I have seen Talk2Whisper and A RPI as a gateway in many projects. In addition low cost gateways using Dragino and ESP8266 have been demonstrated.

Using the same principles, I am trying to use Talk2 Whisper Node for LORA and ESP8266 (Node MCU) to make a gateway and connect the TheThingsNetwork. 

I have the gateway working on ESP8266, I am having a challenge to Send a Payload from the Whisper Node. Has anyone done this sort of project before and any help in solutions or detailing the challenges would be very helpful.

Thank you.

Hi Nashwaj,

I'm not sure about the TheThingsNetwork gateway as this involved other protocol layers (LoRaWAN) instead of just LoRa packages. From our experience to work with LoRaWAN, the best final cost still by buying a proper LoRaWAN from any reputable brand. Manufacturers like Kerlink and giotnetwork have the called Pico-Gateway, which has a reduced price but still fully LoRaWAN compatible, including multichannel and full of features.

By having a working LoRaWAN gateway, you will short the project development and deploy, saving your time to build and support it. If your project has serious budget restrictions and cannot afford a LoRaWAN gateway I would suggest using raw Radio messages. Just create your own protocol format and use it with an RPI or ESP8266 to link to the Internet. If you're not using the full LoRaWAN specification, there's no benefit in spending time with it.

For simple LoRa messages and ESP8266, have a look on this article: https://www.thomaslang.nl/talk2-whisper ... tion-code/

ps.: sorry for the late reply, we were having issues with the forum.

Hi nashdwaj,

I am trying to connect Whisper node to TTN as well; my messages are getting onto TTN Console but unable to join the network.

Did you get any further?

Thanks,
Phillippe