Can LMIC 1.6 be set up to use a single channel and SF?

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This is only valid for LMIC 1.6 sourcecode. I haven’t looked at the 1.5 version.
In file lmic/lmic.c you find the following function:

static void initJoinLoop (void) {
#if CFG_TxContinuousMode
  LMIC.txChnl = 0;
#else
    LMIC.txChnl = os_getRndU1() % 6; // Do NOT remove this line
    LMIC.txChnl = 0; // Add this line to avoid random choice of TX channel
#endif
    LMIC.adrTxPow = 14;
    setDrJoin(DRCHG_SET, DR_SF7);
    initDefaultChannels(1);
    ASSERT((LMIC.opmode & OP_NEXTCHNL)==0);
    LMIC.txend = LMIC.bands[BAND_MILLI].avail + rndDelay(8);
}

Don’t try to be too clever and remove the line containing _os_getRndU1()_. I did it and it did not work any longer. Probably there are other things going on behind the curtain than just creating a simple 1 byte random number.

If you do this modification you should be aware that you may violate the LoRaWAN specification and possibly regulations of your country. I recommend only to do it for testing, not for production.

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