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Sadly our Gateway didn't receive any LoRaWAN Packets transmitted by ... Let's look inside the transmitted packets ... And verify the transmission with Airspy SDR

github.com/lupyuen/bl_iot_sdk/

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"Join Network" Packet transmitted by ... Looks similar to the one transmitted by BL602 ... Nonce and Message Integrity Code will differ of course

github.com/lupyuen/wisblock-lo

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Here are the Packets transmitted by RAKwireless ... Captured by Airspy SDR and CubicSDR

youtu.be/xdyi6XCo8Z8

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vs : Join Network Request ... Let's check the Nonce and Message Integrity Code ... Wonder if we can retransmit the BL602 packet from WisBlock 🤔

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Let's copy the Join Network Request generated by ... And retransmit with ... Surprise: the Join Request succeeds! 😲 Which proves the Nonce and Message Integrity Code are OK ... Probably the BL602 Power Amplifier setting is wrong 🤔

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But wait: Will allow replayed "Join Network" Requests? 😲 Nope it doesn't! will reject Replayed Requests because the Nonce needs to be unique ... Here's how we find Nonce Errors in RAKwireless WisGate

github.com/lupyuen/bl_iot_sdk/

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We should always select "Public LoRa Network" (instead of Private) ... So that our Driver will transmit Public Sync Word 0x3444 (instead of 0x1424) ... Duh! 🙄

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transmits a packet to Gateway and receives the response ... Why is BL602 transmitting at Lower Power, when the Power Amplifier is enabled? 🤔

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3 Stacks ... 3 different implementations of Carrier Sensing ... My apologies to Fans in Japan and South Korea 🙏

lupyuen.github.io/articles/lor

Can't wait to connect to our new Gateway @ThePine64! ... Stay tuned for fun adventures with Lisp and Scratch on BL602

lupyuen.github.io/articles/lor

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