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... ... @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 -= 1. (%style="display:none" %) (%%)OTAA Join Process Debug =7 += 1. OTAA Join Process Debug = 8 8 9 9 10 10 These pages are useful to check what is wrong on the Join process. Below shows the four steps that we can check the Join Process. ... ... @@ -11,31 +11,26 @@ 11 11 \\**If user has checked below steps and still can't solve the problem, please send us (support @ dragino.com) the sceenshots for each step to check. They include:** 12 12 13 13 * End node console to show the Join freuqency and DR. (If possible) 14 - 15 15 * Gateway (from gateway UI) traffic to show the packet got from end node and receive from Server. (If possible) 16 - 17 17 * Gateway traffic (from server UI) to shows the data exchange between gateway and server. (Normaly possible) 18 - 19 19 * End Node traffic (from server UI) to shows end node activity in server. (Normaly possible) 20 - 21 21 * End Node Keys screen shot shows in end node and server. so we can check if the keys are correct. (In most case, we found keys doesn't match, especially APP EUI) 22 22 19 + 20 + 23 23 (% style="color:blue" %)**1. End Device Join Screen shot, we can check:** 24 24 25 25 * If the device is sending join request to server? 26 - 27 27 * What frequency the device is sending? 28 28 29 -[[image:image-20220526164956-15.png ||height="591" width="1153"]]26 +[[image:image-20220526164956-15.png]] 30 30 31 31 Console Output from End device to see the transmit frequency 32 32 33 33 34 - 35 35 (% style="color:blue" %)**2. Gateway packet traffic in gateway web or ssh. we can check:** 36 36 37 37 * If the gateway receive the Join request packet from sensor? (If this fail, check if the gateway and sensor works on the match frequency) 38 - 39 39 * If the gateway gets the Join Accept message from server and transmit it via LoRa? 40 40 41 41 [[image:image-20220526163608-2.png]] ... ... @@ -43,13 +43,10 @@ 43 43 Console Output from Gateway to see packets between end node and server. 44 44 45 45 46 - 47 47 (% style="color:blue" %)**3. Gateway Traffic Page in LoRaWAN Server** 48 48 49 49 * If the Join Request packet arrive the gateway traffic in server? If not, check the internet connection and gateway LoRaWAN server settings. 50 - 51 51 * If the server send back a Join Accept for the Join Request? if not, check if the keys from the device match the keys you put in the server, or try to choose a different server route for this end device. 52 - 53 53 * If the Join Accept message are in correct frequency? If you set the server to use US915 band, and your end node and gateway is EU868, you will see the Join Accept message are in US915 band so no possible to Join success. 54 54 55 55 [[image:image-20220526163633-3.png]] ... ... @@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ 57 57 The Traffic for the End node in the server, use TTN as example 58 58 59 59 60 - 61 61 (% style="color:blue" %)**4. Data Page in LoRaWAN server** 62 62 63 63 * If this data page shows the Join Request message from the end node? If not, most properly you have wrong settings in the keys. Keys in the server doesn't match the keys in End Node. ... ... @@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ 66 66 67 67 The data for the end device set in server 68 68 69 - 70 70 [[image:image-20220526163732-5.png]] 71 71 72 72 Check if OTAA Keys match the keys in device ... ... @@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ 113 113 114 114 US915 Channels 115 115 116 - 117 117 [[image:image-20220526163926-7.png]] 118 118 119 119 AU915 Channels ... ... @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ 136 136 ((( 137 137 TTN FREQUENCY PLAN 138 138 139 - (%style="display:none" %) (%%)128 + 140 140 ))) 141 141 142 142 ((( ... ... @@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ 143 143 In dragino end node, user can use AT+CHE command to set what frequencies set the end node will use. The default settings for Dragino end node are preconfigure for TTN server, so use 8~~15 channels, which is **AT+CHE=2**. (AT+CHE=1 for first 8 channels, AT+CHE=2 for second 8 channels.. etc, and AT+CHE=0 for all 72 channels. ) 144 144 ))) 145 145 146 -(% style="display:none" %) (%%) 147 147 148 148 = 3. Why i see data lost/unperiocially uplink data? Even the signal strength is good = 149 149 ... ... @@ -150,16 +150,17 @@ 150 150 151 151 In this case, we can check if the frequency band matches in End Node, Gateway and LoRaWAN server. A typical case is using US915 in ChirpStack server as below: 152 152 153 -* (% style="color:blue" %)**End node** (%%) ~-~-> Use Sub-band2 (Channel 8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15) for Dragino Sensor. ADR is also enable, this is the default settings for dragino sensors. 141 +* **End node** ~-~-> Use Sub-band2 (Channel 8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15) for Dragino Sensor. ADR is also enable, this is the default settings for dragino sensors. 142 +* **Gateway** ~-~-> Use Sub-band2 (Channel 8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15) for Dragino Gateway. this is the default settings for dragino sensors. 143 +* **LoRaWAN server** ~-~-> ChirpStack default installation and use Sub-band1, **enabled_uplink_channels=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]** in the file chirpstack-network-server.toml. 154 154 155 -* (% style="color:blue" %)**Gateway** (%%) ~-~-> Use Sub-band2 (Channel 8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15) for Dragino Gateway. this is the default settings for dragino sensors. 156 - 157 -* (% style="color:blue" %)**LoRaWAN server** (%%) ~-~-> ChirpStack default installation and use Sub-band1, **enabled_uplink_channels=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]** in the file chirpstack-network-server.toml. 158 - 159 159 ((( 160 160 When Sensor power on, it will use sub-band2 to join the network, the frequency matches the settings in gateway so all Join Request will be passed to the server for Join. Server will ask the sensor to change to Sub-band1 in the Join Accept downlink message. Sensor will change to sub-band1 for data upload. This cause the sensor and gateway have different frequencies so user see lost of most data or even no data. 161 161 ))) 162 162 149 +((( 150 + 151 +))) 163 163 164 164 ((( 165 165 Use Subband2 as a default subband cause the sensor to have problem to work with the LoRaWAN server which use other subband, and use need to access to the end node to change the subband by console. that is not user frendily,. So since Dragino LoRaWAN Stack version DLS-005(release on end of 2020), we have changed the device to use All Subbands for OTAA join, for example, device will use the first frequency in Sub-Band1 as firt OTAA join packet, then use the first frequency in Sub-Band 2 , then first frequency in sub-band 3, and so on. LoRaWAN server will normally provide the required subband in the OTAA accept process, so end node will know what subband it use after join. If LoRaWAN server doesn't provide subband info in OTAA join, end node will use the subband which join success as the working subband. So the new method cause a longer OTAA Join time but will be compatible with all LoRaWAN server. And new method won't affect the normal uplink after Join Success. ... ... @@ -174,10 +174,18 @@ 174 174 ))) 175 175 176 176 ((( 166 + 167 +))) 168 + 169 +((( 177 177 So in ABP mode, first check if the packet already arrive your gateway, if the packet arrive gatewat but didn't arrive server. Please check if this is the issue. 178 178 ))) 179 179 180 180 ((( 174 + 175 +))) 176 + 177 +((( 181 181 To solve this, disable the Frame Counter Check will solve this issue , or reset the frame counter in the device page. 182 182 ))) 183 183 ... ... @@ -205,15 +205,14 @@ 205 205 Below are the requirement for the End Device to receive the packets. 206 206 207 207 * The End Device must open the receive windows: RX1 or RX2 208 - 209 209 * The LoRaWAN server must send a downstream packet, and the gateway forward this downstream packet for this end node. 210 - 211 211 * This downstream packet must arrive to the end node while RX1 or RX2 is open. 212 - 213 213 * This packet must match the frequency of the RX1 or RX2 window. 214 - 215 215 * This packet must match the DataRate of RX1(RX1DR) or RX2 (RX2DR). (% style="color:red" %)**This is the common fail point, because different lorawan server might use different RX2DR and they don't info End Node via ADR message so cause the mismatch. If this happen, user need to change the RX2DR to the right value in end node. In OTAA, LoRaWAN Server will send the RX2DR setting in Join Accept message so the end node will auto adjust. but ABP uplink doesn't support this auto change.** 216 216 210 + 211 + 212 + 217 217 == 5.2 See Debug Info == 218 218 219 219 ... ... @@ -247,7 +247,6 @@ 247 247 ))) 248 248 249 249 250 - 251 251 ((( 252 252 (% style="color:blue" %)**For LoRaWAN Gateway** 253 253 ))) ... ... @@ -263,7 +263,6 @@ 263 263 ))) 264 264 265 265 266 - 267 267 ((( 268 268 (% style="color:blue" %)**For End Node** 269 269 ))) ... ... @@ -273,13 +273,12 @@ 273 273 ))) 274 274 275 275 ((( 276 -* (% style="color:#037691" %)**AT+RX2FQ=869525000** (%%) **~-~-->** The RX2 Window frequency 270 +(% style="color:#037691" %)**AT+RX2FQ=869525000** (%%) **~-~-->** The RX2 Window frequency 271 +(% style="color:#037691" %)**AT+RX2DR=3** (%%) **~-~-->** The RX2 DataRate 272 +(% style="color:#037691" %)**AT+RX1DL=1000** (%%) ** ~-~-->** Receive Delay 1 273 +(% style="color:#037691" %)**AT+RX2DL=2000** (%%) **~-~--> ** Receive Delay 2 277 277 278 -* (% style="color:#037691" %)**AT+RX2DR=3** (%%) **~-~-->** The RX2 DataRate 279 - 280 -* (% style="color:#037691" %)**AT+RX1DL=1000** (%%) ** ~-~-->** Receive Delay 1 281 - 282 -* (% style="color:#037691" %)**AT+RX2DL=2000** (%%) **~-~--> ** Receive Delay 2 275 + 283 283 ))) 284 284 285 285 ((( ... ... @@ -296,8 +296,6 @@ 296 296 297 297 ((( 298 298 299 - 300 - 301 301 ))) 302 302 303 303 ((( ... ... @@ -322,13 +322,12 @@ 322 322 (% style="color:red" %)**If user has checked below steps and still can't solve the problem, please send us (support @ dragino.com) the sceenshots for each step to check. They include:** 323 323 324 324 * End node console to show the transmit freuqency and DR. 325 - 326 326 * Gateway (from gateway UI) traffic to show the packet got from end node and receive from Server. 327 - 328 328 * Gateway traffic (from server UI) to shows the data exchange between gateway and server. 329 - 330 330 * End Node traffic (from server UI) to shows end node activity in server. 331 331 320 + 321 + 332 332 = 6. Downlink Issue ~-~- Packet REJECTED, unsupported frequency = 333 333 334 334 ... ... @@ -361,9 +361,7 @@ 361 361 (% style="color:blue" %)**1. LHT65 End device configure:** 362 362 363 363 **Change to ABP Mode: AT+NJM=0** 364 - 365 365 **Change to fix frequency: AT+CHS=904900000** 366 - 367 367 **Change to fix DR: AT+DR=0** 368 368 369 369 ... ... @@ -370,7 +370,6 @@ 370 370 [[image:image-20220526165525-16.png]] 371 371 372 372 373 - 374 374 (% style="color:blue" %)**2. In LG02 , configure to receive above message** 375 375 376 376 [[image:image-20220526165612-17.png]] ... ... @@ -381,7 +381,6 @@ 381 381 [[image:image-20220526171112-21.png]] 382 382 383 383 384 - 385 385 (% style="color:blue" %)**3. Decode the info in web** 386 386 387 387 [[https:~~/~~/lorawan-packet-decoder-0ta6puiniaut.runkit.sh>>url:https://lorawan-packet-decoder-0ta6puiniaut.runkit.sh/]] ... ... @@ -435,53 +435,36 @@ 435 435 436 436 * ((( 437 437 If a node is registered with multiple servers, it may also cause the "mic mismatch" error. 438 -))) 439 439 440 -(% class="wikigeneratedid" %) 441 -3)Wrong Regional Parameters version selected 442 - We generally use versions above 1.0.2 443 443 444 -(% class="wikigeneratedid" %) 445 -[[image:image-20230322163227-1.png]] 446 446 447 - (%class="wikigeneratedid" %)448 - 4)We have had cases where it was automatically fixed the next day despite no manual changes, probably a server side issue427 + 428 +))) 449 449 450 - 451 451 = 10. Why i got the payload only with "0x00" or "AA~=~="? = 452 452 453 453 454 - (%style="color:blue"%)**Whysensorsends 0x00?**433 +* If you are using US915, AU915 and AS923 frequencies.This is normal phenomenon. 455 455 456 -For US915, AU915 or AS923 frequencies, the max payload lenght is 11 bytes for DR0. Some times sensor needs to send MAC command to server, because the payload is 11 bytes, The MAC command + Payload will exceed 11 bytes and LoRaWAN server will ignore the uplink. In this case, Sensor will send two uplinks together: one uplink is the payload without MAC command, another uplink is **0x00 payload + MAC Command.** For the second uplink, in the server side, it will shows the payload is 0x00. Normally, there are several case this will happen. 435 +((( 436 +When using the frequency mentioned above, the server sometimes adjusts the rate of the node, because the node defaults to the adaptive rate. 437 +))) 457 457 458 -**Possible Case 1**: 439 +((( 440 +When the server adjusts your node rate to 0, the maximum payload length is 11 bytes. The server sometimes sends an ADR packet to the node,and the node will reply to the server after receiving the ADR packet, but the number of payload bytes exceeds the limit,so it will send a normal uplink packet, and an additional 00 data packet. 441 +))) 459 459 460 -Sensor has ADR=1 enable and sensor need to reply server MAC command (ADR request) while sensor has DR=0. 443 +* ((( 444 +Solution: Use the decoder to filter out this 00 packet. 445 +))) 446 +* ((( 447 +Some node decoders may not have filtering function, or you need decoders of other servers and formats. Please send an email to [[david.huang@dragino.cc>>mailto:david.huang@dragino.cc]] 461 461 462 462 463 -**Possible Case 2:** 464 464 465 -For the sensor which has Datalog Feature enable, the sensor will send TimeRequest MAC Command to sync the time. This Time Request will be sent once Sensor Join Network and Every 10 days. While they send such command with DR=0, sensor will send this command with 0x00 payload. 451 + 452 +))) 466 466 467 - 468 -(% style="color:blue" %)**How to solve:** 469 - 470 -Solution: 471 - 472 -~1. Use the decoder to filter out this 0x00 packet. (**Recommand**) 473 - 474 -2. Data rate changed from DR3 to DR5, increasing upload byte length 475 -AT+ADR=0 476 -AT+DR=3 477 - 478 -Downlink: 479 - 480 -[[http:~~/~~/wiki.dragino.com/xwiki/bin/view/Main/End%20Device%20AT%20Commands%20and%20Downlink%20Command/#H7.4DataRate>>http://wiki.dragino.com/xwiki/bin/view/Main/End%20Device%20AT%20Commands%20and%20Downlink%20Command/#H7.4DataRate]] 481 - 482 -Some node decoders may not have the filter function, or you need decoders of other servers and formats. Please send an email to [[support@dragino.com>>mailto:support@dragino.com]] 483 - 484 - 485 485 = 11. Why my Dev EUI and APP EUI is 0x000000000000, how to solve? = 486 486 487 487 ... ... @@ -550,30 +550,6 @@ 550 550 Class C only refers to status after OTAA Join successfully. The OTAA Join Process will use Class A mode. 551 551 552 552 553 -= 13. Why it takes longer time for OTAA joined in US915/CN470/AU915 band? = 554 554 555 - 556 -In US915, AU915 or CN470 frequency band, there are 8 subbands, totally 72 channels. and LoRaWAN server normally use only one sub-band, for example Subband 2 in TTN. The gateway also configured to Subband 2 and cover eight channels in this subband. If the end node transfer data in Subband 2, it will reach to gateway and to the LoRaWAN server. If the end node transfer packets in other subbands, for example subband 1, the packet won't arrive both gateway or LoRaWAN server. 557 - 558 - 559 -In Dragino Sensors old version firmware (before early 2022), the subband is fixed the subband to 2 , but this cause a problem, the end node is hard to use in other subband and need program. So the new logic is as below: 560 - 561 -We have improved this, the end node will use frequency 1 from sub-band1, then frequency 1 from sub-band2, then frequency 1 from sub-band3, etc to process the OTAA join, In this case, In this case, the end node can support LoRaWAN servers with different subbands. To make sure the end node will only transmit the proper sub-band after OTAA Joined successfully, the end node will: 562 - 563 -* ((( 564 -Check what sub-band the LoRaWAN server ask from the OTAA Join Accept message and switch to that subband 565 -))) 566 -* ((( 567 -Use the Join successful sub-band if the server doesn't include subband info in the OTAA Join Accept message ( TTN v2 doesn't include) 568 -))) 569 - 570 -This change will make the activation time a littler longer but make sure the device can be used in any subband. 571 - 572 - 573 -Below is a photo to show why it takes longer time for OTAA Join. We can see in 72 channels mode, why it takes more time to join success. If users want to have faster OTAA Join success, he can change default CHE to the subband he use. 574 - 575 - 576 -[[image:image-20221215223215-1.png||height="584" width="1280"]] 577 - 578 578 (% class="wikigeneratedid" %) 579 579
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