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- Page 1 DLOS8N - Outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual last modified by Xiaoling on 2022/07/06 14:58...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
User Manual for All Gateway models - DLOS8N - Outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual Table of Contents 1. Introduction ..................................5 1.1 What is the DLOS8N ..............................5 1.2 Specifications ................................. 6 1.3 Features ..................................7 1.4 Hardware System Structure ............................8 1.5 DLOS8N Applications .............................. - Page 3 10.1 I get kernel error when install new package, how to fix? ..................42 10.2 How to recover the DLOS8N if the firmware crashes ..................43 10.3 I configured DLOS8N for WiFi access and lost its IP. What to do now? ............43 11. Order Info ..................................44 12.
- Page 4 User Manual for All Gateway models - DLOS8N - Outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual Table of Contents： • 1. Introduction • 1.1 What is the DLOS8N • 1.2 Specifications • 1.3 Features • 1.4 Hardware System Structure • 1.5 DLOS8N Applications •...
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Page 5: Introduction
10.1 I get kernel error when install new package, how to fix? • 10.2 How to recover the DLOS8N if the firmware crashes • 10.3 I configured DLOS8N for WiFi access and lost its IP. What to do now? • 11. Order Info •... -
Page 6: Specifications
User Manual for All Gateway models - DLOS8N - Outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual DLOS8N can communicate with ABP LoRaWAN end node without LoRaWAN server. System integrator can use it to integrate with their existing IoT Service without set up own LoRaWAN server or use 3rd party LoRaWAN service. -
Page 7: Features
User Manual for All Gateway models - DLOS8N - Outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual • USB 2.0 host connector x 1 • Mini-PCI E connector x 1 • SX1302 + 2 x SX1250 WiFi Spec: • IEEE 802.11 b/g/n • Frequency Band: 2.4 ~ 2.462GHz •... -
Page 8: Hardware System Structure
User Manual for All Gateway models - DLOS8N - Outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual • IP65 • Lighting Protection • Power Consumption:12v ,300-500mA 1.4 Hardware System Structure Page 8 / 44 - last modified by Xiaoling on 2022/07/06 14:58... -
Page 9: Dlos8N Applications
User Manual for All Gateway models - DLOS8N - Outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual 1.5 DLOS8N Applications 1.6 LED Indicators There is a waterproof triple color LED on DLOS8N enclosure, the meaning of the LED is: Page 9 / 44 - last modified by Xiaoling on 2022/07/06 14:58... -
Page 10: Wifi Direction
DLOS8N use directional WiFi Antenna. The best direction is as below: 2. Access and Configure DLOS8N The DLOS8N is configured as a WiFi Access Point by default. User can access and configure the DLOS8N after connecting to its WiFi network, or via its Ethernet port. -
Page 11: Connect Via Ethernet With Dhcp Ip From Router
At the first boot of DLOS8N, it will auto generate a WiFi network called dragino-xxxxxx with password: dragino+dragino User can use a PC to connect to this WiFi network. The PC will get an IP address 10.130.1.xxx and the DLOS8N has the default IP 10.130.1.1... -
Page 12: Connect Via Ethernet With Fall Back Ip
3.2 Use WAN port to access Internet By default, the DLOS8N is set to use the WAN port to connect to an upstream network. When you connect the DLOS8N's WAN port to an upstream router, DLOS8N will get an IP address from the router and have Internet access via the upstream router. -
Page 13: Access The Internet As A Wifi Client
User Manual for All Gateway models - DLOS8N - Outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual 3.3 Access the Internet as a WiFi Client In the WiFi Client Mode, DLOS8N acts as a WiFi client and gets DHCP from an upstream router via WiFi. The settings for WiFi Client is under page System-->... - Page 14 User Manual for All Gateway models - DLOS8N - Outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual The set up page is System --> Cellular While use the cellular as Backup WAN, device will use Cellular for internet connection while WAN port or WiFi is not valid and switch back to WAN port or WiFi after they recover.
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Page 15: Check Internet Connection
: This interface doesn't connected. 4. Example: Configure as a LoRaWAN gateway DLOS8N 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. Page 15 / 44 - last modified by Xiaoling on 2022/07/06 14:58... -
Page 16: Create A Gateway In Ttn V3 Server
4.1 Create a gateway in TTN V3 Server Step 1: Get a Unique gateway ID. Every DLOS8N has a unique gateway id. The ID can be found at LoRaWAN page: Page 16 / 44 - last modified by Xiaoling on 2022/07/06 14:58... - Page 17 User Manual for All Gateway models - DLOS8N - Outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual The example gateway id is: a840411e96744154 Step 2: Sign up a user account in TTN server https://account.thethingsnetwork.org/register Page 17 / 44 - last modified by Xiaoling on 2022/07/06 14:58...
- Page 18 User Manual for All Gateway models - DLOS8N - Outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual Step 3: Choose the TTNv3 Cluster Picker Note: Choose the cluster corresponds to a specific Gateway server address • Europe 1 corresponding Gateway server address: eu1.cloud.thethings.network • North America 1 corresponding Gateway server address: nam1.cloud.thethings.network...
- Page 19 User Manual for All Gateway models - DLOS8N - Outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual Click the Gateway icon and then click Add gateway. Open the following page: Page 19 / 44 - last modified by Xiaoling on 2022/07/06 14:58...
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Page 20: Configure Dlos8N To Connect To Ttn V3
User Manual for All Gateway models - DLOS8N - Outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual Notice: Gateway Server address must match the gateway configuration, otherwise you will have problem for End Node to join the network. After creating the gateway, you can see the gateway info, as below. - Page 21 User Manual for All Gateway models - DLOS8N - Outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual Note: The server address must match the Gateway server address you choose in TTN V3. In the home page, we can see the LoRaWAN connection is ready now.
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Page 22: Configure Frequency
User Manual for All Gateway models - DLOS8N - Outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual 4.3 Configure frequency We also need to set the frequency plan in DLOS8N to match the end node we use, so to receive the LoRaWAN packets from the LoRaWAN sensor. -
Page 23: Add A Lorawan End Device
User Manual for All Gateway models - DLOS8N - Outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual 4.4 Add a LoRaWAN End Device This section shows how to add a LoRaWAN End device to a LoRaWAN network and see the data from TTN web site. - Page 24 User Manual for All Gateway models - DLOS8N - Outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual • DEV EUI - Unique ID code for a particular device. • APP EUI - ID code for an Application defined in TTN v3. • APP Key - Unique key to secure communications with a particular device.
- Page 25 User Manual for All Gateway models - DLOS8N - Outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual Select OTAA activation mode The LoRaWAN version for your device should be provided by the manufacturer in a datasheet as LoRaWAN version or LoRaWAN specification. The most commonly used LoRaWAN versions are v1.0.2 and v1.0.3.
- Page 26 User Manual for All Gateway models - DLOS8N - Outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual Secondly, choose the corresponding frequency and LoRaWAN class capabilities. Finally, Application layer settings input the corresponding AppKey. Before saving the configuration, check that the data matches the device.
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Page 27: Web Configure
User Manual for All Gateway models - DLOS8N - Outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual 5. Web Configure Pages 5.1 Home Shows the system running status. 5.2 LoRa Settings 5.2.1 LoRa --> LoRa This page shows the LoRa Radio Settings. There are a set of default frequency band according to LoRaWAN protocol, and user can customized the band* as well. -
Page 28: Lora --> Abp Decryption
See this instruction for how to customize frequency band Note *: 5.2.2 LoRa --> ABP Decryption The DLOS8N can communicate with LoRaWAN ABP End Node without the need of LoRaWAN server. It can be used in some cases such as: • No internet connection. -
Page 29: Lorawan Settings
This page is for the connection set up to a general LoRaWAN Network server such as: TTN, ChirpStack Note: *: User can ignore the latitude and longitude settings here, DLOS8N will use the actually value from GPS module. **: Packet filter is to drop the unwanted LoRaWAN packet, instruction see here: See: Filter unwanted LoRaWAN packets 5.3.2 LoRaWAN -->... -
Page 30: Mqtt Settings
User Manual for All Gateway models - DLOS8N - Outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual 5.4 MQTT Settings If end nodes works in ABP mode, user can configure DLOS8N to transfer the data to MQTT broker, Instruction: MQTT Forward Instruction 5.5 System 5.5.1 System -->... -
Page 31: System --> General ( Login Settings)
User Manual for All Gateway models - DLOS8N - Outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual 5.5.2 System --> General ( login settings) System Password: There are two login for DLOS8N: root /dragino or admin /dragino. Both root and admin has the same right for WEB access. -
Page 32: System --> Network
User Manual for All Gateway models - DLOS8N - Outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual 5.5.3 System --> Network LAN Settings: When the DLOS8N has the AP enable, LAN settings specify the network info for DLOS8N's own network. WAN Settings: Setting for DLOS8N WAN port WiFi Settings: Setting for DLOS8N WiFi IP when use it as WiFi Client... -
Page 33: System --> Cellular
While use the cellular as Backup WAN, device will use Cellular for internet connection while WAN port or WiFi is not valid and switch back to WAN port or WiFi after they recover. Note *: For DLOS8N which doesn't have the cellular module, this page will shows Cellular not detected. 5.5.6 System --> Network Status 5.5.7 System -->... - Page 34 User Manual for All Gateway models - DLOS8N - Outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual Page 34 / 44 - last modified by Xiaoling on 2022/07/06 14:58...
- Page 35 User Manual for All Gateway models - DLOS8N - Outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual Please see this document for detail: http://www.dragino.com/downloads/index.php?dir=LoRa_Gateway/LPS8/Firmware/Application_Note/&file=Auto- update-feature.pdf R-SSH is for remote access device and management, introduction for how to use: Remote Access Gateway Page 35 / 44 - last modified by Xiaoling on 2022/07/06 14:58...
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Page 36: System --> Firmware Upgrade
User Manual for All Gateway models - DLOS8N - Outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual 5.5.8 System --> Firmware Upgrade We keep improving the DLOS8N Linux side firmware for new features and bug fixes. Below are the links for reference. • Latest firmware: LoRa Gateway... -
Page 37: System --> Reboot/Reset
User Manual for All Gateway models - DLOS8N - Outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual NOTE*: User can also upgrade firmware via Linux console 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. -
Page 38: Logread
User Manual for All Gateway models - DLOS8N - Outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual Place to show what package has installed and possible to upgrade packages. 5.6 LogRead 5.6.1 LogRead --> LoRa Log Show the frequency for LoRa Radio and traffics. -
Page 39: More Features
LoRaWAN Gateway Instruction(LoRaWAN Gateway) 7. Linux System The DLOS8N is based on the OpenWrt Linux system. It is open source, and users are free to configure and modify the Linux settings. 7.1 SSH Access for Linux console User can access the Linux console via the SSH protocol. Make sure your PC and the DLOS8N are connected to the... -
Page 40: Edit And Transfer Files
User Manual for All Gateway models - DLOS8N - Outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual The “logread -f” command can be used to debug how system runs. 7.2 Edit and Transfer files The DLOS8N supports the protocol and has a built-in SFTP server. There are many ways to edit and transfer files using these protocols. -
Page 41: File System
7.3 File System The DLOS8N 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 42: Upgrade Linux Firmware
9.3 Can I make my own firmware for the gateway, where can I find the source code? Yes, You can make your own firmware for the DLOS8N for branding purposes or to add customized applications. The source code and compile instructions can be found at: https://github.com/dragino/openwrt_lede-18.06... -
Page 43: How To Recover The Dlos8N If The Firmware Crashes
The DLOS8N 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 DLOS8N no matter what the WiFi IP is. The fall back IP is useful for connecting and debug the unit. -
Page 44: Order Info
User Manual for All Gateway models - DLOS8N - Outdoor LoRaWAN Gateway User Manual Please note the latest firmware uses port 8000 for http and 2222 for ssh access. 11. Order Info PART: DLOS8N-XXX-YYY: XXX: Frequency Band • 868 : valid frequency: 863Mhz ~ 870Mhz. for bands EU868, RU864, IN865 or KZ865.
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