Laird Sentrius RG1 Series, Quick Start Manual

Page 1: ...A Quick Start Guide Sentrius RG1xx Version 2 1...

Page 2: ...g Kong 852 2923 0610 REVISION HISTORY Version Date Notes Approver 1 0 20 July 2017 Initial Release Jonathan Kaye 1 1 28 July 2017 Minor fixes Dave Drogowski 1 2 3 Aug 2017 Clarified web interface URL...

Page 3: ...3 Connect the Hardware 5 3 1 Connect the Gateway 5 3 1 1 Antenna Configuration 6 3 1 2 WiFi Quick Config 6 4 Log into the Gateway 7 5 Connecting the Gateway to the Internet 8 5 1 Setting Up Ethernet...

Page 4: ...nformation on how to use all the features of the Sentrius gateway please see the Sentrius RG1xx User Manual available from documentation tab at www lairdtech com products rg1xx lora gateway 2 ABOUT TH...

Page 5: ...rius RG1xx gateway 1 DC power input 2 User button 3 Reset button 4 SD card slot 5 Ethernet connector 3 CONNECT THE HARDWARE 3 1 Connect the Gateway To use the gateway you must power up the gateway and...

Page 6: ...e without ethernet access in the case that you wish to join a wireless network Apply power to the gateway and allow to start then perform the following 1 Depress and hold the user button see 2 in Figu...

Page 7: ...e label on the bottom of the gateway the last three bytes are highlighted Figure 4 Figure 4 Bottom label last three bytes of the Ethernet MAC address highlighted 2 Enter the URL into the web browser t...

Page 8: ...g Up Ethernet By default the Ethernet port is set up for DHCP addressing Connect the Ethernet cable to a network with internet access If more advanced Ethernet configuration is needed please see the S...

Page 9: ...e 44 1628 858 940 Hong Kong 852 2923 0610 Figure 8 Wi Fi page 2 To connect to a Wi Fi network click Scan to scan for nearby Wi Fi networks Figure 9 Scanning continues until you click Stop or select on...

Page 10: ...e dropdown labeled Select Preset select the preset for The Things Network Legacy TTN 3 Click Apply Figure 11 LoRa page TTN preset Note In addition to the TTN Laird currently supports presets for other...

Page 11: ...gateway The packet forwarder can be custom configured on the forwarder radios and advanced pages If the LoRa network operated on a different channel plan it is also necessary to program this into the...

Page 12: ...rved Americas 1 800 492 2320 Europe 44 1628 858 940 Hong Kong 852 2923 0610 4 Register your gateway a From the console screen click Gateways Figure 14 Figure 14 TTN console screen b Click register gat...

Page 13: ...Europe 44 1628 858 940 Hong Kong 852 2923 0610 Figure 16 Gateway ID Figure 17 Gateway ID on bottom label d Fill in the information to register the gateway as shown in Figure 20 If the gateway is set...

Page 14: ...ess Solutions Support Center http ews support lairdtech com www lairdtech com ramp 14 Copyright 2017 Laird All Rights Reserved Americas 1 800 492 2320 Europe 44 1628 858 940 Hong Kong 852 2923 0610 Fi...

Page 15: ...ews support lairdtech com www lairdtech com ramp 15 Copyright 2017 Laird All Rights Reserved Americas 1 800 492 2320 Europe 44 1628 858 940 Hong Kong 852 2923 0610 Figure 20 Gateway registration e Cli...

Page 16: ...s should display as connected Figure 21 Figure 21 Registered gateway 7 2 Create an Application with TTN To create an application that can receive data from your LoRa enabled gateway complete the follo...

Page 17: ...e 44 1628 858 940 Hong Kong 852 2923 0610 Figure 22 Add application screen Note If using an RG186 gateway be sure to select an EU Handler registration 7 3 Register your end device with TTN To register...

Page 18: ...ter http ews support lairdtech com www lairdtech com ramp 18 Copyright 2017 Laird All Rights Reserved Americas 1 800 492 2320 Europe 44 1628 858 940 Hong Kong 852 2923 0610 Figure 23 Application scree...

Page 19: ...Copyright 2017 Laird All Rights Reserved Americas 1 800 492 2320 Europe 44 1628 858 940 Hong Kong 852 2923 0610 Figure 24 Enter a Device EUI 4 Click Register 5 Make note of the Device EUI Application...

Page 20: ...ow these steps 1 Connect the DVK RM1xx to a PC via the USB connector on the board Figure 26 Figure 26 Connect the DVK RM1xx to the PC 2 Download UwTerminalX version 1 06 from the following site https...

Page 21: ...down menu d Select the virtual COM port that corresponds to your RM186 RM191 development board Figure 28 e Click OK Figure 28 Figure 28 Select the applicable virtual COM port f Press Enter on the keyb...

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Page 23: ...data from the TTN website in our example is as follows yours will vary Application EUI 70B3D57EF00057AE Device EUI 1234567890ABCDEF App Key CE9FB3010C14A5ED6558CD60D89BA21F To enter this data using t...

Page 24: ...Support Center http ews support lairdtech com www lairdtech com ramp 24 Copyright 2017 Laird All Rights Reserved Americas 1 800 492 2320 Europe 44 1628 858 940 Hong Kong 852 2923 0610 Enter the comma...

Page 25: ...t 2017 Laird All Rights Reserved Americas 1 800 492 2320 Europe 44 1628 858 940 Hong Kong 852 2923 0610 b Send the commands to the module by clicking Send next to each command Figure 35 Commands sent...

Page 26: ...p 26 Copyright 2017 Laird All Rights Reserved Americas 1 800 492 2320 Europe 44 1628 858 940 Hong Kong 852 2923 0610 9 VIEW DVK RM1XX DATA IN THE CLOUD To view DVK RM1xx data in the cloud do the follo...

Page 27: ...t Center http ews support lairdtech com www lairdtech com ramp 27 Copyright 2017 Laird All Rights Reserved Americas 1 800 492 2320 Europe 44 1628 858 940 Hong Kong 852 2923 0610 2 Click on the Data ta...