Using NodeRed and Grafana to log Gateway coverage

Using ttnmapper to map nodes is often good start for mapping.
But ttnmapper is still closed source and you can only use it for showing coverage of TTN gateways.
If you have your own infrastructure you need some other way to visualize your GPS data.

So first you need to have your data received in NODE-RED and I will not write here about that.
You can get data from TTN or from your own loraserver.

So now that you have your data arriving you need to setup few nodes.

But first you need to install support on your server

To install install worldmap node use npm


cd ~
cd .node-red
npm install node-red-contrib-web-worldmap


After installing restart your node red and you should be able to see worldmap in your browser

http://server:1880/worldmap

If you do not have it already – you will need to install grafana and influxdb support

To get data into right format we need two more things

geohash


cd ~
cd .node-red
npm install node-red-node-geohash


and Grafana plugin


cd ~
grafana-cli plugins install grafana-worldmap-panel
/etc/init.d/grafana-server restart


Now you need to create database in infux
from console on your server you can just:


influx

>CREATE DATABASE gps
>exit


Now we have all installed and ready for our data

Go to node-red
and create nodes like this

here is code for function nodes

ParseDataForOpenstreetMap should look like this


node.status({fill:"green",shape:"ring",text:"Start"});

var latitude = (raw[2] <<16 | raw[3] << 8 | raw[4]); var longitude = (raw[5] <<16 | raw[6] << 8 | raw[7]); var latiFloat = 0.0000; var longFloat = 0.0000; latiFloat = latitude / 10000; longFloat = longitude / 10000; var altitudeGps = (parseInt(raw[8] <<16 | raw[9] << 8 | raw[10],16))/1000; var gpsNodeName = msg.payload.nodeName; var color = "green"; //ako je potvrda na ack paint blue if(raw[0] == 1 || raw[0] == 49) { node.status({fill:"red",shape:"dot",text:"ACK!" }); color = "blue"; } //msg.payload.nodeName msg.payload = { name: msg.payload.nodeName, icon:"car", iconColor: color, zoom:15, rssi: msg.payload.rxInfo[0].rssi, snr: msg.payload.rxInfo[0].loRaSNR, frequency: msg.payload.txInfo.frequency, spreadFactor: msg.payload.txInfo.dataRate.spreadFactor, fCnt: msg.payload.fCnt, fPort: msg.payload.fPort, data: msg.payload.data, gateway: msg.payload.rxInfo[0].name, rawData: raw, applicationID: msg.payload.applicationID, applicationName: msg.payload.applicationName, nodeName: msg.payload.nodeName, mac: msg.payload.nodeName, devEUI: msg.payload.devEUI, lat: latiFloat, lon: longFloat, alt: altitudeGps }; return msg; }

Second function ConvertDataforInflux is:


color = "blue";

return msg;


Now you can start your GPS node and check is a CAR icon visible on map

http://server:1880/worldmap

If you see the car next is to check is influx logging data


>USE gps
>select * from logs


If you see some data move to next level - Grafana

Again I will not write whole thing - you need to add influx datasource by yourself
Next create dashboard and create TABLE first and go to edit mode it will be useful to see actual data...
Remove example data

Chose panel data source - your gps influx data and click add query
On right you need to click on toggle edit mode and paste QUERY

SELECT "nodeName","gateway","spreadFactor","frequency","lat","lon","alt",("snr" + "rssi") AS "metric", "geohash" FROM "log" WHERE $timeFilter

Set FORMAT AS Table

and you should see all your logs now

GO back to dashboard, and now add WorldMap
Do the same as for table
Go to WorldMap settings and set your starting location and coloring...
Set Map Data Options as shown

Now you should be able to see all your points on map.

Last thing we want is to setup FILTER
So go to Templating and set it like this

And that is it you should have nice coverage map :)