Getting Started

This page will demonstrate how to add wireless LoRa® Droplets and Micro Edges to the Rubix Compute. The Rubix Compute is a LoRa® Gateway/Reciever.

Adding a LoRa® Network

Important things to note before proceeding:

• Install required apps driver-LoRa®
• Install required modules LoRa®

Attribute	Description
Name	Name of the network
Description	Description of the network, eg: level 1 network
Enable	Enable the network
Serial Port	A dropdown menu to choose the port where the Lora Network is connected.
Serial Baudrate	A dropdown menu to choose speed at which data is transmitted over a serial communication interface
History Enable	Enable network history
Tags	Right-click the network then tags, meta-tags to add in query key words
Meta-Tags	Right-click the network then tags, meta-tags to add in query key words
Message	See Troubleshooting for list of messages
State	last_ok: Indicates the time since the system has been error-free.
	last_fail: Specifies the date and time of the most recent occurrence of a failure.

1. Step-1 On the controller level, under drivers, click the create to select and download and install the relevant network. Follow the wizard to continue installing the LoRa® network.
2. Step-2 Select the LoRa® network. This will download the appropriate modules and drivers.
3. Step-3 Once all the settings are added click on Submit button This should now create the LoRa® and network. Now open the LoRa® network to add a device.

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Adding the LoRa® driver for the first time it will install a module dependency called LoRa®.

Summary Of Ports When Adding a Network

Depending on the LoRa® network use case the correct serial-port must be selected.

Device Type	LoRa® Port selection on Rubix Platform
Wireless Sensors - Droplets & Micro Edge	/data/socat/loRa1
Rubix iO 16 in Wireless Mode	/data/socat/serialBridge1
Rubix iO 16 in 485 Mode

Adding a LoRa® Sensor

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See Nube iO supported sensors and gateways for more info sensors & gateway

Sensor Models

Sensor Model	Supports Temperature	Supports Humidity	Supports Motion	Supports Lux
THLM	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
THL	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
TH	Yes	Yes	No	No
Microedge	No	No	No	No

1. Step-1 Once inside the network, click the create button and a pop-up will give you the type of sensors to select from. For this example, we will be using a THLM Droplet.
2. Step-2 Follow the wizard to assign a name and description. Ensure to click Show advanced options and enable Auto mapping before submitting.
3. Step-3 Enter the 8 digit serial number printed on the sensor and press submit.
4. Step-4 Once the sensor has been added, view the points by right clicking the newly added device.

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It may be necessary to wait or force a push from the sensor (by clicking the reset button on the sensor) for the values to show. Additional offsets, scaling fallback values, multiplication factors can also be applied if required. Try also clicking the 'refresh' button if the values do not update.