micropelt LoRaWAN Evaluation Kit User Guide
- June 6, 2024
- micropelt
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Micropelt LoRaWAN Evaluation Kit
The plug-and-play LoRaWAN test kit provides a quick and easy operation of Micropelt’s MLR003 radiator valve actuator together with a temperature sensor.
The Kit includes:
- 1x MLR003 868MHz SF7BW125 M30x1,5
- 1x MLR003-KEY (magnetic pen to operate MLR003)
- 1x Temperature Sensor ERSLite 868MHz SF7BW125
- 1x IP Gateway (configured as DHCP client)
- 1x Mycorrhiza Tool
Both end-nodes are using LoRa 868MHz, SF7BW250. MLR003 comes with a magnetic key required to activate/deactivate. The TCP/IP gateway internal LoRa network server is pre-configiured with end-node device credentials. Its internal Mqtt broker is configured to seamlessly connect with the Micropelt Mycorrhiza tool. This tool is used as an uplink sniffer to provide full data analysis for the selected end-nodes. It can also publish downlinks with user defined settings.
Setting up Mycorrhiza:
- Connect the Gateway to your local LAN network and connect the power supply
- Wait for a few minutes for the gateway to boot
- Start the Mycorrhiza executeable tool on a Windows PC
- Enter the subnet 192-168-[xx] and scan for an MQTT host, or enter the full IP address if known
- Enter username and password and press connect to open the Mycorrhiza screen
Setting up MLR003 and Sensor:
- Mount the MLR003 on an M30x1,5 valve body
- Activate the MLR003 by briefly touching the magnet pen to the micr°pelt logo on the MLR003 back cover
- A first single beep (and 1x LED) will confirm successful device activation The following double beep (and 2x LED) confirms a successful join to the gateway
- The following triple beep (and 3x LED) confirms a successful reference run execution and activation
- Long beeps signal failed operations
- The temperature sensor does not need activation, its battery is already plugged-in and the device will appear on the Mycorrhiza tool with its respective DEVEUI
Mycorrhiza comes as an executable program for Windows PCs. Upon start,
Mycorrhiza will ask you to connect with the gateway internal MQTT broker. Make
sure that the DCHP client can obtain an IP address from the local network DHCP
server. (IP address range 192.168.xxx.xxx). Device credential DEVEUI, JOINEUI
and APPKEY for the MLR003 and the sensor are already registered in the LoRa
network sever (LNS). Be aware that every downlink published (3.) will be
queued in the Gateway MQTT broker and processed subsequently. 