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... ... @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 -= 1. Join processpagecheck=7 += 1.(% style="display:none" %) (%%) 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. ... ... @@ -11,62 +11,57 @@ 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 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-202 40129142147-2.png||height="736" width="964"]]24 +[[image:image-20220526164956-15.png||height="591" width="1153"]] 30 30 31 -Console Output from End device to see the transmit frequency .26 +Console Output from End device to see the transmit frequency 32 32 33 33 29 + 34 34 (% style="color:blue" %)**2. Gateway packet traffic in gateway web or ssh. we can check:** 35 35 36 36 * If the gateway receive the Join request packet from sensor? (If this fail, check if the gateway and sensor works on the match frequency) 37 - 38 38 * If the gateway gets the Join Accept message from server and transmit it via LoRa? 39 39 40 -[[image:image-202 40129151608-6.jpeg||height="725" width="1256"]]35 +[[image:image-20220526163608-2.png]] 41 41 42 42 Console Output from Gateway to see packets between end node and server. 43 43 44 44 45 -(% style="color:blue" %)**3. Gateway Live data in LoRaWAN Server** 46 46 47 - *Doeshe gatewayreal-timedatacontain information about Join Request?Ifnot, checkthe internet connectionandgatewayLoRaWANserverSettings.41 +(% style="color:blue" %)**3. Gateway Traffic Page in LoRaWAN Server** 48 48 49 -* Doestheserversendback aJoin AcceptfortheJoinRequest? If not, check thatthekey from thedevicematchesthe key youput intotheserver, or trytochooseadifferentserverrouteforthatend device.50 - 43 +* If the Join Request packet arrive the gateway traffic in server? If not, check the internet connection and gateway LoRaWAN server settings. 44 +* 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. 51 51 * 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. 52 52 53 -[[image:image-202 40129150821-5.jpeg||height="522" width="1264"]]47 +[[image:image-20220526163633-3.png]] 54 54 55 -The Traffic for the End node in the server, use TTN as example .49 +The Traffic for the End node in the server, use TTN as example 56 56 57 57 52 + 58 58 (% style="color:blue" %)**4. Data Page in LoRaWAN server** 59 59 60 60 * 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. 61 61 62 -[[image:image-202 40129142557-3.png||height="488" width="1267"]]57 +[[image:image-20220526163704-4.png]] 63 63 64 64 The data for the end device set in server 65 65 66 66 67 -[[image:image-202 40129142631-4.png||height="637" width="1256"]]62 +[[image:image-20220526163732-5.png]] 68 68 69 -Check if OTAA Keys match the keys in device .64 +Check if OTAA Keys match the keys in device 70 70 71 71 72 72 = 2. Notice of US915/CN470/AU915 Frequency band = ... ... @@ -73,17 +73,17 @@ 73 73 74 74 75 75 ((( 76 -If user has problem to work with LoRaWANserver in band US915/AU915/CN470, he can check:71 +If user has problem to work with lorawan server in band US915/AU915/CN470, he can check: 77 77 ))) 78 78 79 79 * ((( 80 -What **sub-band** the server support? 75 +What **sub-band** the server support ? 81 81 ))) 82 82 * ((( 83 -What is the **sub-band** the gateway support? 78 +What is the **sub-band** the gateway support ? 84 84 ))) 85 85 * ((( 86 -What is the **sub-band** the end node is using? 81 +What is the **sub-band** the end node is using ? 87 87 ))) 88 88 89 89 ((( ... ... @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ 95 95 ))) 96 96 97 97 ((( 98 -In LoRaWAN protocol, the frequency bands US915, AU915, CN470 each includes at least 72 frequencies. Many gateways support only 8 or 16 frequencies, and server might support 8 frequency only. In this case, the OTAA join time and uplink schedule is long and unpredictable while the end node is hopping in 72 frequencies, because the end node will send data in many frequency that the gateway or server doesn 't support.93 +In LoRaWAN protocol, the frequency bands US915, AU915, CN470 each includes at least 72 frequencies. Many gateways support only 8 or 16 frequencies, and server might support 8 frequency only. In this case, the OTAA join time and uplink schedule is long and unpredictable while the end node is hopping in 72 frequencies, because the end node will send data in many frequency that the gateway or server doesn,t support. 99 99 ))) 100 100 101 101 ((( ... ... @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ 103 103 ))) 104 104 105 105 ((( 106 -Here are the fre quency tables for these bands as reference:101 +Here are the freuqency tables for these bands as reference: 107 107 ))) 108 108 109 109 [[image:image-20220526163801-6.png]] ... ... @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ 128 128 If we look at the [[TTN network server frequency plan>>url:https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/docs/lorawan/frequency-plans.html]], we can see the US915 frequency band use the channel 8~~15.So the End Node must work at the same frequency in US915 8~~15 channels for TTN server. 129 129 ))) 130 130 131 -[[image:image-202 40123151225-3.png||height="434" width="902"]]126 +[[image:image-20220526164052-9.png]] 132 132 133 133 ((( 134 134 TTN FREQUENCY PLAN ... ... @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ 142 142 143 143 (% style="display:none" %) (%%) 144 144 145 -= 3. Why Isee data lost/isnotperiodically uplink?Even the signal strength is good =140 += 3. Why i see data lost/unperiocially uplink data? Even the signal strength is good = 146 146 147 147 148 148 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: ... ... @@ -176,11 +176,9 @@ 176 176 177 177 ((( 178 178 To solve this, disable the Frame Counter Check will solve this issue , or reset the frame counter in the device page. 179 - 180 -[[image:image-20240123161737-4.png||height="395" width="763"]] 181 181 ))) 182 182 183 -[[image:image-202 40123161853-6.png||height="599" width="771"]]176 +[[image:image-20220526164508-10.png]] 184 184 185 185 Disable Frame Counter Check in ABP Mode 186 186 ... ... @@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ 193 193 LoRaWAN End node will open two receive windows to receive the downstream data. If the downstream packets arrive the end node at these receive windows, the end node will be able to get this packet and process it. 194 194 195 195 ((( 196 -Depends on Class A or Class C, the receive windows will be a little difference .189 +Depends on Class A or Class C, the receive windows will be a little difference, 197 197 ))) 198 198 199 199 [[image:image-20220531161828-1.png]] ... ... @@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ 213 213 214 214 * 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.** 215 215 209 + 210 + 216 216 == 5.2 See Debug Info == 217 217 218 218 ... ... @@ -225,12 +225,10 @@ 225 225 ))) 226 226 227 227 ((( 228 -Configure a downlink to the end device 229 - 230 -[[image:image-20240129152412-8.png||height="486" width="1206"]] 223 +Configure a downstream to the end device 231 231 ))) 232 232 233 -[[image:image-202 40123163307-7.png||height="330" width="1125"]]226 +[[image:image-20220526164623-12.png]] 234 234 235 235 ((( 236 236 Set a downstream in TTN and see it is sent ... ... @@ -238,10 +238,10 @@ 238 238 239 239 240 240 ((( 241 -This downstream info will then pass to the gateway downstream list. and the DR which is used (SF 7BW500) in US915is DR5.234 +This downstream info will then pass to the gateway downstream list. and include the DR which is used (SF9BW125) in EU868 is DR3 242 242 ))) 243 243 244 -[[image:image-202 40129152049-7.png||height="463" width="1166"]]237 +[[image:image-20220526164650-13.png]] 245 245 246 246 ((( 247 247 Gateway Traffic can see this downstream info ... ... @@ -274,13 +274,13 @@ 274 274 ))) 275 275 276 276 ((( 277 -* (% 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 2 278 278 279 -* (% style="color:#037691" %)**AT+RX2DR=3** (%%) **~-~-->** The RX2 DataRate 280 280 281 -* (% style="color:#037691" %)**AT+RX1DL=1000** (%%) ** ~-~-->** Receive Delay 1 282 - 283 -* (% style="color:#037691" %)**AT+RX2DL=2000** (%%) **~-~--> ** Receive Delay 2 276 + 284 284 ))) 285 285 286 286 ((( ... ... @@ -323,13 +323,12 @@ 323 323 (% 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:** 324 324 325 325 * End node console to show the transmit freuqency and DR. 326 - 327 327 * Gateway (from gateway UI) traffic to show the packet got from end node and receive from Server. 328 - 329 329 * Gateway traffic (from server UI) to shows the data exchange between gateway and server. 330 - 331 331 * End Node traffic (from server UI) to shows end node activity in server. 332 332 323 + 324 + 333 333 = 6. Downlink Issue ~-~- Packet REJECTED, unsupported frequency = 334 334 335 335 ... ... @@ -362,9 +362,7 @@ 362 362 (% style="color:blue" %)**1. LHT65 End device configure:** 363 363 364 364 **Change to ABP Mode: AT+NJM=0** 365 - 366 366 **Change to fix frequency: AT+CHS=904900000** 367 - 368 368 **Change to fix DR: AT+DR=0** 369 369 370 370 ... ... @@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ 405 405 ))) 406 406 407 407 408 -= 8. Why Isee uplink 0x00 periodically on the LHT65 v1.8 firmware =398 += 8. Why i see uplink 0x00 periodcally on the LHT65 v1.8 firmware = 409 409 410 410 411 411 Since firmware v1.8, LHT65 will send MAC command to request time, in the case if DR only support max 11 bytes, this MAC command will be bundled to a separate uplink payload with 0x00. ... ... @@ -436,50 +436,27 @@ 436 436 437 437 * ((( 438 438 If a node is registered with multiple servers, it may also cause the "mic mismatch" error. 439 -))) 440 440 441 -(% class="wikigeneratedid" %) 442 -3)Wrong Regional Parameters version selected 443 - We generally use versions above 1.0.2 444 444 445 - (%class="wikigeneratedid" %)446 - [[image:image-20230322163227-1.png]]431 + 432 +))) 447 447 448 -(% class="wikigeneratedid" %) 449 -4)We have had cases where it was automatically fixed the next day despite no manual changes, probably a server side issue 450 - 451 - 452 452 = 10. Why i got the payload only with "0x00" or "AA~=~="? = 453 453 454 454 455 - (% style="color:blue" %)**Why sensorsends 0x00?**437 +**Why this happen:** 456 456 457 -For US915, AU915 or AS923 frequencies ,themax payload lenghtis11 bytes for DR0. Some timesensor needs to send MAC command to server, because the payloadis 11bytes, The MAC command + Payload willexceed11bytes and LoRaWAN server will ignore the uplink. In thiscase, Sensor will send twouplinkstogether: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.439 +For US915, AU915 or AS923 frequencies.It is possible because: . 458 458 459 - **PossibleCase1**:441 +When using the frequency mentioned above, the server sometimes adjusts the Data Rate (DR) of the node, because the end node has Adaptive Data Rate (ADR) Enabled. 460 460 461 - SensorhasADR=1enable andsensor need to reply serverMACcommand(ADRrequest)whilesensor hasDR=0.443 +When the server adjusts end node data rate to 0, the maximum payload length is 11 bytes. The server sometimes sends an ADR packet to the end 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 following an additional 00 data packet to handle this MAC command response. 462 462 463 463 464 -** PossibleCase 2:**446 +**How to solve:** 465 465 466 - For the sensor which has Datalog Feature enable,the sensor will send TimeRequest MAC Commandtosync the time. This TimeRequest will be sent once SensorJoin Networkand Every 10 days. Whiletheysend such command withDR=0, sensor will sendthiscommand with0x00 payload.448 +Solution: Use the decoder to filter out this 0x00 packet. 467 467 468 - 469 -(% style="color:blue" %)**How to solve:** 470 - 471 -Solution: 472 - 473 -~1. Use the decoder to filter out this 0x00 packet. (**Recommand**) 474 - 475 -2. Data rate changed from DR3 to DR5, increasing upload byte length 476 -AT+ADR=0 477 -AT+DR=3 478 - 479 -Downlink: 480 - 481 -[[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]] 482 - 483 483 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]] 484 484 485 485 ... ... @@ -554,24 +554,24 @@ 554 554 = 13. Why it takes longer time for OTAA joined in US915/CN470/AU915 band? = 555 555 556 556 557 -In US915, AU915 or CN470 frequency band, there are 8 sub -bands, totally 72 channels. and LoRaWAN server normally use only one sub-band, for example Sub-band 2 in TTN. The gateway also configured to Sub-band 2 and cover eight channels in this sub-band. If the end node transfer data in Sub-band 2, it will reach to gateway and to the LoRaWAN server. If the end node transfer packets in other sub-bands, for example sub-band 1, the packet won't arrive both gateway or LoRaWAN server.524 +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. 558 558 559 559 560 -In Dragino Sensors old version firmware (before early 2022), the sub -band is fixed the sub-band 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:527 +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: 561 561 562 -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 sub-bands. To make sure the end node will only transmit the proper sub-band after OTAA Joined successfully, the end node will:529 +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: 563 563 564 564 * ((( 565 -Check what sub-band the LoRaWAN server ask from the OTAA Join Accept message and switch to that sub -band.532 +Check what sub-band the LoRaWAN server ask from the OTAA Join Accept message and switch to that subband 566 566 ))) 567 567 * ((( 568 -Use the Join successful sub-band if the server doesn't include sub -band info in the OTAA Join Accept message (TTN v2 doesn't include).535 +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) 569 569 ))) 570 570 571 -This change will make the activation time a little longer but make sure the device can be used in any sub -band.538 +This change will make the activation time a littler longer but make sure the device can be used in any subband. 572 572 573 573 574 -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 sub -band he uses.541 +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. 575 575 576 576 577 577 [[image:image-20221215223215-1.png||height="584" width="1280"]]
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