Changes for page Change Gateway Power
Last modified by Xiaoling on 2022/08/10 15:18
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... ... @@ -9,21 +9,15 @@ 9 9 = 1. Overview = 10 10 11 11 12 -((( 13 13 In LoRaWAN protocol, the gateway transmit packet uses the output power base on the Power Index from the LoRaWAN server downlink. for example, the LoRaWAN server sends a downlink with this info "rf_power=14", gateway got this info and it will search the index for rf_power=14 and use the related rf setting to set output power. In some cases, the LoRaWAN server might set the rf-power to a quite low value ( for example 0dB) which is not practical for use. In such a case, the User can manually change the rf_power=0's rf settings to a higher power out. Below are the methods. 14 -))) 15 15 16 16 17 17 = 2. Change Power for Semtech UDP Paket forward connection = 18 18 19 19 20 -((( 21 21 In LoRaWAN protocol, the gateway output power refers to the downstream packets sent by Gateway. This output power is controlled by the LoRaWAN server. 22 -))) 23 23 24 -((( 25 25 Gateway maintains a power index in the file: /etc/lora/global_conf.json for example: 26 -))) 27 27 28 28 29 29 (% class="box" %) ... ... @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ 30 30 ((( 31 31 "tx_lut_3": { 32 32 "desc": "TX gain table, index 3", ~/~/ Index 3 refer to rf_power: 15dB. device will set the pa_gain,mix_gain,dig_gain 33 - "pa_gain": 2, 27 + "pa_gain": 2, ~/~/ to the value mentioned here so to generate 15dB output power. 34 34 "mix_gain": 10, 35 35 "rf_power": 15, 36 36 "dig_gain": 1 ... ... @@ -44,22 +44,14 @@ 44 44 ))) 45 45 46 46 47 -((( 48 48 (% style="color:red" %)**Note: If when lorawan server specifies a rf_power that is not listed above. gateway will choose the closest power. profile.** 49 -))) 50 50 51 51 52 -((( 53 53 When the LoRaWAN server sends a downlink stream, the server will also ask the gateway to use rf_power as output. So users don't need to consider controlling on the gateway side. 54 -))) 55 55 56 -((( 57 57 If users want to always use a higher power or a lower power. Users can modify the pa_gain,mix_gain, and dig_gain to specify rf_power to achieve this purpose. This is not recommended, because this might break the regulator for a specific country. 58 -))) 59 59 60 -((( 61 61 Please note, that the global_conf.json file will be overwritten by the match region files in /etc/lora/cfg-30x when changing settings on the web. So the user needs to change the files in /etc/lora/cfg-cfg-30x instead of global_conf.json 62 -))) 63 63 64 64 65 65 = 3. Change Power for LoRaWAN Basic Station connection =