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6 **PG1302 LoRaWAN Concentrator User Manual**
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18 === 1. Introduction ===
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20 ==== 1.1 What is PG1302 LoRaWAN Concentrator? ====
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23 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.
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27 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 interfered environment.
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31 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 in the exist OS.
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34 ==== 1.2 Features ====
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36 * Base on Semtech SX1302 solution
37 * Support Raspberry Pi 3B/3B+/4
38 * Up to -140dBm sensitivity
39 * Support 3.3v and 5v.
40 * Mini-PCIe Interface
41 * Converter board to support Raspberry Pi
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43 ==== 1.3 General Interfaces ====
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45 * SPI interface for LoRa
46 * Power Input: 5v, 1A
47 * 1 x I-PEX for LoRa
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49 ==== 1.4 Pin Mapping ====
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51 [[image:1651743282627-547.png||height="402" width="425"]]
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55 ==== 1.5 LEDs ====
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57 TX: Blink when transmit a packet
58 RX: Blink when receive a packet
59 Config: Always ON
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63 ==== 1.6 Power Consumption ====
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65 TBD
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68 ==== 1.7 Applications ====
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70 * Smart Buildings & Home Automation
71 * Logistics and Supply Chain Management
72 * Smart Metering
73 * Smart Agriculture
74 * Smart Cities
75 * Smart Factory
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77 === 2. Example: Set up as LoRaWAN gateway. ===
78
79 ==== 2.1 System structure ====
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81 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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83 [[image:1651743698677-436.png||height="457" width="686"]]
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87 ==== 2.2 Hardware Installation ====
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89 **Important Notice: **Please power the RPI with 5V,3A cable.
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91 [[image:1651743803032-803.png]]
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95 === 3. Install the software? ===
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97 There are two ways to install software in RPi4 to use PG1302.
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99 * Flash SD card with Dragino pre-build image which support Web UI.
100 * Install lora packet forwarder in existing RPi OS.
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102 === 4. Flash with pre-build image ===
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104 ==== 4.1 Download the dragino image for RPI ====
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106 Download PG1302_for_Rpi4_64_with_webui from
107 [[https:~~/~~/www.dropbox.com/sh/f6nbldh1qbspya5/AACgL6pDkwdBQO1BQqq_Nubwa?dl=0>>https://www.dropbox.com/sh/f6nbldh1qbspya5/AACgL6pDkwdBQO1BQqq_Nubwa?dl=0]]
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110 ==== 4.2 Flash the image to SD card ====
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112 Flash the image to SD card:
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114 [[image:1651744119133-233.png||height="373" width="621"]]
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116 Note: Download the flash tool following this link
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118 [[https:~~/~~/www.balena.io/etcher/>>https://www.balena.io/etcher/]]
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121 ==== 4.3 Access the Linux console ====
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123 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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125 [[image:1651744193675-591.png||height="450" width="466"]]
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127 The account details for Web Login are:
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129 **~ User Name: root**
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131 **~ Password:   dragino**
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134 **~ Backup account**
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136 **~ Pi/dragino**
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138 After log in, you will be in the Linux console and type command here.
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140 [[image:1651744358515-107.png||height="366" width="581"]]
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143 ==== 4.4 Access the WebUI of RPi4. ====
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145 ===== 4.4.1 Home page =====
146 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)
147 You will see the login interface of RPI as shown below.
148 The account details for Web Login are:
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150 **~ User Name: root**
151 **~ Password:   dragino**
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153 [[image:1651744457761-993.png||height="352" width="621"]]
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156 ===== 4.4.2 LoRa Page =====
157 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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159 [[image:1651744554845-970.png||height="328" width="621"]]
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161 Different PG1302 hardware version can support different frequency range:
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163 ➢ 868: valid frequency: 863Mhz ~~ 870Mhz. for bands EU868, RU864, IN865 or KZ865.
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165 ➢ 915: valid frequency: 902Mhz ~~ 928Mhz. for bands US915, AU915, AS923 or KR920
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167 After user choose the frequency plan, he can see the actually frequency in used by checking the
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169 page LogRead ~-~-> LoRa Log
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171 Note *: See this instruction for how to customize frequency band
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173 [[http:~~/~~/wiki.dragino.com/index.php?title=Customized_Frequency_Band_for_Gateway>>url:http://wiki.dragino.com/index.php?title=Customized_Frequency_Band_for_Gateway]]
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176 ===== 4.4.3 LoRaWAN Page =====
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178 ====== 4.4.3.1 Semtech UDP ======
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180 [[image:1651744767914-283.png||height="352" width="621"]]
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182 Note *: See this instruction for how to configure TTN.
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184 [[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);"]]
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187 ====== 4.4.3.2 Basic Station ======
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189 [[image:1651744890629-683.png||height="380" width="621"]]
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191 Note *: See this instruction for how to configure TTN.
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193 [[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]]
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196 ===== 4.4.4 LogRead =====
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198 ====== 4.4.4.1 LoRa Log ======
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200 [[image:1651744955955-452.png||height="571" width="621"]]
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202 Show the frequency for LoRa Radio and traffics.
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205 ====== 4.4.4.2 System Log ======
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207 Show system log.
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209 [[image:1651745003470-264.png||height="477" width="621"]]
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212 ====== 4.4.4.3 Record Log ======
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214 **Record the system log.**
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216 [[image:1651745069814-662.png||height="144" width="621"]]
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219 === 5. Install stand alone LoRa Packet Forwarder. ===
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221 ==== 5.1 OS requirement ====
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223 RPI in this example is RPI model 4B with fresh Raspbian OS install.
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225 pi@raspberrypi:~~$ cat /etc/os-release
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227 PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie)"
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229 NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux"
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231 VERSION_ID="8"
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233 VERSION="8 (jessie)"
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235 ID=raspbian
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237 ID_LIKE=debian
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239 HOME_URL="http:~/~/www.raspbian.org/"
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241 SUPPORT_URL="http:~/~/www.raspbian.org/RaspbianForums"
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243 BUG_REPORT_URL="http:~/~/www.raspbian.org/RaspbianBugs"
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246 ==== 5.2 Get Gateway ID in Raspberry and input this in TTN v3. ====
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248 In RPI, run below command to get a Gateway ID
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252 ifconfig eth0
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255 [[image:1651745210205-512.png||height="130" width="621"]]
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258 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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261 [[image:1651745267862-321.png||height="526" width="621"]]
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263 [[image:1651745306744-481.png||height="478" width="621"]]
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265 After set up, the status should show not connected as below:
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267 [[image:1651745366987-458.png||height="363" width="621"]]
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270 ===== 5.2.1 Download and install LoRaWAN packet forwarder =====
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272 Enable SPI and I2C first:
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274 a)SPI needs to be enabled on the Raspberry Pi
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276 Run sudo raspi-config to open the config window
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278 [[image:1651745476754-240.png||height="235" width="631"]]
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280 [[image:image-20220505181135-1.png]]
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284 In RPI , Fist: Enter root account:
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286 [[image:1651745583363-614.png]]
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289 and then run:
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291 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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293 chmod +x ./auto_install.sh
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297 [[image:1651745611629-818.png]]
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299 This will download the packet forwarder package from Dragino Server to RPI, and start install the package.
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306 ===== 5.2.2 Config Gateway ID, Frequency Band and Server address =====
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309 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.**
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313 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.
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318 User can find the TTN v3 server address from:
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320 [[Server Addresses ~| The Things Stack for LoRaWAN (thethingsindustries.com)>>url:https://www.thethingsindustries.com/docs/getting-started/server-addresses/#deployments]]
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323 And the default frequency band is US915 in **global_conf.json** file.
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327 * If user want to change to other frequency bands, User can copy the file from **/etc/lora/cfg-302 **and put it into** /etc/lora/global_conf.json.**
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329 1).Chose your need the name of region frequency.
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333 2). Use this command to copy it.
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335 cp /etc/lora/cfg-302/EU-global_conf.json /etc/lora/global_conf.json
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339 * If user wants to change to other LoRaWAN server, modify the **global_conf.json** file.
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346 ===== 5.2.3 Check result =====
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349 Run below command to restart the dragino_fwd:
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355 sudo systemctl stop draginofwd
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360 sudo systemctl start draginofwd
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365 debug check the ruing status of fwd:
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375 [[image:1651746045057-414.png]]
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377 The dragino_fwd will start with the new gateway ID and TTN v3 should show the connection ok:
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382 We can check dragino_fwd running states in RPi by running:
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386 **// sudo journalctl -u draginofwd -f//**
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389 [[image:1651746111963-838.png]]
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391 If there are LoRaWAN nodes transmitting nearby, we can see the traffic in TTN v3 –> Gateway ~-~-> Live data
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397 ===== 5.2.4 Commands to handle service =====
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399 * **Stop** dragino_fwd service:  sudo systemctl stop draginofwd
400 * **Disable** dragino_fwd auto run after boot: sudo systemctl disable draginofwd
401 * **Start** dragino_fwd : sudo systemctl start draginofwd
402 * **Auto run** dragino_fwd after boot:  sudo systemctl enable draginofwd
403 * **Show status** of dragino_fwd:  sudo systemctl status draginofwd
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405 === 6. Order Info ===
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407 Part Number: **PG1302-XX**  Or  Part Number: **PG1302-PI-XX   **(Include RPi converter board for RPI 3/4)
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409 **~ XX:**
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411 * 868 (For Bands: EU868,IN865)
412 * 915 (For Bands: US915,AU915,AS923,KR920)
413 * 470 (For Band: CN470)
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415 === 7. Packing Info ===
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418 **PG1302 Package Includes**:
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422 * PG1302 x 1
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426 * LoRa Antenna x 1
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430 **PG1302-PI Package Includes**:
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434 PG1302 x 1
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437 LoRa Antenna x 1
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440 RPi3/4 converter PCB
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443 Screws to hole converter PCB on RPI.
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