Multi-Tech Base Stations Deploy LoRaWAN in a Few Clicks
Company Multi-Tech has offered an elegant solution that allows you to deploy a network LoRaWAN just a few mouse clicks! How did they do it?
As you know, LoRa technology is well suited for applications in which it is necessary to exchange data with a large number of remote devices distributed across the territory or inside buildings, but provided that each such device generates a relatively small amount of data. For example, it can be a city lighting control system, data collection from water / heat / electricity meters, building automation, process control.
Through the use of broadband signals and unlicensed frequency ranges of the LoRaWAN network:
This is in theory. But in practice?
Experiments show that these properties of LoRa technology are generally confirmed, but until recently there was no universal solution that would allow simple and quick deployment of the LoRaWAN network. Multi-Tech engineers decided to fix this. They created the Conduit universal gateways (for indoor use) and the Conduit IP67 base stations (outdoor version), for the configuration / programming of which you can use the intuitive graphical interface of Node-Red .
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LoRaWAN Conduit IP67 Base Station
Node-Red is notable for the fact that just by dragging and dropping graphic elements together, you can create your own applications in just a few clicks of the mouse! For an introduction to Node-Red, you can watch a five-minute video at http://nodered.org/
There are many possibilities, it’s impossible to talk about everything. For example, you can send messages received over the LoRa network, over TCP / UDP, to e-mail, to your phone as SMS, and even publish on Twitter!
Advanced users can write Nodejs applications and use them as separate Node-Red blocks.
Multi-Tech gateways and base stations can operate as stand-alone LoRaWAN servers or in conjunction with external servers. Ethernet or 3G / LTE is used to connect equipment to the outside world.
For ease of use, Multi-Tech offers free use of the DeviceHQ cloud platform , which allows you to remotely configure and manage Conduit base stations and gateways. There, developers can get acquainted with examples of applications published by their colleagues, or publish their own applications. However, the gateways are not tied to any cloud service and can be operated autonomously.
If in the future you need to use a more complex application, the user can reflash the gateway or base station with mLinux distribution supporting Java, Ruby, Perl, Python, C / C ++, PHP, C #, JavaScript, as well as pre-installed SQLite (Database), Ligttpd (Web Server ), BusyBox (Core Utilities). And, of course, no one forbids creating custom mLinux assemblies.
PS Starting with version FW 1.3 in gateways and BSs with Node-Red, you can also use your own separate applications written in C / C ++, Python or Nodejs.
Next: Configure the LoRaWAN gateway and create our first IoT application
As you know, LoRa technology is well suited for applications in which it is necessary to exchange data with a large number of remote devices distributed across the territory or inside buildings, but provided that each such device generates a relatively small amount of data. For example, it can be a city lighting control system, data collection from water / heat / electricity meters, building automation, process control.
Through the use of broadband signals and unlicensed frequency ranges of the LoRaWAN network:
- compatible with existing wireless networks / technologies
- high noise immunity
- capable of serving tens and hundreds of thousands of devices
- provide a large coverage area and low power consumption of terminal devices
This is in theory. But in practice?
Experiments show that these properties of LoRa technology are generally confirmed, but until recently there was no universal solution that would allow simple and quick deployment of the LoRaWAN network. Multi-Tech engineers decided to fix this. They created the Conduit universal gateways (for indoor use) and the Conduit IP67 base stations (outdoor version), for the configuration / programming of which you can use the intuitive graphical interface of Node-Red .
Multi-Tech LoRaWAN Conduit Gateway Multi-Tech
LoRaWAN Conduit IP67 Base Station
Node-Red is notable for the fact that just by dragging and dropping graphic elements together, you can create your own applications in just a few clicks of the mouse! For an introduction to Node-Red, you can watch a five-minute video at http://nodered.org/
There are many possibilities, it’s impossible to talk about everything. For example, you can send messages received over the LoRa network, over TCP / UDP, to e-mail, to your phone as SMS, and even publish on Twitter!
Advanced users can write Nodejs applications and use them as separate Node-Red blocks.
Multi-Tech gateways and base stations can operate as stand-alone LoRaWAN servers or in conjunction with external servers. Ethernet or 3G / LTE is used to connect equipment to the outside world.
For ease of use, Multi-Tech offers free use of the DeviceHQ cloud platform , which allows you to remotely configure and manage Conduit base stations and gateways. There, developers can get acquainted with examples of applications published by their colleagues, or publish their own applications. However, the gateways are not tied to any cloud service and can be operated autonomously.
If in the future you need to use a more complex application, the user can reflash the gateway or base station with mLinux distribution supporting Java, Ruby, Perl, Python, C / C ++, PHP, C #, JavaScript, as well as pre-installed SQLite (Database), Ligttpd (Web Server ), BusyBox (Core Utilities). And, of course, no one forbids creating custom mLinux assemblies.
PS Starting with version FW 1.3 in gateways and BSs with Node-Red, you can also use your own separate applications written in C / C ++, Python or Nodejs.
Next: Configure the LoRaWAN gateway and create our first IoT application
