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Sentrius RG1xx 

Quick Start Guide 

Embedded Wireless Solutions Support Center: 
http://ews-support.lairdtech.com 
www.lairdtech.com/ramp

 

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© Copyright 2017 Laird. All Rights Reserved 

Americas: +1-800-492-2320 

Europe: +44-1628-858-940 

Hong Kong: +852 2923 0610

 

 

R

EVISION 

H

ISTORY

 

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 in 
section 

4

 : 

Log into the 

Gateway. 

Identified separate 

mDNS address.

 

 

Shewan Yitayew 

2.0 

29 Nov 2017 

Update info for compatibility 
with GA2 (93.7.2.x) firmware. 

 
Ryan Erickson 

2.1 

19 April 2018 

Minor typo correction 

Shewan Yitayew 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for RM186

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

Page 2: ...ng 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 in section 4 Log into the Gateway Identified separate mDNS address Shewan Yitayew 2 0 29 Nov 2017 Update info for compatibility with GA2 93 7 2 x firmware Ryan Erickson 2 1 19 April 2018 Minor typo c...

Page 3: ...4 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 8 5 2 Setting Up Wi Fi 8 6 LoRa Packet Forwarding Set Up 10 7 Configuration with The Things Network 11 7 1 Set up your account with The Things Network 11 7 2 Create an Application with TTN 16 7 3 Reg...

Page 4: ...information 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 THE GATEWAY 2 1 Product Overview The Sentrius RG1xx LoRa Enabled Gateway from Laird is the ultimate in secure scalable robust LoRa solutions for end to end control of your private LoRaWAN network Lever...

Page 5: ...trius 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 access the web interface via the Ethernet port To do this complete the following steps 1 Follow the label on the box and connect the three antennas Refer to Antenna Configuration for additional info...

Page 6: ...re 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 Figure 2 for 7 seconds 2 From a wirelessly enabled device perform a scan 3 Connect to the access point rg1xx29378B where 29378B are the last 6 digits of the Ethernet MAC address found on the label on the...

Page 7: ...he 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 to access the web interface For example for the gateway used in this guide the URL is https rg1xx29378B local where 29378B are the last 6 digits of the Ethernet MAC address In Wi Fi quick config mode ...

Page 8: ...ng 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 Sentrius RG1xx User Manual in the documentation tab of the RG1xx product page at lairdtech com www lairdtech com products rg1xx lora gateway 5 2 Setting Up Wi Fi By default the Wi Fi in the gateway is...

Page 9: ...pe 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 one of the scan results in the list Figure 9 Wi Fi scan results 3 Click on the applicable scan result 4 Enter the information for the Wi Fi network Figure 10 Figure 10 Wi Fi profile dialog 5 Click Conn...

Page 10: ...he 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 LoRa network servers Figure 12 LoRa presets Note If operating with a network server that is not available as a preset you may also manually configure the forwarder in the Forwarder page available in...

Page 11: ...e 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 gateway on the radios page 7 CONFIGURATION WITH THE THINGS NETWORK 7 1 Set up your account with The Things Network To set up your account with The Things Network follow these steps 1 Go to https www...

Page 12: ...erved 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 gateway Figure 15 Figure 15 Click register gateway c Obtain the gateway ID from the Sentrius RG1xx web interface Figure 16 or from the bottom label Figure 17 on the Gateway ...

Page 13: ...0 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 to use The Things Network Legacy preset be sure to check I m using the legacy packet forwarder Otherwise the gateway can use the The Things Network preset and the checkbox should be left unchecked ...

Page 14: ...less 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 Figure 18 TTN Legacy Preset Figure 19 TTN Preset ...

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 Click Register Gateway Note If using an RG186 gateway be sure to select an EU router ...

Page 16: ...us 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 following steps 1 At The Things Network s website click Applications in the top right of the menu 2 Click Add Application 3 Complete the field as shown in Figure 22 Note that application ID should be in l...

Page 17: ...pe 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 your end device as the device that will send data to TTN follow these steps 1 From the applications screen select the application that you added in the previous section 2 Click register device Figur...

Page 18: ...nter 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 screen 3 Choose and enter a Device ID and an eight byte Device EUI Figure 24 ...

Page 19: ...9 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 EUI and the App Key These keys are needed later to set up the DVK RM1xx Figure 25 Figure 25 Device EUI application EUI and app keys ...

Page 20: ...low 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 github com LairdCP UwTerminalX releases tag v1 06 3 Download RM1xx defs h and lora app us sb or lora app eu sb from https github com LairdCP RM1xx Applications Place them in the same directory on you...

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 keyboard The module should respond with 00 g Type at f to completely reset the module and clear the program flash Figure 29 Type at f h Load the lora app us or lora app eu sb script by right clicking in ...

Page 22: ...airdtech com ramp 22 Copyright 2017 Laird All Rights Reserved Americas 1 800 492 2320 Europe 44 1628 858 940 Hong Kong 852 2923 0610 Figure 30 Right click and select XCompile Load Figure 31 File downloaded i The command at dir provides the content of the flash file system which shows the loaded LoRa app Figure 32 ...

Page 23: ...e 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 the automation window enter the following in the first three fields of the automation window replacing the hex strings with your App EUI Device EUI and App Key at cfgex 1010 70B3D57EF00057AE at cfgex ...

Page 24: ...s 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 commands as shown in Figure 34 Figure 34 TTN website data entered ...

Page 25: ...ht 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 c Run the LoRa app by typing lora into UwTerminalX and pressing Enter The module should join the network Figure 36 Figure 36 Run the LoRa app ...

Page 26: ...mp 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 following 1 Navigate to the device page on the TTN website the device should display as connected Figure 37 Figure 37 TTN device page ...

Page 27: ...rt 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 tab to view the data sent by the RM1xx Figure 38 Figure 38 RM1xx data ...

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