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| 8 | = 1. Can I use an external power adapter or solar panel to power motherboard? = | ||
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| 11 | [[image:image-20220820141238-1.png]] [[image:image-20220820141238-2.png]] [[image:image-20220820141238-3.png]] | ||
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| 15 | The motherboard of the equipment is equipped with an 8500mAh Battery by default. To set the LoRaWAN End Node to a short uplink interval such as 1 minutes uplink interval. This 8500mAh battery is not enough for long time use. | ||
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| 20 | (% style="color:blue" %)**It is possible to power LSN50v2 or similar model via external Power. **(% style="color:red" %)**//There are two ways //:** | ||
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| 24 | == 1.1 Power it via external power (3.3v) and no need back up battery == | ||
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| 27 | As shown below, the motherboard is by default power by 8500mAh battery via the battery cable. | ||
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| 29 | [[image:image-20220820141238-4.png]] | ||
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| 32 | User can remove the cable here and connect the (% style="color:blue" %)**external 3.3v DC power**(%%) to this connector. | ||
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| 34 | Recommand Spec for the power adapter: | ||
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| 36 | * **Output: 3.0 ~~ 3.6v DC** | ||
| 37 | * **Output Current: >500mA** | ||
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| 39 | (% style="display:none" %) | ||
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| 41 | Connector type is (% style="color:blue" %)**XH2.54 connector**(%%), So a match XH2.54 cable is ok. | ||
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| 44 | [[image:image-20220820141238-5.png]] | ||
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| 47 | Example photo for external 3.3v DC power** ( (% style="color:red" %)Need to cut the DC connector and wire it to XH2.54 cable, make sure the VCC and GND are not reverse)(%%)**(% style="color:red" %). | ||
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| 50 | [[image:image-20220820141238-6.png]] | ||
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| 53 | == 1.2 Power it via 12v solar panel and add rechargeable battery == | ||
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| 56 | Dragino has a recharge kit for this purpose. User can see this link for reference: | ||
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| 58 | [[https:~~/~~/shop.dragino.com/index.php?rt=product/product&product_id=126>>url:https://shop.dragino.com/index.php?rt=product/product&product_id=126]] | ||
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| 60 | [[image:image-20220820141238-7.png]] | ||
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| 63 | == 1.3 Water Proof Notice: == | ||
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| 67 | (% style="color:red" %)**Note: Both options mean an extra cable needs to pass throug the enclosure. In the current enclosure, the best is to drill a hole on the enclosure to pass and use glue to fill it for outdoor use purposes.** | ||
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| 70 | ))) |