How to connect a LoRaWAN device with my Wattsense Box/HUB? – Wattsense Support Portal

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This article will guide you through the installation of your Lorawan device.

First of all, please check this previous article about the LoRaWAN network, and it will help you prepare other installations.

You need to configure the Box/Hub before the sensor, otherwise the JOIN process will not succeed.

Step 1:

Add your equipment by using our Configuration Wizard.

NOTE

If your equipment is not available in our database, you can still connect your sensor. You'll have "undecoded" informations : Communication level (RSSI, SNR and Spreading Factor) and the Raw-Payload.

Step 2:

Select the equipment and click on Next.

Step 3:

Select your LoRaWAN device in the equipment list, then select the protocol (it will automatically choose LoRaWAN).

Step 4:

Fill the DevEUI, AppEUI, Application Key, these information are given by the manufacturer.

- CodecID will be automatically filled.

Step 5:

Select the properties you want to decode and click on the Save.

Step 6:

Once it's done, you can click on "Save changes" in order to push the new configuration to the Box/Hub.

Your Lorawan sensor is now set up in the Box/Hub!

You can start the JOIN process of your device (each manufacturer has its own JOIN process, it's explained in the datasheet of the device itself).

You can check in the logs section if the JOIN process is successful. You will see these events:

If you still having issues to communicate to the sensor, please follow this checklist to debug your Lorawan Network

If you need any additional information, please contact us: here