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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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Xiaoling 98.2 24 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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Xiaoling 98.2 28 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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Xiaoling 98.2 32 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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Xiaoling 98.24 35 == 1.2 Features ==
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37 * Base on Semtech SX1302 solution
38 * Support Raspberry Pi 3B/3B+/4
39 * Up to -140dBm sensitivity
40 * Support 3.3v and 5v.
41 * Mini-PCIe Interface
42 * Converter board to support Raspberry Pi
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Xiaoling 98.24 44 == 1.3 General Interfaces ==
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46 * SPI interface for LoRa
47 * Power Input: 5v, 1A
48 * 1 x I-PEX for LoRa
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Xiaoling 98.24 50 == 1.4 Pin Mapping ==
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52 [[image:1651743282627-547.png||height="402" width="425"]]
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Xiaoling 98.24 54 == 1.5 LEDs ==
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Xiaoling 86.1 56 TX: Blink when transmit a packet
57 RX: Blink when receive a packet
58 Config: Always ON
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Xiaoling 98.24 60 == 1.6 Power Consumption ==
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Xiaoling 86.1 62 TBD
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Xiaoling 98.24 64 == 1.7 Applications ==
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Xiaoling 36.1 66 * Smart Buildings & Home Automation
67 * Logistics and Supply Chain Management
68 * Smart Metering
69 * Smart Agriculture
70 * Smart Cities
71 * Smart Factory
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Xiaoling 98.24 73 = 2. Example: Set up as LoRaWAN gateway. =
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Xiaoling 98.24 75 == 2.1 System structure ==
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Xiaoling 98.3 77 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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79 [[image:1651743698677-436.png||height="457" width="686"]]
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Xiaoling 98.24 81 == 2.2 Hardware Installation ==
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Xiaoling 98.27 83 (% style="color:red" %)**Important Notice: Please power the RPI with 5V,3A cable.**
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85 [[image:1651743803032-803.png]]
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Xiaoling 98.24 87 = 3. Install the software? =
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Xiaoling 98.11 89 There are two ways to install software in RPi4 to use PG1302.
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91 * Flash SD card with Dragino pre-build image which support Web UI.
92 * Install lora packet forwarder in existing RPi OS.
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Xiaoling 98.24 94 = 4. Flash with pre-build image =
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Xiaoling 98.24 96 == 4.1 Download the dragino image for RPI ==
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Xiaoling 98.11 98 Download PG1302_for_Rpi4_64_with_webui from
99 [[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 98.24 101 == 4.2 Flash the image to SD card ==
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Xiaoling 98.11 103 Flash the image to SD card:
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105 [[image:1651744119133-233.png||height="373" width="621"]]
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Xiaoling 62.1 107 Note: Download the flash tool following this link
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109 [[https:~~/~~/www.balena.io/etcher/>>https://www.balena.io/etcher/]]
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Xiaoling 98.24 111 == 4.3 Access the Linux console ==
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Xiaoling 98.11 113 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 36.1 115 [[image:1651744193675-591.png||height="450" width="466"]]
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Xiaoling 98.11 117 The account details for Web Login are:
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120 **~ (% style="color:#0000ff" %)User Name: root(%%)**
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124 **~ (% style="color:#0000ff" %)Password:   dragino(%%)**
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132 **~ (% style="color:#0000ff" %)Backup account(%%)**
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136 **~ (% style="color:#0000ff" %)Pi/dragino(%%)**
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Xiaoling 98.11 139 After log in, you will be in the Linux console and type command here.
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141 [[image:1651744358515-107.png||height="366" width="581"]]
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Xiaoling 98.24 143 == 4.4 Access the WebUI of RPi4. ==
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Xiaoling 98.24 145 === 4.4.1 Home page ===
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Xiaoling 98.20 147 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 98.5 148 You will see the login interface of RPI as shown below.
149 The account details for Web Login are:
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Xiaoling 98.29 152 **~ (% style="color:#0000ff" %)User Name: root(%%)**
153 (% style="color:#0000ff" %)** Password:   dragino**
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156 [[image:1651744457761-993.png||height="352" width="621"]]
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Xiaoling 98.24 158 === 4.4.2 LoRa Page ===
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Xiaoling 98.7 160 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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Xiaoling 98.7 164 Different PG1302 hardware version can support different frequency range:
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Xiaoling 98.7 166 ➢ 868: valid frequency: 863Mhz ~~ 870Mhz. for bands EU868, RU864, IN865 or KZ865.
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Xiaoling 98.7 168 ➢ 915: valid frequency: 902Mhz ~~ 928Mhz. for bands US915, AU915, AS923 or KR920
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Xiaoling 98.7 170 After user choose the frequency plan, he can see the actually frequency in used by checking the
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Xiaoling 98.7 172 page LogRead ~-~-> LoRa Log
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Xiaoling 99.13 174 Note *: [[See this instruction for how to customize frequency band>>doc:Main.How to customized LoRaWAN frequency band.WebHome]]
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Xiaoling 98.24 177 === 4.4.3 LoRaWAN Page ===
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Xiaoling 98.24 179 ==== 4.4.3.1 Semtech UDP ====
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181 [[image:1651744767914-283.png||height="352" width="621"]]
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Xiaoling 99.13 183 Note *: [[See this instruction for how to configure TTN>>doc:Main.Notes for TTN.WebHome]].
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Xiaoling 98.24 186 ==== 4.4.3.2 Basic Station ====
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188 [[image:1651744890629-683.png||height="380" width="621"]]
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Xiaoling 99.14 190 Note *: [[See this instruction for how to configure AWS-loT-Core>>doc:Main.AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN.WebHome]].
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Xiaoling 98.24 193 === 4.4.4 LogRead ===
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Xiaoling 98.24 195 ==== 4.4.4.1 LoRa Log ====
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Xiaoling 98.7 199 Show the frequency for LoRa Radio and traffics.
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Xiaoling 98.24 201 ==== 4.4.4.2 System Log ====
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Xiaoling 98.7 203 Show system log.
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Xiaoling 98.24 207 ==== 4.4.4.3 Record Log ====
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Xiaoling 98.7 209 **Record the system log.**
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Xiaoling 98.24 213 = 5. Install stand alone LoRa Packet Forwarder. =
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Xiaoling 98.24 215 == 5.1 OS requirement ==
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Xiaoling 98.7 217 RPI in this example is RPI model 4B with fresh Raspbian OS install.
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Xiaoling 98.30 219 (% class="box" %)
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221 pi@raspberrypi:~~$ cat /etc/os-release
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223 NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux"
224 VERSION_ID="8"
225 VERSION="8 (jessie)"
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228 HOME_URL="http:~/~/www.raspbian.org/"
229 SUPPORT_URL="http:~/~/www.raspbian.org/RaspbianForums"
230 BUG_REPORT_URL="http:~/~/www.raspbian.org/RaspbianBugs"
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Xiaoling 98.24 233 == 5.2 Get Gateway ID in Raspberry and input this in TTN v3. ==
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Xiaoling 98.7 235 In RPI, run below command to get a Gateway ID
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Xiaoling 98.11 237 (% class="box infomessage" %)
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239 ifconfig eth0
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242 [[image:1651745210205-512.png||height="130" width="621"]]
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Xiaoling 98.7 246 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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250 [[image:1651745267862-321.png||height="526" width="621"]]
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Xiaoling 62.1 254 After set up, the status should show not connected as below:
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Xiaoling 98.24 258 === 5.2.1 Download and install LoRaWAN packet forwarder ===
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Xiaoling 98.8 260 Enable SPI and I2C first:
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Xiaoling 98.8 262 a)SPI needs to be enabled on the Raspberry Pi
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Xiaoling 98.31 264 Run (% style="background-color:#dcdcdc" %)**sudo raspi-config**(%%) to open the config window
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Xiaoling 98.24 266 [[image:1651745476754-240.png||height="234" width="629"]]
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268 [[image:image-20220505181135-1.png]]
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Xiaoling 98.8 272 In RPI , Fist: Enter root account:
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Xiaoling 98.24 275 [[image:1651745583363-614.png||height="151" width="732"]]
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Xiaoling 98.8 278 and then run:
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Xiaoling 98.31 280 (% 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 98.31 282 (% style="background-color:#dcdcdc" %)chmod +x ./auto_install.sh
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Xiaoling 98.31 284 (% style="background-color:#dcdcdc" %)./auto_install.sh
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Xiaoling 98.24 287 [[image:1651745611629-818.png||height="225" width="729"]]
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Xiaoling 98.8 290 This will download the packet forwarder package from Dragino Server to RPI, and start install the package.
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Xiaoling 98.8 292 You can get these output:
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Xiaoling 98.24 298 === 5.2.2 Config Gateway ID, Frequency Band and Server address ===
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Xiaoling 98.32 301 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 98.32 305 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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308 [[image:1651745709709-887.png||height="820" width="621"]]
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Xiaoling 98.8 310 User can find the TTN v3 server address from:
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Xiaoling 98.8 312 [[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 98.33 314 And the default frequency band is US915 in (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**global_conf.json**(%%) file.
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316 [[image:1651745838008-820.png||height="650" width="621"]]
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Xiaoling 98.35 318 * 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 98.8 320 1).Chose your need the name of region frequency.
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Xiaoling 98.24 322 [[image:1651745867516-322.png||height="83" width="740"]]
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Xiaoling 98.24 328 [[image:1651745984006-868.png||height="87" width="745"]]
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Xiaoling 98.34 330 * If user wants to change to other LoRaWAN server, modify the (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**global_conf.json**(%%) file.
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Xiaoling 98.24 332 === 5.2.3 Check result ===
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Xiaoling 98.8 335 Run below command to restart the dragino_fwd:
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Xiaoling 98.8 339 (% class="box infomessage" %)
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Xiaoling 98.8 344 (% class="box infomessage" %)
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Xiaoling 98.8 346 sudo systemctl start draginofwd
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Xiaoling 98.8 351 debug check the ruing status of fwd:
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357 sudo systemctl status draginofwd
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Xiaoling 98.24 361 [[image:1651746045057-414.png||height="193" width="729"]]
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Xiaoling 98.8 363 The dragino_fwd will start with the new gateway ID and TTN v3 should show the connection ok:
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Xiaoling 99.10 372 sudo journalctl -u draginofwd -f
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Xiaoling 98.37 375 [[image:1651746111963-838.png||height="184" width="730"]]
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Xiaoling 99.9 377 If there are LoRaWAN nodes transmitting nearby, we can see the traffic in **TTN v3 –> Gateway ~-~-> Live data**
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Xiaoling 98.24 381 === 5.2.4 Commands to handle service ===
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Xiaoling 98.37 383 * (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**Stop** (%%)dragino_fwd service:  sudo systemctl stop draginofwd
384 * (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**Disable**(%%) dragino_fwd auto run after boot: sudo systemctl disable draginofwd
385 * (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**Start** (%%)dragino_fwd : sudo systemctl start draginofwd
386 * (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**Auto run**(%%) dragino_fwd after boot:  sudo systemctl enable draginofwd
387 * (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**Show status** (%%)of dragino_fwd:  sudo systemctl status draginofwd
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Xiaoling 98.25 389 = 6. Order Info =
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Xiaoling 98.37 391 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 98.37 393 **~ (% style="color:#0000ff" %)XX:(%%)**
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Xiaoling 99.14 395 * (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**868** (%%)(For Bands: EU868,IN865)
396 * (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**915** (%%)(For Bands: US915,AU915,AS923,KR920)
397 * (% style="color:#0000ff" %)**470** (%%)(For Band: CN470)
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Xiaoling 98.25 399 = 7. Packing Info =
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Xiaoling 98.9 402 **PG1302 Package Includes**:
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407 * PG1302 x 1
408 * LoRa Antenna x 1
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412 (((
413 **PG1302-PI Package Includes**:
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Xiaoling 99.5 416 * PG1302 x 1
417 * LoRa Antenna x 1
418 * RPi3/4 converter PCB
419 * Screws to hole converter PCB on RPI.
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422 = 8. Support =
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Xiaoling 98.25 425 If you are experiencing issues and can’t solve, you can send mail to
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Xiaoling 98.25 429 [[support@dragino.com>>mailto:support@dragino.com]]
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Xiaoling 98.25 433 With your question as detail as possible. We will reply and help you in the shortest.
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