Cannot join using OTAA using AU915

[snorkman]

Greetings from Argentina :-)
I had my code working fine when I was working in EU and with TTN for months. Now I moved to this side of the globe and therefore had to re configure my LoPy’s firmware.
My main issue right now is that the node never goes beyond the activation, it is always prompting:

My GW is a Dragino LG308 multichannel. Do you see anything wrong in the config?

and my code running on the LoPy looks like

from network import LoRa
import socket
import time
import ubinascii
import machine
import pycom
pycom.heartbeat(False)

adc = machine.ADC()

# create an OTAA authentication parameters
APP_EUI = ubinascii.unhexlify('bbbbbbb')
APP_KEY = ubinascii.unhexlify('aaaaaaaaa')

def enter_deepsleep(interval=1):
    lora.nvram_save()
    print("Deep Sleeping for {0} minutes".format(interval))
    machine.deepsleep(interval * 60000)
    print("AWAKE!!! entering normal operation mode")

def connect_to_ttn(lora_object):
    """Receives a lora object and tries to join"""
    # join a network using OTAA (Over the Air Activation)
    lora_object.join(activation=LoRa.OTAA, auth=(APP_EUI, APP_KEY), timeout=0)
    # wait until the module has joined the network
    while not lora_object.has_joined():
        time.sleep(1)
        print('Not yet joined...')
        pycom.rgbled(0xff0000)

def get_supercap_voltage():
    samples = []
    supercap_pin = adc.channel(pin='P13', attn=adc.ATTN_11DB)   #analog pin on P13
    for sample in range(20):
        val = supercap_pin()# read an analog value
        samples.append(val)
        time.sleep_ms(1)
    average = sum(samples)/len(samples)
    return average

def compress_analog_reading_payload(mediciones):
     payload = 0
     tribble_shifts = len(mediciones) - 1
     for medicion in mediciones:
         payload = payload | (medicion << (12 * tribble_shifts))
         tribble_shifts -=1
     return(payload)

# Initialise LoRa in LORAWAN mode.
# Please pick the region that matches where you are using the device:
# United States = LoRa.US915
#lora = LoRa(mode=LoRa.LORAWAN, region=LoRa.EU868)
lora = LoRa(mode=LoRa.LORAWAN, region=LoRa.AU=915)
for index in range(0, 8): lora.remove_channel(index)
for index in range(16, 65): lora.remove_channel(index)
for index in range(66, 72): lora.remove_channel(index)

lora.nvram_restore() #if there is nothing to restore it will return a False

if not lora.has_joined():
    connect_to_ttn(lora)
else:
    print("CONNECTED!!")
    pycom.rgbled(0x00ff00)
    lora.nvram_erase()

# create a LoRa socket
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_LORA, socket.SOCK_RAW)

# set the LoRaWAN data rate
s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_LORA, socket.SO_DR, 3)

# make the socket blocking
# (waits for the data to be sent and for the 2 receive windows to expire)
#s.setblocking(True)

# send some data
while lora.has_joined():
    supercap_voltage = int(get_supercap_voltage())
    s.setblocking(True)
    payload = compress_analog_reading_payload([1700, 1000, 2800, 300, supercap_voltage])
    payload_in_bytes = list(payload.to_bytes(8, 'big'))
    s.send(bytes(payload_in_bytes))

# make the socket non-blocking
#(because if there's no data received it will block forever...)
    s.setblocking(False)

# get any data received (if any...)
    data = s.recv(64)

    if data:##print(data)
        pycom.rgbled(0xff0000)
        time.sleep(0.5)
        pycom.rgbled(0x00ff00)
        time.sleep(0.5)
        pycom.rgbled(0x0000ff)
        time.sleep(0.5)
    print(data)
    enter_deepsleep(5)

and the firmware running on the LoPy:

>>> os.uname()
(sysname='LoPy4', nodename='LoPy4', release='1.20.2.r2', version='v1.11-3a7776d on 2020-11-23', machine='LoPy4 with ESP32', lorawan='1.0.2', sigfox='1.0.1', pybytes='1.6.1')

Am I doing something wrong?

[Gijs]

Hi,

From your TTN logs, it seems the gateway is receiving a join request (yellow lightning bolt), and sending out a join accept (green lightning bolt). And that seems to work fine! Also the time difference (4 seconds) is similar to what Im getting here. I dont actually know if the message is sent out (maybe you can look at the terminal of the dragino gateway?). Also, verify the settings with the settings mentioned here: https://github.com/TheThingsNetwork/gateway-conf/blob/master/AU-global_conf.json

In your code, I found a typo here: lora = LoRa(mode=LoRa.LORAWAN, region=LoRa.AU=915) at AU=915. Other than that, I cant really tell anything wrong.

[robert-hh]

@snorkman Which TTN router do you use? There were posts here telling that the Australian router was very slow. Maybe you could try other routers.

[snorkman]

@robert-hh I was using the default one for Australia. Iwill try with a different on and keep you posted.

[snorkman]

@Gijs yeah that was a typo when I did C&P.
I am using a Dragino LG308

[snorkman]

@robert-hh
It seems like a firmware upgrade on the LG308 did the job.
The code is working fine and I can successfully join the network without retrials.

Thanks!