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6 = **1.  Introduction** =
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10 This introduction shows how to use a script to monitor the gateway. The video link for this instruction is: [[https:~~/~~/youtu.be/8PieIwfSF_g>>url:https://youtu.be/8PieIwfSF_g]]
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17 Monitor Gateway
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21 = **2.  Steps** =
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25 (% style="color:blue" %)**1. Create account in ThingsSpeak and creat channel.**
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31 (% style="color:blue" %)**2. Download script from dragino site and move it to properly directory**
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36 root@dragino-1baf44:~~# wget [[http:~~/~~/www.dragino.com/downloads/downloads/LoRa_Gateway/LPS8/Firmware/customized_script/monitor_gateway.sh>>url:http://www.dragino.com/downloads/downloads/LoRa_Gateway/LPS8/Firmware/customized_script/monitor_gateway.sh]]
37 Downloading '[[http:~~/~~/www.dragino.com/downloads/downloads/LoRa_Gateway/LPS8/Firmware/customized_script/monitor_gateway.sh'>>url:http://www.dragino.com/downloads/downloads/LoRa_Gateway/LPS8/Firmware/customized_script/monitor_gateway.sh']]
38 Connecting to 162.241.22.11:80
39 Writing to 'monitor_gateway.sh'
40 monitor_gateway.sh   100% |~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**|  1860   0:00:00 ETA
41 Download completed (1860 bytes)
42 root@dragino-1baf44:~~# chmod +x monitor_gateway.sh;mv monitor_gateway.sh /usr/bin/
43 root@dragino-1baf44:~~#
44 root@dragino-1baf44:~~#
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49 (% style="color:blue" %)**3. change the script monitor_gateway.sh with properly users setting:**
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54 **USER='xxxxx'  # user name in your thinkspeak  ~-~-> Profile
55 PASS='xxxxx'     # MQTT_API_KEY in your thinkspeak ~-~-> Profile**
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60 **CHAN_ID='xxxx'  # Channel ID   of the channel for this gateway
61 CHAN_KEY='xxxxx'   # Channel Write API  of the channel for this gateway**
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65 1).  run **/usr/bin/monitor_gateway.sh** to test if upload is good.
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69 2).  Add monitor_gateway.sh to cron work **/etc/crontabs/root** to make this script runs perdiocally, below is an example to update every 20 minutes
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74 # For details see man 4 crontabs
75 # Example of job definition:
76 # .~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- minute (0 - 59)
77 # | .~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-- hour (0 - 23)
78 # | | .~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- day of month (1 - 31)
79 # | | | .~-~-~-~-~-~-- month (1 - 12) OR jan,feb,mar,apr ...
80 # | | | | .~-~-~-~- day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0 or 7) OR sun,mon,tue,wed,thu,fri,sat
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82 # * * * * * user-name command to be executed
83 #*/10 * * * *  checklog
84 ~* 23 * * *  /etc/init.d/auto_update start
85 */20 * * * *  /usr/bin/monitor_gateway.sh 
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89 3). Reboot device.
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94 = **3.  Monitor Public IP** =
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97 The monitor_gateway.sh has been updated to upload the public ip of the device as well.
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100 User can find the public ip in field7, the chart is not able to show the complete public ip, user can check that in the export.
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105 Find Public IP
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