tnx… still a bit expensive, this afternoon I’ve tested a BME280 … positive 
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fresh start this morning with new code and a new sensor… the BME280
and a new public dashboard address
that silicone kit is for protecting the cheap chinese sma connectors from rusting 
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Payloads is the same as frame counter?
yes 
* changed it
it survived the first night so I leave it now and just let it do its job… for how long it will run on a normal AA battery ?
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What are you using as the air purge valve? I’ve found a few but they either come in at about £15 each or I have to buy 1000 from Aliexpress…
here are 4 frames received by TTN gateways from the above BME280 testnode
at what RSSI level its no longer added to the application metadata ?
this is part of the CayenneLPP buffer code from this sensor.
why is the sequence different in the metadata ? 3 4 2 1
RSSI does not determine whether data is included. Packet being from gateway received within deduplication timeout is what matters. Packets received after the timeout are discarded as duplicates.
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thnx Jac.
and what determines this ’ deduplication timeout ’
… a lot of packets from that specific GW, is that possible, a ‘slow’ responding GW with a good rf signal ?
now I understand the following (a little bit) better :
during testing of this node firmware, I had one day my own gateway on, OTAA joining worked fine and when I switched my gateway off the packets were seen by 3 other gateways (sometimes only one)
next day, I had my gateway still off, I started the node again… no OTAA possible but join request visible in application ??
switched my gateway on, re started the node, no problem joining, switched off my gateway…
e voila… packets are seen by 3 gateways.
my conclusion sofar… always start your node close to a gateway 
The back-end. After the first gateway forwards the packet to the back-end it waits for a certain amount of time to allow gateways with slow(er) connections to deliver the same packet. After that time it forwards the packet to the application.
The only thing I can think of is the gateway that received the OTAA request could not respond due to airtime restrictions or may-be it had to drop the response packet because it arrived too late at the gateway (after the transmission slot).
I will try duplicate this again and take some snapshots … this happend several times, so when the receiving gateway/connection is slow… it can drop the back-end join packet and/or the node doesn’t receive the join packets in time… creating the same status… then after several tries you then get the famous 'no_free_channel
’ to allow gateways with slow(er) connections to deliver the same packet. ’
why … isn’t the first packet received the fastest (for joining) and can the backend respond directly to that GW so a bigger chance for a successfull join ?
The first gateway may have the fastest internet connection but not the best RF path to the node.
I wonder, a metallic temp/humidity sensor enclosure 'will that hold the temperature inside longer then a plastic enclosure ?
Looking at your workbench I expect an answer by tomorrow 
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Were did you buy this antenna?
Rocket Scream from Malaysia, asked me to test their new 1.5 v low power node in Dutch climate.
I am curious so I agreed, also to write a review about it for TTN (new idea… reviewing LoRaWAN hardware).
The modules arrived with that 5 dbi antenna… I will ask him if they are for sale separate.
They did some research on small antennas
- got an answer back
these 5 dbi antennas are all over the internet and even if they look the same… they are not.
so Rocket Scream found a quality supplier and test each antenna individually before shipping
http://www.rocketscream.com/blog/product/868-mhz-5-dbi-dipole-antenna/
finishing the coffee spy node
I listened to the tips from mrme earlier in this topic and bought some thermal fuses
- special timesaver tip : check the thermal fuse before glueing it to the ac-dc converter
I realise now that I break it during soldering… it was a 65°C fuse
ok took the broken fuse out and just for this proof of concept I don’t put another one back… we have dc now
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