#!/usr/bin/env python3 """ ESP32-S3 CSI Node Provisioning Script Writes WiFi credentials and aggregator target to the ESP32's NVS partition so users can configure a pre-built firmware binary without recompiling. Usage: python provision.py --port COM7 --ssid "MyWiFi" --password "secret" --target-ip 192.168.1.20 Requirements: pip install esptool nvs-partition-gen (or use the nvs_partition_gen.py bundled with ESP-IDF) """ import argparse import csv import io import os import struct import subprocess import sys import tempfile # NVS partition table offset — default for ESP-IDF 4MB flash with standard # partition scheme. The "nvs" partition starts at 0x9000 (36864) and is # 0x6000 (24576) bytes. NVS_PARTITION_OFFSET = 0x9000 NVS_PARTITION_SIZE = 0x6000 # 24 KiB def build_nvs_csv(ssid, password, target_ip, target_port, node_id): """Build an NVS CSV string for the csi_cfg namespace.""" buf = io.StringIO() writer = csv.writer(buf) writer.writerow(["key", "type", "encoding", "value"]) writer.writerow(["csi_cfg", "namespace", "", ""]) if ssid: writer.writerow(["ssid", "data", "string", ssid]) if password is not None: writer.writerow(["password", "data", "string", password]) if target_ip: writer.writerow(["target_ip", "data", "string", target_ip]) if target_port is not None: writer.writerow(["target_port", "data", "u16", str(target_port)]) if node_id is not None: writer.writerow(["node_id", "data", "u8", str(node_id)]) return buf.getvalue() def generate_nvs_binary(csv_content, size): """Generate an NVS partition binary from CSV using nvs_partition_gen.py.""" with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode="w", suffix=".csv", delete=False) as f_csv: f_csv.write(csv_content) csv_path = f_csv.name bin_path = csv_path.replace(".csv", ".bin") try: # Try the pip-installed version first try: import nvs_partition_gen nvs_partition_gen.generate(csv_path, bin_path, size) with open(bin_path, "rb") as f: return f.read() except ImportError: pass # Fall back to calling the ESP-IDF script directly idf_path = os.environ.get("IDF_PATH", "") gen_script = os.path.join(idf_path, "components", "nvs_flash", "nvs_partition_generator", "nvs_partition_gen.py") if os.path.isfile(gen_script): subprocess.check_call([ sys.executable, gen_script, "generate", csv_path, bin_path, hex(size) ]) with open(bin_path, "rb") as f: return f.read() # Last resort: try as a module subprocess.check_call([ sys.executable, "-m", "nvs_partition_gen", "generate", csv_path, bin_path, hex(size) ]) with open(bin_path, "rb") as f: return f.read() finally: for p in (csv_path, bin_path): if os.path.isfile(p): os.unlink(p) def flash_nvs(port, baud, nvs_bin): """Flash the NVS partition binary to the ESP32.""" with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".bin", delete=False) as f: f.write(nvs_bin) bin_path = f.name try: cmd = [ sys.executable, "-m", "esptool", "--chip", "esp32s3", "--port", port, "--baud", str(baud), "write_flash", hex(NVS_PARTITION_OFFSET), bin_path, ] print(f"Flashing NVS partition ({len(nvs_bin)} bytes) to {port}...") subprocess.check_call(cmd) print("NVS provisioning complete!") finally: os.unlink(bin_path) def main(): parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( description="Provision ESP32-S3 CSI Node with WiFi and aggregator settings", epilog="Example: python provision.py --port COM7 --ssid MyWiFi --password secret --target-ip 192.168.1.20", ) parser.add_argument("--port", required=True, help="Serial port (e.g. COM7, /dev/ttyUSB0)") parser.add_argument("--baud", type=int, default=460800, help="Flash baud rate (default: 460800)") parser.add_argument("--ssid", help="WiFi SSID") parser.add_argument("--password", help="WiFi password") parser.add_argument("--target-ip", help="Aggregator host IP (e.g. 192.168.1.20)") parser.add_argument("--target-port", type=int, help="Aggregator UDP port (default: 5005)") parser.add_argument("--node-id", type=int, help="Node ID 0-255 (default: 1)") parser.add_argument("--dry-run", action="store_true", help="Generate NVS binary but don't flash") args = parser.parse_args() if not any([args.ssid, args.password is not None, args.target_ip, args.target_port, args.node_id is not None]): parser.error("At least one config value must be specified " "(--ssid, --password, --target-ip, --target-port, --node-id)") print("Building NVS configuration:") if args.ssid: print(f" WiFi SSID: {args.ssid}") if args.password is not None: print(f" WiFi Password: {'*' * len(args.password)}") if args.target_ip: print(f" Target IP: {args.target_ip}") if args.target_port: print(f" Target Port: {args.target_port}") if args.node_id is not None: print(f" Node ID: {args.node_id}") csv_content = build_nvs_csv(args.ssid, args.password, args.target_ip, args.target_port, args.node_id) try: nvs_bin = generate_nvs_binary(csv_content, NVS_PARTITION_SIZE) except Exception as e: print(f"\nError generating NVS binary: {e}", file=sys.stderr) print("\nFallback: save CSV and flash manually with ESP-IDF tools.", file=sys.stderr) fallback_path = "nvs_config.csv" with open(fallback_path, "w") as f: f.write(csv_content) print(f"Saved NVS CSV to {fallback_path}", file=sys.stderr) print(f"Flash with: python $IDF_PATH/components/nvs_flash/" f"nvs_partition_generator/nvs_partition_gen.py generate " f"{fallback_path} nvs.bin 0x6000", file=sys.stderr) sys.exit(1) if args.dry_run: out = "nvs_provision.bin" with open(out, "wb") as f: f.write(nvs_bin) print(f"NVS binary saved to {out} ({len(nvs_bin)} bytes)") print(f"Flash manually: python -m esptool --chip esp32s3 --port {args.port} " f"write_flash 0x9000 {out}") return flash_nvs(args.port, args.baud, nvs_bin) if __name__ == "__main__": main()