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Do you need LoRa for LONG RANGE Sensor Networks? Locally-Hosted
Do you need LoRa for LONG RANGE Sensor Networks? Locally-Hosted Setup w/ Chirpstack
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Do you like sensors and data collection as much as me, but need a solution for longer range than you can get with WiFi, Zigbee, Z-Wave, etc? Maybe you should take a look at LoRa, and the LoRaWAN network topology.
In this video, I walk through what LoRa and LoRaWAN are, how you can setup a…
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LoRa is one of those techs I'd love to find a use for. I'm just not sure what I'd do with it.
At home I have a small lot so conventional wifi IOT devices are sufficient once they have been flashed to work with home assistant without contacting the corporate mothership.
Away from home, I am a ham so I have the benefit of using packet radio if I really wanted to.
Side note: I'm skeptical about claims of radio services being able to decode things 'below the noise floor'
There are techniques that different services employ to receive very weak signals but the louder the 'noise' the louder the signal must be to decode. Given that LoRa based sensors are primarily one way devices that do not test for acknowledgement, they will send at a constant power level regardless of changes in the local noise floor.
Therefore, if the local noise is loud enough, your LoRa transmissions will simply be entirely lost in the noise.
I think the confusion comes about because it is not uncommon to see RF signal reports reported as a negative value, not understanding that the value is negative relative to a standard/reference point.
do a followup when you add more devices
Few years ago I did some subghz 868/915 zigbee development. 600m was the limit with our setup.
I like your Linux is Awesome shirt… where did you get it?
Another fantastic video! Wanted to say just after 33mins there's lat/long on-screen. Don't want you to dox yourself!
ah lora….ive set on the first row before
I just wonder why you didn't went with WIFI HaLow, still gives you at least 1 to 2 Km of range, much faster speeds, and can seamless be integrated in any existing network infrastructure.
Why you didn’t consider a Mikrotik LoRAWAN router instead the raspberry pi?
Is it possible to repeat such a project on a RAK2287 Semtech SX1302?
audio needs a 6db boost
Nicely explained! I started monitoring the Amsterdam Botanical Gardens using a few LoRa sensors and Home Assistant with the MQTT sensor integration and it works pretty darn sweet. The only drawback so far is that it gets quite messy quickly since the HA yaml config file gets a ton of duplication for all the sensor data. Not sure how to fix that problem yet without making a ChirpStack integration.
nice. thx
Is the MQTT server/broker running on Proxmox, is it a VM or CT?
Is the MQTT server/broker mosquitto?
Is Home Assistant a VM or CT in your setup?
Great presentation.
I think that I have found another project to keep me busy when I retire. Absolutely fascinating.
I swear every time I’m thinking about something, you make a video about it. Great work as always.
bloody hell: snow? I did not see it for last 25 years 😉
Did you consider meshtastic? I'm working on a similar project but my sensors are over 2km from base and over a hill, so I'm going to use meshtastic to benefit from other nodes in the community to relay my data
MOTOTRBO data network for everyone ! My gripe with any radio system is that anyone can sense its presence/ exact device location. And devices to abuse / disable my network are too cheap. For security networks i tend to use fiber, because it is cheaper than ETH, and you do not need commercial grade cable , standard 'office" cable works fine for decades. It is possible to put fiber / PoE cable under bark without harming the tree 😉 At least, you HAVE to have heartbeat alarm for radio devices! (Ping works fine)
I think you'd appreciate the reticulum project I recently found it and think it is really really neat lol
What a great video.