VS Code extension -
# most probably this can be left empty, but if version changes -
# new path would need to be set here.
# Paths specified here can start with `~/`, and contain
# environmental variables, which will be resolved.
# This values have sane defaults and point to ~/ncs/...
# Env variables NCS_TOOLCHAIN_BASE & ZEPHYR_BASE have
# priority over this fields.
#ncs_toolchain_base: ~/toolchains/7795df4459/
#zephyr_base: ~/ncs/zephyr
# zigbee_channels will provide optional list of channels to use.
# Note: if not defined device will use all available channels,
# so it is not needed to define this if not specifically necessary.
zigbee_channels: [11,13,15,16,17]
# Flasher tells which flashing method to use.
# Currently `nrfutil`, `mcuboot` and `west`
# are defined(but not equally tested). Nrfutil works though.
flasher: nrfutil
# Flasheroptions are flasher-specific options.
flasheroptions:
port: /dev/ttyACM1
# This section is for defining peripherals
# on the board. I.e. uart, spi, i2c, etc.
# NOTE: Only changes should be defined here.
# See https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/tree/main/boards/<arch>/<board_name>/<board_name>.dts
# for existing definitions for the board.
# For example nRF52840 Dongle would have board devicetree at
# https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/tree/main/boards/arm/nrf52840dongle_nrf52840/nrf52840dongle_nrf52840.dts
board:
# Specifically define bootloader for the board.
# This field is optional, and in most cases this might not be needed.
# But it is possible that board can be flashed
# with some non-default bootloader, or that the generated firmware is not
# placed correctly in memory. This setting can help in above situations.
# Also this option can be used to try and support boards that
# are not labeled as officialy supported.
#
# Note: if this field is present - this will force bootloader
# to be selected one, even if the value is empty string.
#bootloader: nrf52_legacy
# This option will add UART loging functionality.
# User can choose which console to use(usb or uart).
# UART has to be defined either in default device tree,
# or in `board.uart` section.
# Quite limited for now, but can be easily extended
debug:
# Enable logging and possibly LEDs
# for debugging.
enabled: false
# Console is where logs will be spit out.
# Choices are:
# * usb - no need to define any other configuration for `usb`.
# * uart1, uart2, ... - this either should be already defined for used board,
# or be defined in `uart` section.
console: uart0
# LEDs will use LED to show some board state(i.e. power, connection, etc).
# Leds used here MUST be always defined in `leds`, even if they already
# present in board definition.
leds:
# If false - leds will not be enabled to signal state.
enabled: true
# Define led which will be used to show that the board is powered.
power: led_green
# Change device type from sleepy end device to router.
# This allows for device to always be available from coordinator
# and other devices.
# By default device will be configured as sleepy end device.
# Note: Enabling router will increase the size of the firmware.
is_router: false
# I2C is optional, only to provide different pins for i2c instance(s)
i2c:
# ID of instance is the same as defined in the SoC definition.
# Generally they are in form of `i2c[0-9]`.
# Number of i2c instances is also limited, and this allows only to
# re-define pins for specified i2c instance.
- id: i2c0
sda: 0.29
scl:
port: 0
pin: 31
uart:
- id: uart0
# Pins are optional, if this is existing uart interface.
tx: 1.03
rx: 1.10
leds:
- id: led_green
# The `pin` section is optional, if led is already present in board definition.
pin:
port: 0
pin: 6
inverted: true
# Sensors define a list of devices that
# can provide sensor values or be controlled
sensors:
# All sensors have type, and most will
# also have sensor-specific configuration.
- type: bme680
i2c:
id: i2c0
# Some devices might have changable I2C address,
# which can be defined here.
# Note: this does not change the device address,
# only tells which address to use.
addr: '0x76'
- type: scd4x
i2c:
id: i2c0
# - type: device_temperature
# on_off is a sensor that will respond to on/off state of the pin.
# For now verifyied to be controlled by the client only,
# so not by actually changing the state of the pin manually.
# - type: on_off
# pin:
# # This is Green LED(LD1) on nrf52840 Dongle
# port: 0
# pin: 6
# inverted: true
Sensor options¶
Each sensor can have unique configuration options. To define such options they must be provided in their configuration in sensors section of the configuration file.
If sensors do not provide required configuration - the generated source code might not compile with some errors, or sensor might not report values correctly.
Some sensors would not require any configuration:
sensors:
- type: device_temperature
sensors:
- type: bme680
i2c:
id: i2c0
addr: '0x76'
i2c0, and will have address 0x76.
Other options may also be specified in the future, for example:
sensors:
- type: bme680
temperature:
oversampling: x4 # Notice the `oversampling` option
i2c:
id: i2c0
addr: '0x76'