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- Page 1 User Manual for Pilot Gateway Pro RAK7243 WisDevice Series Version V1.1 | January 2019 www.RAKwireless.com Visit our website for more document. 16 PAGES...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
RAK7243 Table of Contents Overview..............................4 Introduction............................4 Main Features............................ 5 Pilot Gateway Pro RAK7243........................6 Overview............................. 6 Interfaces............................6 System Structure..........................7 LoRa Operating Frequencies......................7 Hardware Structure..........................7 2.5.1 LoRa Concentrator RAK2245 Pi HAT................8 Power Requirements.........................8 Environmental Requirements......................8 LoRa RF Characteristics........................ - Page 3 RAK7243 List of Tables Table 1 | LoRa Operating Frequencies..................... 7 Table 2 | Power Requirements........................8 Table 3 | Environment Requirements......................8 Table 4 | RF Output Power Level.......................9 Table 5 | TX RF Characteristics....................... 10 Table 6 | RX RF Characteristics.......................10 Table 7 | LoRa Antenna Parameter......................11 Table 8 | GPS Environmental Requirements..................
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Page 4: Overview
RAK7243 Overview Introduction The RAK7243 Pilot Gateway Pro is a device that consists of Raspberry Pi 3B+, RAK2245 Pi HAT which includes a GPS module and a Heat Sink for better performance and thermal heat dissipation management. And it’s housing is built with an aluminum casing. -
Page 5: Main Features
RAK7243 Figure 1 | Pilot Gateway Pro Overview Main Features Computing with Raspberry Pi 3B+(Linux). SX1301 base band processor, emulates 49 x LoRa demodulators 10 programmable parallel demodulation paths, support 8 uplinks channel, 1 downlink channel. Built-in the Ublox MAX-7Q GPS Module. Built-in Heat Sink for thermal heat dissipation management. -
Page 6: Pilot Gateway Pro Rak7243
RAK7243 Pilot Gateway Pro RAK7243 Overview The outer dimension of Pilot Gateway Pro is 92 x 68.3 x 53.5 mm as shown below. Figure 2 | Outer Dimensions Interfaces Figure 3 | Interfaces RAK7243 User Manual V1.1... -
Page 7: System Structure
RAK7243 System Structure The following figure shows the basic concept for LoRaWAN system. RAK7243 Pilot Gateway Pro is the central hardware solution for all LoRa based radio communication. It receives and transmits radio messages. The processing of radio messages as well as the protocol related tasks is done by embedded host system (Raspberry Pi). -
Page 8: Lora Concentrator Rak2245 Pi Hat
RAK7243 LoRa Concentrator RAK2245 Pi HAT 2.5.1 RAK2245 Pi HAT is a LoRa Concentrator board which follows the Pi HAT standard, and can be mounted to Pi board with 40-pin connector. RAK2245 Pi HAT Figure 5 | LoRa Hardware Structure Power Requirements The Pilot Gateway Pro can be powered by micro USB with 5V. -
Page 9: Lora Rf Characteristics
RAK7243 LoRa RF Characteristics Transmitter RF Characteristics 2.8.1 The RAK2245 has an excellent transmitter performance. It is highly recommended to use an optimized configuration for the power level configuration, which is part of the HAL. This results in a mean RF output power level and current consumption. -
Page 10: Receiver Rf Characteristics
RAK7243 Table 5 | TX RF Characteristics Receiver RF Characteristics 2.8.2 It is highly recommended, to use optimized RSSI calibration values, which is part of the HAL v3.1. For both, Radio 1 and 2, the RSSI-Offset should be set - 169.0. -
Page 11: Antenna
RAK7243 Antenna LoRa Antenna Overview 3.1.1 The LoRa Antenna with RP-SMA female connector shown as follow figures. Figure 6 | LoRa Antenna Overview Antenna Dimension 3.1.2 The antenna's mechanical dimension is shown below: Figure 7 | LoRa Antenna Dimension Antenna Parameter 3.1.3 Items Specifications... -
Page 12: Gps Antenna
RAK7243 GPS Antenna Overview 3.2.1 The GPS antenna for Pilot Gateway Pro is shown below. Figure 8 | GPS Antenna GPS Antenna Dimensions 3.2.2 Figure 9 | GPS Antenna Dimensions GPS Environmental Requirements 3.2.3 The antenna environmental requirements are listed in the table below: Conditions Temperature Humidity... -
Page 13: Gps Antenna Parameter
Table 9 | GPS Antenna Parameter Flash the Gateway Image When you received your gateway, firstly you need flash the gateway image by yourself. Please refer to the Image Start Quide for RAK7243, here is the link: https://www.rakwireless.com/en/download/LoRa/Pilot-Gateway-Pro-RAK7243#Application- Notes RAK7243 User Manual V1.1... -
Page 14: Warning
.This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20 cm between the radiator& your body. Manufacture name and address： Shenzhen Rakwireless Technology Co., Ltd. Room 506, Bldg B, New Compark, Pingshan First Road, Taoyuan Street, Nanshan District, Shenzhen... -
Page 15: Contact Information
RAK7243 Contact Information Shenzhen Business ken.yu@rakwireless.com Room 506, Bldg B, New Compark, Pingshan First Road, Taoyuan Street, Nan shan District, Shenzhen Shenzhen Technical steven.tang@rakwireless.com 0755-86108311 Room 506, Bldg B, New Compark, Pingshan First Road, Taoyuan Street, Nan Shan District, Shenzhen... -
Page 16: Revision History
Terry & Penn Terry About RAKwireless: RAKwireless is the pioneer in providing innovative and diverse cellular and LoRa connectivity solutions for IoT edge devices. It's easy and modular design can be used in different IoT applications and accelerate time-to-market. For more information, please visit RAKwireless website at www.rakwireless.com.