TTN Australian communities

Hello. I’ve just added my first Lora Gateway to the TTN…

Firstly, is the slack still active? how do I get access?

Secondly, I’m running a PineDio gateway, and I’ve made a few changes to the out of the box global conf… is this correct? or should I make changes?

pinedio@pine-gateway:~$ cat /opt/ttn-gateway/packet_forwarder/lora_pkt_fwd/global_conf.json
{
    "SX130x_conf": {
        "com_type": "SPI",
        "com_path": "/dev/spidev0.0",
        "lorawan_public": true,
        "clksrc": 0,
        "antenna_gain": 0, /* antenna gain, in dBi */
        "full_duplex": false,
        "fine_timestamp": {
            "enable": false,
            "mode": "all_sf" /* high_capacity or all_sf */
        },
        "radio_0": {
            "enable": true,
            "type": "SX1250",
            "freq": 917200000,
            "rssi_offset": -166.0,
            "rssi_tcomp": {"coeff_a": 0, "coeff_b": 0, "coeff_c": 20.41, "coeff_d": 2162.56, "coeff_e": 0},
            "tx_enable": true,
            "tx_freq_min": 915000000,
            "tx_freq_max": 928000000,
            "tx_gain_lut":[
                {"rf_power": 12, "pa_gain": 1, "pwr_idx": 6},
                {"rf_power": 13, "pa_gain": 1, "pwr_idx": 7},
                {"rf_power": 14, "pa_gain": 1, "pwr_idx": 8},
                {"rf_power": 15, "pa_gain": 1, "pwr_idx": 9},
                {"rf_power": 16, "pa_gain": 1, "pwr_idx": 10},
                {"rf_power": 17, "pa_gain": 1, "pwr_idx": 11},
                {"rf_power": 18, "pa_gain": 1, "pwr_idx": 12},
                {"rf_power": 19, "pa_gain": 1, "pwr_idx": 13},
                {"rf_power": 20, "pa_gain": 1, "pwr_idx": 14},
                {"rf_power": 21, "pa_gain": 1, "pwr_idx": 15},
                {"rf_power": 22, "pa_gain": 1, "pwr_idx": 16},
                {"rf_power": 23, "pa_gain": 1, "pwr_idx": 17},
                {"rf_power": 24, "pa_gain": 1, "pwr_idx": 18},
                {"rf_power": 25, "pa_gain": 1, "pwr_idx": 19},
                {"rf_power": 26, "pa_gain": 1, "pwr_idx": 21},
                {"rf_power": 27, "pa_gain": 1, "pwr_idx": 22}
            ]
        },
        "radio_1": {
            "enable": true,
            "type": "SX1250",
            "freq": 917900000,
            "rssi_offset": -166.0,
            "rssi_tcomp": {"coeff_a": 0, "coeff_b": 0, "coeff_c": 20.41, "coeff_d": 2162.56, "coeff_e": 0},
            "tx_enable": false
        },
        "chan_multiSF_All": {"spreading_factor_enable": [ 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 ]},
        "chan_multiSF_0": {"enable": true, "radio": 0, "if": -400000},  /* Freq : 916.8 MHz*/
        "chan_multiSF_1": {"enable": true, "radio": 0, "if": -200000},  /* Freq : 917.0 MHz*/
        "chan_multiSF_2": {"enable": true, "radio": 0, "if":  0},       /* Freq : 917.2 MHz*/
        "chan_multiSF_3": {"enable": true, "radio": 0, "if":  200000},  /* Freq : 917.4 MHz*/
        "chan_multiSF_4": {"enable": true, "radio": 1, "if": -300000},  /* Freq : 917.6 MHz*/
        "chan_multiSF_5": {"enable": true, "radio": 1, "if": -100000},  /* Freq : 917.8 MHz*/
        "chan_multiSF_6": {"enable": true, "radio": 1, "if":  100000},  /* Freq : 918.0 MHz*/
        "chan_multiSF_7": {"enable": true, "radio": 1, "if":  300000},  /* Freq : 918.2 MHz*/
        "chan_Lora_std":  {"enable": true, "radio": 0, "if":  300000, "bandwidth": 500000, "spread_factor": 8,                             /* Freq : 917.5 MHz*/
                           "implicit_hdr": false, "implicit_payload_length": 17, "implicit_crc_en": false, "implicit_coderate": 1},
        "chan_FSK":       {"enable": false, "radio": 1, "if":  300000, "bandwidth": 125000, "datarate": 50000}                             /* Disabled */
    },

    "gateway_conf": {
        "gateway_ID": "AA555A0000000000",
        /* change with default server address/ports */
        "server_address": "au1.cloud.thethings.network",
        "serv_port_up": 1700,
        "serv_port_down": 1700,
        /* adjust the following parameters for your network */
        "keepalive_interval": 10,
        "stat_interval": 30,
        "push_timeout_ms": 100,
        /* forward only valid packets */
        "forward_crc_valid": true,
        "forward_crc_error": false,
        "forward_crc_disabled": false,
        /* GPS configuration */
        "gps_tty_path": "/dev/ttyS2",
        /* GPS reference coordinates */
        "ref_latitude": 0.0,
        "ref_longitude": 0.0,
        "ref_altitude": 0,
        /* Beaconing parameters */
        "beacon_period": 0,     /* disable class B beacon, set to 128 enable beacon */
        "beacon_freq_hz": 923300000,
        "beacon_freq_nb": 8,
        "beacon_freq_step": 600000,
        "beacon_datarate": 12,
        "beacon_bw_hz": 500000,
        "beacon_power": 27
    }
}