Spotlight on Australia
By Heath Raftery
16 February 2021While we've been idle waiting for the concept of community to re-emerge, the TTN team have been hard at work preparing to migrate from V2 of the The …
LET YOUR PRESENCE BE KNOWN
Why not start with writing an update and share the existence of The Things Network community in your area. You can mention the plans and other action steps too.
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The Things Network has an active forum space that allows people to discuss anything related to the network. it is is a great place to find other contributors and start discussing the setup of a community. You can create a new topic under the category: Campaigns with the name of your community. Write a first post in this topic to announce your existence and to find people who are interested in contributing.
Forum
Only the core team of Newcastle & Lake Macquarie can add forum topics
Are you active on Twitter? What about creating a new account for your community!
Have a look at The Things Network Amsterdam Twitter as an example. We have some guidelines for Twitter accounts:
- Write out "TheThingsNetwork" in your Twitter name (for example TheThingsNetworkAms)
- Use "TTN" for the Twitter Handle (for example: TTN_Amsterdam)
- You can use the logo shown in the community page as your profile picture
Create a Twitter account!
Connect gateways
Create coverage by connecting gateways.
The Things Network is currently developing their own gateways which will be in retail near the end of this year. You can pre-order these affordable gateways in the shop already.
You probably don't want to wait that long. Happily, The Things Network supports different kinds of gateways like the Multitech, Kerlink and Lorank. You can even build your own gateway.
In case you already have a gateway, you can add it to the map.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
Create a channel to communicate internally.
In order to communicate internally, we highly recommend you to create a Slack group. It is a free messaging app that helps organizing your team conversation and allows you to directly reach out to members.
You can also use other ways of communication, as long as you make sure people have easy access to join the conversation.
Have you created a channel? Great! Please fill in the link below so we can add it to the Resources section of the community page.
Only the core team of Newcastle & Lake Macquarie can add the communication channel
UNLEASH TTN Newcastle & Lake Macquarie
Complete all 4 elements to unlock the final step!
Our mission is to provide the entire Greater Newcastle and Lake Macquarie regions with Internet of Things data connectivity by crowdsourcing the network by its citizens and local companies.
We are happy to have you join the community. Contact the core team and help us unleash the Internet of Things in Newcastle and Lake Macquarie.
Our story
Our mission is to provide the entire Greater Newcastle and Lake Macquarie regions with Internet of Things data connectivity by crowdsourcing the network by its citizens and local companies.
We are happy to have you join the community. Contact the core team and help us unleash the Internet of Things in Newcastle and Lake Macquarie.
About this community
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The Core Team of Newcastle & Lake Macquarie consists of:
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End of an era, start of a new
With a heavy heart I report that one of the first community gateway's, eui-008000000000c371 (aka newie-ventures-genesis) has now been de-commission…
Happy two millionth packet!
Earlier this year the collection of gateways we currently monitor at HQ collectively passed the 2,000,000 packet count milestone. That's twice as man…
Charlestown gateway
Community notice: The new Charlestown TTN Gateway is now online.
We have taken down the old gateway to invesitgate the malfunction.
Charlestown gateway offline
Community notice: The Lake Macquarie City Council Charlestown TTN gateway has been offline since late October. Council is working with supplier Meshe…
New External Gateway: Wallsend
There's a new TTN gateway with external antenna fitted high and proud in Wallsend, hosted by long-term community member, Dave W. We've just finished …
Frequency plan adjustment, AS…
At the outset of this community we adopted the AS923_925 ("AS2") frequency plan in an attempt to harmonise with the rest of the country. In the meant…
LoPy4 and Things!
Want to learn how to start creating your own things?!!
A smart city is an urban area that uses different types of electronic data collection sensors …
Monthly Maker Meet: TTN & LoR…
Our first Monthly Maker Meet: TTN & LoRa held at Core Electronics was a vibrant success! A big thank you to everyone that came along. We covered a ra…
One million packets!
Big milestone for the community overnight as we blasted through 1,000,000 packets carried by the local network. We also peaked at a staggering 10700 …
Outdoor Antenna Upgrade at Co…
Our LoRaWAN Gateway just got an upgrade: an outdoor antenna mounted nice and high. We've gone with a full wave antenna to get the most out of even th…
LoRa + TTN Workshops (Free)
Hi Everyone,
Just a heads-up that we have LoRa Workshops schedualed in October. They are free, bookings essential.
By the end of the workshop, you'l…
Smart Liveable Neighbourhoods…
Smart, Liveable Neighbourhoods Challenge – Build Your Internet of Things (IoT) Idea and Win
Hi everyone, at the last meet up of Newcastle IoT Pioneer…
Get set to Unleash!
This community continues to grow both in coverage and activity, and has now satisfied the criteria for an official community of The Things Network. S…
Mapping update
The gateway at Eighteen04 was recently moved to the roof of the building, which warranted some more coverage mapping.
Feast your eyes on the coverage…
Switching to AS923
Note the eighteen04_newcastle-west and newie-ventures-genesis (Mayfield) gateways have been updated to AS923 (AS2 923-925 specifically) today to brin…
Lake Macquarie Switches On
Lake Macquarie City Council has successfully shared in Round 1 funding of the Commonwealth's Smart Cities and Suburbs grant program with the Univers…
Eighteen04 gateways in operat…
Eighteen04 Startup Incubator has deployed two 'The Things' Gateways which have been provided by Andrew Mears of SwitchDin.
The gateways can be identi…
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Activity
theentitynull is now part of Newcastle & Lake Macquarie community
3 months, 1 week ago
The Things Network Newcastle & Lake Macquarie got its 50th member
3 years, 9 months ago
Heath Raftery posted an update in The Things Network Newcastle & Lake Macquarie: "Spotlight on Australia"
4 years, 4 months ago
The Things Network Newcastle & Lake Macquarie organizes a Meetup on 25 March
6 years, 3 months ago
Congratulations! Today is the 1-year anniversary of the community!
6 years, 3 months ago
Contact us
To get in contact, send a message to one of the core team members (Andrew or Heath, links above), come along to a monthly Newcastle IoT Pioneers meetup (https://www.meetup.com/Newcastle-IoT-Pioneers/) drop a line in the #australia channel on thethingsnetwork Slack, or post up in the Forum at https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/ttn-newcastle-australia/13536
Contributors to Newcastle & Lake Macquarie
The Core Team of Newcastle & Lake Macquarie:
Contributors:
KyleMac96
Member
tinmantris
Member
Ian Scrivener
Member
Jaron Ware
Member
kalWilton
Member
Chris Evans
Member
Alain Yetendje
Member
Andrew Stace
Member
s0n1c
Member
Thomas Page
Member
Brian Hill
Member
Justin Cooksey
Member
Cameron Shortland
Member
duncan4000
Member
Claire Chaikin-Bryan
Member
charlespascoe
Member
krt
Member
Tom Boyle
Member
theentitynull
Member
Paul Thompson
Member
Josh Leask
Member
farleyjr
Member
Simon Verhoef
Member
tortfeaser
Member
Alec Roberts
Member
prawnhead
Member
Davidmiddo
Member
JPPolin
Member
Uskompuf
Member
agordon
Member
Gordon Whitehead
Member
Alex Lynch
Member
Ben de Haan
Member
Joe Zappulla
Member
Graeme Hill
Member
RogerAllon
Member
cameronowen
Member
NeilW
Member
terrypacker
Member
yurik
Member
Pingu22
Member
Rayannon Innes
Member
agilbett
Member
Ahmedbk
Member
AssetOpt LMCC
Member
Dave_Wal
Member
stu002
Member
Rhett
Member
84ace
Member
sherakadam
Member
Ash Davidge
Member
LukeBrindley
Member
theentitynull introduction to Newcastle & Lake Macquarie community
sherakadam introduction to Newcastle & Lake Macquarie community
s0n1c introduction to Newcastle & Lake Macquarie community
charlespascoe introduction to Newcastle & Lake Macquarie community
yurik introduction to Newcastle & Lake Macquarie community
LET YOUR PRESENCE BE KNOWN
Why not start with writing an update and share the existence of The Things Network community in your area. You can mention the plans and other action steps too.
Add post
The Things Network has an active forum space that allows people to discuss anything related to the network. it is is a great place to find other contributors and start discussing the setup of a community. You can create a new topic under the category: Campaigns with the name of your community. Write a first post in this topic to announce your existence and to find people who are interested in contributing.
Forum
Only the core team of Newcastle & Lake Macquarie can add forum topics
Are you active on Twitter? What about creating a new account for your community!
Have a look at The Things Network Amsterdam Twitter as an example. We have some guidelines for Twitter accounts:
- Write out "TheThingsNetwork" in your Twitter name (for example TheThingsNetworkAms)
- Use "TTN" for the Twitter Handle (for example: TTN_Amsterdam)
- You can use the logo shown in the community page as your profile picture
Create a Twitter account!
Connect gateways
Create coverage by connecting gateways.
The Things Network is currently developing their own gateways which will be in retail near the end of this year. You can pre-order these affordable gateways in the shop already.
You probably don't want to wait that long. Happily, The Things Network supports different kinds of gateways like the Multitech, Kerlink and Lorank. You can even build your own gateway.
In case you already have a gateway, you can add it to the map.
COMMUNICATION CHANNEL
Create a channel to communicate internally.
In order to communicate internally, we highly recommend you to create a Slack group. It is a free messaging app that helps organizing your team conversation and allows you to directly reach out to members.
You can also use other ways of communication, as long as you make sure people have easy access to join the conversation.
Have you created a channel? Great! Please fill in the link below so we can add it to the Resources section of the community page.
Only the core team of Newcastle & Lake Macquarie can add the communication channel
UNLEASH TTN Newcastle & Lake Macquarie
Complete all 4 elements to unlock the final step!