New Year, New Gateway
By Nick Williams
8 January 2024Hi all,
I've set up a TTN Gateway in St Albans and purchased a RAK10701 Field Tester. I've been out and about mapping Christchurch on TTN mapper.
Fi…
LET YOUR PRESENCE BE KNOWN
Why not start with writing an update and share the existence of The Things Network community in your area. You can mention the plans and other action steps too.
Add post
The Things Network has an active forum space that allows people to discuss anything related to the network. it is is a great place to find other contributors and start discussing the setup of a community. You can create a new topic under the category: Campaigns with the name of your community. Write a first post in this topic to announce your existence and to find people who are interested in contributing.
Forum
Only the core team of Christchurch can add forum topics
Are you active on Twitter? What about creating a new account for your community!
Have a look at The Things Network Amsterdam Twitter as an example. We have some guidelines for Twitter accounts:
- Write out "TheThingsNetwork" in your Twitter name (for example TheThingsNetworkAms)
- Use "TTN" for the Twitter Handle (for example: TTN_Amsterdam)
- You can use the logo shown in the community page as your profile picture
Create a Twitter account!
Connect gateways
Create coverage by connecting gateways.
The Things Network is currently developing their own gateways which will be in retail near the end of this year. You can pre-order these affordable gateways in the shop already.
You probably don't want to wait that long. Happily, The Things Network supports different kinds of gateways like the Multitech, Kerlink and Lorank. You can even build your own gateway.
In case you already have a gateway, you can add it to the map.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
Create a channel to communicate internally.
In order to communicate internally, we highly recommend you to create a Slack group. It is a free messaging app that helps organizing your team conversation and allows you to directly reach out to members.
You can also use other ways of communication, as long as you make sure people have easy access to join the conversation.
Have you created a channel? Great! Please fill in the link below so we can add it to the Resources section of the community page.
Only the core team of Christchurch can add the communication channel
UNLEASH TTN Christchurch
Congratulations! You have completed all the activities. It's time to kick-off The Things Network Christchurch and become an official community!
We would like to invite you to organize a launch event which is open for anyone to join. An open event is a great way to attract new contributors to the community and provides an opportunity to involve local press which helps in spreading the story of The Things Network even further.
You can find some tips for organizing a great event here.
See the press release of TNW about The Things Network here.
We recommend you to use Meetup for organizing the event. Other platforms like Eventbrite or Facebook can also be used as long as you make sure people can easily find and sign up for the event.
Have you set a date and found a location? Please inform us about it because Wienke, Johan, Rish or Laurens would love to (virtually) join the event. Please keep us up to date by sending a message.
Only the core team of Christchurch can set the launching event }}
Welcome to The Things Network
Our mission is to provide the entire Christchurch with Internet of Things data connectivity by crowdsourcing the network by its citizens and local companies.
We are happy to have you join the community. Contact the core team and help us unleash the Internet of Things in Christchurch.
Our story
Our mission is to provide the entire Christchurch with Internet of Things data connectivity by crowdsourcing the network by its citizens and local companies.
We are happy to have you join the community. Contact the core team and help us unleash the Internet of Things in Christchurch.
About this community
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The Core Team of Christchurch consists of:
And 39 contributors.
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Hope everyone is well and enjoying the topsy turvy weather.
Some of you may have already seen this on your TTN Console;
'WarningThe Things Ne…
The Things Virtual Conference…
Hi all,
The Things Virtual Conference starts tonight at 7pm.
Last chance to join The Things Virtual Conference! The online marathon event will last 2…
The Things Virtual Conference
Hi all,
One thing you may have time for during this lockdown is to attend The Things Virtual Conference 2020.
https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/confer…
Spare time during the lockdow…
Hi all,
I hope that everyone is well and keeping safe.
There may be time during this lockdown to spend tinkering on your LoRaWAN projects.
If you hav…
TTN Christchurch mentioned on…
Nice entry on LinkedIn mentions TTN Christchurch and the coverage of TTN mapped by the free geo-mapping tool from ttnmapper.org.
Keep up the good wor…
Happy Holidays to all.
Have a safe and happy holiday, keep well and hope to see you all again next year.
https://pixabay.com/illustrations/summer-vacations-holidays-recover…
Big welcome to the new contri…
We welcome Aidas, Andrew, Ciaron and Mark to TTN_Christchurch.
Thanks for becoming contributors, feel free to make contact with your fellow contribu…
It's that time again !!
Hi all
Time has definately flown by and it's time that we get together and have another catch up.
Find out what new things have happened, where every…
Catch-up Monday 25th February…
Hi all, a catch-up has been organised and will be held on Monday 25th February 7pm.
If you would like to attend, please register for free with The Th…
Time for another catch-up
Hi all,
some time has passed since our last catch-up, new members have since joined, we've had some time to work on our small projects, probably had …
Welcome Charles to TTN_Christ…
Welcome Charles, welcome to the community, make yourself known and feel free to ask any questions.
Welcome Matt to TTN_Christchu…
Welcome Matt, thanks for joining the Christchurch Community, good to have you aboard.
Feel free to ask any questions or offer assistance in your know…
Chch Coverage
Well Dean, you are doing better than I am, I have has some successful conenctions in our area but i havent yet been able to connect to my gateway. I …
A new coverage record for Chr…
I was just checking my TTN mapper traces and noticed I got a packet out via David's gateway from just over 21km away using a tiny Adafruit LoRa feath…
Informal catch-up
Hi,
We have decided to have a quick informal catch-up on Wednesday 19th December 2018, 3:30pm at Luciano Espresso Bar, 76 Moorhouse Ave. It closes a…
Welcome becz to the Christchu…
Welcome becz to the Christchurch Community, thanks for joining, any questions you know who to ask.
Thanks Andre for gathering the numbers.
It appears…
Welcome ctrlit to the Christc…
Welcome ctrlit, thanks for joining the Christchurch Community, good to have you aboard.
Feel free to ask any questions or offer assistance in your kn…
Welcome Andre to the Christch…
Welcome Andre, thanks for joining the Christchurch Community, good to have you aboard.
Feel free to ask any questions or offer assistance in your kno…
New Maximum Range
I just replaced a failing PoE switch that powers my Pi/RAK833 based gateway today. I doubt that it's related but later in the day I did some more ma…
Welcome to the Christchurch C…
Welcome Josh, thanks for joining the Christchurch Community, good to have you aboard.
Feel free to ask any questions or offer assistance in your know…
Welcome to the Christchurch C…
Welcome David, thanks for joining the Christchurch Community.
Feel free to ask any questions or offer assistance in your knowledge areas.
One step cl…
Christmas timeline to become …
We are new, but the plan is to have Christchurch unleashed by Christmas.
Christchurch area is predominantly flat, so the hope is to be have gateway c…
New Twitter and Slack account…
Hi all,
I have set up a a new twitter account https://twitter.com/TTN_CHC and also a new slack account https://ttnchc.slack.com
I am very new to both…
The beginning of a new TTN Co…
Thanks to Dean and AlanP, our new Christchurch TTN Community has begun.
We only require 5 more members, (more the merrier :)) and a bit more exposure…
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taubin is now part of Christchurch community
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Nick Williams posted an update in The Things Network Christchurch: "New Year, New Gateway"
4 months, 1 week ago
The Things Network Christchurch got its 25th member
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Congratulations! Today is the 1-year anniversary of the community!
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Congratulations! Today is the 6-month anniversary of the community!
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@TTN_CHC
14 Dec
informal catch-up on Wednesday 19th December 2018, 3:30pm at Luciano Espresso Bar, 76 Moorhouse Ave
10 Dec
Welcome to Andre and ctrlit, good to have you aboard the Christchurch Community
6 Dec
Welcome Josh, thanks for joining the Christchurch Community, good to have you aboard
28 Nov
Welcome David, thanks for joining the Christchurch Community.
27 Nov
Twitter TTN_CHC is up @dinoashby
Contact us
Feel free to contact us and join our community. We are a small community so we make take a few days to get back to you.
Slack
https://ttnchc.slack.com/messages/CECFHT9J7/
TheThingsNetwork Forum
https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/christchurch-nz/20166
Twitter
https://twitter.com/TTN_CHC
Contributors to Christchurch
The Core Team of Christchurch:
Contributors:
TedHowardNZ
Member
Nick Williams
Member
Andrew Gordon
Member
get_electronic
Member
Mark Aren
Member
CharlesFMW
Member
Matt Scott
Member
taubin
Member
Yuri Abramson
Member
Ben McEwen
Member
KeyBoardEngineer
Member
Ciaran Doidge
Member
Alan Page
Member
Kelly Meyers
Member
WIFIGUYS
Member
glynn
Member
ame
Member
Ctrlit
Member
Andre Cragnolini
Member
David Gabites
Member
chris_dewhurst
Member
Marek Kuziel
Member
Alex Gabites
Member
David Noah
Member
JoshSolomon
Member
dkeeley
Member
Mark Phibbs
Member
Josh Lloyd
Member
toby9000
Member
becz
Member
captain_s
Member
Michael Smith
Member
Aidas Janulis
Member
Synco Reynders
Member
Keegan Gibson
Member
Rob Rowlands
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jeremyruffell
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RedMist
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Mos Sharifi
Member
taubin introduction to Christchurch community
Nick Williams introduction to Christchurch community
toby9000 introduction to Christchurch community
dkeeley introduction to Christchurch community
Rob Rowlands introduction to Christchurch community
LET YOUR PRESENCE BE KNOWN
Why not start with writing an update and share the existence of The Things Network community in your area. You can mention the plans and other action steps too.
Add post
The Things Network has an active forum space that allows people to discuss anything related to the network. it is is a great place to find other contributors and start discussing the setup of a community. You can create a new topic under the category: Campaigns with the name of your community. Write a first post in this topic to announce your existence and to find people who are interested in contributing.
Forum
Only the core team of Christchurch can add forum topics
Are you active on Twitter? What about creating a new account for your community!
Have a look at The Things Network Amsterdam Twitter as an example. We have some guidelines for Twitter accounts:
- Write out "TheThingsNetwork" in your Twitter name (for example TheThingsNetworkAms)
- Use "TTN" for the Twitter Handle (for example: TTN_Amsterdam)
- You can use the logo shown in the community page as your profile picture
Create a Twitter account!
Connect gateways
Create coverage by connecting gateways.
The Things Network is currently developing their own gateways which will be in retail near the end of this year. You can pre-order these affordable gateways in the shop already.
You probably don't want to wait that long. Happily, The Things Network supports different kinds of gateways like the Multitech, Kerlink and Lorank. You can even build your own gateway.
In case you already have a gateway, you can add it to the map.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
Create a channel to communicate internally.
In order to communicate internally, we highly recommend you to create a Slack group. It is a free messaging app that helps organizing your team conversation and allows you to directly reach out to members.
You can also use other ways of communication, as long as you make sure people have easy access to join the conversation.
Have you created a channel? Great! Please fill in the link below so we can add it to the Resources section of the community page.
Only the core team of Christchurch can add the communication channel
UNLEASH TTN Christchurch
Congratulations! You have completed all the activities. It's time to kick-off The Things Network Christchurch and become an official community!
We would like to invite you to organize a launch event which is open for anyone to join. An open event is a great way to attract new contributors to the community and provides an opportunity to involve local press which helps in spreading the story of The Things Network even further.
You can find some tips for organizing a great event here.
See the press release of TNW about The Things Network here.
We recommend you to use Meetup for organizing the event. Other platforms like Eventbrite or Facebook can also be used as long as you make sure people can easily find and sign up for the event.
Have you set a date and found a location? Please inform us about it because Wienke, Johan, Rish or Laurens would love to (virtually) join the event. Please keep us up to date by sending a message.
Only the core team of Christchurch can set the launching event }}