OTAA and bad contacts in your node's antenna

[arjanvanb (Arjan)]

@Verkehrsrot

• surely see if a Join Accept was generated by the network server?
• to which gateway it was sent?

Apparently somehow depending on the type of gateway, or on the type of forwarder software (like Semtech UDP or TTN MQTT), the gateway Traffic page(s) might show an orange Join Request. The application’s and device’s Data page will always show an orange Activation if TTN accepted the Join Request (including the new DevAddr). And the Traffic page of the gateway that was selected for the downlink will show the green Join Accept:

@arjanvanb

In case it helps: for a The Things Gateway I often, or always, only get the green icon in the gateway’s Traffic page. But for other gateways I’ve also seen the orange Join Request in their Traffic pages. In all occasions, OTAA does work fine, for me.

For errors see OTAA shows "Activation DevNonce not valid: already used" or Activation not valid - no gateways available.