Rebooting TTN Monmouth
By Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
30 April 2021Just over 4 years after Monmouth became Wales' first Smart Town, we're rebooting the project.
Our maintainers have had some time away from TTN explor…
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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 Monmouth, Wales 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 Monmouth, Wales can add the communication channel
UNLEASH TTN Monmouth, Wales
Congratulations! You have completed all the activities. It's time to kick-off The Things Network Monmouth, Wales 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 Monmouth, Wales can set the launching event }}
Welcome to The Things Network
Imagine being able to see the air quality from the traffic on the A449, or the river levels on the Wye or Monnow - We're working to make all this and more a posibility!
We're on a mission to improve the quality of data about our town.
We want everyone from the community to come together and help us build a network of information about Monmouth, whether you're building the sensors, writing the code that holds them all together or just letting us put one in your back garden, we'd love to get you involved!
Our story
Imagine being able to see the air quality from the traffic on the A449, or the river levels on the Wye or Monnow - We're working to make all this and more a posibility!
We're on a mission to improve the quality of data about our town.
We want everyone from the community to come together and help us build a network of information about Monmouth, whether you're building the sensors, writing the cod…
About this community
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The Core Team of Monmouth, Wales consists of:
And 10 contributors.
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Our first gateway is now onli…
We've got our first single-channel gateway up and running in Osbaston for testing purposes!
If you're interested in connecting to it, let Matthew Mac…
We're listed on "Made Open" a…
Someone who is part of Cardiff Open Data and also works for Monmouth County Council has pointed me towards MadeOpen.
I've started an "issue" there an…
And so it begins....
We're half-way to having a team of eight to start this project, I've ordered some initial hardware to get a single channel gateway up and running and…
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Activity
jethro_swan is now part of Monmouth, Wales community
7 months, 3 weeks ago
There is a new published community nearby (Leominster)
2 years, 5 months ago
The Things Network Monmouth, Wales got its 10th member
3 years, 1 month ago
Matthew Macdonald-Wallace posted an update in The Things Network Monmouth, Wales: "Rebooting TTN Monmouth"
3 years, 6 months ago
There is a new official community nearby (Hereford)
4 years, 8 months ago
Resources
Contact us
Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/monwalesttn
Contributors to Monmouth, Wales
The Core Team of Monmouth, Wales:
Contributors:
Marian Smith
Richard Wenner
Eamonn Lawler
Karen hinds
Keith Mortimer
jethro_swan introduction to Monmouth, Wales community
SimplePiMan introduction to Monmouth, Wales community
Kevin Karney introduction to Monmouth, Wales community
Peter Strong introduction to Monmouth, Wales community
Rhys introduction to Monmouth, Wales 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 Monmouth, Wales 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 Monmouth, Wales can add the communication channel
UNLEASH TTN Monmouth, Wales
Congratulations! You have completed all the activities. It's time to kick-off The Things Network Monmouth, Wales 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 Monmouth, Wales can set the launching event }}