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MLR003 Unconfirmed and Confirmed Uplink Frequency

The MLR003 Device (from REV1.6 and above) sends a Confirmed Uplink atmost every 30 minutes, to increase the maximum device capacity for the LoRaWAN gateway and comply with LoRaWAN Specification.

The message type is available in the

MAC Header (MHDR) field*

Bit#

7..5

4..2

1..0

MHDR bits

MType

RFU

Major

Message Type (MType bit field)*

MType

MType (Decimal)

Description

000

0

Join Request

001

1

Join Accept

010

2

Unconfirmed Data Up

011

3

Unconfirmed Data Down

100

4

Confirmed Data Up

101

5

Confirmed Data Down

110

6

RFU

111

7

Proprietary

(*taken from LoRaWAN Specification Sheet)

Example data from MLR003 Device

Timestamp

MQTT Subscribe Topic

MHDR Field

Message Type

Message Type Description

 12:27:48 PM

 lora/39-37-30-31-77-32-8e-11/packet_recv 

 MHDR: 64

 MTYPE: 2

 Message Type: "Unconfirmed Data Up" }

 12:37:51 PM

 lora/39-37-30-31-77-32-8e-11/packet_recv 

 MHDR: 64

 MTYPE: 2

 Message Type: "Unconfirmed Data Up" }

 12:47:51 PM

 lora/39-37-30-31-77-32-8e-11/packet_recv 

 MHDR: 64

 MTYPE: 2

 Message Type: "Unconfirmed Data Up" }

 12:57:51 PM

 lora/39-37-30-31-77-32-8e-11/packet_recv 

MHDR: 128

 MTYPE: 4

 Message Type: "Confirmed Data Up" }

 12:57:51 PM

 lora/39-37-30-31-77-32-8e-11/packet_sent 

MHDR: 96

 MTYPE: 3

 Message Type: "Unconfirmed Data Down" }

 1:07:51 PM

 lora/39-37-30-31-77-32-8e-11/packet_recv 

 MHDR: 64

 MTYPE: 2

 Message Type: "Unconfirmed Data Up" }

 1:17:51 PM

 lora/39-37-30-31-77-32-8e-11/packet_recv 

 MHDR: 64

 MTYPE: 2

 Message Type: "Unconfirmed Data Up" }

 1:27:50 PM

 lora/39-37-30-31-77-32-8e-11/packet_recv 

MHDR: 128

 MTYPE: 4

 Message Type: "Confirmed Data Up" }

 1:27:51 PM

 lora/39-37-30-31-77-32-8e-11/packet_sent 

MHDR: 96

 MTYPE: 3

 Message Type: "Unconfirmed Data Down" }

 1:37:50 PM

 lora/39-37-30-31-77-32-8e-11/packet_recv 

 MHDR: 64

 MTYPE: 2

 Message Type: "Unconfirmed Data Up" }

 1:47:50 PM

 lora/39-37-30-31-77-32-8e-11/packet_recv 

 MHDR: 64

 MTYPE: 2

 Message Type: "Unconfirmed Data Up" }

 1:57:50 PM

 lora/39-37-30-31-77-32-8e-11/packet_recv 

MHDR: 128

 MTYPE: 4

 Message Type: "Confirmed Data Up" }

 1:57:51 PM

 lora/39-37-30-31-77-32-8e-11/packet_sent 

MHDR: 96

 MTYPE: 3

 Message Type: "Unconfirmed Data Down" }

 2:07:50 PM

 lora/39-37-30-31-77-32-8e-11/packet_recv 

 MHDR: 64

 MTYPE: 2

 Message Type: "Unconfirmed Data Up" }

 2:17:50 PM

 lora/39-37-30-31-77-32-8e-11/packet_recv 

 MHDR: 64

 MTYPE: 2

 Message Type: "Unconfirmed Data Up" }

 2:27:50 PM

 lora/39-37-30-31-77-32-8e-11/packet_recv 

MHDR: 128

 MTYPE: 4

 Message Type: "Confirmed Data Up" }

 2:27:50 PM

 lora/39-37-30-31-77-32-8e-11/packet_sent 

MHDR: 96

 MTYPE: 3

 Message Type: "Unconfirmed Data Down" }