1. Manuals
  2. Brands
  3. Seeed Technology Manuals
  4. Accessories
  5. SenseCAP LoRaWAN 868
  6. User manual

Seeed Technology SenseCAP LoRaWAN 868 User Manual

Hide thumbs
Table of Contents

Advertisement

Quick Links

Download this manual
User Manual
SenseCAP LoRaWAN Sensor User Manual
Version: V1.0
1 / 34
© 2008-2019 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.
www.seeed.cc

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading
Need help?

Need help?

Do you have a question about the SenseCAP LoRaWAN 868 and is the answer not in the manual?

Questions and answers

Summary of Contents for Seeed Technology SenseCAP LoRaWAN 868

  • Page 1 User Manual SenseCAP LoRaWAN Sensor User Manual Version: V1.0 1 / 34 © 2008-2019 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. www.seeed.cc...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Why is the new sensor’s battery not 100%?................34 Why can't I get into configuration mode with the USB to TTL serial tool?....... 34 Support ............................. 34 2 / 34 © 2008-2019 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. www.seeed.cc...

  • Page 3: Product Introduction

    SenseCAP LoRaWAN Sensor Nodes can work with third-party standard LoRaWAN gateways. For users who already have an existing LoRaWAN gateway, please kindly refer to this tutorial about connecting SenseCAP Sensor Nodes with your gateway. 3 / 34 © 2008-2019 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. www.seeed.cc...
  • Page 4 User Manual 4 / 34 © 2008-2019 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. www.seeed.cc...

  • Page 5: Key Parameters Of The Sensor Node

    In the API, replace the Device EUI and device Code with your own Device EUI and Device Code respectively. And you will get the following response: dev_eui Device EUI app_eui App EUI app_key App Key 5 / 34 © 2008-2019 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. www.seeed.cc...
  • Page 6 "lorawanInformation": { "dev_eui": "2CF7F12014700297", "app_eui": "8000000000000006", "app_key": "6FD0EF47CBC6E00F1921A08C2E94E8E5" "time": 0.019 Tips: The SenseCAP LoRaWAN Sensor can modify to EUI and Key. Please refer to the following sections. 6 / 34 © 2008-2019 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. www.seeed.cc...

  • Page 7: Connect To Gateway And Servers

    Channel Channel Channel 0 to 7 8 to 15 16 to 23 24 to 31 32 to 39 40 to 47 48 to 55 56 to 63 7 / 34 © 2008-2019 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. www.seeed.cc...
  • Page 8 924.5 - SF7BW500 to SF12BW500 925.1 - SF7BW500 to SF12BW500 925.7 - SF7BW500 to SF12BW500 926.3 - SF7BW500 to SF12BW500 926.9 - SF7BW500 to SF12BW500 927.5 - SF7BW500 to SF12BW500 8 / 34 © 2008-2019 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. www.seeed.cc...

  • Page 9: Connect To The Sensecap Gateway (Recommend Product)

    Connect to the SenseCAP Gateway (Recommend Product) It only takes 4 steps to get started and install. Step1: Scan code to bind the Gateway and Sensors. Step2: Turn on the Gateway and Sensors. 9 / 34 © 2008-2019 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. www.seeed.cc...
  • Page 10 User Manual Step3: Log on to the SenseCAP Portal to view the data. Step4: Install the gateway and sensors. Refer to SenseCAP LoRaWAN Gateway for more details: https://www.seeedstudio.com/LoRaWAN-Gateway-EU868-p-4305.html 10 / 34 © 2008-2019 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. www.seeed.cc...

  • Page 11: Connect To A Standard Lorawan Gateway

    Wait for about 10 seconds, then the LED will flash quickly for 2 seconds, indicating that the device is connected to the network. 11 / 34 © 2008-2019 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. www.seeed.cc...

  • Page 12: Sensor Node Working Status

    Refer to the gateway user manual to configure the server. Here, a common LoRaWAN Gateway (LPS8-915MHz) is taken as an example to explain how to configure the communication parameters of the Sensor Node. 12 / 34 © 2008-2019 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. www.seeed.cc...
  • Page 13 1) Gateway Registration on TTN TTN website: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org Follow the instruction to create your account, and access “Console”. Register Gateway: ① Gateway EUI: View the labels on the gateway. 13 / 34 © 2008-2019 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. www.seeed.cc...
  • Page 14 TTN console → Application → Add application ① Application ID: Enter a unique name. ② Description: Enter a description. ③ Handler registration: Select the same handler as the gateway router. ④ Add application. 14 / 34 © 2008-2019 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. www.seeed.cc...
  • Page 15 User Manual ① Application → Application EUIS → Manage EUIs. ② →Add EUI. ③ Enter the node’s AppEui that you got in the 3.1 step. ④ →Add EUI. 15 / 34 © 2008-2019 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. www.seeed.cc...
  • Page 16 ② Device EUI: Enter the node’s Device EUI that you got in the previous step. ③ App Key: Enter the node’s App Key that you got in the previous step. ④ App EUI: Select the node’s App EUI. ⑤ Register. 16 / 34 © 2008-2019 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. www.seeed.cc...
  • Page 17 Find radio settings or frequency settings in the background of the gateway. Configure the gateway as Sub-band 2. Please refer to the Configuration Overview for channel settings. 17 / 34 © 2008-2019 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. www.seeed.cc...
  • Page 18 User Manual 5) Power on Refer to the previous steps. 18 / 34 © 2008-2019 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. www.seeed.cc...
  • Page 19 On the Device Overview page, Status turns green. On the Data page, data package is uploaded. For the format of the payload, refer to the Decoding section. 19 / 34 © 2008-2019 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. www.seeed.cc...

  • Page 20: How To Modify The Key Parameters

    Connect serial ports (as shown in the image below), turn on the power, launch the serial port monitoring tool on your computer. USB to TTL Serial Tool Sensor Node Baud Rates 115200 Install the SenseCAP Node Configuration Tool. 20 / 34 © 2008-2019 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. www.seeed.cc...
  • Page 21 Select the COM Port that your tool uses, and click “CONNECT”. Power the Sensor Node. Press “SET” button on the Sensor Controller, meanwhile press “RESET” once, and you will see “SenseCAP”. 21 / 34 © 2008-2019 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. www.seeed.cc...

  • Page 22: Modify The Device Eui, App Eui & Key And Data Interval

    ②App EUI (16 bit) ③App Key (32 bit) ④Data Interval (Sensor collection cycle) (2) For example: modify the Device EUI ① Write the new Device EUI. ② Click “WRITE” 22 / 34 © 2008-2019 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. www.seeed.cc...
  • Page 23 User Manual 23 / 34 © 2008-2019 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. www.seeed.cc...

  • Page 24: Modify The Sub-Band

    User Manual Modify the Sub-band Example: You can type commands at the green cursor: b Set the sub-band to 7: 7 24 / 34 © 2008-2019 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. www.seeed.cc...

  • Page 25: Decoding

    When the Sensor Probe is connected to the Sensor Node Controller correctly, the device can upload data. 25 / 34 © 2008-2019 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. www.seeed.cc...

  • Page 26: Packet Parsing

    4 bytes for content, is the sensor value with CRC The frame content is sent in little-endian byte order Example 1: Air Temperature & Humidity Sensor measurement packet: 010110B068000001021088F400008CFF Divide the data into 3 sections 26 / 34 © 2008-2019 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. www.seeed.cc...
  • Page 27 Divide the data into 3 sections 010410E08D0500 01 is the channel number. （little-endian byte order） 0410 is 0x1004 , which is the measurement ID for CO2. E08D0500 is actually 0x00058DE0, whose equivalent 27 / 34 © 2008-2019 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. www.seeed.cc...
  • Page 28 User Manual decimal value is 364000. Divide it by 1000, and you’ll get the actual measurement value for CO2 as 364ppm. 9802 The CRC verification part. 28 / 34 © 2008-2019 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. www.seeed.cc...

  • Page 29: Battery Information

    Divide the data into 3 sections Battery 00070064000500 Temperature 01011058660000 01 is the channel number. （little-endian byte order） 0110 is 0x1001 , which is the measurement ID for air temperature. 29 / 34 © 2008-2019 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. www.seeed.cc...
  • Page 30 70F80000 is actually 0x0000F870, whose equivalent decimal value is 63600. Divide it by 1000, and you’ll get the actual measurement value for air humidity as 63.6％RH. 443E The CRC verification part. 30 / 34 © 2008-2019 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. www.seeed.cc...

  • Page 31: Device Installation

    70mm in diameter). Please refer to the following image for bracket directions. 2) To install on the wall or other surfaces, you can use self-drilling screws to fasten the bracket onto the 31 / 34 © 2008-2019 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. www.seeed.cc...

  • Page 32: Installing Sensor Nodes

    3) Place two self-drilling screws on the bracket to increase firmness and help prevent theft. Note：Do not insert the Sensor Node into the bracket from the top, or it will not fasten the onto the bracket securely. 32 / 34 © 2008-2019 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. www.seeed.cc...

  • Page 33: Dos And Don'ts In Installing Sensor Probes

    Also, the device should be in a place with good ventilation. ⚫ Use outdoors for a long time If the sensor has wires, install threaded tubes: 33 / 34 © 2008-2019 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. www.seeed.cc...

  • Page 34: Trouble Shooting

    Provide as much information as possible regarding your enquiry (product models, accurately describe your problem and steps to replicate it etc.) and send a mail to: sensecap@seeed.cc 34 / 34 © 2008-2019 Seeed Technology Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. www.seeed.cc...

Table of Contents