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Xiaoling 36.1 6 **PG1302 LoRaWAN Concentrator User Manual**
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Xiaoling 99.12 9 **Table of Contents：**
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Xiaoling 98.24 19 = 1. Introduction =
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Xiaoling 98.24 21 == 1.1 What is PG1302 LoRaWAN Concentrator? ==
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Edwin Chen 100.1 24 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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Edwin Chen 100.1 26 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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Edwin Chen 100.1 28 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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Xiaoling 98.24 31 == 1.2 Features ==
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33 * Base on Semtech SX1302 solution
34 * Support Raspberry Pi 3B/3B+/4
35 * Up to -140dBm sensitivity
36 * Support 3.3v and 5v.
37 * Mini-PCIe Interface
38 * Converter board to support Raspberry Pi
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Xiaoling 98.24 40 == 1.3 General Interfaces ==
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42 * SPI interface for LoRa
43 * Power Input: 5v, 1A
44 * 1 x I-PEX for LoRa
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Xiaoling 98.24 46 == 1.4 Pin Mapping ==
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48 [[image:1651743282627-547.png||height="402" width="425"]]
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Xiaoling 98.24 50 == 1.5 LEDs ==
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Xiaoling 86.1 52 TX: Blink when transmit a packet
53 RX: Blink when receive a packet
54 Config: Always ON
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Xiaoling 98.24 56 == 1.6 Power Consumption ==
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Xiaoling 86.1 58 TBD
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Xiaoling 98.24 60 == 1.7 Applications ==
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Xiaoling 36.1 62 * Smart Buildings & Home Automation
63 * Logistics and Supply Chain Management
64 * Smart Metering
65 * Smart Agriculture
66 * Smart Cities
67 * Smart Factory
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Xiaoling 98.24 69 = 2. Example: Set up as LoRaWAN gateway. =
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Xiaoling 98.24 71 == 2.1 System structure ==
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Xiaoling 98.3 73 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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75 [[image:1651743698677-436.png||height="457" width="686"]]
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Xiaoling 98.24 77 == 2.2 Hardware Installation ==
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Xiaoling 98.27 79 (% style="color:red" %)**Important Notice: Please power the RPI with 5V,3A cable.**
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81 [[image:1651743803032-803.png]]
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Xiaoling 98.24 83 = 3. Install the software? =
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Xiaoling 98.11 85 There are two ways to install software in RPi4 to use PG1302.
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87 * Flash SD card with Dragino pre-build image which support Web UI.
88 * Install lora packet forwarder in existing RPi OS.
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Xiaoling 98.24 90 = 4. Flash with pre-build image =
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Xiaoling 98.24 92 == 4.1 Download the dragino image for RPI ==
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Xiaoling 98.11 94 Download PG1302_for_Rpi4_64_with_webui from
95 [[https:~~/~~/www.dropbox.com/sh/f6nbldh1qbspya5/AACgL6pDkwdBQO1BQqq_Nubwa?dl=0>>https://www.dropbox.com/sh/f6nbldh1qbspya5/AACgL6pDkwdBQO1BQqq_Nubwa?dl=0]]
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Xiaoling 98.24 97 == 4.2 Flash the image to SD card ==
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Xiaoling 98.11 99 Flash the image to SD card:
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101 [[image:1651744119133-233.png||height="373" width="621"]]
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Xiaoling 62.1 103 Note: Download the flash tool following this link
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105 [[https:~~/~~/www.balena.io/etcher/>>https://www.balena.io/etcher/]]
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Xiaoling 98.24 107 == 4.3 Access the Linux console ==
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Xiaoling 98.11 109 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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Xiaoling 36.1 111 [[image:1651744193675-591.png||height="450" width="466"]]
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Xiaoling 98.11 113 The account details for Web Login are:
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116 **~ (% style="color:#0000ff" %)User Name: root(%%)**
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120 **~ (% style="color:#0000ff" %)Password:   dragino(%%)**
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128 **~ (% style="color:#0000ff" %)Backup account(%%)**
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132 **~ (% style="color:#0000ff" %)Pi/dragino(%%)**
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Xiaoling 98.11 135 After log in, you will be in the Linux console and type command here.
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137 [[image:1651744358515-107.png||height="366" width="581"]]
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Xiaoling 98.24 139 == 4.4 Access the WebUI of RPi4. ==
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Xiaoling 98.24 141 === 4.4.1 Home page ===
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Xiaoling 98.20 143 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 uplink router)
Xiaoling 98.5 144 You will see the login interface of RPI as shown below.
145 The account details for Web Login are:
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Xiaoling 98.22 147 (((
Xiaoling 98.29 148 **~ (% style="color:#0000ff" %)User Name: root(%%)**
149 (% style="color:#0000ff" %)** Password:   dragino**
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152 [[image:1651744457761-993.png||height="352" width="621"]]
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Xiaoling 98.24 154 === 4.4.2 LoRa Page ===
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Xiaoling 98.7 156 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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158 [[image:1651744554845-970.png||height="328" width="621"]]
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Xiaoling 98.7 160 Different PG1302 hardware version can support different frequency range:
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Xiaoling 98.7 162 ➢ 868: valid frequency: 863Mhz ~~ 870Mhz. for bands EU868, RU864, IN865 or KZ865.
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Xiaoling 98.7 164 ➢ 915: valid frequency: 902Mhz ~~ 928Mhz. for bands US915, AU915, AS923 or KR920
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Xiaoling 98.7 166 After user choose the frequency plan, he can see the actually frequency in used by checking the
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Xiaoling 98.7 168 page LogRead ~-~-> LoRa Log
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Xiaoling 99.13 170 Note *: [[See this instruction for how to customize frequency band>>doc:Main.How to customized LoRaWAN frequency band.WebHome]]
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Xiaoling 98.24 173 === 4.4.3 LoRaWAN Page ===
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Xiaoling 98.24 175 ==== 4.4.3.1 Semtech UDP ====
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177 [[image:1651744767914-283.png||height="352" width="621"]]
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Xiaoling 99.13 179 Note *: [[See this instruction for how to configure TTN>>doc:Main.Notes for TTN.WebHome]].
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Xiaoling 98.24 182 ==== 4.4.3.2 Basic Station ====
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184 [[image:1651744890629-683.png||height="380" width="621"]]
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Xiaoling 99.14 186 Note *: [[See this instruction for how to configure AWS-loT-Core>>doc:Main.AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN.WebHome]].
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Xiaoling 98.24 189 === 4.4.4 LogRead ===
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Xiaoling 98.24 191 ==== 4.4.4.1 LoRa Log ====
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193 [[image:1651744955955-452.png||height="571" width="621"]]
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Xiaoling 98.7 195 Show the frequency for LoRa Radio and traffics.
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Xiaoling 98.24 197 ==== 4.4.4.2 System Log ====
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Xiaoling 98.7 199 Show system log.
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201 [[image:1651745003470-264.png||height="477" width="621"]]
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Xiaoling 98.24 203 ==== 4.4.4.3 Record Log ====
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Xiaoling 98.7 205 **Record the system log.**
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Xiaoling 98.24 209 = 5. Install stand alone LoRa Packet Forwarder. =
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Xiaoling 98.24 211 == 5.1 OS requirement ==
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Xiaoling 98.7 213 RPI in this example is RPI model 4B with fresh Raspbian OS install.
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Xiaoling 98.30 215 (% class="box" %)
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217 pi@raspberrypi:~~$ cat /etc/os-release
Xiaoling 36.1 218 PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie)"
219 NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux"
220 VERSION_ID="8"
221 VERSION="8 (jessie)"
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224 HOME_URL="http:~/~/www.raspbian.org/"
225 SUPPORT_URL="http:~/~/www.raspbian.org/RaspbianForums"
226 BUG_REPORT_URL="http:~/~/www.raspbian.org/RaspbianBugs"
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Xiaoling 98.24 229 == 5.2 Get Gateway ID in Raspberry and input this in TTN v3. ==
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Xiaoling 98.7 231 In RPI, run below command to get a Gateway ID
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Xiaoling 98.11 233 (% class="box infomessage" %)
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238 [[image:1651745210205-512.png||height="130" width="621"]]
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Xiaoling 98.7 242 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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246 [[image:1651745267862-321.png||height="526" width="621"]]
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Xiaoling 62.1 250 After set up, the status should show not connected as below:
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Xiaoling 98.24 254 === 5.2.1 Download and install LoRaWAN packet forwarder ===
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Xiaoling 98.8 256 Enable SPI and I2C first:
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Xiaoling 98.8 258 a)SPI needs to be enabled on the Raspberry Pi
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Xiaoling 98.31 260 Run (% style="background-color:#dcdcdc" %)**sudo raspi-config**(%%) to open the config window
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Xiaoling 98.24 262 [[image:1651745476754-240.png||height="234" width="629"]]
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264 [[image:image-20220505181135-1.png]]
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Xiaoling 98.8 268 In RPI , Fist: Enter root account:
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Xiaoling 98.24 271 [[image:1651745583363-614.png||height="151" width="732"]]
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Xiaoling 98.8 274 and then run:
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Xiaoling 98.31 276 (% 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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Xiaoling 98.31 278 (% style="background-color:#dcdcdc" %)chmod +x ./auto_install.sh
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Xiaoling 98.31 280 (% style="background-color:#dcdcdc" %)./auto_install.sh
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Xiaoling 98.24 283 [[image:1651745611629-818.png||height="225" width="729"]]
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Xiaoling 98.8 286 This will download the packet forwarder package from Dragino Server to RPI, and start install the package.
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Xiaoling 98.8 288 You can get these output:
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Xiaoling 36.1 291 [[image:1651745657252-173.png||height="426" width="621"]]
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Xiaoling 98.24 294 === 5.2.2 Config Gateway ID, Frequency Band and Server address ===
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Xiaoling 98.32 297 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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Xiaoling 98.32 301 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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Xiaoling 98.8 306 User can find the TTN v3 server address from:
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Xiaoling 98.8 308 [[Server Addresses ~| The Things Stack for LoRaWAN (thethingsindustries.com)>>url:https://www.thethingsindustries.com/docs/getting-started/server-addresses/#deployments]]
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Xiaoling 98.33 310 And the default frequency band is US915 in (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**global_conf.json**(%%) file.
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Xiaoling 98.35 314 * 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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Xiaoling 98.8 316 1).Chose your need the name of region frequency.
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Xiaoling 98.24 318 [[image:1651745867516-322.png||height="83" width="740"]]
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Xiaoling 98.34 326 * If user wants to change to other LoRaWAN server, modify the (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**global_conf.json**(%%) file.
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Xiaoling 98.24 328 === 5.2.3 Check result ===
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Xiaoling 98.8 331 Run below command to restart the dragino_fwd:
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Xiaoling 98.8 335 (% class="box infomessage" %)
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Xiaoling 98.8 340 (% class="box infomessage" %)
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Xiaoling 98.8 342 sudo systemctl start draginofwd
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Xiaoling 98.8 347 debug check the ruing status of fwd:
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Xiaoling 98.24 357 [[image:1651746045057-414.png||height="193" width="729"]]
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Xiaoling 98.8 359 The dragino_fwd will start with the new gateway ID and TTN v3 should show the connection ok:
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Xiaoling 98.37 371 [[image:1651746111963-838.png||height="184" width="730"]]
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Xiaoling 99.9 373 If there are LoRaWAN nodes transmitting nearby, we can see the traffic in **TTN v3 –> Gateway ~-~-> Live data**
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Xiaoling 98.24 377 === 5.2.4 Commands to handle service ===
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Xiaoling 98.37 379 * (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**Stop** (%%)dragino_fwd service:  sudo systemctl stop draginofwd
380 * (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**Disable**(%%) dragino_fwd auto run after boot: sudo systemctl disable draginofwd
381 * (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**Start** (%%)dragino_fwd : sudo systemctl start draginofwd
382 * (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**Auto run**(%%) dragino_fwd after boot:  sudo systemctl enable draginofwd
383 * (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**Show status** (%%)of dragino_fwd:  sudo systemctl status draginofwd
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Xiaoling 98.25 385 = 6. Order Info =
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Xiaoling 98.37 387 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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Xiaoling 98.37 389 **~ (% style="color:#0000ff" %)XX:(%%)**
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Xiaoling 99.14 391 * (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**868** (%%)(For Bands: EU868,IN865)
392 * (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**915** (%%)(For Bands: US915,AU915,AS923,KR920)
393 * (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**470** (%%)(For Band: CN470)
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Xiaoling 98.25 395 = 7. Packing Info =
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Xiaoling 98.9 398 **PG1302 Package Includes**:
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403 * PG1302 x 1
404 * LoRa Antenna x 1
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409 **PG1302-PI Package Includes**:
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Xiaoling 99.5 412 * PG1302 x 1
413 * LoRa Antenna x 1
414 * RPi3/4 converter PCB
415 * Screws to hole converter PCB on RPI.
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418 = 8. Support =
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Xiaoling 98.25 421 If you are experiencing issues and can’t solve, you can send mail to
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Xiaoling 98.25 425 [[support@dragino.com>>mailto:support@dragino.com]]
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Xiaoling 98.25 429 With your question as detail as possible. We will reply and help you in the shortest.
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