Packing the #LoRaWAN gateway in a waterproof enclosure. Yes, there was a good reason to attach that car lamp light bulb to the box.
I got the wong PoE power supply – micro USB instead of USB-C. And that tiny white converter made the whole thing too large to fit. So we had to make a tiny hole for the cable to fit. But had nothing to close the hole with on hand. We did have a cable gland, which gave us enough space for the power cable. A car light bulb was lying around and it was just the right size to plug the cable gland and keep the whole thing relatively waterproof.
And it's up, ready to gather data from sensors I'll be placing in our wetlands. The 6 metre mast is just for testing, if all works well the device will go much higher.
And we'll find a better way to mount the mast. Right now it's stuck in a pipe attached to our rainwater tank. That moose bone we found nearby a few years ago is jammed in the pipe and keeps the whole thing stable.
@szescstopni moose bone powered #LoRaWAN 🦴
@RoboticistDuck Sort of. It would really be "powered" if I burned the bone near a thermocouple, so it's rather "supported" :) But it definitely is an element of our hardware stack.
