Worth a pivot to Meshtastic?
By cocodude
27 November 2025I've recently gotten into mesh networks, mainly Meshtastic. I see TTN on the Isle of Man seems to have no more remaining nodes, but I have noticed th…
We began in 2016 to build a network for our island because we believed the Internet of Things should benefit everyone.
We wanted you to be able to participate, which is why we worked hard to cover our island in a free and open network which anyone can use.
Building the network enabled people to create technical solutions which solved problems for the benefit of our whole island community. We grew to cover most of the major population centres on the island and exchanged LoRaWAN packets with users in Ireland and the UK too.
The Isle of Man Government chose to invest with a commercial company to explore LoRaWAN and IoT instead.
The last volunteer owned Things Network gateway was closed down in March 2024.
Our story
We began in 2016 to build a network for our island because we believed the Internet of Things should benefit everyone.
We wanted you to be able to participate, which is why we worked hard to cover our island in a free and open network which anyone can use.
Building the network enabled people to create technical solutions which solved problems for the benefit of our whole island community. We grew…
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Shutdown
Having only seen 5 TTN LoRaWAN packets in about a month, and with the cost of electricity being so high, I've decided to shut down the Port Erin gate…
Gateway Map Issue
You've probably spotted that the map isn't showing our gateways at the moment!
The current map code will only display the V2 gateways, and we've migr…
Things Network V3 Migration
I've just moved the Port Erin gateway from the 'old' V2 stack, to the new EU1 cluster of the Things Network version 3.
It looks to be working fine on…
Douglas Gateway
This afternoon I've installed a gateway up on Onchan Head. It doesn't quite have the line of sight of the whole of the bay I was hoping it would hav…
The Network is Growing
Today we've increased our gateway count by 100%.
"Soak" testing has gone well, and reliability is proven, so now is the time to turn our attention to…
TTN Gateway Hardware
After placing our order for an 'official' TTN Gateway back in July 2016 we finally got our hands on it this week.
Sadly, it seems to be one of a sign…
LoRaWAN 1.1 Released
The new v1.1 specification for LoRaWAN has been released. There are quite a few changes, adding additional security and better roaming support. If yo…
Behind the scenes
You may have noticed the Douglas gateway has been offline for a few days now. Don't worry - we've not given up!
The gateway is currently undergoing s…
Progress Update
Just a brief update on our recent progress:
We've got a homebrewed (Raspberry Pi + IC880A) multichannel gateway up and running in Douglas, on a (most…
Gateway Build
Today we saw the final stages of our first gateway build. Everything is working well, with just a few tweaks to weatherproofing to finalise.
We've g…
First Message!
On Saturday 20th August, we successfully sent our first message!
Huge thanks to John for getting all the bits together.
We have a gateway!
We've reached our first milestone of successfully connecting our first gateway to the network.
Well, when I say gateway, I really mean a collection o…
We have nodes!
Our first prototype boards have arrived and we've built a node transmitter. Sadly, we'll have to wait until our first gateway is up to test it though!
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cocodude posted an update in The Things Network Isle of Man: "Worth a pivot to Meshtastic?"
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The Things Network Isle of Man got its 10th member
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cocodude is now part of Isle of Man community
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Isle of Man community page updated
1 year, 9 months ago
Congratulations! Today is the 1-year anniversary of the community!
8 years, 4 months ago
Contributors to Isle of Man
The Core Team of Isle of Man:
Contributors:
Rich Grant
Alistair Elliott
cocodude introduction to Isle of Man community
wazza introduction to Isle of Man community
md7fhz introduction to Isle of Man community
Rogelio Serrano introduction to Isle of Man community
Sarah Ennett introduction to Isle of Man community
