Many thanks to @RTP for creating the awesome all-in-one Armbian image for #PineDio #LoRa Gateway! 🙏
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/politictech/pinedio-armbian-image-chirpstack-ttn
Flash @RTP's awesome all-in-one Armbian image to a microSD Card ... Boot it on #PineDio #LoRa Gateway ... ChirpStack and #TheThingsNetwork Packet Forwarder are up!
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/politictech/pinedio-armbian-image-chirpstack-ttn
SSH to #PineDio LoRa Gateway ... Check #TheThingsNetwork Packet Forwarder Log at /var/log/daemon.log
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/politictech/pinedio-armbian-image-chirpstack-ttn
Configure #PineDio LoRa Gateway with "sudo gateway-config" ... Exactly like RAKwireless Gateways!
https://docs.rakwireless.com/Product-Categories/WisGate/RAK7244C/Quickstart/#accessing-the-internet
Select the #LoRa Frequency for #PineDio Gateway in gateway-config
https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/docs/lorawan/frequencies-by-country/
We configure the Packet Forwarder in #PineDio Gateway with gateway-config ... We'll get the settings from The Things Network in a while
https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/ttn#add-gateway-to-the-things-network
But first we run "gateway-version" to fetch the #LoRa Gateway ID from #PineDio Gateway
https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/ttn#add-gateway-to-the-things-network
Log on to #TheThingsNetwork and create a Gateway ... Fill in the Gateway ID for our #PineDio Gateway
https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/ttn#add-gateway-to-the-things-network
Download the Packet Forwarder Settings from #TheThingsNetwork
https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/ttn#add-gateway-to-the-things-network
Copy these settings into our #PineDio Gateway's Packet Forwarder Config (in gateway-config)
https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/ttn#add-gateway-to-the-things-network
#PineDio Gateway now forwarding #LoRa Messages from Nearby Devices to #TheThingsNetwork 🎉
https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/ttn#add-gateway-to-the-things-network
#PineDio Gateway generally shows slightly weaker Received Signal Strength (RSSI) than RAK7248 ... Prolly due to antenna 🤔
Nope I can't swap antennas for #PineDio Gateway and RAK7248 ... They don't match
But I'm super delighted to have 2 operational gateways on #TheThingsNetwork ... Thanks to #PineDio Gateway @PINE64 ! 👍
Testing #PineDio LoRa Gateway @PINE64 ... And connecting it to #TheThingsNetwork ... All shall be explained in this article
We're testing the pre-production #PineDio #LoRa Gateway ... And it works beautifully! 👍
https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/gateway?4#inside-pinedio-gateway
Setting the #LoRa Frequency on #PineDio Gateway
https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/gateway?6#set-lora-frequency
Our #PineDio Gateway is connected to #TheThingsNetwork! 🎉
Testing #PineDio #LoRa Gateway ... With PineDio Stack BL604 @PINE64
https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/gateway?10#test-with-pinedio-stack
λ / 2 vs λ / 4 ... Yep Antenna Length matters when receiving #LoRa packets
Yep multiple #LoRa Gateways can receive the same message in #TheThingsNetwork! 👍
https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/gateway?11#test-with-pinedio-stack
Benchmarking #PineDio #LoRa Gateway @PINE64 ... With RAKwireless RAK7248 Gateway
https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/gateway?12#benchmark-with-rakwireless-wisgate
#PineDio LoRa Gateway and #RAKwireless RAK7248 use different antennas though
https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/gateway?15#compare-antennas
#LoRa Antennas are typically "λ / 2" or "λ / 4" long
https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/gateway?16#compare-antennas
@lupyuen It also makes difference on TX, 1/4 wave antenna without proper ground plane / counterpoise will make a huge amount of common-mode current.
@Neo_Chen Yep thanks for the tip! 👍
@lupyuen I hate RP-SMA so much. 😂
#PineDio Gateway shows slightly weaker Signal Strength (RSSI) for received #LoRa Packets ... Maybe due to antenna? 🤔
https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Pinedio#Gateway