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... ... @@ -11,17 +11,19 @@ 11 11 12 12 **PG1302 LoRaWAN Concentrator User Manual** 13 13 14 -[[image:1651796979665-130.png]] 15 15 16 -Document Version: 1.0.0 17 17 18 -Image Version: v1.0 19 19 20 20 18 +{{toc/}} 21 21 22 22 23 - {{toc/}}21 +---- 24 24 23 +(% class="wikigeneratedid" id="H" %) 24 +((( 25 + 26 +))) 25 25 26 26 === 1. Introduction === 27 27 ... ... @@ -28,23 +28,53 @@ 28 28 ==== 1.1 What is PG1302 LoRaWAN Concentrator? ==== 29 29 30 30 ((( 31 -The PG1302 is a 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. 33 +((( 34 + The PG1302 is a multi-channel high performance transmitter/receiver designed to simultaneously receive several LoRa packets using random spreading factors on 32 32 ))) 33 33 34 34 ((( 35 - ThePG1302isdesigntousewithRaspberryPi toildsmartmeteringfixed networksandInternetof Things applications with upto5000nodesperkm2inmoderatelyinterferedenvironment.38 + 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 36 36 ))) 37 37 38 38 ((( 39 - PG1302isfullycompatible with RPi3/4, userscan use the pre-build OS from Dragino to setup and easy touse the module by Web UI. Orinstall the raw lorawandriver in the exist OS.42 + very wide range of distances. 40 40 ))) 41 41 42 42 ((( 46 + 47 +))) 48 +))) 49 + 43 43 ((( 51 +((( 52 + The PG1302 is design to use with Raspberry Pi to build smart metering fixed networks and Internet of Things applications with up to 5000 nodes per km2 in moderately 53 +))) 54 + 55 +((( 56 + interfered environment. 57 +))) 58 + 59 +((( 44 44 45 45 ))) 46 46 ))) 47 47 64 +((( 65 +((( 66 + PG1302 is fully compatible with RPi3/4, 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 67 +))) 68 + 69 +((( 70 + in the exist OS. 71 +))) 72 +))) 73 + 74 +((( 75 +((( 76 + 77 +))) 78 +))) 79 + 48 48 ==== 1.2 Features ==== 49 49 50 50 * Base on Semtech SX1302 solution ... ... @@ -68,16 +68,16 @@ 68 68 69 69 ==== 1.5 LEDs ==== 70 70 71 - 103 + TX: Blink when transmit a packet 72 72 73 - 105 + RX: Blink when receive a packet 74 74 75 - 107 + Config: Always ON 76 76 77 77 78 78 ==== 1.6 Power Consumption ==== 79 79 80 - 112 + TBD 81 81 82 82 83 83 ==== 1.7 Applications ==== ... ... @@ -93,8 +93,10 @@ 93 93 94 94 ==== 2.1 System structure ==== 95 95 96 - . Set up method for other server are similar。128 + 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. 97 97 130 + Set up method for other server are similar. 131 + 98 98 (% style="text-align:center" %) 99 99 [[image:1651743698677-436.png||height="457" width="686"]] 100 100 ... ... @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ 127 127 128 128 ==== 4.2 Flash the image to SD card ==== 129 129 130 - Flash the image to SD card: 164 + Flash the image to SD card: 131 131 132 132 (% style="text-align:center" %) 133 133 [[image:1651744119133-233.png||height="373" width="621"]] ... ... @@ -137,12 +137,23 @@ 137 137 [[https:~~/~~/www.balena.io/etcher/>>https://www.balena.io/etcher/]] 138 138 139 139 140 -==== 4.3 Access the Linux console .====174 +==== 4.3 Access the Linux console ==== 141 141 142 - 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. 176 +((( 177 +((( 178 + 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 179 +))) 143 143 144 - 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 181 +((( 182 + 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. 183 +))) 145 145 185 +((( 186 + 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 187 +))) 188 +))) 189 + 190 + 146 146 (% style="text-align:center" %) 147 147 [[image:1651744193675-591.png||height="450" width="466"]] 148 148 ... ... @@ -169,15 +169,14 @@ 169 169 170 170 ===== 4.4.1 Home page ===== 171 171 172 - 217 + Open a browser on the PC and type the RPI ip address 173 173 174 - [[http:~~/~~/IP_ADDRESS** **>>url:http://192.168.1.xx/]] (If the IP is assigned by uplink router) 219 + [[http:~~/~~/IP_ADDRESS** **>>url:http://192.168.1.xx/]] (If the IP is assigned by uplink router) 175 175 221 + You will see the login interface of RPI as shown below. 176 176 177 - Youwillseethelogininterfaceof RPI as shown below.223 + The account details for Web Login are: 178 178 179 - The account details for Web Login are: 180 - 181 181 **~ User Name: root** 182 182 183 183 **~ Password: dragino** ... ... @@ -218,24 +218,21 @@ 218 218 (% style="text-align:center" %) 219 219 [[image:1651744767914-283.png||height="352" width="621"]] 220 220 265 + Note *: See this instruction for how to configure TTN. 221 221 267 + [[https:~~/~~/wiki.dragino.com/index.php?title=Notes_for_TTN>>url:https://wiki.dragino.com/index.php?title=Notes_for_TTN||style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"]] 222 222 223 - Note *: See this instruction for how to configure TTN. 224 224 225 - [[https:~~/~~/wiki.dragino.com/index.php?title=Notes_for_TTN>>url:https://wiki.dragino.com/index.php?title=Notes_for_TTN]] 226 - 227 - 228 228 ====== 4.4.3.2 Basic Station ====== 229 229 230 230 (% style="text-align:center" %) 231 231 [[image:1651744890629-683.png||height="380" width="621"]] 232 232 275 + Note *: See this instruction for how to configure TTN. 233 233 234 - Note *: SeethisnstructionforhowtofigureTTN.277 + [[https:~~/~~/wiki.dragino.com/index.php?title=Notes_for_AWS-IoT-Core>>url:https://wiki.dragino.com/index.php?title=Notes_for_AWS-IoT-Core]] 235 235 236 - [[https:~~/~~/wiki.dragino.com/index.php?title=Notes_for_AWS-IoT-Core>>url:https://wiki.dragino.com/index.php?title=Notes_for_AWS-IoT-Core]] 237 237 238 - 239 239 ===== 4.4.4 LogRead ===== 240 240 241 241 ====== 4.4.4.1 LoRa Log ====== ... ... @@ -243,13 +243,12 @@ 243 243 (% style="text-align:center" %) 244 244 [[image:1651744955955-452.png||height="571" width="621"]] 245 245 287 + Show the frequency for LoRa Radio and traffics. 246 246 247 - Show the frequency for LoRa Radio and traffics. 248 248 249 - 250 250 ====== 4.4.4.2 System Log ====== 251 251 252 - 292 + Show system log. 253 253 254 254 (% style="text-align:center" %) 255 255 [[image:1651745003470-264.png||height="477" width="621"]] ... ... @@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ 268 268 269 269 ==== 5.1 OS requirement ==== 270 270 271 - 311 + RPI in this example is RPI model 4B with fresh Raspbian OS install. 272 272 273 273 pi@raspberrypi:~~$ cat /etc/os-release 274 274 ... ... @@ -293,16 +293,18 @@ 293 293 294 294 ==== 5.2 Get Gateway ID in Raspberry and input this in TTN v3. ==== 295 295 296 - 336 + In RPI, run below command to get a Gateway ID 297 297 298 - 338 + (% class="mark" %)ifconfig eth0 299 299 300 300 (% style="text-align:center" %) 301 301 [[image:1651745210205-512.png||height="130" width="621"]] 302 302 303 303 304 - Make sure to select legacy packet forwarder.344 + 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. 305 305 346 + Make sure to select legacy packet forwarder. 347 + 306 306 (% style="text-align:center" %) 307 307 [[image:1651745267862-321.png||height="526" width="621"]] 308 308 ... ... @@ -364,22 +364,22 @@ 364 364 [[image:1651745657252-173.png||height="426" width="621"]] 365 365 366 366 367 -===== 5. 5.2 Config Gateway ID, Frequency Band and Server address =====409 +===== 5.2.2 Config Gateway ID, Frequency Band and Server address ===== 368 368 369 - 411 + After installation, user can find the configuration file in** /etc/lora/ **Replace the gateway ID we got above to the **gateway_ID** in file **local_conf.json** 370 370 371 - 413 + The default LoRaWAN server points to localhost, user need to put the correct server address to the server_address field in file **local_conf.json**, like below. 372 372 373 373 (% style="text-align:center" %) 374 374 [[image:1651745709709-887.png||height="820" width="621"]] 375 375 376 376 377 - 419 + User can find the TTN v3 server address from: 378 378 379 - 421 + [[Server Addresses ~| The Things Stack for LoRaWAN (thethingsindustries.com)>>url:https://www.thethingsindustries.com/docs/getting-started/server-addresses/#deployments]] 380 380 381 381 382 - 424 + And the default frequency band is US915 in **global_conf.json** file. 383 383 384 384 (% style="text-align:center" %) 385 385 [[image:1651745838008-820.png||height="650" width="621"]] ... ... @@ -410,43 +410,39 @@ 410 410 411 411 ===== 5.2.3 Check result ===== 412 412 413 - 455 + Run below command to restart the dragino_fwd: 414 414 415 415 sudo systemctl stop draginofwd 416 416 417 417 sudo systemctl start draginofwd 418 418 419 - 461 + debug check the ruing status of fwd: 420 420 421 - sudo systemctl status draginofwd 463 + sudo systemctl status draginofwd 422 422 423 423 (% style="text-align:center" %) 424 424 [[image:1651746045057-414.png]] 425 425 426 426 427 - 469 + The dragino_fwd will start with the new gateway ID and TTN v3 should show the connection ok: 428 428 429 429 (% style="text-align:center" %) 430 430 [[image:1651746078253-168.png||height="372" width="621"]] 431 431 432 432 475 + We can check dragino_fwd running states in RPi by running: 433 433 434 - We canheckdragino_fwdrunning states in RPi by running:477 + //**sudo journalctl -u draginofwd -f**// 435 435 436 - //**sudo journalctl -u draginofwd -f**// 437 - 438 438 (% style="text-align:center" %) 439 439 [[image:1651746111963-838.png]] 440 440 482 + If there are LoRaWAN nodes transmits nearby, we can see the traffic in TTN v3 –> Gateway ~-~-> Live data 441 441 442 - 443 - If there are LoRaWAN nodes transmits nearby, we can see the traffic in TTN v3 –> Gateway ~-~-> Live data 444 - 445 445 (% style="text-align:center" %) 446 446 [[image:1651746139304-966.png||height="326" width="621"]] 447 447 448 448 449 - 450 450 ===== 5.2.4 Commands to handle service ===== 451 451 452 452 * **Stop** dragino_fwd service: sudo systemctl stop draginofwd ... ... @@ -457,9 +457,9 @@ 457 457 458 458 === 6. Order Info === 459 459 460 - Part Number: 498 + Part Number: **PG1302-XX** Or Part Number: **PG1302-PI-XX **(Include RPi converter board for RPI 3/4) 461 461 462 -**~ XX:** 500 +**~ XX:** 463 463 464 464 * 868 (For Bands: EU868,IN865) 465 465 * 915 (For Bands: US915,AU915,AS923,KR920) ... ... @@ -467,12 +467,12 @@ 467 467 468 468 === 7. Packing Info === 469 469 470 -**~ PG1302 Package Includes**: 508 +**~ PG1302 Package Includes**: 471 471 472 472 * PG1302 x 1 473 473 * LoRa Antenna x 1 474 474 475 -**~ PG1302-PI Package Includes**: 513 +**~ PG1302-PI Package Includes**: 476 476 477 477 * PG1302 x 1 478 478 * LoRa Antenna x 1