# PNI Placepod **URL:** \ **Category:** End Devices (Nodes)\ **Created:** [May 18, 2018, 11:12am UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/pni-placepod/14297 "2018-05-18T11:12:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mascarpone](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/mascarpone/32/35767_2.png) [@mascarpone](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/mascarpone)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 11:12am UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/pni-placepod/14297/1 "2018-05-18T11:12:15Z")
I could get my hands on a “PNI PlacePod” parking sensor and I’m trying to get it working with TTN. I added an application as well as a device. Since I can’t change the data the device is sending, I changed the device EUI and the application EUI in my application to the data the sensor sends. When I look at the gateway traffic, I can see a join request sent by the device. DEV EUI and App EUI are the same as the ones I used in the application. But for some reason, the join request does not work and I don’t know, what I did wrong. The DEV EUI is 008000000400884E and I chose ABP for acitvation. Does anyone have a hint about what I am doing wrong? Regards from Cologne Uwe ---
**Author:** ![BoRRoZ](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/borroz/32/44234_2.png) [@BoRRoZ](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/BoRRoZ)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 11:33am UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/pni-placepod/14297/2 "2018-05-18T11:33:59Z")
sure… the one I posted [yesterday.](https://www.pnicorp.com/placepod/) did you contact the seller and what was his reaction ? _I see they have a german [sales representative](https://www.novatronic.de/) in your City_ ---
**Author:** ![mascarpone](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/mascarpone/32/35767_2.png) [@mascarpone](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/mascarpone)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 11:48am UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/pni-placepod/14297/3 "2018-05-18T11:48:04Z")
yepp… that’s the one. I contacted the German reseller unitronic. They don’t have any experience with TTN yet. By now, they only used the PNI-infrastructure at PNI Cloud - I’d rather get it working with TTN. I just received the infromation, that there still is an activation tool missing. Maybe that will solve the problem, but I actually don’t think so. ---
**Author:** ![BoRRoZ](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/borroz/32/44234_2.png) [@BoRRoZ](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/BoRRoZ)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 12:09pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/pni-placepod/14297/4 "2018-05-18T12:09:01Z")
the sensor (node) probably only responds to their infrastructure @ this moment. don’t think it’s open source - but would be very nice to get it working on TTN ! ---
**Author:** ![bluesensing1](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/bluesensing1/32/42705_2.png) [@bluesensing1](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/bluesensing1)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/pni-placepod/14297/5 "2018-05-18T15:48:15Z")
> [@mascarpone](#): > > unitronic could you provide the adress of the reseller here or by pm: [lorawan.berlin@gmail.com](mailto:lorawan.berlin@gmail.com) there are some ideas… growing thank you g. ---
**Author:** ![BoRRoZ](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/borroz/32/44234_2.png) [@BoRRoZ](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/BoRRoZ)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 4:32pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/pni-placepod/14297/6 "2018-05-18T16:32:16Z")
[http://www.nedapidentification.com/news/news/3641.html](http://www.nedapidentification.com/news/news/3641.html) ---
**Author:** ![gregorwolf](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/gregorwolf/32/38492_2.png) [@gregorwolf](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/gregorwolf)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/pni-placepod/14297/7 "2018-11-20T15:18:16Z")
Hi @mascarpone, did you get any information in the meantime? I don’t find any details at [https://www.pnicorp.com/placepod/](https://www.pnicorp.com/placepod/) regarding TTN Support. Also Unitronic sent us an offer with their own Gateways. ---
**Author:** ![mascarpone](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/mascarpone/32/35767_2.png) [@mascarpone](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/mascarpone)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/pni-placepod/14297/8 "2018-11-20T19:51:21Z")
Hi @gregorwolf, yes, the placepod works with TTN. A few days ago I received an offer from unitronic to swap our placepod for a new version with a new firmware. As far as I understood the new version, it should be even easier to register the device to TTN and the protocol will be easier to understand. ---
**Author:** ![mascarpone](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/mascarpone/32/35767_2.png) [@mascarpone](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/mascarpone)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 4:13pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/pni-placepod/14297/9 "2018-12-11T16:13:17Z")
Hi @gregorwolf, today I received the updated placepod with the new firmware. It is really easy now to integrate the device to TTN. There is an iOS-App by which you can reconfigure the device (including App EUI and App Key) via BLE. Also, the new communication protocol based on #lora-cayenn-low-power-payload is easier to understand and to handle. I will have to re-write the decoder, but it should be easier then before. ---
**Author:** ![gregorwolf](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/gregorwolf/32/38492_2.png) [@gregorwolf](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/gregorwolf)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 5:43pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/pni-placepod/14297/10 "2018-12-11T17:43:44Z")
Thank you @mascarpone for the follow up. We’ve not yet decided on our hardware. So it’s good to know. ---
**Author:** ![BoRRoZ](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/borroz/32/44234_2.png) [@BoRRoZ](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/BoRRoZ)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2018, 5:47pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/pni-placepod/14297/11 "2018-12-11T17:47:22Z")
some pics from the setup procedure to TTN would be very welcome 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dsandel](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/dsandel/32/35697_2.png) [@dsandel](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/dsandel)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/pni-placepod/14297/12 "2022-11-02T18:52:07Z")
Is there a decoder for the PNI Placepod ? ---
**Author:** ![gtilmont](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/gtilmont/32/35697_2.png) [@gtilmont](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/gtilmont)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 12:15pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/pni-placepod/14297/13 "2022-11-16T12:15:51Z")
Hello I’m looking for a codec ready to use for PNI PLACEPODS? Does somebody have this ---
**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:** [November 16, 2022, 12:23pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/pni-placepod/14297/14 "2022-11-16T12:23:31Z")
erm, what does the supplier or distributor offer? have you asked? what does their documentation call out? ---
**Author:** ![gtilmont](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/gtilmont/32/35697_2.png) [@gtilmont](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/gtilmont)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 12:56pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/pni-placepod/14297/15 "2022-11-16T12:56:13Z")
Supplier provides a technical doc explaining how to decode manually the data But Finally, choosing CAYENNE LPP standard codec, it works fine