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19 19  (% border="1" style="background-color:#f2f2f2; width:510px" %)
20 20  |(% colspan="4" style="background-color:#d9e2f3; color:#0070c0; width:589px" %)**Dragino Hotspots for Helium**
21 -|(% style="color:#0070c0; width:132px" %)**Model**|(% style="color:#0070c0; width:126px" %)**Hotspot Types**|(% style="color:#0070c0; width:121px" %)**Mining Ability**|(% style="color:#0070c0; width:203px" %)**Configure Instruon**
22 -|(% style="width:132px" %)[[DLOS8N>>url:https://www.dragino.com/products/lora-lorawan-gateway/item/225-dlos8n.html]], [[LPS8N>>url:https://www.dragino.com/products/lora-lorawan-gateway/item/200-lps8n.html]], [[LG308N>>url:https://www.dragino.com/products/lora-lorawan-gateway/item/229-lg308n.html]],[[LIG16>>url:https://www.dragino.com/products/lora-lorawan-gateway/item/171-lig16.html]]|Data-Only Hotspot|(% style="width:121px" %)[[Helium Link>>url:https://docs.helium.com/mine-hnt/data-only-hotspots]]|(% style="width:203px" %)[[Data-Only Hotspot Instruction>>||anchor="H2.A0ConnectData-OnlyHotspottoHelium"]]
21 +|(% style="color:#0070c0; width:132px" %)**Model**|(% style="color:#0070c0; width:126px" %)**Hotspot Types**|(% style="color:#0070c0; width:121px" %)**Mining Ability**|(% style="color:#0070c0; width:203px" %)**Configure Instruction**
22 +|(% style="width:132px" %)(((
23 +[[LPS8>>url:https://www.dragino.com/products/lora-lorawan-gateway/item/148-lps8.html]], [[DLOS8>>url:https://www.dragino.com/products/lora-lorawan-gateway/item/160-dlos8.html]],
24 +
25 +[[LG308>>url:https://www.dragino.com/products/lora-lorawan-gateway/item/140-lg308.html]],[[LIG16>>url:https://www.dragino.com/products/lora-lorawan-gateway/item/171-lig16.html]]
26 +)))|Data-Only Hotspot|(% style="width:121px" %)[[Helium Link>>url:https://docs.helium.com/mine-hnt/data-only-hotspots]]|(% style="width:203px" %)[[Data-Only Hotspot Instruction>>||anchor="H2.A0ConnectData-OnlyHotspottoHelium"]]
23 23  |(% style="width:132px" %)[[HP0D>>url:https://www.dragino.com/products/lora-lorawan-gateway/item/195-hp0d.html]]|Full Hotspot|(% style="width:121px" %)[[Helium Link>>url:https://docs.helium.com/mine-hnt/full-hotspots]]|(% style="color:green; width:203px" %)[[Full Hotspot Instuction-Not Finish>>doc:Main.User Manual for All Gateway models.HP0D.WebHome]]
24 24  
25 25  (% style="color:blue" %)**Frequencies on the Helium Network**
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36 36  
37 37  * Firmware Requirement: > [[lgw~~-~~-build-v5.4.1640315898>>url:https://www.dragino.com/downloads/index.php?dir=LoRa_Gateway/LPS8/Firmware/Release/]]
38 38  
43 +
44 +
39 39  == 2.2  Step 1: Configure Frequency Band ==
40 40  
41 41  
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111 111  == 2.7  Step 6: Onboarding Data-Only Hotspot ==
112 112  
113 113  
114 -**After the Helium Network was successfully migrated to the Solana blockchain on April 18, 2023, 9 am PST (16:00 UTC). the onboarding for data-only hotspots is not quite yet**
120 +(% style="color:red" %)**Note: Onboarding a Data-Only hotspot is necessary for downlink to work. otherwise, the downlink message for LoRa won't work .**
115 115  
116 -**Now the users are able to connect the helium console with a data-only hotspot without any onboarding.**
117 117  
123 +User can refer [[this link>>url:https://docs.helium.com/mine-hnt/data-only-hotspots]] for how to onboarding a data-only hotspot. After onboarding the data-only hotspot, user can see the hotspot on Helium Console.
118 118  
119 -(% style="color:red" %)--**Note: Onboarding a Data-Only hotspot is necessary for downlink to work. otherwise, the downlink message for LoRa won't work .**--
125 +Below are the steps we do as per above link here.
120 120  
121 121  
122 ---User can refer [[this link>>url:https://docs.helium.com/mine-hnt/data-only-hotspots]] for how to onboarding a data-only hotspot. After onboarding the data-only hotspot, user can see the hotspot on Helium Console.--
123 -
124 ---Below are the steps we do as per above link here.--
125 -
126 -
127 127  (((
128 -(% style="color:blue" %)--//**1. Set up Helium-Wallet in my computer. [[https:~~/~~/docs.helium.com/wallets/cli-wallet>>url:https://docs.helium.com/wallets/cli-wallet]]. and funds this wallet. From this step, we got the wallet info as below.**//--
129 +(% style="color:blue" %)//**1. Set up Helium-Wallet in my computer. [[https:~~/~~/docs.helium.com/wallets/cli-wallet>>url:https://docs.helium.com/wallets/cli-wallet]]. and funds this wallet. From this step, we got the wallet info as below.**//
129 129  )))
130 130  
131 131  (% class="box" %)
132 132  (((
133 ---[root@iZt4n22vqvm7ajogrfiif6Z helium-wallet-v1.6.4-x86-64-linux]# helium-wallet info
134 +[root@iZt4n22vqvm7ajogrfiif6Z helium-wallet-v1.6.4-x86-64-linux]# helium-wallet info
134 134  +~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-+~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~--+
135 135  ~| Key  | Value  |
136 136  +~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-+~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~--+
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140 140  +~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-+~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~--+
141 141  ~| Type  | ed25519  |
142 142  +~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-+~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~--+
143 -~| Sharded  | (% style="color:purple" %)false (%%) ~|
144 +~| Sharded  | (% style="color:purple" %)false (%%) |
144 144  +~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-+~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~--+
145 145  ~| PwHash  | Argon2id13  |
146 146  +~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-+~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~--+
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149 149  ~| DC Balance  | 0  |
150 150  +~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-+~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~--+
151 151  ~| Securities Balance | 0.00000000  |
152 -+~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-+~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~--+--
153 ++~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-+~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~--+
153 153  )))
154 154  
155 155  
156 156  (((
157 -(% style="color:red" %)--**Note: The wallet Address is 13oLxfjxcYajvfkxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfY3yp4cz8r1NNux. and have about 18 HNT balance.**--
158 +(% style="color:red" %)**Note: The wallet Address is 13oLxfjxcYajvfkxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfY3yp4cz8r1NNux. and have about 18 HNT balance.**
158 158  )))
159 159  
160 160  
161 161  
162 162  (((
163 -(% style="color:blue" %)--//**2. Get txn. In the data-only hotspot. run below command to add a hotspot, owner is the owner wallet of this hotspot, payer is the payer to pay transaction cost.**//--
164 +(% style="color:blue" %)//**2. Get txn. In the data-only hotspot. run below command to add a hotspot, owner is the owner wallet of this hotspot, payer is the payer to pay transaction cost.**//
164 164  )))
165 165  
166 166  (% class="box" %)
167 167  (((
168 ---root@123123:~~# helium_gateway add ~-~-owner 13oLxfjxcYajvfkxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfY3yp4cz8r1NNux ~-~-payer 13oLxfjxcYajvfkxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfY3yp4cz8r1NNux--
169 +root@123123:~~# helium_gateway add ~-~-owner 13oLxfjxcYajvfkxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfY3yp4cz8r1NNux ~-~-payer 13oLxfjxcYajvfkxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfY3yp4cz8r1NNux
169 169  
170 ---{
171 -(% style="color:red" %)"address": "146XjfUJXAkthGzBGnifwxWV4tVKyayN76JGZ21TE5jcoUNubJm",(%%)--
171 +{
172 +(% style="color:red" %)"address": "146XjfUJXAkthGzBGnifwxWV4tVKyayN76JGZ21TE5jcoUNubJm",
172 172  
173 173  (% style="color:red" %)
174 ---"fee": (% style="color:black" %)65000,(%%)--
175 +"fee": (% style="color:black" %)65000,
175 175  
176 176  (% style="color:red" %)
177 ---"mode": "dataonly",--
178 +"mode": "dataonly",
178 178  
179 179  (% style="color:red" %)
180 ---"owner": "13oLxfjxcYajvfkxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfY3yp4cz8r1NNux",--
181 +"owner": "13oLxfjxcYajvfkxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfY3yp4cz8r1NNux",
181 181  
182 182  (% style="color:red" %)
183 ---"payer": "13oLxfjxcYajvfkxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfY3yp4cz8r1NNux",--
184 +"payer": "13oLxfjxcYajvfkxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxfY3yp4cz8r1NNux",
184 184  
185 185  (% style="color:red" %)
186 ---"staking fee"(% style="color:black" %): 1000000,(%%)--
187 +"staking fee"(% style="color:black" %): 1000000,
187 187  
188 188  (% style="color: red;" %)
189 ---"txn": "CrMBCiEBcJ9JnnIW50i+xEJRtFRVqyosuR4CzJVf3m7qGEF+WZYNhVgLtajtf4elKPoA3NkvAphTQTACohAXCfSZ5yNupaL/FxaNGQgV+P9UHLWzicPhTh7YVEOl2BOMCEPUDo+wM="--
190 +"txn": "CrMBCiEBcJ9JnnIW50i+xEJRtFRVqyosuR4CzJVf3m7qGEF+WZYNhVgLtajtf4elKPoA3NkvAphTQTACohAXCfSZ5yNupaL/FxaNGQgV+P9UHLWzicPhTh7YVEOl2BOMCEPUDo+wM="
190 190  
191 ---}--
192 +}
192 192  )))
193 193  
194 194  (((
195 ---//We got the txn info from this step.//--
196 +//We got the txn info from this step.//
196 196  
197 197  
198 198  
199 -(% style="color:blue" %)--//**3. Add Hotspot. In the computer with helium wallet. run below command, replace the txn with the txn you got in above step.**//--
200 +(% style="color:blue" %)//**3. Add Hotspot. In the computer with helium wallet. run below command, replace the txn with the txn you got in above step.**//
200 200  
201 201  
202 -(% style="color:red" %)--**Note: below are two commands, the command without ~-~-commit is the preview mode.**--
203 +(% style="color:red" %)**Note: below are two commands, the command without ~-~-commit is the preview mode.**
203 203  
204 204  
205 ---Check every detail in this mode and run the command with ~-~-commit to commit to the Helium Blockchain.--
206 +Check every detail in this mode and run the command with ~-~-commit to commit to the Helium Blockchain.
206 206  )))
207 207  
208 208  (% class="box" %)
209 209  (((
210 ---[root@]# helium-wallet hotspots add CrMBCiEBcJ9JnnIW50i+xEJRtFRVqyosuR4CzJVf3m7qGEF+WZYNhVgLtajtf4elKPoA3NkvAphTQTACohAXCfSZ5yNupaL/FxaNGQgV+P9UHLWzicPhTh7YVEOl2BOMCEPUDo+wM=
211 +[root@]# helium-wallet hotspots add CrMBCiEBcJ9JnnIW50i+xEJRtFRVqyosuR4CzJVf3m7qGEF+WZYNhVgLtajtf4elKPoA3NkvAphTQTACohAXCfSZ5yNupaL/FxaNGQgV+P9UHLWzicPhTh7YVEOl2BOMCEPUDo+wM=
211 211  Password: [hidden]
212 212  +~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-+~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-+
213 213  ~| Key  | Value  |
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241 241  ~| Staking fee (DC)  | 1000000  |
242 242  +~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-+~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-+
243 243  ~| Hash  | i6BQAI4Ehnd7nb8zfvegprhO2fOI1rj4UEPbAVC2sWk  |
244 -+~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-+~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-+--
245 ++~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-+~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-+
245 245  )))
246 246  
247 247  (((
248 248  
249 249  
250 -(% style="color:blue" %)--//**4. Assert Location. In helium Wallet. run below command, note, the ~-~-gateway should input gateway address from step 2.**//--
251 +(% style="color:blue" %)//**4. Assert Location. In helium Wallet. run below command, note, the ~-~-gateway should input gateway address from step 2.**//
251 251  )))
252 252  
253 253  (% class="box" %)
254 254  (((
255 ---[root@]# helium-wallet hotspots assert ~-~-gateway 146XjfUJXAkthGzBGnifwxWV4tVKyayN76JGZ21TE5jcoUNubJm ~-~-lat=22.706922 ~-~-lon=114.242538 ~-~-mode dataonly
256 +[root@]# helium-wallet hotspots assert ~-~-gateway 146XjfUJXAkthGzBGnifwxWV4tVKyayN76JGZ21TE5jcoUNubJm ~-~-lat=22.706922 ~-~-lon=114.242538 ~-~-mode dataonly
256 256  Password: [hidden]
257 257  +~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-+~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~--+
258 258  ~| Key  | Value  |
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298 298  ~| Elevation  | 0  |
299 299  +~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-+~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-+
300 300  ~| Hash  | P1P8olxrzPJ1f3HWiLxcSincdF5fDLLCt2HbpYBhWwk  |
301 -+~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-+~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-+--
302 ++~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-+~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-+
302 302  )))
303 303  
304 304  
305 305  (((
306 -(% style="color:red" %)--**Note: The add hotspot and assert location step might need some time to be effect.**--
307 +(% style="color:red" %)**Note: The add hotspot and assert location step might need some time to be effect.**
307 307  )))
308 308  
309 309  (((
310 ---After above steps finish, the mobile helium wallet should be able to show that this hotspot has been added to the helium blockchain.--
311 +After above steps finish, the mobile helium wallet should be able to show that this hotspot has been added to the helium blockchain.
311 311  
312 312  
313 313  )))
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395 395  
396 396  (% class="box infomessage" %)
397 397  (((
398 -**cd /tmp;wget -O helium-gateway-rs-dragino.ipk [[https:~~/~~/www.dragino.com/downloads/downloads/LoRa_Gateway/3rd-software/helium/gateway-rs/data-only/gateway-rs-latest.ipk>>https://www.dragino.com/downloads/downloads/LoRa_Gateway/3rd-software/helium/gateway-rs/data-only/gateway-rs-latest.ipk]]**
399 +**cd /tmp;wget -O helium-gateway-rs-dragino.ipk [[https:~~/~~/github.com/helium/gateway-rs/releases/download/v1.0.0-alpha.33/helium-gateway-v1.0.0-alpha.33-dragino.ipk>>https://github.com/helium/gateway-rs/releases/download/v1.0.0-alpha.33/helium-gateway-v1.0.0-alpha.33-dragino.ipk]]**
399 399  
400 400  **opkg install helium-gateway-rs-dragino.ipk **
401 401  )))
402 402  
403 -[[image:image-20231120113632-1.png||height="255" width="1365"]]
404 +[[image:image-20230320141404-1.png]]
404 404  
405 405  
406 406  == 2.9  Forward the data to the other server ==
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525 525  
526 526  == 3.3  How to send a downlink to end device from Helium ==
527 527  
528 -The Helium server needs to convert to Base64 (**[[HEX to Base64 Online Tool>>https://base64.guru/converter/encode/hex]]**) format when sending the downlink command. Please refer to the following example:
529 529  
530 +(((
531 +The Helium server needs to convert to Base64 format when sending the downlink command. Please refer to the following example:
532 +)))
533 +
534 +(((
530 530  The Downlink command comes from this link：[[End Device Downlink Command>>End Device AT Commands and Downlink Command]]
536 +)))
531 531  
538 +(((
532 532  Change Uplink Interval:Downlink Payload: 0100003C ~/~/ Set Transmit Interval (TDC) = 60 seconds
540 +)))
533 533  
534 534  (% class="box" %)
535 535  (((
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708 708  )))
709 709  
710 710  
711 -
712 712  (((
713 713  If the downlink payload=0x2402, it means set channel mode to use sub-band 2, while type code is 24.
714 714  )))
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