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esphome/components/lora/lora.cpp

@@ -125,8 +125,18 @@ void Lora::dump_config() {
   LOG_PIN("M1 Pin:", this->pin_m1);
 };
 
-bool Lora::SendMessage(){
+bool Lora::sendMessage(std::string message) {
-MAX_SIZE_TX_PACKET
+  uint32 size = message.length();
+  char messageFixed[size];
+  memcpy(messageFixed, message.c_str(), size);
+  if (size > MAX_SIZE_TX_PACKET + 2) {
+    ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Package to big");
+    return false;
+  }
+  ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Sending: %s", message);
+  this->write_array((uint8_t *) &messageFixed, size);
+  bool result = this->waitCompleteResponse(5000, 5000);
+  return result;
 }
 void Lora::loop() {
   if (!available()) {
@@ -154,8 +164,8 @@ void Lora::loop() {
     latitude_ = atof(raw_message_.substr(4, start).c_str());
     latitude_ = atof(raw_message_.substr(start + 1, raw_message_.length()).c_str());
     ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Location:");
-    ESP_LOGD(TAG, "  Lat: %f", this->latitude_);
+    ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Lat: %f", this->latitude_);
-    ESP_LOGD(TAG, "  Lon: %f", this->longitude_);
+    ESP_LOGD(TAG, "Lon: %f", this->longitude_);
   }
 }
 

esphome/components/lora/lora.h

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class Lora : public PollingComponent, public uart::UARTDevice {
   bool setMode(MODE_TYPE type);
   // checks the aux port to see if it is done setting
   bool waitCompleteResponse(unsigned long timeout = 1000, unsigned int waitNoAux = 100);
+  bool sendMessage(std::string message);
 
  protected:
   int rssi_ = 0;

esphome/components/lora/switch/__init__.py

@@ -3,17 +3,30 @@ import esphome.config_validation as cv
 from esphome.components import switch, uart
 from esphome.const import CONF_DATA, CONF_SEND_EVERY
 from esphome.core import HexInt
-from .. import uart_ns, validate_raw_data
+from .. import lora_ns
+
+
+def validate_raw_data(value):
+    if isinstance(value, str):
+        return value.encode("utf-8")
+    if isinstance(value, str):
+        return value
+    if isinstance(value, list):
+        return cv.Schema([cv.hex_uint8_t])(value)
+    raise cv.Invalid(
+        "data must either be a string wrapped in quotes or a list of bytes"
+    )
+
 
 DEPENDENCIES = ["uart"]
 
-UARTSwitch = uart_ns.class_("UARTSwitch", switch.Switch, uart.UARTDevice, cg.Component)
+LoraSwitch = lora_ns.class_("LoraSwitch", switch.Switch, uart.UARTDevice, cg.Component)
 
 CONF_TURN_OFF = "turn_off"
 CONF_TURN_ON = "turn_on"
 
 CONFIG_SCHEMA = (
-    switch.switch_schema(UARTSwitch, block_inverted=True)
+    switch.switch_schema(LoraSwitch, block_inverted=True)
     .extend(
         {
             cv.Required(CONF_DATA): cv.Any(