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LPS8 LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual
Document Version: 1.0
Firmware Version: LG02_LG08--build-v5.3.1572062709-20191026-1206
Version
Description
1.0
Release
1.0.1
Add trouble shooting for wifi AP not access issue
1.0.2
Change the HTTP Port and SSH port for firmware version > v5.3
LPS8 LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual --- Update:2019-Oct-26
www.dragino.com
Date
2019-Aug-10
2019-Sep-23
2019-Oct-26
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- Page 1 Version Description Date Release 2019-Aug-10 1.0.1 Add trouble shooting for wifi AP not access issue 2019-Sep-23 1.0.2 Change the HTTP Port and SSH port for firmware version > v5.3 2019-Oct-26 1 / 36 LPS8 LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual --- Update:2019-Oct-26...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Features ............................5 Hardware System Structure......................6 LPS8 Applications ........................7 Access LPS8 ..........................8 Access and Configure the LPS8 via WiFi or Ethernet ..............8 Typical Network Setup ......................10 Overview ..........................10 Use WAN port to access Internet ....................10 Access the Internet as a WiFi Client. - Page 3 How can I configure for a customized frequency band? ............26 Can I make my own firmware for LPS8? Where can I find the source code of LPS8? ....31 Can I use the 868Mhz version for 915Mhz bands? ..............31 More FAQs about general LoRa questions ................
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Page 4: Introduction
10 programmable parallel demodulation paths. LPS8 has pre-configured standard LoRaWAN frequency bands to use for different countries. User can also customized the frequency bands to use in their own LoRa network. 4 / 36 LPS8 LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual --- Update:2019-Oct-26... -
Page 5: Specifications
10 programmable parallel demodulation paths Dynamic data-rate (DDR) adaptation True antenna diversity or simultaneous dual-band operation Features Open Source OpenWrt system Managed by Web GUI, SSH via WAN or WiFi 5 / 36 LPS8 LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual --- Update:2019-Oct-26... -
Page 6: Hardware System Structure
Emulates 49x LoRa demodulators LoRaWAN Gateway 10 programmable parallel demodulation paths Hardware System Structure 6 / 36 LPS8 LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual --- Update:2019-Oct-26... -
Page 7: Lps8 Applications
LPS8 Applications 7 / 36 LPS8 LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual --- Update:2019-Oct-26... -
Page 8: Access Lps8
Access and Configure the LPS8 via WiFi or Ethernet The LPS8 is configured as a WiFi Access Point by factory default. You can access and configure the LPS8 after connecting to its WiFi network, or via its WAN Ethernet port. - Page 9 9 / 36 LPS8 LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual --- Update:2019-Oct-26...
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Page 10: Typical Network Setup
Use WAN port to access Internet By default, the LPS8 is set to use the WAN port to connect to an upstream network. When you connect the LPS8’s WAN port to an upstream router, the LPS8 will get an IP address from the router and have Internet access via the upstream router. -
Page 11: Access The Internet As A Wifi Client
Access the Internet as a WiFi Client. In the WiFi Client Mode, the LPS8 acts as a WiFi client and gets DHCP from an upstream router via WiFi. The steps to set up as a WiFi Client are as below: Step1: In Network ->... -
Page 12: Check Internet Connection
In the Network->Wireless page, disable WiFi AP network. This step is important, the LPS WiFi interface can only WiFi AP or WiFi Client mode at a time. Note: After doing that, you will lose connection if your PC connects to the LPS8 via LPS8’s WiFi network. -
Page 13: Example: Configure As A Lorawan Gateway
4 Example: Configure as a LoRaWAN gateway LPS8 is fully compatible with LoRaWAN protocol. It uses the legacy Semtech Packet forwarder to forward the LoRaWAN packets to server. The structure is as below. This chapter describes how to use the LPS8 to work with www.thethingsnetwork.org... -
Page 14: Create A Gateway In Ttn Server
Create a gateway in TTN Server Step 1: Get a Unique gateway ID. Every LPS8 has a unique gateway id. The ID can be found at LoRaWAN page: The example gateway id is: a840411b8268ffff Step 2: Sign up a user account in TTN server... - Page 15 Step 3: Create a Gateway Click on the Gateways icon to open the page below: After creating the gateway, you can see the gateway info, as below. 15 / 36 LPS8 LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual --- Update:2019-Oct-26...
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Page 16: Configure Lps8 To Connect To Ttn
Configure LPS8 to connect to TTN You can now configure the LPS8 to let it connect to TTN network. Make sure your LPS8 has a working Internet Connection first. Step1: Configure LPS8 to act as raw forwarder Step2: Input server info and gateway id Choose the correct the server address and gateway ID. -
Page 17: Configure Frequency
Check Result After making the above settings, the LPS8 should be able to connect to TTN. Below is the result seen from TTN: Configure frequency After making the settings above, the LPS8 will be able to act as a LoRaWAN gateway. -
Page 18: Add A Lorawan End Device
LoRa WAN server. For the TTN server, you can use the codes set in the device as in the following example. 18 / 36 LPS8 LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual --- Update:2019-Oct-26... - Page 19 TTN. Select the Data tab and you will see the data appearing in the panel. Note that it may take some time for the device data to appear in the TTN display. 19 / 36 LPS8 LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual --- Update:2019-Oct-26...
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Page 21: Linux System
5 Linux System The LPS8 is based on the OpenWrt Linux system. It is open source, and users are free to configure and modify the Linux settings. SSH Access for Linux console You can access the Linux console via the SSH protocol. Make sure your PC and the LPS8 are... -
Page 22: Edit And Transfer Files
Screenshot is as below: File System The LPS8 has a 16MB flash and a 64MB RAM. The /var and /tmp directories are in the RAM, so contents stored in /tmp and /var will be erased after rebooting the device. Other directories are in the flash and will remain after reboot. -
Page 23: Package Maintenance System
There are more than 3000+ packages available in our package server for users to install for their applications. For example, if you want to add the iperf tool, you can install the related packages and configure LPS8 to use iperf . -
Page 24: Upgrade Linux Firmware
6 Upgrade Linux Firmware We keep improving the LPS8 Linux side firmware for new features and bug fixes. The latest firmware can be found on LoRa Gateway Firmware, http://www.dragino.com/downloads/index.php?dir=LoRa_Gateway/LG02-OLG02/Firmware The Change Log can be found here: Firmware Change Log. - Page 25 SCP the firmware to the system /var directory and then run root@OpenWrt:~# /sbin/sysupgrade –n /var/Your_Image NOTE: it is important to transfer the image in the /var directory, otherwise it may exceed the available flash size. 25 / 36 LPS8 LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual --- Update:2019-Oct-26...
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Page 26: Faq
7 FAQ How can I configure for a customized frequency band? You can customize your LoRaWAN channel on LPS8. For example if you want to set the gateway to meet the India LoROIT frequency band: 26 / 36 LPS8 LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual --- Update:2019-Oct-26... - Page 27 Step 2: Configure Radio 0 & 1 Frequency The LPS8 has two Radios from SX1308. You can configure these eight channels based on these two radios. Go to the Radio Settings page and enable Radio 0 to 865700000 and enable Radio 1 to 866500000.
- Page 28 Below are the settings for the LoRiot frequency plan: Channel 0 frequency = radio0 –300000Hz = 865700000- 300000 = 865.4Mhz Channel 1 frequency = 865.6Mhz Channel 2 frequency = 865.8Mhz 28 / 36 LPS8 LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual --- Update:2019-Oct-26...
- Page 29 Channel 3 frequency = 866.0Mhz Channel 4 frequency = 866.2Mhz Channel 5 frequency = 866.4Mhz Channel 6 frequency = 866.6Mhz Channel 7 frequency = 866.8Mhz Channel LoRaSTDfrequency = 865.7Mhz, SF7, BW250Khz 29 / 36 LPS8 LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual --- Update:2019-Oct-26...
- Page 30 Step 4: Save & Apply & check result in logread page. 30 / 36 LPS8 LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual --- Update:2019-Oct-26...
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Page 31: Can I Make My Own Firmware For Lps8? Where Can I Find The Source Code Of Lps8
Can I make my own firmware for LPS8? Where can I find the source code of LPS8? Yes, You can make your own firmware for the LPS8 for branding purposes or to add customized applications. The LPS8 source code and compile instructions can be found at: https://github.com/dragino/openwrt_lede-18.06... -
Page 32: Trouble Shooting
* opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package kmod-dragino2-si3217x. In this case, you can use the –force-depends option to install such package as long as the actual kernel version is the same. Opkg install kmod-dragino2-si3217x_3.10.49+0.2-1_ar71xx.ipk –force-depends 32 / 36 LPS8 LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual --- Update:2019-Oct-26... -
Page 33: How To Recover The Lps8 If The Firmware Crashes
I configured LPS8 for WiFi access and lost its IP. What to do now? The LPS8 has a fall-back IP address on its WAN port. This IP is always enabled so you can use the fall-back IP to access LPS8 no matter what the WiFi IP is. The fall back IP is useful for connecting and debug the unit. -
Page 34: I Connect To The Lps8'S Ssid But Lps8 Didn't Assign Dhcp Ip To My Laptop
Netmask: 255.255.255.252 As below photo: 3. In the PC, use IP address 172.31.255.254 to access the LPS8 via Web or Console. I connect to the LPS8’s SSID but LPS8 didn’t assign DHCP IP to my laptop? This is a known bug for the firmware version before 2019-09-23 for LPS, the issue was fixed since version: LG02_LG08--build-v5.2.1569218466-20190923-1402. -
Page 35: Order Info
PART: LPS8-XXX-YYY XXX: Frequency Band 868: valid frequency: 863Mhz ~ 870Mhz. for band EU868 or IN865. 915: valid frequency: 902Mhz ~ 928Mhz. for bands US915, AU915, AS923 or KR920 35 / 36 LPS8 LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual --- Update:2019-Oct-26... -
Page 36: Packing Info
12 Reference Source code for LPS8 LoRa Gateway https://github.com/dragino/openwrt_lede-18.06 OpenWrt official Wiki http://www.openwrt.org/ Firmware http://www.dragino.com/downloads/index.php?dir=LoRa_Gateway/LPS8-OLPS8/Firmware/ 36 / 36 LPS8 LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual --- Update:2019-Oct-26...
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