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LPS8v2 LoRaWAN Indoor Gateway User Manual
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  • Page 1 LPS8v2 LoRaWAN Indoor Gateway User Manual last modified by Xiaoling on 2023/03/22 17:06...
  • Page 2 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ..................................4 1.1 What is LPS8v2 ................................4...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

        Table of Contents： • 1. Introduction • 1.1 What is LPS8v2 • 1.2 Specifications • 1.3 Features • 1.4 Block Diagram • 1.5 LED Indicators • 1.6 Button Intruction • 2. Quick Start • 2.1 Connects to the network and accesses the gateway Web UI •...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    (via Optional 4G module). The LoRa wireless allows users to send data and reach extremely long ranges at low data rates. The LPS8v2 is fully compatible with LoRaWAN protocol. It supports different kinds of LoRaWAN Network Connections such as: Semtech UDP Packet Forwarder, LoRaWAN Basic Station, ChirpStack MQTT Bridge, and so on.

  • Page 5: Specifications

    1.2 Specifications Hardware System: • CPU: Quad-core Cortex-A7 1.2Ghz • RAM: 512MB • eMMC: 4GB Interface: • 10M/100M RJ45 Ports x 1 • Multi-Channel LoRaWAN Wireless • WiFi 802.11 b/g/n • Sensitivity: -140dBm • Max Output Power: 27dBm Operating Condition: •...

  • Page 6: Button Intruction

    # WIFI LED: This LED shows the WIFI interface connection status. 1.6 Button Intruction LPS8-V2 has a black toggle button, which is: # Long press 4-5s                   : the gateway will reload the Network and Initialize wifi configuration                                                       LED status:  ETH LED will BLINKIND BULE Until the reload is finished. # Long press more than 10s:    the gateway will restore the factory settings.

  • Page 7: Method 2:  Connect Via Lps8-V2 Fallback Ip

    Method 2:  Connect via LPS8-V2 Fallback IP Steps to connect via fallback IP: 1. Connect the PC's Ethernet port to LPS8-V2's WAN port 2. Configure PC's Ethernet port has IP: 172.31.255.253 and Netmask: 255.255.255.252 As in the below photo:...
  • Page 8 3. In the PC, use IP address 172.31.255.254 to access the LPS8-V2 via Web or Console.

  • Page 9: Method 3:  Connect Via Wifi With Dhcp Ip From The Router

    Method 3:  Connect via WiFi with DHCP IP from the router...
  • Page 10 Fill in the WiFi information by checking the box and clicking Save&Apply Wi-Fi configuration successful...

  • Page 11: Access Configure Web Ui

    2.1.2 Access Configure Web UI Web Interface Open a browser on the PC and type the LPS8-V2 ip address (depends on your connect method) http://IP_ADDRESS  or http://172.31.255.254(Fallback IP)

  • Page 12: The Lps8-V2 Is Registered And Connected To The Things Network

    You will see the login interface of LPS8-V2 as shown below. The account details for Web Login are: User Name: root Password:   dragino 2.2 The LPS8-V2 is registered and connected to The Things Network 2.2.1 Select your area frequency First, you need to set the frequency plan in LPS8-V2 to match the end node we use, so to receive the LoRaWAN packets from the LoRaWAN sensor.

  • Page 13: Get The Only Gateway Eui

    2.2.2 Get the only gateway EUI Every LPS8-V2 has a unique gateway id. The ID can be found on LoRaWAN Semtech page:...
  • Page 14 Note: Choose the cluster that corresponds to a specific Gateway server address # Europe 1:                 corresponding Gateway server address:      eu1.cloud.thethings.network # North America 1:    corresponding Gateway server address:      n am1.cloud.thethings.network # Australia 1:              corresponding Gateway server address:      au1.cloud.thethings.network # Legacy V2 Console: TTN v2 shuts down in December 2021...

  • Page 15: Register The Gateway To The Things Network

    2.2.3 Register the gateway to The Things Network Login to The Things Network https://console.cloud.thethings.network/ Add the gateway Get it online...
  • Page 16 This page shows the LoRa Radio Settings. There is a set of default frequency bands according to LoRaWAN protocol, and users can customize the band* as well. Different LPS8v2 hardware versions can support different frequency ranges: • 868: valid frequency: 863Mhz ~ 870Mhz. for bands EU868, RU864, IN865, or KZ865.
  • Page 17 Note *: See this instruction for how to customize the frequency band: How to customized LoRaWAN frequency band - DRAGINO 3.3 LoRaWAN Settings 3.3.1 LoRaWAN --> LoRaWAN Semtech UDP This page is for the connection set up to a general LoRaWAN Network server such as TTN, ChirpStack, etc.
  • Page 18 3.3.2 LoRaWAN --> LoRaWAN Basic Station This page is for the connection set up to the TTN Basic Station, AWS-IoT, etc.
  • Page 19 Please see this instruction to know more detail and a demo for how to use of LoRaWAN Basic Station: Use of LoRaWAN Basic Station - DRAGINO 3.4 Network Settings 3.4.1 Network --> WiFi 3.4.2 Network --> System Status...
  • Page 20 3.4.3 Network --> Network In the Network --> Network interface, Users can set the Ethernet WAN static ip address.
  • Page 21 3.4.4 Network --> Cellular In the Network --> Cellular interface, Users can Enable Cellular WAN and configure Celluar. Note: APN cannot be empty. After the configuration is complete, return to the Home interface and put the mouse on the Cell icon to check the Cellualr state.
  • Page 22 3.5 System 3.5.1 System --> System Overview Shows the system info:...
  • Page 23 3.5.2 System --> System General In the System-> System General interface, Users can customize the configuration System Password and set Timezone. In addition, Users can customize the FallBack IP address.
  • Page 24 3.5.3 System --> Backup/Restore 3.5.4 System --> Remoteit In the System-> Remoteit interface, users can configure the gateway to be accessed remotely via Remote.it. the users can refer to this link to configure them: Monitor & Remote Access Gateway...
  • Page 25 3.5.5 System --> Package Management In the System --> Package Management interface, Users can check the current version of Core Packages.
  • Page 26 4. Build-in Server Node-Red, and LoRaWAN The default factory version of LPS8-V2 is installed with the built-in Applicant server: Server: The Things Network - Stack (Open Source 3.19 Version).
  • Page 27 4.1 LoRaWAN Network  Server -- The Things Network - Stack (TTN- You can access the gateway's built-in LNS server of The Things Network - Stack via the URL( http:// <hostname>:8080 or http://<local-IPV4-address> ) in your browser. Such as  http://dragino-54ff12:8080  or http://<Local-IPV4-Address> Login account: User ID:              admin Password:          dragino...
  • Page 28 4.1.1 The LPS8-V2 is registered and connected to Built-in The Things Network Users need to set the Service Provider to Local Host/Build-in Server  and click "Save&Apply" The registration steps are basically similar to LPS8-V2 is registered and connected to The Things Network...
  • Page 29 4.2 Application Server -- Node-Red You can access the gateway's built-in AS server of Node-Red via the URL(http://<hostname>:1880 or http:// <local-IPV4-address>) in your browser. Such as http://dragino-54ff12:1880  or http://<Local-IPV4-Address>...
  • Page 30 The LPS8-V2 supports this combination, the default, Node-red is pre-installed but the InfluxDB and Grafana is not pre-installed. the users can refer to this link to install them. http://wiki.dragino.com/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Armbian%20OS%20instruction/ #H2.6HowtoinstallGrafanaandinfluxdb 4.3 How to disable the built-in server Use the following commands to start and stop the TTNv3 service:...
  • Page 31 4.4 How to use ChirpStack on LPS8-V2 By default, the built-in LoRaWAN network server used on LPS8v2 is TTNv3, so users need to disable TTNv3 services and follow this link to install chirpstack: ChirpStack open-source LoRaWAN® Network Server documentation 5.
  • Page 32 In the PC,you can use the serial port tool(such as putty in Windows), you need to set the serial baud rate to 115200 to access the serial console for LPS8v2. LPS8v2 will output system info once power on as below:...
  • Page 34 6. Use the helium gateway-rs as the Data-only Hotspot Step 1: Configure Frequency Band Each country has a requirement for frequency region. Choose the right one for your area.
  • Page 35 Step 2: Configure the forward address Select one of the servers to configure. For example:...
  • Page 36 Step 3: Download and Install the Helium-gateway-rs Access the gateway CLI via SSH. Download gateway-rs.
  • Page 37 Command: wget http://repo.dragino.com/release/tool/gateway-rs/helium-gateway-v1.0.0-alpha.31- raspi234.deb Install gateway-rs. Command: dpkg -i helium-gateway-v1.0.0-alpha.31-raspi234.deb  Modify configuration. region=<Enter regional parameters> \ && sed -i '/region/d' /etc/helium_gateway/settings.toml && sed -i "1 i\region = \"$region\"" /etc/ helium_gateway/settings.toml \ && sed -i '/region/d' /etc/helium_gateway/default.toml && sed -i "22 i\region = \"$region\"" /etc/ helium_gateway/default.toml...
  • Page 38 So you have to finish the onboarding, ---Please refer to Step 2.7 to onboarding your LPS8-V2. 7. OTA System Update LPS8v2 supports system auto update via OTA, please see this URL for the detail of this feature.
  • Page 39 8. Trouble Shooting 8.1  I can't log in to the built-in Server TTN Stack which shows 'Login failed'. This is caused by the inconsistency between the built-in TTN-Stack domain configuration and your login URL. By default, ttn-stack uses the gateway's domain name for URL resolution, but in some networks, they prefer to resolve IP-v4 addresses.
  • Page 40 9. Supports If you are experiencing issues and can't solve them, you can send mail to support@dragino.com. With your question as detailed as possible. We will reply and help you in the shortest. 10. Reference • Install Tago Core: Refer Install Tago Core in LPS8v2 in Instruction.
  • Page 41 13. FCC Warning This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.

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