Wiki source code of PG1302

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36.1	12	PG1302 LoRaWAN Concentrator User Manual
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73.1	18	{{toc/}}
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67.1	28	=== 1. Introduction ===
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67.1	30	==== 1.1 What is PG1302 LoRaWAN Concentrator? ====
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90.1	36	The PG1302 is a multi-channel high performance transmitter/receiver designed to simultaneously receive several
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	42	LoRa packets using random spreading factors on random channels. Its goal is to enable robust connection
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91.1	46	between a central wireless data concentrator and a massive amount of wireless end-points spread over
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90.1	68	The PG1302 is design to use with Raspberry Pi to build smart metering fixed networks and Internet of Things
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90.1	74	applications with up to 5000 nodes per km2 in moderately interfered environment.
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90.1	92	PG1302 is fully compatible with RPi3/4, users can use the pre-build OS from Dragino to set up and easy to use the
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90.1	98	module by Web UI. Or install the raw lorawan driver in the exist OS.
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68.1	110	==== 1.2 Features ====
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	112	* Base on Semtech SX1302 solution
	113	* Support Raspberry Pi 3B/3B+/4
	114	* Up to -140dBm sensitivity
	115	* Support 3.3v and 5v.
	116	* Mini-PCIe Interface
	117	* Converter board to support Raspberry Pi
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68.1	119	==== 1.3 General Interfaces ====
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	121	* SPI interface for LoRa
	122	* Power Input: 5v, 1A
	123	* 1 x I-PEX for LoRa
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68.1	125	==== 1.4 Pin Mapping ====
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	127	[[image:1651743282627-547.png\|\|height="402" width="425"]]
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68.1	131	==== 1.5 LEDs ====
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86.1	134	TX: Blink when transmit a packet
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86.1	142	Config: Always ON
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68.1	146	==== 1.6 Power Consumption ====
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86.1	148	TBD
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68.1	151	==== 1.7 Applications ====
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	153	* Smart Buildings & Home Automation
	154	* Logistics and Supply Chain Management
	155	* Smart Metering
	156	* Smart Agriculture
	157	* Smart Cities
	158	* Smart Factory
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68.1	160	=== 2. Example: Set up as LoRaWAN gateway. ===
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68.1	162	==== 2.1 System structure ====
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	165	This example is an example to show how to set up the PG1302 + RPi as a LoRaWAN gateway to use with
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	169	[[TheThingsNetwork>>url:http://www.thethingsnetwork.org/]](TTN) LoRaWAN server. Set up method for other server are similar.
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36.1	172	(% style="text-align:center" %)
	173	[[image:1651743698677-436.png\|\|height="457" width="686"]]
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68.1	177	==== 2.2 Hardware Installation ====
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39.1	179	~ Important Notice: Please power the RPI with 5V,3A cable.
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	182	[[image:1651743803032-803.png]]
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68.1	186	=== 3. Install the software? ===
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39.1	188	There are two ways to install software in RPi4 to use PG1302.
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	190	* Flash SD card with Dragino pre-build image which support Web UI.
	191	* Install lora packet forwarder in existing RPi OS.
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68.1	193	=== 4. Flash with pre-build image ===
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68.1	195	==== 4.1 Download the dragino image for RPI ====
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	198	Download PG1302_for_Rpi4_64_with_webui from
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	202	[[https:~~/~~/www.dropbox.com/sh/f6nbldh1qbspya5/AACgL6pDkwdBQO1BQqq_Nubwa?dl=0>>https://www.dropbox.com/sh/f6nbldh1qbspya5/AACgL6pDkwdBQO1BQqq_Nubwa?dl=0]]
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68.1	206	==== 4.2 Flash the image to SD card ====
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76.1	208	Flash the image to SD card:
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	211	[[image:1651744119133-233.png\|\|height="373" width="621"]]
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62.1	213	Note: Download the flash tool following this link
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	215	[[https:~~/~~/www.balena.io/etcher/>>https://www.balena.io/etcher/]]
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76.1	218	==== 4.3 Access the Linux console ====
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97.1	220	Connect the RPI Ethernet port to your router, RPi will obtain an IP address from your router. In the router’s management portal, you should be able to find what IP address the router has assigned to the RPI. You can use this IP to connect the WEB UI or SSH access of RPI.
	221	Make sure your PC and the RPI is in the same network, then use a SSH tool (such as [[putty>>url:http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~~sgtatham/putty/download.html]]) to access it.
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97.1	223	Below are screenshots
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	231	The account details for Web Login are:
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	233	~ User Name: root
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	235	~ Password: dragino
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	238	~ Backup account
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	240	~ Pi/dragino
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	243	After log in, you will be in the Linux console and type command here.
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	246	[[image:1651744358515-107.png\|\|height="366" width="581"]]
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68.1	249	==== 4.4 Access the WebUI of RPi4. ====
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69.1	251	===== 4.4.1 Home page =====
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81.1	254	Open a browser on the PC and type the RPI ip address
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81.1	258	[[http:~~/~~/IP_ADDRESS >>url:http://192.168.1.xx/]] (If the IP is assigned by uplink router)
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81.1	262	You will see the login interface of RPI as shown below.
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81.1	266	The account details for Web Login are:
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36.1	270	~ User Name: root
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36.1	274	~ Password: dragino
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	278	[[image:1651744457761-993.png\|\|height="352" width="621"]]
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68.1	281	===== 4.4.2 LoRa Page =====
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88.1	284	This page shows the LoRa Radio Settings. There are a set of default frequency band according to LoRaWAN
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88.1	288	protocol, and user can customize the band* as well.
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	292	[[image:1651744554845-970.png\|\|height="328" width="621"]]
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	294	Different PG1302 hardware version can support different frequency range:
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	296	➢ 868: valid frequency: 863Mhz ~~ 870Mhz. for bands EU868, RU864, IN865 or KZ865.
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	298	➢ 915: valid frequency: 902Mhz ~~ 928Mhz. for bands US915, AU915, AS923 or KR920
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	300	After user choose the frequency plan, he can see the actually frequency in used by checking the
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	302	page LogRead ~-~-> LoRa Log
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	304	Note *: See this instruction for how to customize frequency band
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	306	[[http:~~/~~/wiki.dragino.com/index.php?title=Customized_Frequency_Band_for_Gateway>>url:http://wiki.dragino.com/index.php?title=Customized_Frequency_Band_for_Gateway]]
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68.1	309	===== 4.4.3 LoRaWAN Page =====
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69.1	311	====== 4.4.3.1 Semtech UDP ======
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	315	[[image:1651744767914-283.png\|\|height="352" width="621"]]
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81.1	317	Note *: See this instruction for how to configure TTN.
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81.1	319	[[https:~~/~~/wiki.dragino.com/index.php?title=Notes_for_TTN>>url:https://wiki.dragino.com/index.php?title=Notes_for_TTN\|\|style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"]]
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68.1	322	====== 4.4.3.2 Basic Station ======
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81.1	327	Note *: See this instruction for how to configure TTN.
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81.1	329	[[https:~~/~~/wiki.dragino.com/index.php?title=Notes_for_AWS-IoT-Core>>url:https://wiki.dragino.com/index.php?title=Notes_for_AWS-IoT-Core]]
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68.1	332	===== 4.4.4 LogRead =====
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69.1	334	====== 4.4.4.1 LoRa Log ======
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81.1	339	Show the frequency for LoRa Radio and traffics.
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68.1	342	====== 4.4.4.2 System Log ======
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81.1	344	Show system log.
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68.1	351	====== 4.4.4.3 Record Log ======
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68.1	353	~ Record the system log.
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	356	[[image:1651745069814-662.png\|\|height="144" width="621"]]
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68.1	359	=== 5. Install stand alone LoRa Packet Forwarder. ===
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69.1	361	==== 5.1 OS requirement ====
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81.1	363	RPI in this example is RPI model 4B with fresh Raspbian OS install.
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	365	pi@raspberrypi:~~$ cat /etc/os-release
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	367	PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie)"
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	369	NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux"
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	371	VERSION_ID="8"
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	373	VERSION="8 (jessie)"
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	375	ID=raspbian
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	377	ID_LIKE=debian
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	379	HOME_URL="http:~/~/www.raspbian.org/"
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	381	SUPPORT_URL="http:~/~/www.raspbian.org/RaspbianForums"
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	383	BUG_REPORT_URL="http:~/~/www.raspbian.org/RaspbianBugs"
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68.1	386	==== 5.2 Get Gateway ID in Raspberry and input this in TTN v3. ====
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81.1	388	In RPI, run below command to get a Gateway ID
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81.1	390	(% class="mark" %)ifconfig eth0
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	393	[[image:1651745210205-512.png\|\|height="130" width="621"]]
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	396	We got the ether (eth0 MAC) address is b8:27:eb:49:62:bc). Add ffff at the end and remove “:” to get the
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	414	[[image:1651745366987-458.png\|\|height="363" width="621"]]
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68.1	417	===== 5.2.1 Download and install LoRaWAN packet forwarder =====
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	419	Enable SPI and I2C first:
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	423	Run sudo raspi-config to open the config window
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	438	In RPI , Fist: Enter root account:
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	441	[[image:1651745583363-614.png]]
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	444	and then run:
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	446	wget [[https:~~/~~/www.dragino.com/downloads/downloads/LoRa_Gateway/PG1302/software/auto_install.sh>>url:https://www.dragino.com/downloads/downloads/LoRa_Gateway/PG1302/software/auto_install.sh]]
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	453	[[image:1651745611629-818.png]]
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	456	This will download the packet forwarder package from Dragino Server to RPI, and start install the package.
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	458	You can get these output:
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	461	[[image:1651745657252-173.png\|\|height="426" width="621"]]
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77.1	464	===== 5.2.2 Config Gateway ID, Frequency Band and Server address =====
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	483	[[image:1651745709709-887.png\|\|height="820" width="621"]]
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84.1	486	User can find the TTN v3 server address from:
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84.1	488	[[Server Addresses ~\| The Things Stack for LoRaWAN (thethingsindustries.com)>>url:https://www.thethingsindustries.com/docs/getting-started/server-addresses/#deployments]]
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84.1	491	And the default frequency band is US915 in global_conf.json file.
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	493	(% style="text-align:center" %)
	494	[[image:1651745838008-820.png\|\|height="650" width="621"]]
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38.1	497	* If user want to change to other frequency bands, User can copy the file from /etc/lora/cfg-302 and put it into /etc/lora/global_conf.json.
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	499	1).Chose your need the name of region frequency.
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	501	(% style="text-align:center" %)
	502	[[image:1651745867516-322.png]]
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	507	cp /etc/lora/cfg-302/EU-global_conf.json /etc/lora/global_conf.json
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	509	(% style="text-align:center" %)
	510	[[image:1651745984006-868.png]]
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	513	* If user wants to change to other LoRaWAN server, modify the global_conf.json file.
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68.1	520	===== 5.2.3 Check result =====
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84.1	523	Run below command to restart the dragino_fwd:
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	542	(% style="text-align:center" %)
	543	[[image:1651746045057-414.png]]
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84.1	546	The dragino_fwd will start with the new gateway ID and TTN v3 should show the connection ok:
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	548	(% style="text-align:center" %)
	549	[[image:1651746078253-168.png\|\|height="372" width="621"]]
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95.1	552	We can check dragino_fwd running states in RPi by running:
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	556	// sudo journalctl -u draginofwd -f//
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94.1	559	[[image:1651746111963-838.png]]
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93.1	561	If there are LoRaWAN nodes transmitting nearby, we can see the traffic in TTN v3 –> Gateway ~-~-> Live data
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94.1	564	[[image:1651746139304-966.png\|\|height="326" width="621"]]
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68.1	567	===== 5.2.4 Commands to handle service =====
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	569	* Stop dragino_fwd service: sudo systemctl stop draginofwd
	570	* Disable dragino_fwd auto run after boot: sudo systemctl disable draginofwd
	571	* Start dragino_fwd : sudo systemctl start draginofwd
	572	* Auto run dragino_fwd after boot: sudo systemctl enable draginofwd
	573	* Show status of dragino_fwd: sudo systemctl status draginofwd
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68.1	575	=== 6. Order Info ===
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93.1	577	Part Number: PG1302-XX Or Part Number: PG1302-PI-XX (Include RPi converter board for RPI 3/4)
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76.1	579	~ XX:
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	581	* 868 (For Bands: EU868,IN865)
	582	* 915 (For Bands: US915,AU915,AS923,KR920)
	583	* 470 (For Band: CN470)
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68.1	585	=== 7. Packing Info ===
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91.1	587	(((
76.1	588	~ PG1302 Package Includes:
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91.1	591	* (((
	592	PG1302 x 1
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	594	* (((
	595	LoRa Antenna x 1
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91.1	598	(((
89.1	599	~ PG1302-PI Package Includes:
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91.1	602	* (((
	603	PG1302 x 1
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	605	* (((
	606	LoRa Antenna x 1
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	608	* (((
	609	RPi3/4 converter PCB
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	611	* (((
	612	Screws to hole converter PCB on RPI.
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