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Alternative for iC880A antenna?
I also have issues with very bad range. I have 100-150 meters maximum, often with BAD_CRC. As node i use an sx1276 and esp8266 powered with 2 penlites. IMG_20160418_215542467.jpg2592x1456 950 KB My...
View ArticleNew addresses for cloud services: update your gateways
The installer package for MultiTech Conduit has an updated configuration for the 868 frequencies using the new back-end. The poly-packet-forwarder_2.1-r3_arm926ejste.ipk package can be installed with...
View ArticleAlternative for iC880A antenna?
Make sure your antenna is vertical and not parallel to the penlites. You might want to look into a ground plane for the antenna as well.
View ArticleAnnouncing staging environment of TTN Back-end 1.0
When using OTAA, what is the maximum time between transmitted packets to prevent expiration of the activation?
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Alternative for iC880A antenna?
kersing: You might want to look into a ground plane for the antenna as well Nice link! And, aha!, I guess just soldering two solid 8.6 cm wires to a RFM95W, one on top of the board and another on the...
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Can you elaborate @kersing; do you mean when sending multiple join requests, if and when a join request expires?
View ArticleFour Channel RPi Gateway Board
I've never used it, but this might be a relevant discussion by @jpmeijers and @platenspeler: The communication with the radio is done via SPI, which is a bus. Do you think we can add two more radio's...
View ArticleAnnouncing staging environment of TTN Back-end 1.0
@johan After joining OTAA the node will be assigned a DevAddr (I assume). Will this DevAddr be recycled at some point in time if a node does not send any data? (Looking at the MultiTech network-server...
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Ah, it does not expire. In fact, DevAddr may be used by different nodes at the same time. The back-end tries the NwkSKeys it has for the concerning DevAddr. We may want to purge the activated devices...
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New wiki update required
The new wiki has a copy of the information on the MultiTech setup page found on the old wiki. A couple of hours ago I updated this page on the 'old' wiki to point to the new package, this change needs...
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New wiki update required
Yes, in fact you can already "edit" the staging wiki by raising a pull request on TheThingsNetwork/wiki:rewrite. We use Gollum now, see instructions in the readme. We will make this much easier,...
View ArticleLoRa products from Adafruit
They also offer RFM95W LoRa Radio Transceiver Breakout boards, but at $29.95 they won't get a listing in the BARGAIN basement. Still great they are keen to support LoRa(WAN)! (And I hope the LoRa...
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New wiki update required
johan: BTW, is your intention to replace this page by two commands: $ wget ... and opkg install ... ? Hmmm. Some user information is required for the local_conf.json like coordinates, maintainer name...
View ArticleArduino with xbee shield + mDot
Hi Manuel. Change the occurrences of Serial.print to Serial.write
View ArticleToronto & GTA Team
Let's set up a grassroots LPWAN LoRa in Toronto & GTA. Have RN2903 and DRF1278DM ranging experiments in progress. Anyone want to be in on LoRaWAN gateway? We are 2 engineers with experience in...
View ArticleArduino with xbee shield + mDot
Yay Andrew!"OK" showing now!, thanks! Now will start communication with gateway! ... fingers crossed :}
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Hey Darren,Good to hear about your interests and enthusiasm!I am looking southward from a 6th floor balcony in Thornhill near Yonge and south of Hwy 7.Perhaps we could meet this coming Saturday...
View ArticleSingle Channel Gateway
The ESP-based gateway is super nice, it would make for a very handy testing device. Could you add a HOWTO to the new wiki on the DIY gateway section?...
View ArticleExposing stored sensor readings as open data: anyone using the SensorThing API?
We are using it for our LoRaWAN application we are building in Calgary. SensorThings API is a new standard but I expect to see very quick adoption. I know there are four to five different groups...
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Announcing staging environment of TTN Back-end 1.0
johan: In fact, DevAddr may be used by different nodes at the same time. The back-end tries the NwkSKeys it has for the concerning DevAddr. So when using the API how do we distinguish one device from...
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