# How do I know a gateway is operational? **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [June 17, 2020, 10:11am UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/how-do-i-know-a-gateway-is-operational/37858 "2020-06-17T10:11:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 19
**Author:** ![Jeff-UK](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/jeff-uk/32/35697_2.png) [@Jeff-UK](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/Jeff-UK)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 11:00am UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/how-do-i-know-a-gateway-is-operational/37858/19 "2020-06-19T11:00:07Z")
Hi Tony have checked a few time through the morning/just now with no incremental traffic - guess your not there yet or are getting success with some of the other GW’s in the area 🙂 Out for a short time (eWaste recycling trip!) and will check again later. Personally I wouldnt go the RFM-9x route but YMMV (search forums for comments/experiences) e.g. > [@BEEP base V3: hive measurement system with nRF52840 / HX711 / LoRa / I2C / Audio ADC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/hive-measurement-system-v3-with-nrf52840-hx711-lora-i2c-audio-adc-kickstarter/30652/1): > > With the Beep foundation we developed a (soon to be) open source PCB together with the low power and LoRa hardware specialists at Ideetron. The PCB has a lot of features that might interest you if you would like to have an affordable ultra low power bee hive measurement system. [BEEP%20-%20PCB%20v3] The Beep PCB v3 has the following features: Nordic nRF 52840 64 MHz ARM® Cortex™-M4 processor (with Bluetooth 5 and Zigbee on board) LoRa RFM95 868 MHz (EU) add-on I2C screw terminal (BME280 supp… > [@Experiences with RFM9x and SX127x based SPI LoRa modules](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/experiences-with-rfm9x-and-sx127x-based-spi-lora-modules/30741): > > This topic focuses on SPI LoRa modules based on HopeRF RFM9x and Semtech SX127x LoRa tranceivers (e.g. RFM95W and SX1276). This topic is meant for: Experiences with these modules from hardware (quality) perspective. Programming related to module specific features and issues. This topic is NOT meant for generic application programming questions for these modules like ‘my LMIC script is not working, please help’. Any such posts will be removed as off-topic. The first posts in this topic were … > [@RFM95W only SF6-9?](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/rfm95w-only-sf6-9/30688): > > Hi! I have purchased several RFM95W-868S2 from digi-key, SOS electronics and TME. When I test them, only Spreading Factor 6-9 works, and not 10-12. I can see in the data-sheet that RFM97W only supports SF6-9. Does that mean that all chips are RFM97W now? I used to have a lora dragino with RF95 that worked with SF6-12, so I’m very confused. What is wrong? That said whilst I and many others avoid it professionally I know of many others who have had good success with the module so it’s your call, I will be retesting/trying for a personal project later in the summer (adapting someone else’s already complete system design/project and dont want to re-engineer RF/S/w) so am open to have my opinion/bias adjusted 😉 --- _[View the full topic](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/how-do-i-know-a-gateway-is-operational/37858)._