RAK10701-Plus
Field Tester Plus for LoRaWAN
Supported
All values on the display, including uplink signal, distance, gateways and packet loss.
FreeProBusiness
Only half the readings, or the full set
On its own, the RAK10701-Plus only measures what it receives itself: the downlink from the gateway. How well the network hears your tester – uplink RSSI and SNR, packet loss, the distance to the gateways – can only be calculated on the network side. RAK does that only on its own WisGate gateways.
Without one, the display stays half empty, exactly where it matters for planning coverage: you see that the gateway reaches you, but not whether it hears you.
fieldtester.io takes over this part. It reads every uplink from The Things Network, evaluates all gateways that received it and sends signal, distance and packet loss back to the tester within seconds. No RAK gateway, no software of your own, set up in minutes.
Without backendWith fieldtester.io
UplinkDR2↥
RSSI :--dBm
SNR :--dB
Packet Loss Rate:--
Max Distance :--m
Min Distance :--m
DownlinkDR-↧
RSSI :-88dBm
SNR :9dB
Packet Loss Rate:--
No.of Gateway :2
Gateway EUI :--
Last Refresh :00:00:07
How it works
- Register with your name, a nickname and your email address. You get a personal webhook address.
- Add a webhook with this address to your application in The Things Network or The Things Stack.
- Switch the tester on. fieldtester.io switches it to field test mode and replies to every uplink with the measured values.
Free, Pro and Business
Pro
- Everything in Free
- Up to three testers
- Every measurement point is recorded and grouped into surveys
- Each survey on its own map, coloured by signal strength
- Export as CSV, JSON or Excel with coordinates and every gateway
- Data kept for 365 days
Business
- Everything in Pro
- Up to 25 testers
- Planning: set pins on the map and see whether an application will work there, from your measurements, the sight line and the active TTN gateways
- Sight line profile to every gateway: terrain, buildings and Fresnel zone next to the measured values
- Coverage map across all surveys
- Team with roles
- Device management: assign testers, master data and status
- Read-only links to share a survey or the coverage map
- Reports as PDF with your logo, for your customers
- Surveys are kept as long as the plan runs
Supported field testers
RAK10701-P / -L
Field Tester (Pro) for LoRaWAN
Supported
All values on the display, including uplink signal, distance, gateways and packet loss.
FreeProBusiness
RAK10706
Signal Meter for LoRa
Supported
All values on the display, including uplink signal, distance, gateways and packet loss.
FreeProBusiness
Adeunis FTD
Field Test Device LoRaWAN
Supported
All values in the portal, including uplink signal, distance, coordinates, gateways and packet loss.
ProBusiness
News
All news
Already 5 testers
fieldtester.io now supports five field testers: besides the RAK10701-Plus also the RAK10701-P, the RAK10701-L, the RAK10706 Signal Meter and the Adeunis Field Test Device.
Understanding LoRaWAN
What is a spreading factor? Why may a device send only 1 % of the time? And what does an SNR of −12 dB tell you? Our new knowledge section explains LoRaWAN in nine articles, with drawings and in 39 languages.
New on the map: the gateway view
On the map of a survey you can now switch between the signal and the gateways that heard your points.
Available with ProBusiness
Questions and answers
What do I gain with fieldtester.io?
Without a backend the RAK10701-Plus shows only half of its values. fieldtester.io answers every uplink, so the display shows uplink RSSI and SNR, the distance to the gateways, packet loss and the number of gateways, without a RAK gateway of your own. With Pro every point is also recorded and can be exported.
My tester is not listed?
At the moment fieldtester.io supports the RAK10701-Plus, the RAK10701-P and -L, the RAK10706 and the Adeunis FTD. Write to us with the model name: other testers that expect a reply from a backend can usually be added.
What happens to my data?
Free stores your account and, per tester, its IDs, the last contact and a packet counter, but no positions. Pro also stores every measurement point with position and gateways for 365 days. The API key of your webhook is never stored. Deleting your account deletes everything at once.
Why can I not save measurement data with Free?
With Free you see your readings right on the field tester. Storing and providing surveys needs storage space and causes ongoing operating costs. That is why recording, keeping and exporting the data are part of our paid plans, Pro and Business. This lets us offer the basic function free of charge for good.
How is my recorded data protected?
The positions of your measurement points, the list of receiving gateways and the names of your testers and surveys are stored encrypted in our database. Reading them requires a separate key that is not kept in the database. Anyone who only accesses the stored data or a backup cannot see it in plain text without this key.
I want to use Pro. How can I pay?
Monthly or yearly through Paddle, our reseller. Paddle accepts credit cards, PayPal and other methods depending on your country, issues the invoice and calculates the taxes. You can cancel at any time; Pro then stays active until the end of the paid period.
Why do older backends not work with the Plus?
The RAK10701-Plus uses a different protocol from the earlier RAK10701-P. It accepts the older replies but leaves uplink RSSI and distance blank. fieldtester.io speaks both: it recognises a Plus by its first message and asks once on the dashboard whether a tester is a RAK10701-P.
Why is the distance empty?
Distances need a GPS fix on the tester and a public location on the gateway.