Getting started with TTN and LoRa

Von Antoine Escriva

Erstellt am Mittwoch, 12. Oktober 2022
Letzte Änderung am Montag, 24. Oktober 2022

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Inhalt

Liste du matériel nécessaire
Introduction
How to find your devEUI
TTN Console Configuration Setup

The goal of this tutorial is to connect a LoRa module to The Things Network, also known as TTN.

NUCLEO-L476RG board
LoRa® module

TTN relies on gateways (LoRa antennas) to provide IoT connectivity.
If a TTN network already exists in your location, you can simply connect your LoRa device to it by following the steps below.
If there is no TTN network around, you might need to create your own TTN network with a gateway with the help of this tutorial : connect-a-new-ttn-gateway

Step 1 : Connect the LoRa-E5 module directly to the "UART" slot.

Step 2 : Go to https://fr.vittascience.com/l476/
Step 3 : Pick the initialisation block of the LoRa module from the Communication category and drop it in the blockly workspace.
Step 4 : Connect the board to your computer and click on the upload button.
Step 5 : Once the upload is finished , the program will start and you will see lots of information about your module in the console.

Keep it in mind you will need it when adding your module to the application.

Step 1 : Load into TTN website: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org and create your account, then access “Console” and first click on "APPLICATIONS"

Step 2 : + Add an Application
- Application ID : Enter a unique name.
- Application name : Enter a name
- Description: Enter a description.

Then click on

Step 3 : Once your application is created, click on it and access the application's control panel

Then click on “Add end device”.

Step 4 : Now you can register your LoRa module, select the frequency plan depending on your location, your module version, regional parameters and your devEUI.
The AppEUI and AppKey can be generated at this moment.