Wiki source code of PG1302 LoRaWAN Concentrator

Version 99.5 by Xiaoling on 2022/05/14 17:07

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36.1	6	PG1302 LoRaWAN Concentrator User Manual
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98.26	9	Contents:
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73.1	11	{{toc/}}
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98.24	19	= 1. Introduction =
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98.24	21	== 1.1 What is PG1302 LoRaWAN Concentrator? ==
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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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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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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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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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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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98.24	50	== 1.4 Pin Mapping ==
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	52	[[image:1651743282627-547.png\|\|height="402" width="425"]]
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98.24	54	== 1.5 LEDs ==
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86.1	56	TX: Blink when transmit a packet
	57	RX: Blink when receive a packet
	58	Config: Always ON
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98.24	60	== 1.6 Power Consumption ==
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86.1	62	TBD
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98.24	64	== 1.7 Applications ==
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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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98.24	73	= 2. Example: Set up as LoRaWAN gateway. =
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98.24	75	== 2.1 System structure ==
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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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98.24	81	== 2.2 Hardware Installation ==
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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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98.24	87	= 3. Install the software? =
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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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98.24	94	= 4. Flash with pre-build image =
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98.24	96	== 4.1 Download the dragino image for RPI ==
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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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98.24	101	== 4.2 Flash the image to SD card ==
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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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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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98.24	111	== 4.3 Access the Linux console ==
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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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36.1	115	[[image:1651744193675-591.png\|\|height="450" width="466"]]
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98.11	117	The account details for Web Login are:
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98.28	119	(((
	120	~ (% style="color:#0000ff" %)User Name: root(%%)
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98.28	123	(((
	124	~ (% style="color:#0000ff" %)Password: dragino(%%)
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98.28	131	(((
	132	~ (% style="color:#0000ff" %)Backup account(%%)
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	136	~ (% style="color:#0000ff" %)Pi/dragino(%%)
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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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98.24	143	== 4.4 Access the WebUI of RPi4. ==
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98.24	145	=== 4.4.1 Home page ===
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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)
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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98.22	151	(((
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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98.24	158	=== 4.4.2 LoRa Page ===
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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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	162	[[image:1651744554845-970.png\|\|height="328" width="621"]]
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98.7	164	Different PG1302 hardware version can support different frequency range:
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98.7	166	➢ 868: valid frequency: 863Mhz ~~ 870Mhz. for bands EU868, RU864, IN865 or KZ865.
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98.7	168	➢ 915: valid frequency: 902Mhz ~~ 928Mhz. for bands US915, AU915, AS923 or KR920
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98.7	170	After user choose the frequency plan, he can see the actually frequency in used by checking the
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98.7	172	page LogRead ~-~-> LoRa Log
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98.7	174	Note *: See this instruction for how to customize frequency band
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98.7	176	[[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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98.24	178	=== 4.4.3 LoRaWAN Page ===
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98.24	180	==== 4.4.3.1 Semtech UDP ====
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	182	[[image:1651744767914-283.png\|\|height="352" width="621"]]
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98.11	184	Note *: See this instruction for how to configure TTN.
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98.11	186	[[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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98.24	188	==== 4.4.3.2 Basic Station ====
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	190	[[image:1651744890629-683.png\|\|height="380" width="621"]]
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98.7	192	Note *: See this instruction for how to configure TTN.
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98.7	194	[[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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98.24	196	=== 4.4.4 LogRead ===
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98.24	198	==== 4.4.4.1 LoRa Log ====
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	200	[[image:1651744955955-452.png\|\|height="571" width="621"]]
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98.7	202	Show the frequency for LoRa Radio and traffics.
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98.24	204	==== 4.4.4.2 System Log ====
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98.7	206	Show system log.
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	208	[[image:1651745003470-264.png\|\|height="477" width="621"]]
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98.24	210	==== 4.4.4.3 Record Log ====
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98.7	212	Record the system log.
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	214	[[image:1651745069814-662.png\|\|height="144" width="621"]]
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98.24	216	= 5. Install stand alone LoRa Packet Forwarder. =
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98.24	218	== 5.1 OS requirement ==
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98.7	220	RPI in this example is RPI model 4B with fresh Raspbian OS install.
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98.30	222	(% class="box" %)
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	224	pi@raspberrypi:~~$ cat /etc/os-release
36.1	225	PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie)"
	226	NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux"
	227	VERSION_ID="8"
	228	VERSION="8 (jessie)"
	229	ID=raspbian
	230	ID_LIKE=debian
	231	HOME_URL="http:~/~/www.raspbian.org/"
	232	SUPPORT_URL="http:~/~/www.raspbian.org/RaspbianForums"
	233	BUG_REPORT_URL="http:~/~/www.raspbian.org/RaspbianBugs"
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98.24	236	== 5.2 Get Gateway ID in Raspberry and input this in TTN v3. ==
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98.7	238	In RPI, run below command to get a Gateway ID
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98.11	240	(% class="box infomessage" %)
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	242	ifconfig eth0
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	245	[[image:1651745210205-512.png\|\|height="130" width="621"]]
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98.7	249	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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	253	[[image:1651745267862-321.png\|\|height="526" width="621"]]
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	255	[[image:1651745306744-481.png\|\|height="478" width="621"]]
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62.1	257	After set up, the status should show not connected as below:
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36.1	259	[[image:1651745366987-458.png\|\|height="363" width="621"]]
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98.24	261	=== 5.2.1 Download and install LoRaWAN packet forwarder ===
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98.8	263	Enable SPI and I2C first:
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98.8	265	a)SPI needs to be enabled on the Raspberry Pi
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98.31	267	Run (% style="background-color:#dcdcdc" %)sudo raspi-config(%%) to open the config window
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98.24	269	[[image:1651745476754-240.png\|\|height="234" width="629"]]
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	271	[[image:image-20220505181135-1.png]]
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98.24	273	[[image:image-20220505181135-2.png\|\|height="229" width="622"]]
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98.8	275	In RPI , Fist: Enter root account:
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98.24	278	[[image:1651745583363-614.png\|\|height="151" width="732"]]
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98.8	281	and then run:
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98.31	283	(% 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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98.31	285	(% style="background-color:#dcdcdc" %)chmod +x ./auto_install.sh
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98.31	287	(% style="background-color:#dcdcdc" %)./auto_install.sh
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98.24	290	[[image:1651745611629-818.png\|\|height="225" width="729"]]
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98.8	293	This will download the packet forwarder package from Dragino Server to RPI, and start install the package.
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98.8	295	You can get these output:
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36.1	298	[[image:1651745657252-173.png\|\|height="426" width="621"]]
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98.24	301	=== 5.2.2 Config Gateway ID, Frequency Band and Server address ===
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98.32	304	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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98.32	308	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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	311	[[image:1651745709709-887.png\|\|height="820" width="621"]]
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98.8	313	User can find the TTN v3 server address from:
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98.8	315	[[Server Addresses ~\| The Things Stack for LoRaWAN (thethingsindustries.com)>>url:https://www.thethingsindustries.com/docs/getting-started/server-addresses/#deployments]]
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98.33	317	And the default frequency band is US915 in (% style="color:#0000ff" %)global_conf.json(%%) file.
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	319	[[image:1651745838008-820.png\|\|height="650" width="621"]]
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98.35	321	* 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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98.8	323	1).Chose your need the name of region frequency.
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98.24	325	[[image:1651745867516-322.png\|\|height="83" width="740"]]
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	327	2). Use this command to copy it.
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	329	cp /etc/lora/cfg-302/EU-global_conf.json /etc/lora/global_conf.json
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98.24	331	[[image:1651745984006-868.png\|\|height="87" width="745"]]
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98.34	333	* If user wants to change to other LoRaWAN server, modify the (% style="color:#0000ff" %)global_conf.json(%%) file.
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98.24	335	=== 5.2.3 Check result ===
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98.8	338	Run below command to restart the dragino_fwd:
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98.8	342	(% class="box infomessage" %)
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	344	sudo systemctl stop draginofwd
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98.8	347	(% class="box infomessage" %)
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98.8	349	sudo systemctl start draginofwd
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98.8	354	debug check the ruing status of fwd:
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98.8	358	(% class="box infomessage" %)
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	360	sudo systemctl status draginofwd
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98.24	364	[[image:1651746045057-414.png\|\|height="193" width="729"]]
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98.8	366	The dragino_fwd will start with the new gateway ID and TTN v3 should show the connection ok:
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	368	[[image:1651746078253-168.png\|\|height="372" width="621"]]
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95.1	371	We can check dragino_fwd running states in RPi by running:
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95.1	373	(% class="box infomessage" %)
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98.37	376	** sudo journalctl -u draginofwd -f
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98.37	379	[[image:1651746111963-838.png\|\|height="184" width="730"]]
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93.1	381	If there are LoRaWAN nodes transmitting nearby, we can see the traffic in TTN v3 –> Gateway ~-~-> Live data
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94.1	383	[[image:1651746139304-966.png\|\|height="326" width="621"]]
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98.24	385	=== 5.2.4 Commands to handle service ===
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98.37	387	* (% style="color:#0000ff" %)Stop (%%)dragino_fwd service: sudo systemctl stop draginofwd
	388	* (% style="color:#0000ff" %)Disable(%%) dragino_fwd auto run after boot: sudo systemctl disable draginofwd
	389	* (% style="color:#0000ff" %)Start (%%)dragino_fwd : sudo systemctl start draginofwd
	390	* (% style="color:#0000ff" %)Auto run(%%) dragino_fwd after boot: sudo systemctl enable draginofwd
	391	* (% style="color:#0000ff" %)Show status (%%)of dragino_fwd: sudo systemctl status draginofwd
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98.25	393	= 6. Order Info =
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98.37	395	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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98.37	397	~ (% style="color:#0000ff" %)XX:(%%)
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98.37	399	* (% style="color:#0000ff" %)868 (%%)(For Bands: EU868,IN865)
	400	* (% style="color:#0000ff" %)915 (%%)(For Bands: US915,AU915,AS923,KR920)
	401	* (% style="color:#0000ff" %)470 (%%)(For Band: CN470)
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98.25	403	= 7. Packing Info =
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98.9	406	PG1302 Package Includes:
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	411	* PG1302 x 1
	412	* LoRa Antenna x 1
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	416	(((
	417	PG1302-PI Package Includes:
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99.5	420	* PG1302 x 1
	421	* LoRa Antenna x 1
	422	* RPi3/4 converter PCB
	423	* Screws to hole converter PCB on RPI.
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	425	(((
	426	= 8. Support =
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98.38	428	(((
98.25	429	If you are experiencing issues and can’t solve, you can send mail to
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98.38	432	(((
98.25	433	[[support@dragino.com>>mailto:support@dragino.com]]
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98.38	436	(((
98.25	437	With your question as detail as possible. We will reply and help you in the shortest.
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