Changes for page LoRaWAN Communication Debug
Last modified by Xiaoling on 2025/05/05 08:51
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... ... @@ -163,9 +163,112 @@ 163 163 ))) 164 164 165 165 166 -= 4. TransmisiononABP Mode=166 += 4. Why i see packet lost = 167 167 168 +== **1. Signal problem** == 168 168 170 + 171 +1) (% style="color:blue" %)**ADR automatic adjustment** (%%) 172 + 173 +Reason: 174 + 175 +When the signal is at a critical value, the server may configure the node to adjust to a lower power DR. 176 +At this time, the server is at risk of losing uplink. 177 + 178 + 179 +Solution: 180 + 181 +Users can manually fix the DR value. 182 + 183 + 184 +(% style="color:red" %) 185 +**Notice:** 186 + 187 +* User need to set Adaptive Data Rate(ADR)=0 first. otherwise device will respond to server's ADR command and change the DR according to server auto-adjustment. 188 + 189 +* Data Rate specifies Spreading Factor. The mapping varies in different frequency bands. User can check this link for detail. [[rp2-1.0.3-lorawan-regional-parameters.pdf>>https://lora-alliance.org/resource_hub/rp2-1-0-3-lorawan-regional-parameters/]] 190 + 191 +(% style="color:blue" %)**AT Command: AT+DR** 192 + 193 +(% border="1" cellspacing="4" style="background-color:#f2f2f2; width:409px" %) 194 +|(% style="background-color:#4f81bd; color:white; width:156px" %)**Command Example**|(% style="background-color:#4f81bd; color:white; width:147px" %)**Function**|(% style="background-color:#4f81bd; color:white; width:100px" %)**Response** 195 +|(% style="width:156px" %)AT+DR=?|(% style="width:147px" %)Get the Data Rate.|(% style="width:100px" %)5((( 196 +OK 197 +))) 198 +|(% style="width:156px" %)AT+DR=2|(% style="width:147px" %)Set the Data Rate.|(% style="width:100px" %)OK((( 199 + 200 +))) 201 + 202 +(% style="color:blue" %)**Downlink Command: 0x2200aaFF** 203 + 204 +If the downlink payload=220001FF, it means setting the data rate to 1, while type code is 22 00 aa FF. 205 + 206 +* **Example 1**: Downlink Payload: **220001FF** ~/~/ Set AT+DR=1. 207 + 208 +* **Example 2**: Downlink Payload: **220000FF** ~/~/ Set AT+DR=0. 209 + 210 +(% style="display:none" %) (%%) 211 + 212 + 213 +2) (% style="color:blue" %)**Node antenna problem** 214 + 215 +Reason: 216 + 217 +Node antenna is loose 218 + 219 + 220 +Solution: 221 + 222 +Please check whether the antenna interface and module interface are detached 223 + 224 +[[image:image-20250429114526-1.png||height="429" width="303"]] 225 + 226 + 227 + 228 +3) (% style="color:blue" %)**Gateway antenna problem** 229 + 230 +Reason: 231 +Gateway uses antenna with wrong frequency band 232 + 233 +For example: 868-band gateway uses antenna with 915-band, which will cause the signal to be greatly reduced 234 + 235 + 236 +Solution: 237 + 238 +Please check whether the silk screen on the antenna conflicts with the frequency you set. 239 + 240 +[[image:image-20250429115124-2.png]][[image:image-20250429115159-3.png||height="550" width="224"]] 241 + 242 + 243 +4) (% style="color:blue" %)**Gateway module problem** 244 + 245 +Reason: 246 + 247 +Gateway uses module with wrong frequency band 248 +For example: 868-band gateway uses module with 915-band, which will cause the signal to be greatly reduced 249 + 250 + 251 +Solution: 252 + 253 +Please check whether the silkscreen of the module conflicts with the frequency you set. 254 + 255 +[[image:image-20250429115951-5.png||height="288" width="384"]][[image:image-20250429120030-6.png||height="284" width="378"]] 256 + 257 + 258 +== **2. Frequency point problem** == 259 + 260 +The frequency point of the gateway or server is wrong or missing. 261 + 262 + 263 +== **3. Frequency band problem** == 264 + 265 +When there are multiple gateways, the node cannot lock the frequency band. 266 + 267 + 268 + 269 += 5. Transmision on ABP Mode = 270 + 271 + 169 169 ((( 170 170 In ABP mode, there is a Frame Counter Checks. With this check enabled, the server will only accept the frame with a higher counter. If you reboot the device in ABP mode, the device will start from count 0, so you won't be able to see the frame update in server. 171 171 ))) ... ... @@ -185,15 +185,20 @@ 185 185 Disable Frame Counter Check in ABP Mode 186 186 187 187 188 -= 5. Downstream Debug =291 += 6. Downstream Debug = 189 189 190 -== 5.1 How it work ==293 +== 6.1 How it work == 191 191 192 192 193 193 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. 299 +Depends on Class A or Class C, the receive windows will be a little difference. The main difference between Class A and Class C: 300 + 301 +* **Class A** : Suitable for Battery powered end node. Class A will save a lot of power but it can only receive downlink after each uplink 302 +* **Class C**: End node can receive downlink immediately but have higher power consumption. 303 + 304 + 197 197 ))) 198 198 199 199 [[image:image-20220531161828-1.png]] ... ... @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ 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.** 215 215 216 -== 5.2 See Debug Info ==324 +== 6.2 See Debug Info == 217 217 218 218 219 219 ((( ... ... @@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ 318 318 1:0012345678}}} 319 319 320 320 321 -== 5.3 If problem doesn't solve ==429 +== 6.3 If problem doesn't solve == 322 322 323 323 324 324 (% 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:** ... ... @@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ 331 331 332 332 * End Node traffic (from server UI) to shows end node activity in server. 333 333 334 -= 6. Downlink Issue ~-~- Packet REJECTED, unsupported frequency =442 += 7. Downlink Issue ~-~- Packet REJECTED, unsupported frequency = 335 335 336 336 337 337 ((( ... ... @@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ 357 357 ))) 358 358 359 359 360 -= 7. Decrypt a LoRaWAN Packet =468 += 8. Decrypt a LoRaWAN Packet = 361 361 362 362 363 363 (% style="color:blue" %)**1. LHT65N End device configure:** ... ... @@ -390,44 +390,50 @@ 390 390 391 391 392 392 393 -(% style="color:blue" %)**3. Decode the info in SecureCRT**501 +(% style="color:blue" %)**3. Decode the info in CMD(Command prompt window)** 394 394 395 - [[SecureCRT- The rock-solid Telnet and SSH clientforWindows, Mac, and Linux (vandyke.com)>>url:https://www.vandyke.com/products/securecrt/]]503 +LoRa packet Base64 format: QP~/~/~/~/+AFQACZv8Hjmc8gFTAkhMzU+75 **(from LPS8-v2)** 396 396 397 -LoRa packet Base64 format: QP~/~/~/~/+AFQACZv8Hjmc8gFTAkhMzU+75 (from LPS8-v2) 398 - 399 399 Then the instructions and format parsed in SecureCRT are: ./node_modules/.bin/lora-packet-decode ~-~-base64 QP~/~/~/~/+AFQACZv8Hjmc8gFTAkhMzU+75 400 400 401 401 402 -**Step1: In theSecureCRTaccessgatewaycontrolinterface, enter the commandtodownloadtheparsingpackage: npm installlora-packet.**508 +**Step1: Open CMD, Enter the gateway IP and port.(ssh root@gateway IP -p 22)** 403 403 404 -[[image:image-202401291 73810-9.png||height="389" width="1070"]]510 +[[image:image-20240129190752-17.png||height="338" width="901"]] 405 405 406 -[[image:image-202401291 73932-10.png||height="350" width="1084"]]512 +[[image:image-20240129191937-21.png||height="450" width="901"]] 407 407 408 -[[image:image-20240129174125-11.png||height="338" width="1078"]] 409 409 515 +**Step2: Enter the command to download the LoRa parsing package.(npm install lora-packet)** 410 410 411 - **Step2:Parsetherawata from the gateway.**517 +[[image:image-20240129192239-22.png||height="416" width="902"]] 412 412 413 -[[image:image-202401291 74948-14.png]]519 +[[image:image-20240129192549-23.png||height="459" width="898"]] 414 414 415 415 416 - [[image:image-20240129175037-15.png||height="619"width="1144"]]522 +**Step3: Parse the gateway raw payload.(./node_modules/.bin/lora-packet-decode ~-~-base64 QP~/~/~/~/+AFQACZv8Hjmc8gFTAkhMzU+75)** 417 417 418 418 419 419 420 420 527 +[[image:image-20240129192908-24.png||height="477" width="907"]] 421 421 422 422 530 +[[image:image-20240129192954-25.png||height="485" width="916"]] 423 423 424 -= 8. Why I see uplink 0x00 periodically on the LHT65 v1.8 firmware = 425 425 426 426 534 + 535 + 536 + 537 + 538 += 9. Why I see uplink 0x00 periodically on the LHT65 v1.8 firmware = 539 + 540 + 427 427 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. 428 428 429 429 430 -= 9. Why do I see a "MIC Mismatch" error message from the server? =544 += 10. Why do I see a "MIC Mismatch" error message from the server? = 431 431 432 432 433 433 ((( ... ... @@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ 465 465 4)We have had cases where it was automatically fixed the next day despite no manual changes, probably a server side issue 466 466 467 467 468 -= 1 0. Why I got the payload only with "0x00" or "AA~=~="? =582 += 11. Why I got the payload only with "0x00" or "AA~=~="? = 469 469 470 470 471 471 (% style="color:blue" %)**Why sensor sends 0x00?** ... ... @@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ 499 499 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]] 500 500 501 501 502 -= 1 1. Why my Dev EUI and APP EUI is 0x000000000000, how to solve? =616 += 12. Why my Dev EUI and APP EUI is 0x000000000000, how to solve? = 503 503 504 504 505 505 ((( ... ... @@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ 560 560 (Any combination of 16 bit codes can be used) 561 561 562 562 563 -= 1 2. I set my device is LoRaWAN Class C mode, why I still see Class A after boot? =677 += 13. I set my device is LoRaWAN Class C mode, why I still see Class A after boot? = 564 564 ))) 565 565 566 566 ... ... @@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ 567 567 Class C only refers to status after OTAA Join successfully. The OTAA Join Process will use Class A mode. 568 568 569 569 570 -= 1 3. Why it takes longer time for OTAA joined in US915/CN470/AU915 band? =684 += 14. Why it takes longer time for OTAA joined in US915/CN470/AU915 band? = 571 571 572 572 573 573 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.
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