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Monitoring LoRa Gateway Bridge using DataDog

Install the DataDog Agent following the instructions on the DataDog website
Update the lora-gateway-bridge configuration file with the lines on this gist
Create /etc/datadog-agent/conf.d/prometheus.d/conf.yaml with the content from this gist
Restart the lora-gateway-bridge and datadog-agent services
Check that the metrics are being collected by running datadog-agent check prometheus

OTA Firmware Updates for ESP-based devices using MQTT

Use the above as a template for your code.

The device will register with the MQTT server on startup under the topic devices/state/<device_type>/<device_mac> with a device type and a client id.

Use these values to publish JSON with the content {"update_available": 1} to devices/control/<device_type>/<device_mac> when you want to update the firmware.

The firmware should be stored on a webserver under /devices//firmware.bin - this needs work as it means you can only store/deploy a single version of firmware at any given time.

Five things your organisation can do to improve Collaborative Working

Collaborative working can be hard to get right, here's our top 5 tips to encourage a culture of success.

Building multi-discipinary teams is a great way to get the best out of your staff

“Collaborative Working is hard“. We’ve heard this from so many of our clients over the years, and often they really struggle with the conflict between [Generalism vs. Specialism][1], and even how to start working in a collaborative manner.

If you go into hospital for a major operation you wouldn’t expect the ward receptionist to administer the anaesthetic, nor would you expect a nurse to carry out the procedure, or the surgeon to perform post-operative care – so why do we expect so many of our software engineers to be “full stack developers”, or our operations teams to have a complete understanding of everything that happens in the process before our product reaches them?

Start by analysing your prod

	// Rotate the entire assembly for printing
	rotate([90,0,0]) {

	// Create the main beam and cut a cylinder that's
	// wide enough for the SMA connector to pass through
	difference(){
	// Main beam, 90x15x5mm
	cube([90,15,5]);
	// Hole for SMA connector, radius of 5mm,
	// smooth the edges by a factor of 200,

	#include <lmic.h>
	#include <hal/hal.h>
	#include <SPI.h>
	#include <U8x8lib.h>

	#define BUILTIN_LED 25

	// the OLED used
	U8X8_SSD1306_128X64_NONAME_SW_I2C u8x8(/* clock=/ 15, / data=/ 4, / reset=*/ 16);

	#include <lmic.h>
	#include <hal/hal.h>
	#include <SPI.h>
	#include <U8x8lib.h>
	#include <CayenneLPP.h>
	#include "TinyGPS++.h"
	#include <HardwareSerial.h>

	#define BUILTIN_LED 25

	# Uncomment lines below if you have problems with $PATH
	#SHELL := /bin/bash
	#PATH := /usr/local/bin:$(PATH)

	all:
	platformio -f run

	upload:
	platformio -f run --target upload

	Parsing recipes...done.
	Parsing of 2161 .bb files complete (0 cached, 2161 parsed). 3128 targets, 152 skipped, 0 masked, 0 errors.
	WARNING: No bb files matched BBFILE_PATTERN_meta-telegraf '^/media/yocto/jenkins/jenkins-meta/jenkins-meta/workspace/eway-os_feature_install_telegraf/lora-gateway-os/build/../../mbc-layers/meta-telegraf/'
	NOTE: Resolving any missing task queue dependencies

	metadata {
	definition (name: "OctoPrint", namespace: "OctoPrint", author: "MC", importUrl: "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mikec85/hubitatdrivers/master/octoprint/OctoPrint.groovy") {
	capability "Initialize"
	capability "Switch"
	capability "PresenceSensor"

	attribute "state", "enum", ["Operational", "Printing", "Pausing","Paused", "Cancelling", "Error", "Offline"]
	attribute "completion", "string"
	attribute "printTimeLeft", "string"

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