pynbntnmodem 0.2.1

Library for interfacing to Narrowband Non-Terrestrial Network modems using AT commands.

NB-NTN Modem Interface

A generic model for interfacing to a NB-IoT modem compatible with 3GPP R17 Non-Terrestrial Network.

Provides a generic class NbntnModem that abstracts specific AT commands to common functional operations used for communicating using NB-IoT over satellite. The class is intended to be subclassed and extended for specific modem variants from various manufacturers.

Modem Subclassing

Since modem implementations differ across make/model, this library is intended to be used to create NbntnModem subclasses with specific AT commands and responses.

Initialization Sequence

The ntninit submodule describes the format and an example template for the AT command sequence required by a particular modem variant.

The ntn_init list of dictionaries may be customized and included at the top of a specific modem subclass.

MODEM_SUBCLASS

To allow for automatic selection between different subclassed modems, use the MODEM_SUBCLASS declaration at the bottom of your subclass template.

Common Workflow

• connect() using either .env variables, default or programmatic values for SERIAL_PORT/port and SERIAL_BAUDRATE/baudrate.
• initialize_ntn() to run the modem-specific configuration sequence
• Run a loop that continually runs check_urc(), queues and then processes each get_urc_type()