PG1302 LoRaWAN Concentrator

The PG1302 is a (% style="color:green" %)**multi-channel high-performance transmitter/receiver**(%%) designed to simultaneously receive several LoRa packets using random spreading factors on random channels. Its goal is to enable robust connection between a central wireless data concentrator and a massive amount of wireless end-points spread over a very wide range of distances.

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The PG1302 is designed to use with Raspberry Pi to build smart metering fixed networks and Internet of Things applications with up to 5000 nodes per km2 in a moderately interfered environment.

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PG1302 is fully compatible with (% style="color:green" %)**RPi3/4 or Tinker Board**(%%), users can use the pre-build OS from Dragino to set up and easy to use the module by Web UI. Or install the raw LoRaWAN driver in the existing OS.

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== **1.2 Features** ==

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* Base on Semtech SX1302 solution

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* Support Raspberry Pi 3B/3B+/4

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* Up to -140dBm sensitivity

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* Support 3.3v and 5v.

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* Mini-PCIe Interface

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* Converter board to support Raspberry Pi

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== **1.3 General Interfaces** ==

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* SPI interface for LoRa

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* Power Input: 5v, 1A

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* 1 x I-PEX for LoRa

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== **1.4 Pin Mapping** ==

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[[image:1651743282627-547.png||height="402" width="425"]]

== **1.5 LEDs** ==

TX: Blink when transmit a packet

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RX: Blink when receive a packet

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Config: Always ON

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== **1.6 Power Consumption** ==

TBD

== **1.7 Applications** ==

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* Smart Buildings & Home Automation

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* Logistics and Supply Chain Management

* Smart Metering

* Smart Agriculture

* Smart Cities

* Smart Factory

= **2. Example: Set up as LoRaWAN gateway.** =

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== **2.1 System structure** ==

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This example is an example to show how to set up the PG1302 + RPi as a LoRaWAN gateway to use with [[TheThingsNetwork>>url:http://www.thethingsnetwork.org/]](TTN) LoRaWAN server. Set up method for other server are similar.

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[[image:1651743698677-436.png||height="457" width="686"]]

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== **2.2 Hardware Installation** ==

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(% style="color:red" %)**Important Notice: Please power the RPI with 5V,3A cable.**

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[[image:1651743803032-803.png]]

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= **3. Install the software?** =

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There are two ways to install the software in RPi4 to use PG1302.

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* Flash SD card with Dragino pre-build image which supports Web UI.

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* Install Lora packet forwarder in existing RPi OS.

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= **4. Flash with pre-build image** =

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== **4.1 Download the dragino image for RPI** ==

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Download PG1302_for_Rpi4_64_with_webui from

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[[https:~~/~~/www.dropbox.com/sh/f6nbldh1qbspya5/AACgL6pDkwdBQO1BQqq_Nubwa?dl=0>>https://www.dropbox.com/sh/f6nbldh1qbspya5/AACgL6pDkwdBQO1BQqq_Nubwa?dl=0]]

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== **4.2 Flash the image to an SD card** ==

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Flash the image to the SD card:

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[[image:1651744119133-233.png||height="373" width="621"]]

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Note: Download the flash tool following this link

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[[https:~~/~~/www.balena.io/etcher/>>https://www.balena.io/etcher/]]

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== **4.3 Access the Linux console** ==

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Connect the RPI Ethernet port to your router, RPi will obtain an IP address from your router. In the router’s management portal, you should be able to find what IP address the router has assigned to the RPI. You can use this IP to connect the WEB UI or SSH access of RPI. Make sure your PC and the RPI is in the same network, then use a SSH tool (such as [[putty>>url:http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~~sgtatham/putty/download.html]]) to access it. Below are screenshots

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[[image:1651744193675-591.png||height="450" width="466"]]

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The account details for Web Login are:

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**~ (% style="color:#0000ff" %)User Name: root(%%)**

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**~ (% style="color:#0000ff" %)Password: dragino(%%)**

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**~ (% style="color:#0000ff" %)Backup account(%%)**

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**~ (% style="color:#0000ff" %)Pi/dragino(%%)**

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After logging in, you will be in the Linux console and type the command here.

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[[image:1651744358515-107.png||height="366" width="581"]]

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== **4.4 Access the WebUI of RPi4.** ==

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=== **4.4.1 Home page** ===

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Open a browser on the PC and type the RPI ip address[[http:~~/~~/IP_ADDRESS** **>>url:http://192.168.1.xx/]] (If the IP is assigned by the uplink router)

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You will see the login interface of RPI as shown below.

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The account details for Web Login are:

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**~ (% style="color:#0000ff" %)User Name: root(%%)**

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(% style="color:#0000ff" %)** Password: dragino**

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[[image:1651744457761-993.png||height="352" width="621"]]

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=== **4.4.2 LoRa Page** ===

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This page shows the LoRa Radio Settings. There are a set of default frequency band according to LoRaWAN protocol, and user can customize the band* as well.

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[[image:1651744554845-970.png||height="328" width="621"]]

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Different PG1302 hardware version can support different frequency range:

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➢ 868: valid frequency: 863Mhz ~~ 870Mhz. for bands EU868, RU864, IN865 or KZ865.

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➢ 915: valid frequency: 902Mhz ~~ 928Mhz. for bands US915, AU915, AS923 or KR920

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After user choose the frequency plan, he can see the actually frequency in used by checking the

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page LogRead ~-~-> LoRa Log

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Note *: [[See this instruction for how to customize frequency band>>doc:Main.How to customized LoRaWAN frequency band.WebHome]]

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=== **4.4.3 LoRaWAN Page** ===

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==== **4.4.3.1 Semtech UDP** ====

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[[image:1651744767914-283.png||height="352" width="621"]]

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Note *: [[See this instruction for how to configure TTN>>doc:Main.Notes for TTN.WebHome]].

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==== **4.4.3.2 Basic Station** ====

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[[image:1651744890629-683.png||height="380" width="621"]]

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Note *: [[See this instruction for how to configure AWS-loT-Core>>doc:Main.AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN.WebHome]].

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=== **4.4.4 LogRead** ===

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==== **4.4.4.1 LoRa Log** ====

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[[image:1651744955955-452.png||height="571" width="621"]]

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Show the frequency for LoRa Radio and traffics.

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==== **4.4.4.2 System Log** ====

Show system log.

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==== **4.4.4.3 Record Log** ====

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**Record the system log.**

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[[image:1651745069814-662.png||height="144" width="621"]]

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= **5. Install stand-alone LoRa Packet Forwarder.** =

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== **5.1 OS requirement** ==

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RPI in this example is RPI model 4B with fresh Raspbian OS install.

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pi@raspberrypi:~~$ cat /etc/os-release

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PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie)"

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NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux"

VERSION_ID="8"

VERSION="8 (jessie)"

ID=raspbian

ID_LIKE=debian

HOME_URL="http:~/~/www.raspbian.org/"

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SUPPORT_URL="http:~/~/www.raspbian.org/RaspbianForums"

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BUG_REPORT_URL="http:~/~/www.raspbian.org/RaspbianBugs"

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== **5.2 Get Gateway ID in Raspberry and input this in TTN v3.** ==

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In RPI, run the below command to get a Gateway ID

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ifconfig eth0

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We got the ether (eth0 MAC) address is b8:27:eb:49:62:bc). Add ffff at the end and remove “:” to get the gateway ID: b827ebxxxxbcffff. Input this to TTN v3. Make sure to select legacy packet forwarder.

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After set up, the status should show not connected as below:

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=== 5.2.1 Download and install LoRaWAN packet forwarder ===

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Enable SPI and I2C first:

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a)SPI needs to be enabled on the Raspberry Pi

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Run (% style="background-color:#dcdcdc" %)**sudo raspi-config**(%%) to open the config window

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In RPI, Fist: Enter the root account:

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(% style="background-color:#dcdcdc" %)wget [[https:~~/~~/www.dragino.com/downloads/downloads/LoRa_Gateway/PG1302/software/auto_install.sh>>url:https://www.dragino.com/downloads/downloads/LoRa_Gateway/PG1302/software/auto_install.sh]]

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(% style="background-color:#dcdcdc" %)chmod +x ./auto_install.sh

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(% style="background-color:#dcdcdc" %)./auto_install.sh

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This will download the packet forwarder package from Dragino Server to RPI, and start install the package.

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You can get these output:

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=== 5.2.2 Config Gateway ID, Frequency Band and Server address ===

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After installation, user can find the configuration file in** (% style="color:#0000ff" %)/etc/lora/ (%%)**Replace the gateway ID we got above to the (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**gateway_ID** (%%)in file (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**local_conf.json.**

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The default LoRaWAN server points to localhost, user need to put the correct server address to the server_address field in file (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**local_conf.json**(%%), like below.

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[[image:1651745709709-887.png||height="820" width="621"]]

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User can find the TTN v3 server address from:

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[[Server Addresses ~| The Things Stack for LoRaWAN (thethingsindustries.com)>>url:https://www.thethingsindustries.com/docs/getting-started/server-addresses/#deployments]]

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And the default frequency band is US915 in (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**global_conf.json**(%%) file.

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[[image:1651745838008-820.png||height="650" width="621"]]

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* If user want to change to other frequency bands, User can copy the file from(% style="color:#0000ff" %)** /etc/lora/cfg-302**(%%) ** **and put it into** (% style="color:#0000ff" %)/etc/lora/global_conf.json(%%).**

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1).Chose your need the name of region frequency.

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[[image:1651745867516-322.png||height="83" width="740"]]

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2). Use this command to copy it.

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cp /etc/lora/cfg-302/EU-global_conf.json /etc/lora/global_conf.json

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[[image:1651745984006-868.png||height="87" width="745"]]

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* If user wants to change to other LoRaWAN server, modify the (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**global_conf.json**(%%) file.

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=== 5.2.3 Check result ===

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Run below command to restart the dragino_fwd:

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debug check the ruing status of fwd:

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sudo systemctl status draginofwd

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The dragino_fwd will start with the new gateway ID and TTN v3 should show the connection ok:

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We can check dragino_fwd running states in RPi by running:

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If there are LoRaWAN nodes transmitting nearby, we can see the traffic in **TTN v3 –> Gateway ~-~-> Live data**

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[[image:1651746139304-966.png||height="326" width="621"]]

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=== 5.2.4 Commands to handle service ===

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* (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**Stop** (%%)dragino_fwd service: sudo systemctl stop draginofwd

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* (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**Disable**(%%) dragino_fwd auto run after boot: sudo systemctl disable draginofwd

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* (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**Start** (%%)dragino_fwd : sudo systemctl start draginofwd

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* (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**Auto run**(%%) dragino_fwd after boot: sudo systemctl enable draginofwd

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* (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**Show status** (%%)of dragino_fwd: sudo systemctl status draginofwd

= 6. Order Info =

Part Number: (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**PG1302-XX** (%%) Or Part Number: (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**PG1302-PI-XX **(%%)(Include RPi converter board for RPI 3/4)

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**~ (% style="color:#0000ff" %)XX:(%%)**

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* (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**868** (%%)(For Bands: EU868,IN865)

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* (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**915** (%%)(For Bands: US915,AU915,AS923,KR920)

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* (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**470** (%%)(For Band: CN470)

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