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Description
Sennet is a third party network server platform, which can help user to deploy carrier-grade LoRaWAN networks where and when they are needed. All Milesight LoRaWAN product can get connection with Senet Platform. This guide will introduce how Milesight gateway connect to Senet Platform in detail.
Requirement
- Any Milesight Gateway
- A Senet account
Configuration
Senet Platform Configuration
Step 1. Access to Senet portal website: https://portal.senetco.io/, login Senet portal platform. (If here is no Senet account available, please create a new account first)
Step 2. Register a Milesight gateway.
Fill in the location address of the gateway, which will be used to determine device location later.
Here, we can choose Semtech Packet Forwarder or Semtech Basic Station gateway type to register Milesight gateway to Senet platform. Semtech Packet forwarder is based on UDP protocol while Semtech Basic Station is based on UDP/TCP protocol, user can select one gateway type he wants to register.
Fill in all information below:
Serial Number: The serial number of Milesight gateway
Manufacturer EUI: The device EUI Milesight gateway
Gateway Vendor and Type: User-defined
ISM band: Choose the same value like Supported Freq of Milesight gateway, which can be checked from Milesight gateway web configuration page: Packet forwarder > Radio >Supported Freq.
RX Channels: Choose the same range which can cover all frequency channels filled on Milesight gateway. The frequency of gateway can be checked on Milesight gateway web page: Packet forwarder > Radio > Multi Channels Setting.
Note: when ISM band is AU915-928 or US902-928, the default settings of Milesight gateway is channel 8-15, 65.
Description: User-defined
Then, fill in other gateway information, click Next.
Check all information you filled in before are correct, then click Register.
Then this gateway has been added to the Senet platform already.
Connect via Basic Station Packet Forwarder
If you added this gateway to Senet via Semtech Basic Station type, please refer to below steps.
Step 1. Make sure that your gateway can connect to Internet successfully.
Step 2. Go to Packet Forwarder > General, disable Embedded NS and create a new Destination.
Step 3. Set the destination type as Basic Station, enable this option and input the information of Connecting to an LNS, and then click Save.
Note: Only Connecting to an LNS is available to use now.
Senet supports two types of configurations, please select one as required:
(1) Secure LNS URI (recommended):
LNS URI: wss://ns-gw.senetco.io:6042
CA File: Download from Senet website
(above information can be found from: https://docs.senetco.io/dev/gw/BasicStation/ )
Note: if it is necessary to import a key file, please import a blank file.
(2) Unsecured LNS URI (Debugging and development purposes):
LNS URI: ws://ns-gw.senetco.io:6040
(above information can be found from: https://docs.senetco.io/dev/gw/BasicStation/ )
Note: if it is necessary to import a CA file and a key file, please import blank files.
Step 4. Click Save & Apply.
The gateway status will change to Active status on the Senet platform.
Connect via Semtech UDP Packet Forwarder
If you added this gateway to Senet via Semtech type, please refer to below steps.
Step 1. Make sure that your gateway can connect to Internet successfully.
Step 2. Go to Packet Forwarder > General, disable Embedded NS and create a new Destination.
Step 3. Set the destination type as Semtech, enable this option and input the information, and then click Save.
Server Address: ns-gw.senetco.io
Port up: 1700
Port Down: 1700
(Please find latest server address and other information here)
Step 4. Click Save & Apply.
The gateway status will change to Active status on the Senet platform.
Note: If all configurations are correct, the gateway is still offline on Senet platform, reboot Milesight gateway to make it re-connect to Senet URI once more.
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