{"id":9237,"date":"2015-09-15T08:22:35","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T13:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/?page_id=9237"},"modified":"2024-02-19T12:36:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T18:36:55","slug":"aep-lora-use-third-party-devices","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/software\/lora\/conduit-aep-lora-communication\/aep-lora-use-third-party-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Conduit AEP: LoRa Use With Third-Party Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The AEP version of Conduit (MTCDT-xx-210A) supports OTA (over-the-air) joining by third-party LoRa devices as of version <strong>1.0.33<\/strong> <em>(If you need to upgrade, refer to the Upgrading Firmware section in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/multitech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/s000727-mPower-Edge-Intelligence-Conduit-AEP-software-guide.pdf\">mPower Conduit Software Guide<\/a>\u00a0).<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>AEP 1.4.16 and above<\/h2>\n<p>Devices can be added using Key Management for OTA devices or Device and Session tables for ABP devices.<\/p>\n<p>See the LoRaWAN section in <a href=\"https:\/\/multitech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/s000727-mPower-Edge-Intelligence-Conduit-AEP-software-guide.pdf\">mPower Conduit Software Guide<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n<h2>AEP 1.4.3 and below<\/h2>\n<h3>OTA Join Setup<\/h3>\n<p>Go to the LoRa Network Server setup page on the Conduit and configure the following settings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enable <strong>Public<\/strong> mode\n<ul>\n<li>This changes the join response time from 1 to 5 seconds and the sync word from 0x12 to 0x34<\/li>\n<li>NOTE: Public mode must also be enabled on mDots in order for them to remain compatible (e.g. issue the command AT+PN=1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Set <strong>Network ID<\/strong> dropdown to <em>EUI <\/em>(when set to <em>Name<\/em>, the EUI will be automatically generated from the name)<\/li>\n<li>Enter an 8 hex byte EUI into the <strong>EUI<\/strong> text field.<\/li>\n<li><strong><\/strong>Set <strong>Network Key<\/strong> dropdown to <em>Key <\/em>(when set to <em>Passphrase<\/em>, the Key will be automatically generated from the passphrase)<\/li>\n<li>Enter a 16 hex byte Key into the <strong>Key<\/strong> text field.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Submit<\/strong> to save changes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Third-party LoRa devices should now be able to join the Conduit&#8217;s LoRa network using OTA join.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Manual Join\/Activation by Personalization<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>SSH into the Conduit (default IP: <code>192.168.2.1<\/code>, user -defined device credentials)\n<pre class=\"brush:text\"># ssh admin@192.168.2.1<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Then run this command to start a LoRa server configuration console\n<pre class=\"brush:text\"># nc -u localhost 6677<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Add a node\n<pre class=\"brush:text\">node add [DevAddr] [APPEUI] [DEVEUI] [NwkSKey] [AppSKey]<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.multitech.net\/developer\/software\/lora\/lora-network-server\/\">lora-query utility<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Example:<\/h4>\n<pre class=\"brush:text\"># nc -u localhost 6677\r\nnode add 00000005 0011223344556677 8811223344556677 2b7e151628aed2a6abf7158809cf4f3c 2b7e151628aed2a6abf7158809cf4f3c<\/pre>\n<div class=\"note\"><strong>NOTE<\/strong>: <em>While this should get your sensors working using personalization, you&#8217;ll only receive, on average, 1 out of 8 sensor transmissions if your third-party device uses 64 channels, since the Conduit can only listen on 8 channels. The &#8220;sub-band&#8221; setting on the LoRa config webpage determines which 8 channels it&#8217;ll listen on (1-8, 9-16, &#8230;).<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The AEP version of Conduit (MTCDT-xx-210A) supports OTA (over-the-air) joining by third-party LoRa devices as of version 1.0.33 (If you need to upgrade, refer to the Upgrading Firmware section in the\u00a0mPower Conduit Software Guide\u00a0). 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