Gateway connectivity plan
Prepare a Gateway connectivity plan to ensure Mesh Gateways connect to the Border Gateway.
All Mesh Gateways need to reliably connect to the Border Gateway to ensure sensor messages are sent to the Silvanet Cloud. To ensure this, we recommend preparing an a Connectivity Plan before deploying the gateways.
This plan is then used by the installers during deployment to run Gateway Connectivity tests.
Overview
A reliable Gateway connectivity plan has the following features:
Border Gateway has an Internet connection to the Silvanet Cloud.
Mesh Gateways connect to at least one other Mesh Gateway to provide redundancy.
At least two Mesh Gateways are within range of the Border Gateway to provide redundancy.
Prepare a connectivity plan
The following simplified plan shows a reliable Mesh Network. One Mesh Gateway has one connection while the remaining Mesh Gateways connect to at least two Mesh Gateways.
After you prepare a Connectivity Test Plan, you print it for distribution to forest workers who deploy the devices.
Prepare Packets: Use the Pre-Planning tool to prepare a Packet contains Border Gateways and Mesh Gateways.
Next, enter Full Screen Mode: Select the Full Screen Mode icon in preparation for printing.
Take a screenshot: Take a screen capture (screenshot) of the Packet Planning page in full screen mode. On a MAC, press and hold three keys together: Shift-Command-5 (or Shift-Command-4 to select an area). On a Windows device, press the Windows logo key+Shift+S.
Use a graphics program to add connection lines: Paste the screen capture into a graphics program such as Paint (on Windows) or Preview (MAC OS), or even a Word document. Use the graphics tools to add lines between the Gateways that require connectivity.
Make printouts: Print out copies to be distributed to each deployment team for use during deployment.
Run the connectivity tests between gateways: You can then run a connectivity text on the devices during deployment.
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