Hi, I received a Sensecap M2 Multiplatform Gateway from Seeedstudio for testing. So, here it is…
I received the gateway, antenna, antenna cable and a power supply.
I am very, very pleased with the packaging. It is packed in a foam pad. It is nicely packaged and sorted. Assembly is simple and straightforward. Screw the antenna cable to the M2 unit and screw the antenna onto the magnetic base of the cable. Plug the unit into power and let it boot up. Connect a LAN cable to your existing network OR your laptop and run an IPscan to find the “Sensecap” device. Login and configure.
Sorry for the small picture, but this is the overview after configuration.
Here in the overview you can see the number of your active connections, the WLAN SSID, the WAN (ETH0) and the data traffic in the system.
That’s a VERY basic overview of the software configuration. There are still tons of settings you can change if you want. Since this is a hardware review, I won’t go into detail here, so if you want a better overview of the software, feel free to leave a comment. Let’s move on to the hardware.
This is the sight that awaits you when you open the top white cover. Here you can see 90% of all components. The WM1302 is the LoRaWAN gateway module.
On the IO side of the circuit board we then see the WM7628N-A module, a pretty decent 300 Mbit/s WLAN module running the OpenWRT LuCi-based operating system. Behind the Ethernet port is a “THT” (through hole) POE power supply that efficiently transforms 48 V down to 12 V.
1 / 2 • WM1302 gateway module.
All in all, the hardware is designed to be very cost effective and reliable. I give it a solid 10/10 for the hardware. It is efficient, has minimal heat loss and a reasonable case size.
I recommend this hardware to anyone who wants to try out a basic LoRaWAN configuration.
Enjoy!!
