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[ Type here ] Sontay Limited Four Elms Road, Edenbridge Kent TN8 6AB, UK +44 (0) 1732 861200 sales@sontay.com www.sontay.com Modbus User Guide RF-LW-MODB LoRaWAN Wireless Modbus Bridge • LoRaWAN long range wireless • Externally powered 12-24V • Modbus RTU RS485...
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[ Type here ] Sontay Limited Four Elms Road, Edenbridge Kent TN8 6AB, UK +44 (0) 1732 861200 sales@sontay.com www.sontay.com • Up to 32 Modbus registers per Modbus unit • 2-part Screw terminals, 2 x RS485 connectors Introduction LoRa devices can be configured using OTAA (Over-the-Air-Activation) or ABP (Activation- byPersonalisation).
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[ Type here ] Sontay Limited Four Elms Road, Edenbridge Kent TN8 6AB, UK +44 (0) 1732 861200 sales@sontay.com www.sontay.com The unique DevEUI is printed on all devices and is also present in the QR code. The DevEUI can be used to identify the device once joined to the network.
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[ Type here ] Sontay Limited Four Elms Road, Edenbridge Kent TN8 6AB, UK +44 (0) 1732 861200 sales@sontay.com www.sontay.com Switch to the ON position Once powered ON, the device will send a Join request message to the Conduit. The Status LED will blink RED as shown below whilst the Join process is taking place.
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[ Type here ] Sontay Limited Four Elms Road, Edenbridge Kent TN8 6AB, UK +44 (0) 1732 861200 sales@sontay.com www.sontay.com Blinking Green LED – Device Successfully Joined Setting / changing the LoRa keys If the LoRa gateway has matching keys the join process will happen automatically once the Modbus unit is in wireless range and switched on.
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[ Type here ] Sontay Limited Four Elms Road, Edenbridge Kent TN8 6AB, UK +44 (0) 1732 861200 sales@sontay.com www.sontay.com In your terminal program press the Enter key. A summary screen will appear as shown below. The default password is the last four digits of the displayed DevEUI, in the screen below this is 83ed.
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[ Type here ] Sontay Limited Four Elms Road, Edenbridge Kent TN8 6AB, UK +44 (0) 1732 861200 sales@sontay.com www.sontay.com will enter the default AppEUI which you can then edit. Press Enter when the key is correctly entered to return to the Quick Start Settings Menu.
[ Type here ] Sontay Limited Four Elms Road, Edenbridge Kent TN8 6AB, UK +44 (0) 1732 861200 sales@sontay.com www.sontay.com Export Settings To Export the settings, follow the steps below. From the main menu enter c for Configure Device. Main menu Modbus menu Next select m for Import / Export followed by e for Export.
[ Type here ] Sontay Limited Four Elms Road, Edenbridge Kent TN8 6AB, UK +44 (0) 1732 861200 sales@sontay.com www.sontay.com Copy the table by highlighting the table and then select Alt-C on the keyboard to copy the table to the clipboard. You can now paste this into a spreadsheet such as Excel. Convert the data to columns for easy editing by selecting Data tab and “Text to column”...
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[ Type here ] Sontay Limited Four Elms Road, Edenbridge Kent TN8 6AB, UK +44 (0) 1732 861200 sales@sontay.com www.sontay.com Successfully imported configuration table. Test your settings by selecting a from the Modbus menu to read all data points as shown below.
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[ Type here ] Sontay Limited Four Elms Road, Edenbridge Kent TN8 6AB, UK +44 (0) 1732 861200 sales@sontay.com www.sontay.com Read Modbus registers Registered in England No. 04897542 Registered Office: Four Elms Road, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 6AB...
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[ Type here ] Sontay Limited Four Elms Road, Edenbridge Kent TN8 6AB, UK +44 (0) 1732 861200 sales@sontay.com www.sontay.com Registered in England No. 04897542 Registered Office: Four Elms Road, Edenbridge, Kent, TN8 6AB...
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