# Our first meeting

> On last Monday we had our first meeting with some people interested to work with us on the TTN network of Cologne. For testing purposes we had a Lorank8 gateway

- Type: Community update
- Community: [The Things Network Köln](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/koln/)
- Author: Reinhard Nickels
- Published: 2017-05-18
- Web page: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/koln/post/out-first-meeting

On last Monday we had our first meeting with some people interested to work with us on the TTN network of Cologne.
For testing purposes we had a Lorank8 gateway which will shortly be installed on top of Stadtbiliothek Köln.
It took us about 10 min to get this gateway to operations! Great success.
A node based on a Nexus board immeadiatly connected to this gateway and sent data.
Next step will be: get the gateway to operate at the final place and present it on
https://geekscologne.wordpress.com/2017/05/17/open-data/