End device onboarding

Devices
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I am currently working on automate onboarding of end device using QR code[according lora alliance standard] ?
For this i am planning to make one app application to scan the QR code ?
for this how it will add to the network server using this app application ?
Can any one help me for do this job ? Explain the onboarding process with that app application ?

Thank you…

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Hi everyone,

I have configured a RAK2003 HAT Gateway with the LoRa concentrator RAK5146 shield on a Raspberry Pi 3. The ChirpStack Gateway OS is installed, and the gateway is showing as live on the ChirpStack server.

The issue arises when I try to add a device and establish communication between the device and the gateway. The device does not seem to join the network, and I am not seeing any uplinks in the ChirpStack server.

Here are the steps I’ve taken so far:

  1. Configured the gateway and verified its live status on ChirpStack.
  2. Created a device profile, application, and device in the ChirpStack server.
  3. Entered the device’s DevEUI, AppKey, and AppEUI as per its configuration.
  4. Set up the device to operate in the same frequency band as the gateway (verified both are using the correct LoRaWAN region).

I suspect I might be missing something in the device configuration or in the ChirpStack server setup.

Could anyone guide me on:

  • Common pitfalls in adding devices to ChirpStack?
  • How to debug communication between the device and the gateway?
  • Additional configuration checks I might have missed?

Thank you in advance for your help!

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As in, you don’t see JOIN REQUEST at all? Or that you just don’t see the device moving past the join procedure?

You can look at the logs inside the LoRaWAN Gateway. Ensure that the DevEUI and AppKey are correct.

If you’re using ABP mode in your device, you need to ensure that the session data matches:

  • FCntUp and FCntDown.
  • AppSKey and NwkSKey
  • AppKey
  • DevAddr
  • DevEUI

If you’re using a variant of a standard LoRaWAN region, please ensure that your gateway uses the same default channels as the node. For example:

  • US915 & AU915: the standard says they have 64 channels. But 64-channel gateways are very expensive. So a subset of these may be used. To make that work, the exact channels used must be communicated out-of-band. Technically, a node that fully complies with US915/AU915 could possibly still join an 8-channel gateway, as it’ll eventually try channels that are in use. But it’ll take time.
  • The many forms of AS923: as of LoRaWAN 1.0.4, AS923 was divided up into 4x versions. With the default channels shifted to different frequencies.