Wiki source code of LoRaWAN Communication Debug

Version 40.1 by Bei Jinggeng on 2023/04/23 10:58

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32.2	1	~ Table of Contents:
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37.2	7	= 1.(% style="display:none" %) (%%) OTAA Join Process Debug =
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1.1	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.
2.1	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:
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	13	* End node console to show the Join freuqency and DR. (If possible)
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1.1	15	* Gateway (from gateway UI) traffic to show the packet got from end node and receive from Server. (If possible)
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1.1	17	* Gateway traffic (from server UI) to shows the data exchange between gateway and server. (Normaly possible)
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1.1	19	* End Node traffic (from server UI) to shows end node activity in server. (Normaly possible)
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1.1	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)
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32.14	23	(% style="color:blue" %)1. End Device Join Screen shot, we can check:
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1.1	25	* If the device is sending join request to server?
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1.1	27	* What frequency the device is sending?
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37.2	29	[[image:image-20220526164956-15.png\|\|height="591" width="1153"]]
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	31	Console Output from End device to see the transmit frequency
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32.14	35	(% style="color:blue" %)2. Gateway packet traffic in gateway web or ssh. we can check:
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	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)
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1.1	39	* If the gateway gets the Join Accept message from server and transmit it via LoRa?
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10.2	41	[[image:image-20220526163608-2.png]]
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	43	Console Output from Gateway to see packets between end node and server.
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32.14	47	(% style="color:blue" %)3. Gateway Traffic Page in LoRaWAN Server
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	49	* If the Join Request packet arrive the gateway traffic in server? If not, check the internet connection and gateway LoRaWAN server settings.
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1.1	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.
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1.1	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.
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13.2	55	[[image:image-20220526163633-3.png]]
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	57	The Traffic for the End node in the server, use TTN as example
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32.14	61	(% style="color:blue" %)4. Data Page in LoRaWAN server
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	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.
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13.2	65	[[image:image-20220526163704-4.png]]
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	67	The data for the end device set in server
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13.2	70	[[image:image-20220526163732-5.png]]
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	72	Check if OTAA Keys match the keys in device
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2.1	75	= 2. Notice of US915/CN470/AU915 Frequency band =
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4.2	78	(((
1.1	79	If user has problem to work with lorawan server in band US915/AU915/CN470, he can check:
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4.2	82	* (((
	83	What sub-band the server support ?
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	85	* (((
	86	What is the sub-band the gateway support ?
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	88	* (((
	89	What is the sub-band the end node is using ?
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1.1	93	All of above should match so End Node can properly Join the server and don't have packet lost.
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1.1	101	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.
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1.1	109	Here are the freuqency tables for these bands as reference:
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14.2	112	[[image:image-20220526163801-6.png]]
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	114	US915 Channels
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18.2	117	[[image:image-20220526163926-7.png]]
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	119	AU915 Channels
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18.2	122	[[image:image-20220526163941-8.png]]
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1.1	125	CN470 Channels
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1.1	131	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.
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18.2	134	[[image:image-20220526164052-9.png]]
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4.4	136	(((
1.1	137	TTN FREQUENCY PLAN
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37.2	139	(% style="display:none" %) (%%)
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1.1	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. )
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37.2	146	(% style="display:none" %) (%%)
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2.1	148	= 3. Why i see data lost/unperiocially uplink data? Even the signal strength is good =
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1.1	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:
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37.2	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.
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37.2	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.
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	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.
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1.1	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.
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1.1	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.
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2.1	169	= 4. Transmision on ABP Mode =
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4.3	172	(((
1.1	173	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.
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1.1	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.
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1.1	181	To solve this, disable the Frame Counter Check will solve this issue , or reset the frame counter in the device page.
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18.2	184	[[image:image-20220526164508-10.png]]
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	186	Disable Frame Counter Check in ABP Mode
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2.1	189	= 5. Downstream Debug =
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2.1	191	== 5.1 How it work ==
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1.1	194	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.
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1.1	197	Depends on Class A or Class C, the receive windows will be a little difference,
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31.2	200	[[image:image-20220531161828-1.png]]
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	202	receive windows for Class A and Class C
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1.1	205	Below are the requirement for the End Device to receive the packets.
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	207	* The End Device must open the receive windows: RX1 or RX2
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1.1	209	* The LoRaWAN server must send a downstream packet, and the gateway forward this downstream packet for this end node.
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1.1	211	* This downstream packet must arrive to the end node while RX1 or RX2 is open.
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1.1	213	* This packet must match the frequency of the RX1 or RX2 window.
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32.3	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.
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2.1	218	== 5.2 See Debug Info ==
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4.6	221	(((
32.3	222	(% style="color:blue" %)For LoRaWAN Server
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4.6	225	(((
1.1	226	We can check if there is downlink message for this end node, use TTN for example:
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4.6	229	(((
1.1	230	Configure a downstream to the end device
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22.2	233	[[image:image-20220526164623-12.png]]
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4.6	235	(((
1.1	236	Set a downstream in TTN and see it is sent
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1.1	241	This downstream info will then pass to the gateway downstream list. and include the DR which is used (SF9BW125) in EU868 is DR3
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22.2	244	[[image:image-20220526164650-13.png]]
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4.6	246	(((
1.1	247	Gateway Traffic can see this downstream info
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4.6	252	(((
32.3	253	(% style="color:blue" %)For LoRaWAN Gateway
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4.3	256	(((
1.1	257	When the downstream packet appear on the traffic of Gateway page. The LoRaWAN gateway can get it from LoRaWAN server and transmit it. In Dragion Gateway, this can be checked by runinng "logread -f" in the SSH console. and see below:
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22.2	260	[[image:image-20220526164734-14.png]]
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4.6	262	(((
1.1	263	Gateway Sent out this packet
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4.6	268	(((
32.3	269	(% style="color:blue" %)For End Node
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4.8	272	(((
1.1	273	we can use AT Command (AT+CFG) to check the RX1 configure and RX2 configure. as below:
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37.3	277	* (% style="color:#037691" %)AT+RX2FQ=869525000 (%%) ~-~--> The RX2 Window frequency
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37.3	279	* (% style="color:#037691" %)AT+RX2DR=3 (%%) ~-~--> The RX2 DataRate
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37.3	281	* (% style="color:#037691" %)AT+RX1DL=1000 (%%) ~-~--> Receive Delay 1
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	283	* (% style="color:#037691" %)AT+RX2DL=2000 (%%) ~-~--> Receive Delay 2
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	286	(((
32.3	287	(% style="color:blue" %)when the device running, we can see below info:
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4.8	290	{{{ [12502]*** UpLinkCounter= 0 ***
	291	[12503]TX on freq 868500000 Hz at DR 0
	292	[13992]txDone
4.13	293	[15022]RX on freq 868500000 Hz at DR 0 --> RX1 window open at frequency: 868500000, DR0, after 15022-13992= 1030ms of txdone
	294	[15222]rxTimeOut --> no packet arrive in RX1 window. (duration: 200ms)
	295	[15987]RX on freq 869525000 Hz at DR 3 --> RX2 window open at frequency: 869525000, DR3, after 15987-13992= 1995ms of txdone
	296	[16027]rxTimeOut --> no packet arrive in RX2 window. (duration: 40 ms)}}}
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4.3	298	(((
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4.7	304	(((
32.3	305	(% style="color:blue" %)Another message:
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4.8	308	{{{ [12502]*** UpLinkCounter= 0 ***
	309	[12503]TX on freq 868100000 Hz at DR 0
	310	[13992]txDone
	311	[15022]RX on freq 868100000 Hz at DR 0
	312	[15222]rxTimeOut
	313	[15987]RX on freq 869525000 Hz at DR 3
4.13	314	[16185]rxDone --> We have got the downstream packet.
4.8	315	Rssi= -64
	316	Receive data
	317	1:0012345678}}}
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32.6	320	== 5.3 If problem doesn't solve ==
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23.2	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:
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	325	* End node console to show the transmit freuqency and DR.
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1.1	327	* Gateway (from gateway UI) traffic to show the packet got from end node and receive from Server.
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1.1	329	* Gateway traffic (from server UI) to shows the data exchange between gateway and server.
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1.1	331	* End Node traffic (from server UI) to shows end node activity in server.
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2.1	334	= 6. Downlink Issue ~-~- Packet REJECTED, unsupported frequency =
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4.5	337	(((
1.1	338	In LoRaWAN, the gatewat will use the frequency specify by the server to transmit a packet as downlink purpose. Each Frequency band has different downlink frequency. and the gateway has a frequency range limited to transmit downlink.
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	345	(((
1.1	346	So if the LoRaWAN server is an AS923 server which ask the gateway to transmit at 923.2Mhz frequency, but the gateway is IN868 frequency band (support 865~~867Mhz to transmit). In the gateway log it will show something like below:
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4.7	349	{{{Sat Nov 21 08:04:17 2020 daemon.info lora_pkt_fwd[1680]: ERROR~ Packet REJECTED, unsupported frequency - 923200000 (min:865000000,max:867000000)}}}
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1.1	356	In this case, please double check the gateway frequency and the server frequency band.
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2.1	360	= 7. Decrypt a LoRaWAN Packet =
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32.7	363	(% style="color:blue" %)1. LHT65 End device configure:
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32.7	365	Change to ABP Mode: AT+NJM=0
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32.7	367	Change to fix frequency: AT+CHS=904900000
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32.7	369	Change to fix DR: AT+DR=0
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29.2	372	[[image:image-20220526165525-16.png]]
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32.7	376	(% style="color:blue" %)2. In LG02 , configure to receive above message
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29.2	378	[[image:image-20220526165612-17.png]]
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1.1	381	In LG02 console, we can see the hex receive are:
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29.2	383	[[image:image-20220526171112-21.png]]
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32.7	387	(% style="color:blue" %)3. Decode the info in web
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	389	[[https:~~/~~/lorawan-packet-decoder-0ta6puiniaut.runkit.sh>>url:https://lorawan-packet-decoder-0ta6puiniaut.runkit.sh/]]
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	391	Need these three fields:
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	393	LoRa packet hex format: 40c1190126800100024926272bf18bbb6341584e27e23245 (from LG02)
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	395	AT+NWKSKEY=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 11 (End node Network Session Key)
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	397	AT+APPSKEY=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 11 (End Node App Session Key)
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1.1	400	[[https:~~/~~/lorawan-packet-decoder-0ta6puiniaut.runkit.sh/?data=40c1190126800100024926272bf18bbb6341584e27e23245&nwkskey=00000000000000000000000000000111&appskey=00000000000000000000000000000111>>url:https://lorawan-packet-decoder-0ta6puiniaut.runkit.sh/?data=40c1190126800100024926272bf18bbb6341584e27e23245&nwkskey=00000000000000000000000000000111&appskey=00000000000000000000000000000111]]
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29.2	402	[[image:image-20220526171029-20.png]]
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4.10	404	(((
4.11	405	The FRMPayload is the device payload.
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2.1	409	= 8. Why i see uplink 0x00 periodcally on the LHT65 v1.8 firmware =
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1.1	412	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.
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2.1	415	= 9. Why do I see a "MIC Mismatch" error message from the server? =
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4.7	418	(((
32.9	419	1) If the user receives a "MIC Mismatch" message after registering the node on the server.
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4.7	422	(((
1.1	423	It is likely that the user filled in the wrong APPKEY when registering the node. Many users fill in "APPSKEY".
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4.7	426	* (((
	427	Please note the distinction between "APPKEY" and "APPSKEY".
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4.7	430	(((
1.1	431	2）If the node works on the server for a period of time, the device stops working and receives a "MIC Mismatch" message.
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4.7	434	(((
1.1	435	The user needs a USB-TTL adapter to connect the serial port to modify the node APPKEY.
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4.7	438	* (((
	439	If a node is registered with multiple servers, it may also cause the "mic mismatch" error.
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39.1	442	(% class="wikigeneratedid" %)
	443	3）Wrong Regional Parameters version selected
	444	We generally use versions above 1.0.2
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39.1	446	(% class="wikigeneratedid" %)
	447	[[image:image-20230322163227-1.png]]
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39.1	449	(% class="wikigeneratedid" %)
	450	4）We have had cases where it was automatically fixed the next day despite no manual changes, probably a server side issue
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2.1	453	= 10. Why i got the payload only with "0x00" or "AA~=~="? =
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37.3	456	(% style="color:blue" %)Why this happen:
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34.1	458	For US915, AU915 or AS923 frequencies.It is possible because: .
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33.1	460	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.
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40.1	462	1.
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34.1	464	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.
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40.1	466	2.
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40.1	468	The server downlinks a calibration time package
	469	This calibration time packet will exceed the byte limit, causing its payload to become 00
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37.3	471	(% style="color:blue" %)How to solve:
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40.1	473	Solution:
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40.1	475	~1. Use the decoder to filter out this 0x00 packet.
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	477	2. Data rate changed from DR3 to DR5, increasing upload byte length
	478	AT+ADR=0
	479	AT+DR=3
	480
	481	Downlink：
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	483	[[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]]
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34.1	485	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]]
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5.1	488	= 11. Why my Dev EUI and APP EUI is 0x000000000000, how to solve? =
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29.4	491	(((
7.1	492	It is possible the keys is erased during upgrading of firmware. and the console output shows below after AT+CFG
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29.4	495	(((
5.1	496	AT+APPKEY=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
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29.4	499	(((
5.1	500	AT+NWKSKEY=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
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29.4	503	(((
5.1	504	AT+APPSKEY=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
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29.4	507	(((
5.1	508	AT+APPEUI=00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
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29.4	511	(((
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5.1	514
29.4	515	(((
5.1	516	You can get the keys from the box sticker or send mail to Dragino Support to check keys with the provided SN number.
29.4	517	)))
5.1	518
29.4	519	(((
5.1	520	You can rewrites the keys by running commands in AT Console
32.9	521
	522
29.4	523	)))
5.1	524
29.4	525	(((
	526	For example：
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5.1	528
29.4	529	(((
8.1	530	AT+APPKEY=85 41 47 20 45 58 28 14 16 82 A0 F0 80 0D DD EE
29.4	531	)))
5.1	532
29.4	533	(((
8.1	534	AT+NWKSKEY=AA CC B0 20 30 45 37 32 14 1E 14 93 E2 3B 20 11
29.4	535	)))
8.1	536
29.4	537	(((
8.1	538	AT+APPSKEY=11 23 02 20 30 20 30 60 80 20 20 30 30 20 10 10
29.4	539	)))
8.1	540
29.4	541	(((
8.1	542	AT+APPEUI=2C 45 47 E3 24 12 23 24
29.4	543	)))
8.1	544
29.4	545	(((
8.1	546	(Any combination of 16 bit codes can be used）
32.1	547
	548
	549	= 12. I set my device is LoRaWAN Class C mode, why i still see Class A after boot? =
29.4	550	)))
8.1	551
	552
32.1	553	Class C only refers to status after OTAA Join successfully. The OTAA Join Process will use Class A mode.
	554
	555
37.1	556	= 13. Why it takes longer time for OTAA joined in US915/CN470/AU915 band? =
32.1	557
37.1	558
	559	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.
	560
	561
	562	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:
	563
	564	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:
	565
	566	* (((
	567	Check what sub-band the LoRaWAN server ask from the OTAA Join Accept message and switch to that subband
	568	)))
	569	* (((
	570	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)
	571	)))
	572
	573	This change will make the activation time a littler longer but make sure the device can be used in any subband.
	574
	575
	576	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.
	577
	578
	579	[[image:image-20221215223215-1.png\|\|height="584" width="1280"]]
	580
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