The Things Node - Can't join

Hi All,

Getting this error when trying to connect to the network using OTAA:

Sending: mac join otaa
Join not accepted: denied
Check your coverage, keys and backend status.

Any idea what could possibly go wrong?

Regards

Getting this code in de portal:

{
“time”: “2020-02-05T14:46:25.958249609Z”,
“frequency”: 868.1,
“modulation”: “LORA”,
“data_rate”: “SF7BW125”,
“coding_rate”: “4/5”,
“gateways”: [
{
“gtw_id”: “eui-7276ff002e062e97”,
“timestamp”: 255929324,
“time”: “2020-02-05T14:46:24.82068Z”,
“antenna”: 1,
“channel”: 21,
“rssi”: -107,
“snr”: -1
}
]
}

Do you need your own gateway to join the Node?

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No. Any TTN gateway within RF coverage will do.
However, your node has to be able to receive the response from TTN. There are several reasons why this might fail.

  1. gateway can not transmit.
  2. gateway transmits but your node can not receive the signal.

Hi Sir,

I am facing the same issue with the Indian frequency (IN_863_870) but it worked with EU frequency (EU_868)

When using Indian Frequency I got this error,it is shown below.

My error is
Sending: mac join otaa
Join not accepted: denied
Check your coverage, keys and back end status.

after one minute it keeps on raising this error "no_free_ch"

please tell me sir, why I am facing issue with Indian Frequency

Are you using hardware that is certified for Indian frequencyplan?