Wiki source code of Change Gateway Power

Version 1.3 by Xiaoling on 2022/05/14 13:44

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Xiaoling 1.3 1 = Introduction =
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3 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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5 Gateway maintain a power index in the file: /etc/lora/global_conf.json for example:
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9 "tx_lut_3": {
10 "desc": "TX gain table, index 3",        ~/~/ Index 3 refer to rf_power: 15dB. device will set the pa_gain,mix_gain,dig_gain 
11 "pa_gain": 2,                            ~/~/ to the value mentioned here so to generate 15dB output power.
12 "mix_gain": 10,
13 "rf_power": 15,
14 "dig_gain": 1
15 },
16 "tx_lut_4": {
17 "desc": "TX gain table, index 4",
18 "pa_gain": 2,
19 "mix_gain": 10,
20 "rf_power": 16,
21 "dig_gain": 0
22 )))
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24 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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26 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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28 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