Help to Unleash The Things Network Flathead Valley
Together we are building an open and decentralized Internet of Things network in Flathead Valley.
Join us in unleashing the Internet of Things and make Flathead Valley part of the global network.
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Unleash Flathead Valley and become an official community of The Things Network
Unleash !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.
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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 Flathead Valley 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 Flathead Valley can add the communication channel
UNLEASH TTN Flathead Valley
Complete all 4 elements to unlock the final step!
The Flathead Valley LoRaWAN Group intends to provide the area (Flathead Valley region of Montana, United States) with a free, long-range, low-power and community driven wireless network. This network will be used for Internet of Things devices, primarily so that scientists and the public can easily deploy wireless sensors for environmental data monitoring.
Flathead Lake Biological Station (a research station associated with the University of Montana) will deploy LoRaWAN gateways on and around Flathead lake, which are free for public use through The Things Network. We encourage the public to use this network, and to help contribute to the network by setting up your own gateway, or by offering up any prime mountain/hill top land (preferrably with internet access and power), so that we can install a gateway there to expand the network's coverage.
Please contact us if you'd like to help contribute to the network, if you have any feedback, or if you need help with anything!
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The Flathead Valley LoRaWAN Group intends to provide the area (Flathead Valley region of Montana, United States) with a free, long-range, low-power and community driven wireless network. This network will be used for Internet of Things devices, primarily so that scientists and the public can easily deploy wireless sensors for environmental data monitoring.
Flathead Lake Biological Station (a res…
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05/17
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The Core Team of Flathead Valley consists of:
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Activity
Congratulations! Today is the 1-year anniversary of the community!
6 years, 6 months ago
Matthew Griffin is now part of Flathead Valley community
6 years, 9 months ago
Congratulations! Today is the 6-month anniversary of the community!
7 years ago
Flathead Valley community page updated
7 years, 3 months ago
The Things Network Flathead Valley is published!
7 years, 6 months ago
Contact us
This network is in the early stages of development.
Contact Zane if you want to contribute or have any questions about the network.
Email: zane.lindstrom@flbs.umt.edu
Contributors to Flathead Valley
The Core Team of Flathead Valley:
Contributors:
Matthew Griffin introduction to Flathead Valley community
Alex Salois introduction to Flathead Valley community
Cody introduction to Flathead Valley 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 Flathead Valley 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 Flathead Valley can add the communication channel
UNLEASH TTN Flathead Valley
Complete all 4 elements to unlock the final step!