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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/// Maximum bit offset to search for valid UART decode start position.
21/// The UART frame is 10 bits (start + 8 data). If the sync word is not aligned,
22/// we probe up to 10 bits offset to recover the correct framing.
23static const uint8_t UART_PROBE_MAX_BIT_OFFSET = 10;
24
25namespace {
26
27/// Extract a single bit (MSB‑first) from a byte buffer.
28/// Used by UART decoding to scan raw radio samples.
29/// @param data Input byte buffer.
30/// @param bit_pos Global bit index within buffer.
31/// @return The bit value (0 or 1).
32uint8_t get_bit_msb(const uint8_t *data, uint16_t bit_pos) { return (data[bit_pos / 8] >> (7 - (bit_pos % 8))) & 0x01; }
33
34} // namespace
35
36/// Decode a raw UART‑encoded bitstream into bytes.
37/// IO‑Homecontrol uses a UART‑like encoding over the air: each byte is represented
38/// by a 10‑bit sequence (start bit 0, 8 data bits LSB‑first, stop bit 1). This
39/// function slides a window across the raw bitstream and attempts to recover the
40/// original bytes. It stops when the sync pattern (0 followed by 1) is not found.
41/// @param raw Raw bytes from the radio buffer.
42/// @param raw_len Number of raw bytes available.
43/// @param bit_offset Initial bit position to start decoding (probe offset).
44/// @param decoded Output buffer for decoded bytes.
45/// @param decoded_max_len Capacity of decoded buffer.
46/// @return Number of bytes successfully decoded.
47uint8_t decode_uart_probe(const uint8_t *raw, uint8_t raw_len, uint8_t bit_offset, uint8_t *decoded,
48 uint8_t decoded_max_len) {
49 // Bit numbering: we read MSB-first across byte boundaries. The UART frame structure
50 // within the bitstream is: start(0), data0, data1, ..., data7, stop(1). Byte values
51 // are LSB-first within the 8 data bits (bit 0 arrives first after start).
52 // We verify the start bit is 0 and stop bit is 1; if not, the probe offset is wrong.
53 uint16_t bit_pos = bit_offset;
54 uint16_t const total_bits = raw_len * 8;
55 uint8_t decoded_len = 0;
56
57 while (bit_pos + 10 <= total_bits && decoded_len < decoded_max_len) {
58 if (get_bit_msb(raw, bit_pos) != 0 || get_bit_msb(raw, bit_pos + 9) != 1)
59 break;
60
61 uint8_t value = 0;
62 for (uint8_t index = 0; index < 8; index++)
63 value |= get_bit_msb(raw, bit_pos + 1 + index) << index;
64
65 decoded[decoded_len++] = value;
66 bit_pos += 10;
67 }
68
69 return decoded_len;
70}
71
72/// This list missing CMD_GET_GENERAL_INFO3_RESP (0x59) is exactly what turned a real Q2 probe
73/// reply into a false "no reply" timeout on real hardware (2026-08-16); the same audit also found
74/// CMD_IDENTIFY and CMD_WRITE_PRIVATE/CMD_WRITE_PRIVATE_ACK missing, unrelated to that probe but
75/// affecting the already-shipped identify_device() action (and climate writes) on SX1262/LR1121.
76/// Add every new opcode this codebase sends a request for, or expects a reply to, here as well as
77/// in proto_constants.h. Deliberately
78/// excludes CMD_UNKNOWN4A_REQ (0x4A, see ADR 0024) — recognizing a *received* 0x4A would not
79/// violate the "never transmitted" rule, but nothing in this codebase currently sends anything
80/// that would draw one, so there is no exchange for it to unblock; CMD_UNKNOWN4A_RESP (0x4B) is
81/// included because it is a plausible reply to CMD_GET_GENERAL_INFO3 (0x58), which this codebase
82/// does send. Declared in radio_soft_phy.h so tests can enumerate every accepted command directly.
83bool is_known_io_command(uint8_t cmd) {
84 switch (cmd) {
85 case CMD_EXECUTE:
86 case CMD_PRIVATE:
88 case CMD_PRIVATE2:
90 case CMD_IDENTIFY:
99 case CMD_KEY_INIT:
100 case CMD_KEY_TRANSFER:
101 case CMD_KEY_CONFIRM:
102 case CMD_ADDRESS_REQ:
106 case CMD_GET_NAME:
108 case CMD_SET_NAME:
110 case CMD_GET_INFO1:
112 case CMD_GET_INFO2:
116 case CMD_SET_CONFIG1:
120 case CMD_ERROR_RESP:
121 return true;
122 default:
123 return false;
124 }
125}
126
127namespace {
128
129/// @brief Check if a UART-decoded frame is plausible as an IO-Homecontrol packet.
130/// Accepts frames at or above FRAME_MIN_SIZE (9 bytes) that contain a known command
131/// or have the 1W protocol bit set. This allows short frames like CMD_KEY_CONFIRM (9 bytes)
132/// and CMD_ERROR_RESP (10 bytes) to pass through when CRC validates.
133/// @param frame Parsed IoFrame candidate.
134/// @param candidate_len Total decoded length of the candidate.
135/// @return true if the frame looks like a real protocol packet.
136bool is_plausible_uart_frame(const IoFrame &frame, uint8_t candidate_len) {
137 if (candidate_len < FRAME_MIN_SIZE)
138 return false;
139 if (is_known_io_command(frame.cmd))
140 return true;
141 return (frame.ctrl0 & CTRL0_PROTOCOL_1W) != 0;
142}
143
144} // namespace
145
146/// @brief Try to find a CRC-valid IO-Homecontrol frame within a decoded UART byte stream.
147/// @param decoded Decoded byte buffer from UART probe.
148/// @param decoded_len Number of decoded bytes.
149/// @return Frame start index and length if found, or {0, 0} if no valid frame.
150static std::pair<uint8_t, uint8_t> find_crc_valid_frame(const uint8_t *decoded, uint8_t decoded_len) {
151 for (uint8_t start = 0; start < decoded_len; start++) {
152 // FRAME_MAX_WIRE_SIZE (declared + trailer + CRC) rather than FRAME_MAX_SIZE, so a MAC-bearing
153 // 1W frame's longer non-CRC length (see IoFrame::has_mac) is reachable by this downward
154 // search. Trying the extra candidate lengths above the old declared-only bound does not add
155 // false-match surface for other frame types: parse() only accepts a declared_len +
156 // HMAC_SIZE-shaped buffer for a command that actually carries a trailer
157 // (frame_carries_mac_trailer(), proto_frame.{h,cpp}) — for every other command those extra
158 // lengths are rejected by parse() itself, before this loop ever reaches the CRC comparison,
159 // so there is no length here that could produce a spurious CRC match against a fabricated
160 // 6-byte MAC for an existing non-trailer frame type.
161 const uint8_t max_candidate_len = std::min<uint8_t>(decoded_len - start, FRAME_MAX_WIRE_SIZE);
162 for (uint8_t candidate_len = max_candidate_len; candidate_len >= FRAME_MIN_SIZE; candidate_len--) {
163 IoFrame frame;
164 if (!parse(decoded + start, candidate_len, frame))
165 continue;
166 if (!is_plausible_uart_frame(frame, candidate_len))
167 continue;
168 if (start + candidate_len + 2 > decoded_len)
169 continue;
170 const uint16_t computed_crc = crc_ccitt(decoded + start, candidate_len);
171 const uint16_t received_crc =
172 (uint16_t) decoded[start + candidate_len] | ((uint16_t) decoded[start + candidate_len + 1] << 8);
173 if (computed_crc != received_crc)
174 continue;
175 return {start, candidate_len};
176 }
177 }
178 return {0, 0};
179}
180
181UartProbeResult find_uart_probe(const uint8_t *raw, uint8_t raw_len) {
182 // The raw RX buffer contains the demodulated bits packed as bytes. Due to unknown bit
183 // alignment, we probe up to UART_PROBE_MAX_BIT_OFFSET (10) different starting positions.
184 // For each offset we attempt UART decoding; if decoding yields a plausible frame length
185 // (>= minimum) and contains a known command ID or indicates a 1W frame, we keep it as a
186 // candidate. CRC-CCITT validation is used as the primary selection criterion: a frame that
187 // passes CRC is preferred over one that merely parses. This rejects frames corrupted by
188 // demodulator bit errors after TX→RX transitions.
189 UartProbeResult best{};
190
191 for (uint8_t bit_offset = 0; bit_offset < UART_PROBE_MAX_BIT_OFFSET; bit_offset++) {
192 uint8_t decoded[RADIO_PACKET_BUFFER_SIZE] = {0};
193 uint8_t const decoded_len = decode_uart_probe(raw, raw_len, bit_offset, decoded, sizeof(decoded));
194 if (decoded_len == 0)
195 continue;
196
197 if (decoded_len > best.decoded_len && !best.valid) {
198 best.bit_offset = bit_offset;
199 best.decoded_len = decoded_len;
200 memcpy(best.decoded, decoded, decoded_len);
201 }
202
203 auto [frame_start, frame_len] = find_crc_valid_frame(decoded, decoded_len);
204 if (frame_len > 0) {
205 best.valid = true;
206 best.bit_offset = bit_offset;
207 best.decoded_len = decoded_len;
208 best.frame_start = frame_start;
209 best.frame_len = frame_len;
210 memcpy(best.decoded, decoded, decoded_len);
211 return best;
212 }
213 }
214
215 return best;
216}
217
218// === Length-driven receive helpers ===
219
220uint8_t soft_phy_raw_bytes_for_frame(uint8_t frame_len) {
221 // The CRC is appended before UART packing (see SoftPhyDriverBase::send_packet), so it occupies
222 // two cells of its own.
223 const uint16_t cells = (uint16_t) frame_len + FRAME_CRC_SIZE;
224 const uint16_t bits = cells * UART_CELL_BITS;
225 return (uint8_t) ((bits + 7) / 8);
226}
227
228uint8_t soft_phy_peek_frame_length(const uint8_t *raw, uint8_t raw_len) {
229 uint8_t best = 0;
230 for (uint8_t bit_offset = 0; bit_offset < UART_PROBE_MAX_BIT_OFFSET; bit_offset++) {
231 uint8_t ctrl0 = 0;
232 if (decode_uart_probe(raw, raw_len, bit_offset, &ctrl0, 1) != 1)
233 continue; // start/stop bits don't frame here — wrong alignment
234 const auto frame_len = (uint8_t) ((ctrl0 & CTRL0_LENGTH_MASK) + 1);
235 if (frame_len < FRAME_MIN_SIZE || frame_len > FRAME_MAX_SIZE)
236 continue;
237 best = std::max(frame_len, best);
238 }
239 return best;
240}
241
242// === Software UART encode (TX) ===
243
244uint8_t uart_encode_packet(const uint8_t *data, uint8_t len, uint8_t *encoded, uint8_t encoded_max_len) {
245 if (len == 0 || encoded_max_len == 0)
246 return 0;
247
248 memset(encoded, 0, encoded_max_len);
249 uint16_t bit_pos = 0;
250 const uint16_t total_bits = len * 10;
251 if (((total_bits + 7) / 8) > encoded_max_len)
252 return 0;
253
254 auto write_bit = [encoded](uint16_t pos, uint8_t bit) {
255 if (bit != 0)
256 encoded[pos / 8] |= 1U << (7 - (pos % 8));
257 };
258
259 for (uint8_t byte_index = 0; byte_index < len; byte_index++) {
260 const uint8_t value = data[byte_index];
261
262 write_bit(bit_pos++, 0); // UART start bit
263 for (uint8_t bit_index = 0; bit_index < 8; bit_index++)
264 write_bit(bit_pos++, (value >> bit_index) & 0x01);
265 write_bit(bit_pos++, 1); // UART stop bit
266 }
267
268 // A 10-bit cell only lands on a byte boundary every fourth byte, so the last byte of the buffer
269 // is usually part data, part leftover — and the chip transmits it whole either way. Those
270 // leftover bits are line-idle time, and a UART line idles *high*: zero-filling them puts what
271 // looks like a start bit on air immediately after the frame's last stop bit. The SX1276's
272 // IoHomeOn coder, which this software PHY exists to reproduce, never emits that. Pad with ones.
273 const uint8_t encoded_len = (total_bits + 7) / 8;
274 for (uint16_t pad_pos = total_bits; pad_pos < (uint16_t) encoded_len * 8; pad_pos++)
275 write_bit(pad_pos, 1);
276
277 return encoded_len;
278}
279
280} // namespace home_io_control
281} // namespace esphome
282
283// NOLINTEND(cppcoreguidelines-avoid-magic-numbers,readability-magic-numbers)
static constexpr uint8_t CMD_DISCOVER_REQ
Broadcast discovery request.
static constexpr uint8_t CMD_SET_CONFIG1
Configure device to auto-send status updates.
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.
static constexpr uint8_t CMD_KEY_TRANSFER
Send encrypted system key to device.
static constexpr uint8_t FRAME_MIN_SIZE
Minimum frame: CTRL0+CTRL1+DST(3)+SRC(3)+CMD(1).
Definition proto_sizes.h:29
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...
static constexpr uint8_t CMD_ERROR_RESP
Error response to any command.
static constexpr uint8_t CMD_GET_NAME_RESP
Device name response.
static constexpr uint8_t CMD_DISCOVER_CONFIRM_ACK
Device acknowledges confirmation.
static constexpr uint8_t CMD_STATUS_UPDATE
Device-initiated status update (needs auth).
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).
static constexpr uint8_t CMD_PRIVATE2_RESP
Response to CMD_PRIVATE2. See CMD_PRIVATE2's comment.
static constexpr uint8_t CMD_GET_NAME
Request device name.
static constexpr uint8_t CTRL0_PROTOCOL_1W
Bit 5: 1=OneWay protocol, 0=TwoWay protocol.
Definition proto_frame.h:43
static constexpr uint8_t CMD_DISCOVER_SPE_RESP
Roll-call reply to CMD_DISCOVER_SPE_REQ, sent only by devices that already hold the requesting contro...
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 constexpr uint8_t CMD_WRITE_PRIVATE
Write private register (climate/heating devices).
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_SIZE
Historical name for FRAME_MAX_DECLARED_SIZE, kept as an alias rather than a second literal so the two...
Definition proto_sizes.h:44
static constexpr uint8_t CMD_KEY_CONFIRM
Device confirms key was received.
static constexpr uint8_t CMD_WRITE_PRIVATE_ACK
Acknowledgment to CMD_WRITE_PRIVATE.
static constexpr uint8_t CMD_KEY_INIT
Initiate key transfer to device.
static constexpr uint8_t CMD_GET_GENERAL_INFO3_RESP
Never captured on our own wire.
static constexpr uint8_t CMD_GET_INFO1_RESP
Device general info 1 response.
static constexpr uint8_t CMD_SET_NAME_RESP
Device-name write response.
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:68
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 CMD_DISCOVER_SPE_REQ
Broadcast roll-call answered by every device that already holds this controller's system key,...
static constexpr uint8_t CMD_EXECUTE
Set position/open/close/stop — requires authentication.
static constexpr uint8_t CMD_PRIVATE_RESP
Response to 0x00 and 0x03 (contains position data).
static constexpr uint8_t CMD_CHALLENGE_REQ
6-byte random challenge.
static constexpr uint8_t CMD_STATUS_UPDATE_RESP
Acknowledge status update.
static constexpr uint8_t CMD_SET_NAME
Set device name (authenticated).
static constexpr uint8_t CMD_SET_CONFIG1_RESP
Config response, otherwise undocumented.
static constexpr uint8_t CMD_DISCOVER_CONFIRM
Confirm discovery to device.
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:51
static constexpr uint8_t CMD_DISCOVER_RESP
Device responds with its ID and type.
static constexpr uint8_t CMD_GET_GENERAL_INFO3
Observed on the wire (tests/corpus/captures/probe/velux_kig300_probe_capability_burst....
static constexpr uint8_t CMD_IDENTIFY
Device physical identification / jog — requires authentication.
static constexpr uint8_t CMD_PRIVATE
Get device status — no authentication needed.
static constexpr uint8_t CTRL0_LENGTH_MASK
Bits [4:0]: frame length - 1.
Definition proto_frame.h:44
static constexpr uint8_t CMD_PRIVATE2
Content otherwise undecoded by the wire parser.
static constexpr uint8_t CMD_GET_INFO2_RESP
Device type/model response.
static constexpr uint8_t CMD_CHALLENGE_RESP
HMAC proof answering a 0x3C.
static constexpr uint8_t CMD_GET_INFO2
Request device type/model info.
constexpr uint8_t RADIO_PACKET_BUFFER_SIZE
Scratch buffer size for raw radio packets and recovered frames.
static constexpr uint8_t CMD_GET_INFO1
Request device general info 1.
static constexpr uint8_t UART_CELL_BITS
Bits an on-air UART cell spends per protocol byte: start(1) + data(8) + stop(1).
static constexpr uint8_t CMD_ADDRESS_REQ
"Report your address" request.
static const uint8_t UART_PROBE_MAX_BIT_OFFSET
Maximum bit offset to search for valid UART decode start position.
static constexpr uint8_t CMD_UNKNOWN4A_RESP
Observed on the wire (tests/corpus/captures/probe/velux_kig300_probe_capability_burst....
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:88
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.