LoRa Device Management
Overview
RuBAN allows you to manage LoRA devices. This page describes how to manage your devices.
LoRa Device Admin
In RuBAN under the Admin section there is a icon for LoRa Device Admin.
This page allows you to Create, Edit, Delete and check the Status of your Devices.
Create Device
To create a new device click on the Create Device button. This will open a popup window that will allow you to enter the device details.
| Label | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | The human friendly name for a device |
| Dev EUI | The dev eui associated with this device |
| Expected Duty Cycle | The expected duty cycle of the device |
| Network Policy | The network policy, determines QoS and Max allowed Duty cycle. Currently there is only standard. |
| RX Slot 2 | Initial spread factor |
| Device Class | The device class |
| Device Properties | Not specified, Static i.e stationary or Mobile i.e device will move. |
| Device Type | The type of the device e.g Semtech LoRaMote SX1272 |
| OTAA - App Key | App Key of device |
| ABP - AppsKey | App Session Key |
| ABP - NwkSKey | Network Session Key |
| ABP - Dev Addr | Device Address |
| ABP - Downlink Slot Delay | Downlink slot delay |
Device Status
Once a device has been created it will try connect to the network either through OTAA or ABP which ever you have specified. Once the device has connected and is sending data the table will be updated with the device information.
| Label | Description |
|---|---|
| Last Seen | The date and time of the last payload received from the device |
| Signal Strength | The signal strength of the device |
Device Metrics
Once a deivce is sending data to RuBAN the following metrics will automatically be collected by RuBAN.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| rssi | RSSI of device |
| fcnt | Frame count |
| port | Port |
| snr | Signal to Noise |
| sf_used | Used Spread Factor |
| resolved rssi | RSSI adjusted for snr |
Also where possible the following metrics will be recored by Gateway
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| rssi | RSSI of Gateway |
| snr | Signal to Noise |
| resolved rssi | RSSI adjusted for snr |
To view these metrics in RuBAN you can create a dashboard with one of our charting components and include one of these metrics. The metrics will be listed with the metrics list.
Device Types
In order to get the sensor metrics from a device you need to setup a decoder as part of a Device Type. For more information on this please see Device Type Decoders.
Edit Device
To edit a device click on the Actions button at the end of the device row in the table. This will popup a list menu and the first item will be Edit.
This will pop up the device window. Please not the only property you can currently change is the Device Type, all other properties are read only.
Full support for editing will be available soon.
Delete Device
To delete a device click on the checkbox at the end of the device row in the table and choose Delete Selected for the top menu.
Note you can delete a single or multiple devices this way.
Downlink Messages
Form this page you can also send a downlink message to your device. Select the checkbox beside the device or devicesyou want to send to and then click on the "Send Downlink to selected devices" button.
A new popup window will open and will list all encoders that have been defined for the Device Type associated with the device. Once an encoder is select, the required parameters
are displayed, the user can then add the values and send the message.
There is also a Custom option that allows the user to provide the payload that will be sent.
The "Downlink Messages" table lists all the messages that have been sent to this device before.
