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radio_soft_phy.cpp
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1/// @file radio_soft_phy.cpp
2/// @brief Software PHY implementation for radios without IoHomeOn hardware framing.
3/// @ingroup hioc_radio
4
5// Line-coding widths and recovery thresholds are written in the same shape as the on-air
6// framing they reproduce.
7// NOLINTBEGIN(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-magic-numbers,readability-magic-numbers)
8
9#include "radio_soft_phy.h"
10
11#include "proto_constants.h"
12
13#include <algorithm>
14#include <cstring>
15#include <utility>
16
17namespace esphome {
18namespace home_io_control {
19
20// UART_PROBE_MAX_BIT_OFFSET (the number of leading bit alignments the probe sweeps) is defined in
21// radio_soft_phy.h so the buffer-sizing static_asserts in radio_soft_phy_driver_base.h can see it.
22
23namespace {
24
25/// Extract a single bit (MSB‑first) from a byte buffer.
26/// Used by UART decoding to scan raw radio samples.
27/// @param data Input byte buffer.
28/// @param bit_pos Global bit index within buffer.
29/// @return The bit value (0 or 1).
30uint8_t get_bit_msb(const uint8_t *data, uint16_t bit_pos) { return (data[bit_pos / 8] >> (7 - (bit_pos % 8))) & 0x01; }
31
32} // namespace
33
34/// Decode a raw UART‑encoded bitstream into bytes.
35/// IO‑Homecontrol uses a UART‑like encoding over the air: each byte is represented
36/// by a 10‑bit sequence (start bit 0, 8 data bits LSB‑first, stop bit 1). This
37/// function slides a window across the raw bitstream and attempts to recover the
38/// original bytes. It stops when the sync pattern (0 followed by 1) is not found.
39/// @param raw Raw bytes from the radio buffer.
40/// @param raw_len Number of raw bytes available.
41/// @param bit_offset Initial bit position to start decoding (probe offset).
42/// @param decoded Output buffer for decoded bytes.
43/// @param decoded_max_len Capacity of decoded buffer.
44/// @return Number of bytes successfully decoded.
45uint8_t decode_uart_probe(const uint8_t *raw, uint8_t raw_len, uint8_t bit_offset, uint8_t *decoded,
46 uint8_t decoded_max_len) {
47 // Bit numbering: we read MSB-first across byte boundaries. The UART frame structure
48 // within the bitstream is: start(0), data0, data1, ..., data7, stop(1). Byte values
49 // are LSB-first within the 8 data bits (bit 0 arrives first after start).
50 // We verify the start bit is 0 and stop bit is 1; if not, the probe offset is wrong.
51 uint16_t bit_pos = bit_offset;
52 uint16_t const total_bits = raw_len * 8;
53 uint8_t decoded_len = 0;
54
55 while (bit_pos + 10 <= total_bits && decoded_len < decoded_max_len) {
56 if (get_bit_msb(raw, bit_pos) != 0 || get_bit_msb(raw, bit_pos + 9) != 1)
57 break;
58
59 uint8_t value = 0;
60 for (uint8_t index = 0; index < 8; index++)
61 value |= get_bit_msb(raw, bit_pos + 1 + index) << index;
62
63 decoded[decoded_len++] = value;
64 bit_pos += 10;
65 }
66
67 return decoded_len;
68}
69
70/// This list missing CMD_GET_GENERAL_INFO3_RESP (0x59) is exactly what turned a real Q2 probe
71/// reply into a false "no reply" timeout on real hardware (2026-08-16); the same audit also found
72/// CMD_IDENTIFY and CMD_WRITE_PRIVATE/CMD_WRITE_PRIVATE_ACK missing, unrelated to that probe but
73/// affecting the already-shipped identify_device() action (and climate writes) on SX1262/LR1121.
74/// Add every new opcode this codebase sends a request for, or expects a reply to, here as well as
75/// in proto_constants.h. Deliberately
76/// excludes CMD_UNKNOWN4A_REQ (0x4A, see ADR 0024) — recognizing a *received* 0x4A would not
77/// violate the "never transmitted" rule, but nothing in this codebase currently sends anything
78/// that would draw one, so there is no exchange for it to unblock; CMD_UNKNOWN4A_RESP (0x4B) is
79/// included because it is a plausible reply to CMD_GET_GENERAL_INFO3 (0x58), which this codebase
80/// does send. Declared in radio_soft_phy.h so tests can enumerate every accepted command directly.
81bool is_known_io_command(uint8_t cmd) {
82 switch (cmd) {
83 case CMD_EXECUTE:
84 case CMD_PRIVATE:
85 case CMD_PRIVATE_RESP:
86 case CMD_PRIVATE2:
87 case CMD_PRIVATE2_RESP:
88 case CMD_IDENTIFY:
89 case CMD_WRITE_PRIVATE:
90 case CMD_WRITE_PRIVATE_ACK:
91 case CMD_DISCOVER_REQ:
92 case CMD_DISCOVER_RESP:
93 case CMD_DISCOVER_SPE_REQ:
94 case CMD_DISCOVER_SPE_RESP:
95 case CMD_DISCOVER_CONFIRM:
96 case CMD_DISCOVER_CONFIRM_ACK:
97 case CMD_KEY_INIT:
98 case CMD_KEY_TRANSFER:
99 case CMD_KEY_CONFIRM:
100 case CMD_NODE_VERIFY_REQ:
101 case CMD_CHALLENGE_REQ:
102 case CMD_CHALLENGE_RESP:
103 case CMD_UNKNOWN4A_RESP:
104 case CMD_GET_NAME:
105 case CMD_GET_NAME_RESP:
106 case CMD_SET_NAME:
107 case CMD_SET_NAME_RESP:
108 case CMD_GET_INFO1:
109 case CMD_GET_INFO1_RESP:
110 case CMD_GET_INFO2:
111 case CMD_GET_INFO2_RESP:
112 case CMD_GET_GENERAL_INFO3:
113 case CMD_GET_GENERAL_INFO3_RESP:
114 case CMD_SET_CONFIG1:
115 case CMD_SET_CONFIG1_RESP:
116 case CMD_STATUS_UPDATE:
117 case CMD_STATUS_UPDATE_RESP:
118 case CMD_ERROR_RESP:
119 return true;
120 default:
121 return false;
122 }
123}
124
125namespace {
126
127/// @brief Check if a UART-decoded frame is plausible as an IO-Homecontrol packet.
128/// Accepts frames at or above FRAME_MIN_SIZE (9 bytes) that contain a known command
129/// or have the 1W protocol bit set. This allows short frames like CMD_KEY_CONFIRM (9 bytes)
130/// and CMD_ERROR_RESP (10 bytes) to pass through when CRC validates.
131/// @param frame Parsed IoFrame candidate.
132/// @param candidate_len Total decoded length of the candidate.
133/// @return true if the frame looks like a real protocol packet.
134bool is_plausible_uart_frame(const IoFrame &frame, uint8_t candidate_len) {
135 if (candidate_len < FRAME_MIN_SIZE)
136 return false;
137 if (is_known_io_command(frame.cmd))
138 return true;
139 return (frame.ctrl0 & CTRL0_PROTOCOL_1W) != 0;
140}
141
142} // namespace
143
144/// @brief Try to find a CRC-valid IO-Homecontrol frame within a decoded UART byte stream.
145/// @param decoded Decoded byte buffer from UART probe.
146/// @param decoded_len Number of decoded bytes.
147/// @return Frame start index and length if found, or {0, 0} if no valid frame.
148static std::pair<uint8_t, uint8_t> find_crc_valid_frame(const uint8_t *decoded, uint8_t decoded_len) {
149 for (uint8_t start = 0; start < decoded_len; start++) {
150 // FRAME_MAX_WIRE_SIZE (declared + trailer + CRC) rather than FRAME_MAX_SIZE, so a MAC-bearing
151 // 1W frame's longer non-CRC length (see IoFrame::has_mac) is reachable by this downward
152 // search. Trying the extra candidate lengths above the old declared-only bound does not add
153 // false-match surface for other frame types: parse() only accepts a declared_len +
154 // HMAC_SIZE-shaped buffer for a command that actually carries a trailer
155 // (frame_carries_mac_trailer(), proto_frame.{h,cpp}) — for every other command those extra
156 // lengths are rejected by parse() itself, before this loop ever reaches the CRC comparison,
157 // so there is no length here that could produce a spurious CRC match against a fabricated
158 // 6-byte MAC for an existing non-trailer frame type.
159 const uint8_t max_candidate_len = std::min<uint8_t>(decoded_len - start, FRAME_MAX_WIRE_SIZE);
160 for (uint8_t candidate_len = max_candidate_len; candidate_len >= FRAME_MIN_SIZE; candidate_len--) {
161 IoFrame frame;
162 if (!parse(decoded + start, candidate_len, frame))
163 continue;
164 if (!is_plausible_uart_frame(frame, candidate_len))
165 continue;
166 if (start + candidate_len + 2 > decoded_len)
167 continue;
168 const uint16_t computed_crc = crc_ccitt(decoded + start, candidate_len);
169 const uint16_t received_crc =
170 (uint16_t) decoded[start + candidate_len] | ((uint16_t) decoded[start + candidate_len + 1] << 8);
171 if (computed_crc != received_crc)
172 continue;
173 return {start, candidate_len};
174 }
175 }
176 return {0, 0};
177}
178
179UartProbeResult find_uart_probe(const uint8_t *raw, uint8_t raw_len) {
180 // The raw RX buffer contains the demodulated bits packed as bytes. Due to unknown bit
181 // alignment, we probe up to UART_PROBE_MAX_BIT_OFFSET (10) different starting positions.
182 // For each offset we attempt UART decoding; if decoding yields a plausible frame length
183 // (>= minimum) and contains a known command ID or indicates a 1W frame, we keep it as a
184 // candidate. CRC-CCITT validation is used as the primary selection criterion: a frame that
185 // passes CRC is preferred over one that merely parses. This rejects frames corrupted by
186 // demodulator bit errors after TX→RX transitions.
187 UartProbeResult best{};
188
189 for (uint8_t bit_offset = 0; bit_offset < UART_PROBE_MAX_BIT_OFFSET; bit_offset++) {
190 uint8_t decoded[RADIO_PACKET_BUFFER_SIZE] = {0};
191 uint8_t const decoded_len = decode_uart_probe(raw, raw_len, bit_offset, decoded, sizeof(decoded));
192 if (decoded_len == 0)
193 continue;
194
195 if (decoded_len > best.decoded_len && !best.valid) {
196 best.bit_offset = bit_offset;
197 best.decoded_len = decoded_len;
198 memcpy(best.decoded, decoded, decoded_len);
199 }
200
201 auto [frame_start, frame_len] = find_crc_valid_frame(decoded, decoded_len);
202 if (frame_len > 0) {
203 best.valid = true;
204 best.bit_offset = bit_offset;
205 best.decoded_len = decoded_len;
206 best.frame_start = frame_start;
207 best.frame_len = frame_len;
208 memcpy(best.decoded, decoded, decoded_len);
209 return best;
210 }
211 }
212
213 return best;
214}
215
216// === Length-driven receive helpers ===
217
218uint8_t soft_phy_raw_bytes_for_frame(uint8_t frame_len) {
219 // The CRC is appended before UART packing (see SoftPhyDriverBase::send_packet), so it occupies
220 // two cells of its own.
221 const uint16_t cells = (uint16_t) frame_len + FRAME_CRC_SIZE;
222 const uint16_t bits = cells * UART_CELL_BITS;
223 return (uint8_t) ((bits + 7) / 8);
224}
225
226uint8_t soft_phy_peek_frame_length(const uint8_t *raw, uint8_t raw_len) {
227 uint8_t best = 0;
228 for (uint8_t bit_offset = 0; bit_offset < UART_PROBE_MAX_BIT_OFFSET; bit_offset++) {
229 uint8_t ctrl0 = 0;
230 if (decode_uart_probe(raw, raw_len, bit_offset, &ctrl0, 1) != 1)
231 continue; // start/stop bits don't frame here — wrong alignment
232 const auto frame_len = (uint8_t) ((ctrl0 & CTRL0_LENGTH_MASK) + 1);
233 if (frame_len < FRAME_MIN_SIZE || frame_len > FRAME_MAX_SIZE)
234 continue;
235 best = std::max(frame_len, best);
236 }
237 return best;
238}
239
240// === Software UART encode (TX) ===
241
242uint8_t uart_encode_packet(const uint8_t *data, uint8_t len, uint8_t *encoded, uint8_t encoded_max_len) {
243 if (len == 0 || encoded_max_len == 0)
244 return 0;
245
246 memset(encoded, 0, encoded_max_len);
247 uint16_t bit_pos = 0;
248 const uint16_t total_bits = len * 10;
249 if (((total_bits + 7) / 8) > encoded_max_len)
250 return 0;
251
252 auto write_bit = [encoded](uint16_t pos, uint8_t bit) {
253 if (bit != 0)
254 encoded[pos / 8] |= 1U << (7 - (pos % 8));
255 };
256
257 for (uint8_t byte_index = 0; byte_index < len; byte_index++) {
258 const uint8_t value = data[byte_index];
259
260 write_bit(bit_pos++, 0); // UART start bit
261 for (uint8_t bit_index = 0; bit_index < 8; bit_index++)
262 write_bit(bit_pos++, (value >> bit_index) & 0x01);
263 write_bit(bit_pos++, 1); // UART stop bit
264 }
265
266 // A 10-bit cell only lands on a byte boundary every fourth byte, so the last byte of the buffer
267 // is usually part data, part leftover — and the chip transmits it whole either way. Those
268 // leftover bits are line-idle time, and a UART line idles *high*: zero-filling them puts what
269 // looks like a start bit on air immediately after the frame's last stop bit. The SX1276's
270 // IoHomeOn coder, which this software PHY exists to reproduce, never emits that. Pad with ones.
271 const uint8_t encoded_len = (total_bits + 7) / 8;
272 for (uint16_t pad_pos = total_bits; pad_pos < (uint16_t) encoded_len * 8; pad_pos++)
273 write_bit(pad_pos, 1);
274
275 return encoded_len;
276}
277
278} // namespace home_io_control
279} // namespace esphome
280
281// NOLINTEND(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-magic-numbers,readability-magic-numbers)
uint8_t decode_uart_probe(const uint8_t *raw, uint8_t raw_len, uint8_t bit_offset, uint8_t *decoded, uint8_t decoded_max_len)
Decode a raw UART‑encoded bitstream into bytes.
bool is_known_io_command(uint8_t cmd)
This list missing CMD_GET_GENERAL_INFO3_RESP (0x59) is exactly what turned a real Q2 probe reply into...
uint8_t soft_phy_peek_frame_length(const uint8_t *raw, uint8_t raw_len)
Recover a frame's total length from the very first UART cell of a reception.
uint8_t uart_encode_packet(const uint8_t *data, uint8_t len, uint8_t *encoded, uint8_t encoded_max_len)
UART-encode a buffer of bytes (start bit 0, 8 data bits LSB-first, stop bit 1).
UartProbeResult find_uart_probe(const uint8_t *raw, uint8_t raw_len)
Search raw RX buffer for the best CRC-validated IO-Homecontrol frame.
uint16_t crc_ccitt(const uint8_t *data, uint8_t len)
CRC-CCITT used by the IO-Homecontrol protocol for frame validation.
static std::pair< uint8_t, uint8_t > find_crc_valid_frame(const uint8_t *decoded, uint8_t decoded_len)
Try to find a CRC-valid IO-Homecontrol frame within a decoded UART byte stream.
static constexpr uint8_t FRAME_MAX_WIRE_SIZE
Largest number of bytes a buffer must hold to receive or transmit any frame this project knows about,...
Definition proto_sizes.h:72
uint8_t soft_phy_raw_bytes_for_frame(uint8_t frame_len)
Raw on-air bytes needed to carry a whole frame: frame_len protocol bytes plus the two trailing CRC by...
bool parse(const uint8_t *buf, uint8_t buf_len, IoFrame &f)
Parse a wire buffer into a parsed IoFrame (validates length and CTRL0).
static constexpr uint8_t FRAME_CRC_SIZE
Size of the on-air CRC-CCITT trailer appended after every frame (declared bytes, plus the out-of-leng...
Definition proto_sizes.h:55
constexpr uint8_t RADIO_PACKET_BUFFER_SIZE
Scratch buffer size for raw radio packets and recovered frames.
IO-Homecontrol command IDs, result codes and protocol enumerations.
Software PHY for radios without IoHomeOn hardware framing.
Parsed IO‑Homecontrol frame (CTRL0/1 + addresses + command + data).
Definition proto_frame.h:93
Result of the UART probe: best candidate frame within a raw capture.
uint8_t decoded_len
Total number of bytes decoded at that offset.
uint8_t frame_start
Index into decoded buffer where the frame begins.
bool valid
A plausible frame was found.
uint8_t bit_offset
Bit offset where the best decode started.
uint8_t frame_len
Length of the candidate IoFrame (decoded bytes).
uint8_t decoded[RADIO_PACKET_BUFFER_SIZE]
Full decoded UART stream at the chosen offset.