Single channel gateway

[manisha07]

Hello everyone
I have esp32 rn2483 lora module. Can i build a single channel gateway using these components. Is there any open source code available to build a single channel gateway
Thank you

[descartes (Nick McCloud)]

@manisha07

Can i build a single channel gateway using these components

No for two reasons:

• There is no such thing as a single channel gateway - a gateway has 8 channels minimum
• The RN module isn’t designed for all the things you may need out of a radio listening for multiple random transmissions.

A simple search fo the forum would tell you that Single Channel Packet Forwarders are disruptive to the TTN network and are unsupported. See:

Single Channel Packet Forwarders (SCPF) are obsolete and not supported

Single channel packet forwarders are obsolete and are not supported Single Channel in this article refers to both Single Channel and Dual Channel devices (and any variations thereof). Single Channel Packet Forwarders are not LoRaWAN compliant gateways. They negatively impact proper operation of gateways and end devices (nodes) in their area which means they negatively impact The Things Network and its users, but they also impact other LoRaWAN operators. Not only now, but also in the future w…

If you value any part of your time, a compliant gateway is less than $100 and doesn’t require you to send days debugging your devices that can’t understand why they can’t use any of the 8 channels they expect to.