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... ... @@ -19,23 +19,16 @@ 19 19 == **1.1 What is PG1302 LoRaWAN Concentrator?** == 20 20 21 21 22 -((( 23 23 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. 24 -))) 25 25 26 -((( 27 27 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. 28 -))) 29 29 30 -((( 31 31 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. 32 -))) 33 33 34 34 35 35 36 36 == **1.2 Features** == 37 37 38 - 39 39 * Base on Semtech SX1302 solution 40 40 * Support Raspberry Pi 3B/3B+/4 41 41 * Up to -140dBm sensitivity ... ... @@ -43,15 +43,12 @@ 43 43 * Mini-PCIe Interface 44 44 * Converter board to support Raspberry Pi 45 45 46 - 47 47 == **1.3 General Interfaces for PG1302** == 48 48 49 - 50 50 * SPI interface for LoRa 51 51 * Power Input: 5v, 1A 52 52 * 1 x I-PEX for LoRa 53 53 54 - 55 55 == **1.4 Pin Mapping** == 56 56 57 57 ... ... @@ -62,11 +62,9 @@ 62 62 == **1.5 LEDs** == 63 63 64 64 65 -((( 66 -TX: Blink when transmit a packet 67 -RX: Blink when receive a packet 68 -Config: Always ON 69 -))) 55 + TX: Blink when transmit a packet 56 + RX: Blink when receive a packet 57 + Config: Always ON 70 70 71 71 72 72 ... ... @@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ 81 81 82 82 == **1.7 Applications** == 83 83 84 - 85 85 * Smart Buildings & Home Automation 86 86 * Logistics and Supply Chain Management 87 87 * Smart Metering ... ... @@ -89,15 +89,12 @@ 89 89 * Smart Cities 90 90 * Smart Factory 91 91 92 - 93 93 = **2. Example: Set up as LoRaWAN gateway.** = 94 94 95 95 == **2.1 System structure** == 96 96 97 97 98 -((( 99 99 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. 100 -))) 101 101 102 102 [[image:1651743698677-436.png||height="457" width="686"]] 103 103 ... ... @@ -114,24 +114,20 @@ 114 114 115 115 = **3. Install the software?** = 116 116 117 - 118 118 There are two ways to install the software in RPi4 to use PG1302. 119 119 120 120 * Flash SD card with Dragino pre-build image which supports Web UI. 121 121 * Install Lora packet forwarder in existing RPi OS. 122 122 123 - 124 124 = **4. Flash with pre-build image** = 125 125 126 126 == **4.1 Download the dragino image for RPI** == 127 127 110 +Download PG1302_for_Rpi4_64_with_webui from 111 +[[https:~~/~~/www.dropbox.com/sh/f6nbldh1qbspya5/AACgL6pDkwdBQO1BQqq_Nubwa?dl=0>>https://www.dropbox.com/sh/f6nbldh1qbspya5/AACgL6pDkwdBQO1BQqq_Nubwa?dl=0]] 128 128 129 -((( 130 -Download PG1302_for_Rpi4_64_with_webui from: [[https:~~/~~/www.dropbox.com/sh/f6nbldh1qbspya5/AACgL6pDkwdBQO1BQqq_Nubwa?dl=0>>https://www.dropbox.com/sh/f6nbldh1qbspya5/AACgL6pDkwdBQO1BQqq_Nubwa?dl=0]] 131 -))) 132 132 133 133 134 - 135 135 == **4.2 Flash the image to an SD card** == 136 136 137 137 ... ... @@ -147,11 +147,8 @@ 147 147 == **4.3 Access the Linux console** == 148 148 149 149 150 -((( 151 151 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 152 -))) 153 153 154 - 155 155 [[image:1651744193675-591.png||height="450" width="466"]] 156 156 157 157 The account details for Web Login are: ... ... @@ -189,11 +189,9 @@ 189 189 === **4.4.1 Home page** === 190 190 191 191 192 -((( 193 -Open a browser on the PC and type the RPI ip address **http:~/~/IP_ADDRESS ** (If the IP is assigned by the uplink router) 169 +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) 194 194 You will see the login interface of RPI as shown below. 195 195 The account details for Web Login are: 196 -))) 197 197 198 198 ((( 199 199 **~ (% style="color:#0000ff" %)User Name: root(%%)** ... ... @@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ 219 219 220 220 ➢ (% style="color:red" %)**915: valid frequency: 902Mhz ~~ 928Mhz. for bands US915, AU915, AS923 or KR920** 221 221 222 -After user choose the frequency plan, he can see the actually frequency in used by checking the (% style="color: #037691" %)**page LogRead ~-~-> LoRa Log**197 +After user choose the frequency plan, he can see the actually frequency in used by checking the (% style="color:blue" %)**page LogRead ~-~-> LoRa Log** 223 223 224 224 (% style="color:red" %)**Note *: [[See this instruction for how to customize frequency band>>doc:Main.How to customized LoRaWAN frequency band.WebHome]]** 225 225 ... ... @@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ 284 284 285 285 (% class="box" %) 286 286 ((( 287 - 262 + pi@raspberrypi:~~$ cat /etc/os-release 288 288 PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie)" 289 289 NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux" 290 290 VERSION_ID="8" ... ... @@ -389,30 +389,26 @@ 389 389 390 390 ((( 391 391 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. 392 - 393 - 394 394 ))) 395 395 396 396 [[image:1651745709709-887.png||height="820" width="621"]] 397 397 371 +User can find the TTN v3 server address from: 398 398 399 - User can find the TTN v3 server address from:[[Server Addresses ~| The Things Stack for LoRaWAN (thethingsindustries.com)>>url:https://www.thethingsindustries.com/docs/getting-started/server-addresses/#deployments]]373 +[[Server Addresses ~| The Things Stack for LoRaWAN (thethingsindustries.com)>>url:https://www.thethingsindustries.com/docs/getting-started/server-addresses/#deployments]] 400 400 401 401 And the default frequency band is US915 in (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**global_conf.json**(%%) file. 402 402 403 403 [[image:1651745838008-820.png||height="650" width="621"]] 404 404 405 - 406 406 * 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(%%).** 407 407 408 - **~1).**381 + 1).Chose your need the name of region frequency. 409 409 410 410 [[image:1651745867516-322.png||height="83" width="740"]] 411 411 385 + 2). Use this command to copy it. 412 412 413 -* 414 -** 2). Use this command to copy it. 415 - 416 416 cp /etc/lora/cfg-302/EU-global_conf.json /etc/lora/global_conf.json 417 417 418 418 [[image:1651745984006-868.png||height="87" width="745"]] ... ... @@ -419,9 +419,8 @@ 419 419 420 420 * If user wants to change to other LoRaWAN server, modify the (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**global_conf.json**(%%) file. 421 421 422 -=== **5.2.3 Check result**===393 +=== 5.2.3 Check result === 423 423 424 - 425 425 ((( 426 426 Run below command to restart the dragino_fwd: 427 427 ))) ... ... @@ -429,16 +429,15 @@ 429 429 ((( 430 430 (% class="box infomessage" %) 431 431 ((( 432 - **sudo systemctl stop draginofwd**402 +sudo systemctl stop draginofwd 433 433 ))) 434 434 435 435 (% class="box infomessage" %) 436 436 ((( 437 - **sudo systemctl start draginofwd**407 +sudo systemctl start draginofwd 438 438 ))) 439 439 ))) 440 440 441 - 442 442 ((( 443 443 debug check the ruing status of fwd: 444 444 ))) ... ... @@ -446,40 +446,33 @@ 446 446 ((( 447 447 (% class="box infomessage" %) 448 448 ((( 449 - **sudo systemctl status draginofwd**418 +sudo systemctl status draginofwd 450 450 ))) 451 451 ))) 452 452 453 453 [[image:1651746045057-414.png||height="193" width="729"]] 454 454 455 - 456 - 457 457 The dragino_fwd will start with the new gateway ID and TTN v3 should show the connection ok: 458 458 459 - 460 460 [[image:1651746078253-168.png||height="372" width="621"]] 461 461 462 462 463 - 464 464 We can check dragino_fwd running states in RPi by running: 465 465 466 466 (% class="box infomessage" %) 467 467 ((( 468 - **~sudo journalctl -u draginofwd -f**433 + sudo journalctl -u draginofwd -f 469 469 ))) 470 470 471 471 [[image:1651746111963-838.png||height="184" width="730"]] 472 472 438 + If there are LoRaWAN nodes transmitting nearby, we can see the traffic in **TTN v3 –> Gateway ~-~-> Live data** 473 473 474 - If there are LoRaWAN nodes transmitting nearby, we can see the traffic in (% style="color:#037691" %)**TTN v3 –> Gateway ~-~-> Live data** 475 - 476 476 [[image:1651746139304-966.png||height="326" width="621"]] 477 477 478 478 443 +=== 5.2.4 Commands to handle service === 479 479 480 -=== **5.2.4 Commands to handle service** === 481 - 482 - 483 483 * (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**Stop** (%%)dragino_fwd service: sudo systemctl stop draginofwd 484 484 * (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**Disable**(%%) dragino_fwd auto run after boot: sudo systemctl disable draginofwd 485 485 * (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**Start** (%%)dragino_fwd : sudo systemctl start draginofwd ... ... @@ -486,20 +486,18 @@ 486 486 * (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**Auto run**(%%) dragino_fwd after boot: sudo systemctl enable draginofwd 487 487 * (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**Show status** (%%)of dragino_fwd: sudo systemctl status draginofwd 488 488 489 -= **6. Order Info**=451 += 6. Order Info = 490 490 491 - 492 492 Part Number: (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**PG1302-XX** (%%) Or Part Number: (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**PG1302-PI-XX **(%%)(Include RPi converter board for RPI 3/4) 493 493 494 494 **~ (% style="color:#0000ff" %)XX:(%%)** 495 495 496 -* (% style="color: red" %)**868** (%%)(For Bands: EU868,IN865)497 -* (% style="color: red" %)**915** (%%)(For Bands: US915,AU915,AS923,KR920)498 -* (% style="color: red" %)**470** (%%)(For Band: CN470)457 +* (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**868** (%%)(For Bands: EU868,IN865) 458 +* (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**915** (%%)(For Bands: US915,AU915,AS923,KR920) 459 +* (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**470** (%%)(For Band: CN470) 499 499 461 += 7. Packing Info = 500 500 501 -= **7. Packing Info** = 502 - 503 503 ((( 504 504 505 505 ... ... @@ -530,13 +530,11 @@ 530 530 * Device Size: 18 x 8 x 4 cm 531 531 * Weight: 150g 532 532 533 - 534 534 ((( 535 -= **8. Support**=494 += 8. Support = 536 536 537 - 538 538 ((( 539 -If you are experiencing issues and can 't solve, you can send mail to497 +If you are experiencing issues and can’t solve, you can send mail to 540 540 ))) 541 541 542 542 (((