Bought the RAKwireless #LoRaWAN Gateway: #WisGate Developer D4H ... Will benchmark this with #Pine64 LoRa Gateway (Also based on RAKwireless RAK2287)

https://docs.rakwireless.com/Product-Categories/WisGate/RAK7248/Datasheet/

ChirpStack (open source #LoRaWAN server) is preinstalled on @RAKwireless #WisGate ... We shall test this with #BL602 and #WisBlock

https://docs.rakwireless.com/Product-Categories/WisGate/RAK7244C/Quickstart/#connect-the-gateway-with-chirpstack

#ChirpStack on RAKwireless #WisGate can generate random Application Keys for #LoRaWAN Over-The-Air Activation (OTAA) ... We shall use keys to activate our #BL602 and #WisBlock devices wirelessly

https://www.thethingsindustries.com/docs/devices/abp-vs-otaa/

Our RAKwireless #WisGate Gateway has received over 800 #LoRaWAN Packets in a day ... And I haven't powered on my BL602 and WisBlock gadgets yet! 🤔

https://docs.rakwireless.com/Product-Categories/WisGate/RAK7244C/Quickstart/#connect-the-gateway-with-chirpstack

Something (or Someone) is transmitting #LoRaWAN Packets every minute ... Signal Strength (RSSI) shows that they're a few hundred metres away

https://gist.github.com/lupyuen/8dacf002196507695a7624ef7f80a34f

Based on earlier #LoRa Coverage Testing (with #BL602 and #WisBlock) ... High chance that our Mystery #LoRaWAN Transmitter is at the nearby Subway Station 🤔

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/wisblock#analyse-the-lora-coverage

Someday I might walk around with RAKwireless #WisGate to find the Mystery #LoRaWAN Transmitter ... But for now let's test WisGate with WisBlock and BL602!

https://docs.rakwireless.com/Product-Categories/WisGate/RAK7248/Datasheet/

Still fixing #LoRaWAN Driver for #BL602 ... So let's test WisGate with WisBlock first

https://github.com/lupyuen/bl_iot_sdk/tree/lorawan/components/3rdparty/lorawan

#LoRaWAN Driver for #BL602 ... One last build error

https://github.com/lupyuen/bl_iot_sdk/tree/lorawan/components/3rdparty/lorawan

#LoRaWAN Driver for #BL602 ... Builds and links OK yay! 🎉 Heading out for second dose of Moderna ... And some downtime

https://github.com/lupyuen/bl_iot_sdk/tree/lorawan/components/3rdparty/lorawan

Let's test RAKwireless #WisGate with #WisBlock ... With this #Arduino #LoRaWAN program ... Once I get home from vaccination

https://github.com/RAKWireless/WisBlock/tree/master/examples/RAK4630/communications/LoRa/LoRaWAN

#WisBlock #LoRaWAN sample fails to compile ... Let's find out why 🤔 (Hope it's not because of the vaccination)

https://github.com/lupyuen/wisblock-lorawan/blob/master/src/main.cpp

#WisBlock #LoRaWAN sample now builds OK ... After upgrading SX126x Arduino Library to Version 2 ... Released 2 weeks ago!

https://github.com/lupyuen/wisblock-lorawan/blob/master/platformio.ini#L15

We copy the Device EUI and Application Key from #WisGate #ChirpStack to the #WisBlock #LoRaWAN client ... For Over-The-Air Activation (OTAA)

https://github.com/lupyuen/wisblock-lorawan/blob/master/src/main.cpp#L46-L53

#WisBlock joins the #WisGate #LoRaWAN Network ... And gets accepted!

https://github.com/lupyuen/wisblock-lorawan/blob/master/src/main.cpp

After joining #WisGate's #LoRaWAN Network wirelessly ... #WisBlock can now transmit LoRaWAN Packets to the LoRaWAN App

https://github.com/lupyuen/wisblock-lorawan#output-log

What's inside the #LoRaWAN Packet received by #WisGate #ChirpStack? Check the Device Data ... "Hello!"

https://github.com/lupyuen/wisblock-lorawan#output-log

Inside the #LoRaWAN Join Network Request (Over-The-Air Activation) ... Received by #WisGate #ChirpStack from #WisBlock

https://github.com/lupyuen/wisblock-lorawan#output-log

After transmitting a packet, a #LoRaWAN Device (#WisBlock) will open a short "Receive Window" ... To receive a Response Packet (if any) from the LoRaWAN Gateway (#WisGate)

https://github.com/lupyuen/wisblock-lorawan#output-log

#LoRaWAN Receive Windows are explained in the LoRaWAN Specs

https://lora-alliance.org/resource_hub/lorawan-104-specification-package/

Will #PineCone #BL602 @PINE64 (with Pine64 RFM90 LoRa Module) ... Talk to RAKwireless #WisGate #LoRaWAN Gateway? Let's find out!

https://github.com/lupyuen/bl_iot_sdk/tree/lorawan/components/3rdparty/lorawan

These are the #BL602 #LoRaWAN Commands ... Ported from Apache Mynewt OS

https://github.com/lupyuen/bl_iot_sdk/blob/lorawan/customer_app/sdk_app_lorawan/sdk_app_lorawan/demo.c#L306-L338

#BL602 tries to join the #LoRaWAN Network ... But no Join Request gets transmitted to WisGate 🤔

https://github.com/lupyuen/bl_iot_sdk/tree/lorawan/customer_app/sdk_app_lorawan#lorawan-commands

#BL602 tries to send #LoRaWAN Join Network Request ... But hangs while hunting for the next LoRa Frequency Channel to transmit 🤔

https://github.com/lupyuen/bl_iot_sdk/blob/lorawan/components/3rdparty/lorawan/src/mac/region/RegionAS923.c#L914-L982

When #BL602 hunts for the next #LoRa Frequency Channel to transmit (Spread Spectrum) ... It listens to the airwaves to check whether the channel is in use ... Let's find out whether BL602 is doing Carrier Sensing correctly 🤔

https://github.com/lupyuen/bl_iot_sdk/blob/lorawan/components/3rdparty/lorawan/src/mac/region/RegionAS923.c#L914-L982

Oops Mynewt's #LoRaWAN Carrier Sensing implementation is outdated ... Semtech's LoRaWAN Reference Implementation does NOT require Carrier Sensing outside Japan and South Korea ... So we disable Carrier Sensing and use a random LoRa Frequency Channel

https://github.com/lupyuen/bl_iot_sdk/blob/lorawan/components/3rdparty/lorawan/src/mac/region/RegionAS923.c#L977-L1041

After disabling #LoRaWAN Carrier Sensing ... #BL602 hits an Exception while transmitting the Join Network Request ... Let's lookup these addresses in the RISC-V Disassembly

https://github.com/lupyuen/bl_iot_sdk/tree/lorawan/customer_app/sdk_app_lorawan#output-log

According to our RISC-V Disassembly, #BL602 #LoRaWAN Driver hits a Null Pointer Exception here ... Seems like non-essential logging code ... So let's disable this code

https://github.com/lupyuen/bl_iot_sdk/blob/lorawan/components/3rdparty/lorawan/src/mac/LoRaMac.c#L2379-L2415

#BL602 is now transmitting the #LoRaWAN Join Network Request ... But doesn't receive any response from our LoRaWAN Gateway (WisGate) ... Let's check the WisGate LoRaWAN Log

https://github.com/lupyuen/bl_iot_sdk/tree/lorawan/customer_app/sdk_app_lorawan#output-log

#WisGate #ChirpStack you're so funny ... I'm nowhere near Chinese Garden, Japanese Garden and Jurong Bird Park 😂

https://docs.rakwireless.com/Product-Categories/WisGate/RAK7244C/Quickstart/#connect-the-gateway-with-chirpstack

Let's move #PineCone #BL602 (and #Pinebook Pro @PINE64
) real close to RAKwireless #WisGate ... For our #LoRaWAN testing

https://github.com/lupyuen/bl_iot_sdk/tree/lorawan/customer_app/sdk_app_lorawan

Sadly our #WisGate #LoRaWAN Gateway didn't receive any LoRaWAN Packets transmitted by #BL602 ... Let's look inside the transmitted packets ... And verify the transmission with Airspy SDR

https://github.com/lupyuen/bl_iot_sdk/tree/lorawan/customer_app/sdk_app_lorawan#output-log

Airspy SDR verifies that #BL602 is indeed transmitting the Join #LoRaWAN Network packet ... Maybe it contains garbage 🤔

https://github.com/lupyuen/bl_iot_sdk/tree/lorawan/customer_app/sdk_app_lorawan#output-log

Here's the #BL602 "Join Network" #LoRa Chirp ... Recorded by Airspy SDR with CubicSDR

https://youtu.be/7a4rfaI_zV4

Here's the "Join Network" #LoRaWAN Packet transmitted by #BL602 ... Does this look right? 🤔 Let's compare with WisBlock

https://github.com/lupyuen/bl_iot_sdk/tree/lorawan/customer_app/sdk_app_lorawan#output-log

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

https://github.com/lupyuen/wisblock-lorawan/blob/master/README.md#output-log

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

https://youtu.be/xdyi6XCo8Z8

#LoRaWAN Packet: #BL602 vs #WisBlock ... Seems BL602 is transmitting at Lower Power than WisBlock ... Let's check the Power Amplifier settings 🤔

https://github.com/lupyuen/bl_iot_sdk/tree/lorawan/customer_app/sdk_app_lorawan#output-log