ThingPark-Wireless-Base Station Commissioning User Guide-Ed2

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BS Commissioning User Guide
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VERSIONS
Version Date Author Details
1.0 10/02/16 Actility Initial Version

Minor additions:
1.1 19/02/16 Actility

▪ Status of the BS update process
▪ Possibility to select BS name from a pre-
defined drop-down list
2.0 12/09/17 A. Yverneau Updated for BS Commissioning v2.1.4
2.1 03/07/18 A. Yverneau Updated for BS Commissioning v2.2.2
2.2 14/08/18 A. Yverneau Search by name updated
REFERENCE DOCUMENTS
Documents Author
01 ThingPark Wireless Supplier User Guide Actility
WHAT’S NEW
New/Enhanced Functionalities For More Information, See… Version

Administrative info in Network Manager is well N/A 2.2.2
retrieved now
Search by name updated 4.2 Finding a Base Station 2.2.2

TABLE OF CONTENTS
NOTICE ............................................................................................................. 2
VERSIONS.......................................................................................................... 3
REFERENCE DOCUMENTS ....................................................................................... 3
WHAT’S NEW .................................................................................................... 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................ 4
ACRONYMS AND DEFINITIONS ................................................................................ 5
1 SCOPE........................................................................................................ 7
2 THINGPARK SOLUTION OVERVIEW .................................................................... 8
3 LOGGING IN ................................................................................................ 9
4 INTERFACE OVERVIEW...................................................................................10
4.1 Updating the Network Manager ............................................................................... 10
4.2 Finding a Base Station ............................................................................................... 11
4.3 Listing all Base Stations............................................................................................. 12
4.4 Managing a Base Station ........................................................................................... 12
4.4.1 Main Parameters ................................................................................................ 13
4.4.2 Antenna Parameters .......................................................................................... 17
4.4.3 GPS Antenna Parameters ................................................................................... 21
4.5 Using the Test Mode.................................................................................................. 22
5 LOGGING OUT ............................................................................................24
ABOUT ACTILITY ................................................................................................25

ACRONYMS AND DEFINITIONS
Acronyms Definitions
ABP Activation By Personalization
ADR Adaptive Data Rate
AES Advanced Encryption Standard
AS Application Server
BPM Business Process Management
BSS Billing Support Systems
CSP Communication Service Provider
DC Duty Cycle
End Device A sensor or actuator
ESP Estimated Signal Power
ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute
HAN Home Area Network
HSM Hardware Security Module
IaaS Infrastructure As A Service
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IoT Internet of Things
ISM Industrial Scientific Medical
GSCL Gateway Service Capability Layer
GTM Go To Market
KPI Key Performance Indicator
LC Logical Channel
LoRaWAN™ Long Range Wide Area NW
LPWAN Low Power Wide Area Network
LRC Long Range Controller
LRR Long Range Relay
MAC Media Access Control
M2M Machine-2-Machine
MTBF Mean Time Before Failure
NAT Network Address Translation

Acronyms Definitions
NW Network
NSCL Network Service Capability Layer. Also called RMS.
OBIX Open Building Information Exchange
OSS Operations Support Systems
OTA Over The Air
PER Packet Error Rate
PKI Public Key Infrastructure
POC Proof Of Concept
REST Representational State Transfer
RF Radio Frequency
RIT Receiver Initiated Transmit
RSSI Received Signal Strength Indicator
SaaS Software as a Service
SF Spreading Factor
SLRC Secured LRC (VPN Concentrator)
SMP System Management Platform
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
SNR Signal to Noise Ratio
SSH Secure SHell
SSO Single Sign On
TLS Transport Layer Security
TWA ThingPark Wireless Application
UNB Ultra Narrow Band
VM Virtual Machine
VPN Virtual Private Network
WS Web Service

1 SCOPE
The scope of this document is to provide users with guidelines on how to use the ThingPark
Wireless BS Commissioning tool. This tool is part of ThingPark Wireless TWA platform and
typically used by Base Station commissioners to complete the following tasks:
▪ Record Base Station engineering parameters such as antenna’s-built characteristics

(antenna gain, cable losses, antenna type, azimuth for directional antennas,
surrounding clutter environment and obstacles, delay between the Base Station
equipment and the antenna, and so forth…). The electrical characteristics of the
antenna can be either based on on-site measurements or provided in equipment
datasheets. These engineering parameters are then used by the tool to update the
maximum conducted TX power of the Base Station, considering the radiated power
levels set in the LRR configuration files.
▪ Validate that the Base Station is up and running after commissioning, by checking its
“Status” in real time, as well as testing its connectivity to ThingPark core network.
Using an appropriate test device provided to commissioners (for instance, LoRa®
demonstrator), the tool allows testing connectivity between the Base Station and the
network by displaying the packets exchanged in real time.
Although the BS Commissioning tool allows setting many input fields available in the Network
Manager tool, it does not replace it latter.
Being accessible via the web interface, the BS Commissioning tool is designed specifically to
be easily accessed from a smartphone or a tablet, but not necessarily a computer. This is very
practical for on-site commissioning.
Important Version 2.x of the BS Commissioning tool is only compatible with ThingPark
Wireless 4.x. For ThingPark Wireless release 3.x, version 1.11.3 of the BS Commissioning tool
should be used.

2 THINGPARK SOLUTION OVERVIEW
The ThingPark set consists of four main key components:

▪ ThingPark Wireless – Core network and OSS
▪ ThingPark OS
▪ ThingPark X
▪ ThingPark Enterprise
The ThingPark platform is a modular solution enabling Network Operators to:
▪ Deploy LPWANs based on LoRaWAN™ or LTE with ThingPark Wireless.
▪ Manage, activate and monetize IoT bundles (device, connectivity and application)
with ThingPark OS.
▪ Provide value-added data layer services, such as protocol drivers and storage with
ThingPark X.
ThingPark OSS acts as the central System Management Platform (SMP), enabling all other
ThingPark platform modules with base capabilities such as subscriber management,
centralized authentication and access rights, and workflow management.
ThingPark Enterprise is an Internet of Things (IoT) platform that manages private LoRa®
Networks. The ThingPark Enterprise edition is used by companies to support their specific
business.
Operator & Enterprise Application Servers

On-Line Shops
OSS & BSS Management
API Layer
ThingPark OS ThingPark Wireless Core NW & OSS ThingPark X

ThingPark Enterprise
User Portal Store (E-Shop) Operator Connectivity Address Usage Record Supervision, System OCP Edition SaaS Edition RMC
Manager Manager Manager Manager (UDR) Monitoring, Management
Alarms Platform (SMP)
BPM Engine Market
Drivers Connectors
Wireless Device Network

Logger Manager Manager LTE Security Geo-Location
Vendor Supplier Billing & EPC Server Server
Manager Charging ETSI M2M ETSI M2M
Manager Connectors
Net GSCL NSCL
Spectrum Network LoRaWANTM LoRaWANTM

Analysis Tool Survey Network Join Server ²
Local GW (GSCL)
Server
LoRaWANTM LRR (Gateway)

Any Device
Radio Network TPW Air Interface Message Broker Cluster Computing
Planning Tool Dimensioning Tool (Kafka) (Spark) LoRaWANTM /LTE Devices
Figure 1 - ThingPark Solution Architecture Description High Level Product Illustration

Note that the modules above may be representing a physical server, a function, a service or a business support layer
as part of the overall ThingPark solution and not necessarily a physical HW server.

3 LOGGING IN
To logging into the BS Commissioning tool, execute the following steps:

1. Launch the browser to access the following URL:
https://<operator>.thingpark.com/bsCommissioning/
The following window appears:
Figure 2 – BS Commissioning login
2. Enter your login and password.

3. Click OK.
The following security message appears:
Figure 2 – BS Commissioning security message
4. Click Accept.
Note The Network Supplier credentials are required (similar to those used in the Network
Manager tool). Subscribers with access to the Network Manager do not have access to this
tool because it is designed for commissioners who are responsible for massive Base Stations
installation, and not for subscribers with a few Base Stations installation. All parameters and
features of this tool can also be found in the Network Manager. For more information, see the
ThingPark Wireless Supplier User Guide.

4 INTERFACE OVERVIEW
Once logged into the BS Commissioning portal, the following window appears:
Figure 3 – BS Commissioning interface overview
The interface is based on two frames:

▪ A top bar menu
▪ A main application frame showing the Base Station list or Base Station details
The top bar menu shows a search bar and two buttons used to update the Network Manager
parameters or to list the Base Stations.
4.1 Updating the Network Manager
In the previous version of the BS Commissioning tool (version 1.x, supporting ThingPark
Wireless 3.x), a lot of fields set in the tool were stored in the “Administrative info” field of the
Base Station on the Network Manager.
In ThingPark Wireless 4.x, with the new version of the Network Manager, only a few
information is now stored in the “Administrative Info” field, because a dedicated tab has been
created for antennas parameters.
Accordingly, to ease the migration of existing information in the “Administrative Info” field
towards their new respective fields in the Network Manager, the BS Commissioning tool
supports an “Updated Network Manager” feature. This feature is useful for Base Stations of
which the data was already filled by the previous version of the tool.

To update the parameters of all Base Stations provisioned on the Network Manager account:
1. Click on the top left of the tool.
2. The following message appears:
Figure 4 – BS Commissioning tool: warning message when Network Manager update

3. Click Accept.
After a few seconds, the result of the Network Manager update appears for each Base
Station that is selected:
Figure 5 – BS Commissioning tool: result of the Network Manager update
4. Click Done at the bottom of the page.

The result of this operation is to update the antenna-specific fields (the antenna gain, cable
loss and cable delay) to the values present in the “Administrative Info” space.
4.2 Finding a Base Station
Once logged in with a Network Supplier account, you can access all Base Stations already
provisioned on this account.
To find a Base Station, use the search bar as illustrated in the following the Figure:
Figure 6 – BS Commissioning tool: Search for a base station
Two search options are supported:

To find a Base Station by its name:
1. Click Name.
The twenty first Base Stations are displayed.
2. Type the name of the Base Station in the search area.
All the Base Stations having the characters searched in their name are immediately
displayed.
To search by ID:
3. Type the ID of the Base Station in the search area.
4. Click ID.

Notes
▪ The search is case insensitive.
▪ Searching with an empty field returns the first twenty Base Stations provisioned for
the related Network Partner.
4.3 Listing all Base Stations
To display the Base Stations registered on the Network Supplier account, click on the top
left of the tool.
The maximum number of Base Stations displayed is configurable during the database
installation; it can also be modified after installation to display more or less Base Stations.
It is configurable in the following file:
/var/www/html/thingpark/usr/etc/tools/bs-commissioning/define.inc.php
// Maximum number of BS to display
define('BS_LIST_MAX', 20);
Important By default, only the first twenty Base Stations are displayed.
4.4 Managing a Base Station
In the “BS List” window, the search criteria displays a list of one/several Base Stations. Each
Base Station is displayed with some associated information (illustrated by the example in
Figure 7):
▪ ID of the Base Station

▪ Base Station given name
▪ Time of last update
▪ Owner of the update
▪ Base Station activation state
Figure 7 – BS Commissioning tool: “BS List” view
Note Clicking on the right allows you to directly switch to the Base Station testing mode.
This is the view of the packets exchanged in real time between a test device and the concerned
Base Station. This functionality is detailed in section 4.5.

To access the details of the Base Station, click the Base Station of interest. The following screen
will appear:
Figure 8 – BS Commissioning tool: Base Station details
4.4.1 Main Parameters

The available fields are split into 3 categories:
1. Fields directly retrieved from the Network Manager tool and not modifiable by the BS
Commissioning tool - typically concerns the basic Base Station information:
▪ Model Name: related to the corresponding Base Station profile.

▪ SMN: Serial Marketing Number (internal Actility number).
▪ Version: LRR software version.
2. Fields automatically updated from the LRR administrative state (retrieved from the
Network Manager):
▪ Activation state: determines the LRR activation state by one of 4 different options:
o Initializing: initial configuration.
o Validating: this is the LRR state when it is created but still waiting for validation
by the Operator Manager.
o Suspended: LRR is validated and deactivated by the Operator Manager.
o Active: LRR is validated and activated.
▪ Connection state: determines the LRR connection state:
o Disconnected: Base Station is offline and not running.
o Connected: Base Station is up and running.

▪ GPS receiver:
o Locked: GPS signal received from the Base Station.
o Locking / No signal: no GPS signal received from the Base Station.
▪ WAN backhaul indicators eth0:
o Up / running and used + IP address used: Ethernet backhaul is used.
o Down / No started: Ethernet backhaul is not used.
▪ WAN backhaul indicators ppp0:
o Up / running and used + IP address used: 3G/4G backhaul is used.
o Down / No started: 3G/4G backhaul is not used.
3. Fields that can be set/modified in the BS Commissioning tool, and consequently updated
automatically in the Network Manager tool:
▪ Name: Base Station’s given name. When this field is modified in the BS Commissioning
tool, changes are automatically updated in the Network Manager, in the orange
rectangle in Figure 9 below.
Note It is possible to select the name from a drop-down list, if the list of LRR names is
predefined by the tool administrator.
▪ Address: Physical (geographical) address of the Base Station. When this field is
modified in the BS Commissioning tool, changes are automatically updated in the
Network Manager, in the green rectangle in Figure 9.
▪ Altitude Above Ground: Reference altitude of the Base Station above the ground level,
in meters. Note that it is also possible to the altitude above ground separately for each
antenna (please refer to section 4.4.2).
▪ MAC Address: MAC address of the Base Station. This value is stored in the
“Administrative Info” space in the Network Manager (see the blue rectangle in Figure
9).
▪ SIM Card IMEI & SIM Card ICC ID: valid for cellular backhaul configurations (ppp
interface). These fields are populated in WAN Backhaul details in the Network
Manager tool - see brown rectangle in Figure 9 and Figure 10.
▪ Type of Gateway: selected from a drop-down list: either V0, V2, V3…
Type of gateway Semtech gateway version
V0 V1.0
V2 V1.5
V3 V2
This value is stored in the “Administrative Info” space in the Network Manager (see the
blue rectangle in Figure 9).

▪ RF hardware configuration in use: that is, the hardware configuration of the Base
Station, selected from a drop-down list of available RF configurations. This
configuration defines the number of sectors, number of physical antennas and number
of RF boards configured for this LRR. When this field is updated in the BS
Commissioning tool, it is directly displayed in “RF hardware configuration in use” space
in the “Antennas” tab in Network Manager – see Figure 11.
▪ Antenna Details: Antenna type, gain, azimuth, cable loss, and cable delay are the main
fields defined for the antenna. These parameters and some others can be modified as
detailed in section 4.4.2.
For multi-antenna configurations (tri-sector configurations or antenna diversity
configurations), the tool allows a separate page for each antenna, in order to set
independently the characteristics of each antenna.
In the previous version of the BS Commissioning tool, these data were all displayed in
“Administrative Info” space (see the blue rectangle in Figure 9). With BS
Commissioning version 2.x, only the antenna type (if set in the tool) cannot be directly
set in a separate field in the Network Manager tool; the other fields are directly
populated in the Network Manager.
Note Antenna gain and cable loss are still stored in the “Administrative Info” space
even if they are populated in the appropriate fields in the “Antennas” tab; this choice
was made to ensure that all the gain/loss values set in the tool are logged by the
Network Manager even if they were not successfully updated in the LRR (for instance,
in case of the LRR being temporarily unreachable).
▪ GPS antenna details: This section appears if the GPS receiver is locked. To set the GPS
antenna parameters, see section 4.4.3. All GPS antenna parameters are stored in the
“Antennas” tab in the Network Manager (see Figure 11), with the exception of the GPS
antenna gain that is stored in the “Administrative info” space.

Figure 9 – Network Manager Tool – Base Station details
Figure 10 – Network Manager Tool – WAN Backhaul details
Figure 11 – Network Manager Tool – Antennas tab

4.4.2 Antenna Parameters
In order to set the antenna characteristics (cable losses, the delay between the LRR and the
antenna…), proceed as follows:
1. Click to edit the antenna fields.
The following page is displayed:
Figure 12 – BS Commissioning tool: Setting the antenna parameters

2. Click on each section to display its parameters to set.
Set the parameters as you wish.
3. Click Save.
Input parameters
▪ Antenna:
o Type: Omnidirectional / Directional / Undefined.
Note In addition to the antenna type, it is possible to select the antenna model
from a drop-down list, if the list of antennas is predefined by the tool
administrator. In this case, the antenna gain will be automatically filled
according to the antenna model (the relation between the antenna model and
its gain shall be defined in the antenna-list file).
o Gain (dBi): sets the antenna gain in dBi.
Note If the antenna model is selected from a predefined list, the antenna gain
cannot be set manually, as it is already defined in the antenna list.
o Horizontal HPBW (degrees): Angle between the half-power (-3 dB) points and
the main lobe (Half Power Beam Width).
Note Only applicable when Type=Directional.
o Azimuth (degrees): sets the azimuth of the antenna in degrees.
Note Only applicable when Type=Directional.
o Additional information: sets any additional information related to the antenna.
▪ Location:
o GPS latitude (WSG84 decimal degrees): sets the latitude of the antenna.
o GPS longitude (WSG84 decimal degrees): sets the longitude of the antenna.
o Altitude above sea level (m): sets the altitude of the antenna.
o Height above the ground level (m): sets the height of the antenna.
▪ Cable:
o Cable loss (dB): refers to the total losses that are introduced by cables/jumpers
as well as any additional losses between the LRR and the antenna (for instance,
external diplexer…).
The value of this parameter is directly set in the LRR software, in order for the
LRR to derive the target conducted TX power from the radiated power
configured in the Base Station.
o Cable delay (ns): refers to the total transmission delay (in nanoseconds)
introduced by the cables/jumpers as well as any additional delay between the
LRR and the physical antenna.
Note This delay is not round-trip delay, and is particularly important for geo-
localization.
It is either set according to field measurements, or based on datasheet
specifications for a given cable type and length.
▪ Environment:
o Propagation environment: this field determines the dominant environment
where the Base Station is installed. Possible choices are: Undefined
environment / Rural flat / Rural trees / Rural forest / Suburban / Tower / Urban
/ Urban dense. Knowledge of the propagation environment makes
troubleshooting of radio-related issues much simpler.
o Installation mode: This field determines whether the gateway is installed
outdoors or indoors. For outdoor installation, 2 typical modes exist: either the
gateway is installed on a building rooftop (typical for macro-cell deployments),
or it is installed below a building rooftop (for instance, on street furniture, lamp
posts…) like a small-cell deployment scenario. Knowledge of the installation
mode is useful to predict the average RF coverage of the cell, it also makes
troubleshooting of radio-related issues much simpler.
o Antenna configuration mode: records information about the nearest obstacles
and their distance in each direction in space. The clearance type is either
“cleared within 500m” (meaning there is no direct obstacle within a 500m
radius) or “obstacle blocking” (meaning there is an obstacle within 500m
radius, in which case the distance to the nearest obstacle may be recorded).
Knowledge of the obstacle blocking information is very interesting to predict
the average RF coverage of the cell, it also makes troubleshooting of radio-
related issues much simpler.

▪ Basic mode allows to log in a single value for obstacle blocking, without
any break-down per direction.
▪ Advanced mode allows logging a separate information for obstacle
blocking for each direction.
▪ Basic mode is set by default. It is possible to switch to advanced mode
by clicking on “Switch to the advanced mode” button.
▪ TX power: This section provides the maximum allowed/effective radiated TX Power for
RX1 and RX2 frequencies, the power levels are directly retrieved from the LRR taking
into account the antenna gain and cable losses.
o Maximum allowed TX power on RX1/RX2 (dBm EIRP): these values are
generally dictated by the local regulations and the hardware capability of the
Base Station.
o Effective TX power on RX1/RX2 (dBm EIRP): defines the effective radiated
power of the gateway on RX1 and RX2, including the authorized range of
calibrated power levels.
Note These values do not take into consideration the per-channel power offset.
Note
Ensure to click Save once all configuration parameters are correctly set.
Figure 13 – BS Commissioning tool: Save the antenna parameters
Output parameters:
Two output parameters are sent to the Base Station when modified:
▪ the gain
▪ the cable loss
These metrics are then pushed by the BS Commissioning tool towards the LRR in question to
configure the corresponding “Gain” and “cable loss” fields of the /usr/etc/lrr/custom.ini
file.
These fields are read by the LRR software to configure its conducted TX Power = LRR_Power –
Gain + cableloss:
▪ “LRR_Power” corresponds to the setting done in the corresponding RFRegion which

the LRR in question belongs to.
▪ “Gain” and “cableloss” refer to the values set in “custom.ini” file, which are in turn set
by the BS Commissioning tool or directly via the Network Manager tool.

When the antenna gain and cable loss are successfully updated in the BS commissioning tool
after clicking Save, the effective values of these two parameters are sent to the Base Station,
and the tool displays a message similar to the red text below, until the Base Station answers
it:
Figure 14 – BS Commissioning tool: Updating the antenna gain and cable loss on the base station
When the Base Station answer has been received by the BS Commissioning tool, it displays
the following screen:
Figure 15 – BS Commissioning tool: antenna gain and cable loss updated on the base station
Important
▪ Once the data have been saved in the BS Commissioning tool, the antenna gain and
cable loss values shall be sent to the Base Station via a dedicated web-service of the
Network Manager API. This web-service requires the following pre-requisites:
o The Network Supplier must have the “Delegate Administration” rights.
o The LRR version of the Base Station has to be at least 2.2.17.
If any of the two pre-requisites mentioned above is not fulfilled, the tool shall set the
antenna gain and cable loss into the LRR directly through the LRC (via POST
commands), which is the approach adopted by the previous release of the BS
Commissioning tool (v1.11.3 and before).
While the BS Commissioning tool is waiting for the Base Station’s response saying these
values have been taken into account, the values are tagged “updating”.
Figure 16 – BS Commissioning tool: antenna gain still in updating mode
The Base Station will stay in this mode until the answer coming from the Base Station
has been received by the BS Commissioning tool.

Important In the current release of the Network Manager tool, the base station’s
response only supports integer values (even if the effective value set locally at the LRR
is the right value in float format).
Therefore, setting decimal values for antenna gain and cable loss shall keep the BS
Commissioning tool in “updating” state because the values returned by the LRR are
different from those requested by the user. This issue is tracked by the R&D ticket
RDTP-1615.
▪ If the value of the antenna gain and/or cable loss is different between the
“Administration info” space and the “Antennas” tab in the Network Manager (as per
Figures 17 and 18 below), the BS Commissioning tool takes the “Administration info”
setting as reference values; hence the display is illustrated by Figure 19:
Figure 17 – Network Manager tool: antenna gain set to 2 in the “Administration info” space
Figure 18 – Network Manager tool: antenna gain value stored is 3 in the “Antennas” tab
Figure 19 – BS Commissioning tool: antenna gain displayed is 2
The Base Station also is tagged as “NM partially updated”, which means it needs to be
updated, as the antenna gain values are not the same:
Figure 20 – BS Commissioning tool: base station tagged as partially updated

This situation may happen when the Base Station is not temporarily unreachable when
the antenna gain/cable loss values were logged into the BS Commissioning tool.
4.4.3 GPS Antenna Parameters

To set the delay between the LRR and the GPS antenna, and to record other information, some
fields are dedicated to the GPS antenna.
To edit the GPS antenna fields, click .
Input parameters
▪ Antenna gain (dBi): sets the GPS antenna gain in dBi.

▪ Antenna and cable delay (nanoseconds): refers to the total transmission delay (in
nanoseconds) introduced by the cables/jumpers as well as any additional delay
between the LRR and the physical GPS antenna.
Note This delay is not round-trip delay and is particularly important for geo-
localization.
It is either set according field measurements, or based on datasheet specifications for
a given cable type and length.
▪ Horizontal distance (m): horizontal distance between the GPS antenna and the Base
Station.
▪ Vertical distance (m): vertical distance between the GPS antenna and the Base Station.
▪ Additional information: additional information related to the GPS antenna.
Important
Ensure to click Save after all configuration parameters have been correctly set.
Figure 21 – BS Commissioning tool: Save GPS antenna parameters
4.5 Using the Test Mode
To switch to the test mode and check if the Base Station is correctly receiving LoRaWAN™
messages, proceed as follow:
1. Click on the “Test” button:
Figure 22 – BS Commissioning tool: witch to the Test mode
2. Enter the Subscriber credentials of the test device account:
Figure 23 – BS Commissioning tool: Enter Subscriber credentials
3. Click to validate.

Messages received by the Base Station appear:
Figure 24 – BS Commissioning tool: Uplink messages displayed in test mode
If no messages received by the Base Station, an error message appears:
Figure 25 – BS Commissioning tool: Enter Subscriber credentials
To select a specific device, click and select the device in the drop-down list.
To refresh the messages list, click .
To close the Test mode, click .

5 LOGGING OUT
To logout from the BS Commissioning tool, click on the top left of the application.

ABOUT ACTILITY
Actility is an industry leader in LPWAN (Low Power Wide Area) large scale infrastructure with
ThingPark™, the new generation standard-based M2M communication platform. Actility’s
ThingPark Wireless™ network provides long-range coverage for low-power sensors used in
SmartCity, SmartBuilding and SmartFactory applications. Actility also provides the ThingPark
X which provides big data storage for sensor data and exposes sensor function through an
open API allowing developers to provide vertical applications on top of rolled out sensors. To
help vendors transform their sensors, Actility provides the ThingPark IoT platform which
include embedded software solutions and cloud solutions to help devices connect to
innovative applications. Via the ThingPark Market, an online marketplace engine dedicated to
the IoT sensors, applications and network solutions, Actility enables the roll-out of new
innovative IoT services for sensor vendors and network solution vendors. Actility is a founding
member of the LoRa Alliance™: the largest, most powerful standards-based effort to enable
the Internet of Things (IoT). Visit www.actility.com.
LoRaWAN™, the LoRa Alliance™, and LoRa Alliance Certified™ are trademarks of Semtech
Corporation, used with permission under a sublicense granted to the LoRa Alliance™ and its
members.


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▪ Record Base Station engineering parameters such as antenna’s-built characteristics

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The ThingPark set consists of four main key components:

Operator & Enterprise Application Servers

ThingPark OS ThingPark Wireless Core NW & OSS ThingPark X

Wireless Device Network

Spectrum Network LoRaWANTM LoRaWANTM

LoRaWANTM LRR (Gateway)

Figure 1 - ThingPark Solution Architecture Description High Level Product Illustration

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To logging into the BS Commissioning tool, execute the following steps:

Figure 2 – BS Commissioning login

2. Enter your login and password.

Figure 2 – BS Commissioning security message

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Figure 3 – BS Commissioning interface overview

The interface is based on two frames:

4.1 Updating the Network Manager

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Figure 4 – BS Commissioning tool: warning message when Network Manager update

Figure 5 – BS Commissioning tool: result of the Network Manager update

4. Click Done at the bottom of the page.

4.2 Finding a Base Station

Figure 6 – BS Commissioning tool: Search for a base station

Two search options are supported:

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4.3 Listing all Base Stations

4.4 Managing a Base Station

▪ ID of the Base Station

Figure 7 – BS Commissioning tool: “BS List” view

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Figure 8 – BS Commissioning tool: Base Station details

4.4.1 Main Parameters

▪ Model Name: related to the corresponding Base Station profile.

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Figure 10 – Network Manager Tool – WAN Backhaul details

Figure 11 – Network Manager Tool – Antennas tab

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Figure 12 – BS Commissioning tool: Setting the antenna parameters

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Figure 13 – BS Commissioning tool: Save the antenna parameters

▪ “LRR_Power” corresponds to the setting done in the corresponding RFRegion which

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Figure 16 – BS Commissioning tool: antenna gain still in updating mode

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Figure 19 – BS Commissioning tool: antenna gain displayed is 2