Checking the radio communication history
In this task you can monitor the uplink and downlink traffic history:
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A late uplink is an uplink that has been queued by an offline base station, and therefore has been received late by the ThingPark Enterprise platform.
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A downlink has failed when the base station was not able to transmit it over the air.
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Select Devices.
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On the List tab, click the name of the device for which you want to check the radio traffic.
In RADIO TRAFFIC HISTORY you can select one of the available tabs: Packets, Payload or Join Events.
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Click the Packets tabs to monitor the number of packets.
-> The packets' timeline appears as follows:
Packets show all uplink/downlink packets regardless of the message type while Join events only show Join Request/Join Accept messages. See 6).
a) Click Uplink, Late Uplink, Downlink or Downlink Failed in the Packets tab to filter the corresponding attribute.
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Click the Payloads tabs to monitor payloads' sizes.
-> The payloads' timeline appears as follows:
Payloads show uplink and downlink applicative payloads.
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Click the Join Events tab to monitor the number of Join Events.
-> The Join Events' timeline appears as follows:
Join events only show Join Request/Join Accept messages.
Note Join Events only apply to OTAA devices.