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Changes for page Change Gateway Power

Last modified by Xiaoling on 2022/08/10 15:18
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edited by Xiaoling
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6 +In LoRaWAN protocol, the gateway output power refer to the downstream packets sent by Gateway. This output power is controlled by LoRaWAN server.
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10 +Gateway maintain a power index in the file: /etc/lora/global_conf.json for example:
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16 +"tx_lut_3": {
17 + "desc": "TX gain table, index 3",        ~/~/ Index 3 refer to rf_power: 15dB. device will set the pa_gain,mix_gain,dig_gain 
18 + "pa_gain": 2,                            ~/~/ to the value mentioned here so to generate 15dB output power.
19 + "mix_gain": 10,
20 + "rf_power": 15,
21 + "dig_gain": 1
22 +},
23 +"tx_lut_4": {
24 + "desc": "TX gain table, index 4",
25 + "pa_gain": 2,
26 + "mix_gain": 10,
27 + "rf_power": 16,
28 + "dig_gain": 0
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33 +When LoRaWAN server sends a downlink stream, server will also ask the gateway to use which rf_power as output. So user don't need to consider to control in the gateway side.
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37 +If user want to always use a higher power or a lower power. User can modify the pa_gain,mix_gain,dig_gain for specify rf_power to achieve this purpose. This is not recommend, because this might break the regulator for specify country.
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41 +Please note, the global_conf.json file will be overwrite by the match region files in /etc/lora/cfg-30x when change settings in the web. So user need to change the files in /etc/lora/cfg-cfg-30x instead of global_conf.json
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