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Demory farm sensor layer — official and operator-grade source cluster

Purpose: Provenance spine for SITE_FARM (Demory) long-range field sensing: LoRaWAN norms, private NS (ChirpStack captures), 802.11ah / HaLow hardware guides, Meshtastic operator docs, sensor vendor pages in the vault, and WAN (Starlink) as egress—not as the field RF layer. Does not replace RF engineering, licensed survey work, or regulatory review.

Canonical synthesis: Farm sensor architecture — Demory farm site · Sensor checklist matrix — Demory farm · LoRaWAN vs Wi‑Fi HaLow vs Meshtastic — Demory farm sensor layer.

Batch index (mixed marketing + docs): Inbox batch — 2026-04-18.

RF / power / WAN index (NREL, Victron, Meshtastic, HaLow articles, Starlink captures): Off-grid power, field RF, and optional WAN — source index (Demory planning).

Evidence summary

Field Content
Abstract Curated operator-grade paths for SITE_FARM long-range sensing: LoRaWAN spec PDF, ChirpStack NS captures, HaLow guides, Meshtastic docs, vendor sensor pages, Starlink-as-WAN pointers—not a radio survey or permit package.
Authority mix Standards (LoRaWAN PDF) + project/vendor docs (ChirpStack, Meshtastic, HaLow, Decentlab) + WAN marketing/spec captures.
Decision relevance Field protocol mix, gateway/NS posture, power budgets for RF—supports Farm sensor architecture — Demory and comparison matrix; does not pick tower sites or certify Part 15 compliance.
Canonical wiki links Farm sensor architecture — Demory farm site · Sensor checklist matrix — Demory farm · LoRaWAN vs Wi‑Fi HaLow vs Meshtastic — Demory · Off-grid systems doctrine package — Demory

Key claims (public-safe):

  • LoRaWAN L2 1.1 text is in-vault as PDF + extract for normative PHY/MAC framing—not deployment approval by itself.
  • Starlink in this cluster is WAN/backhaul context, not the field RF layer (WAN edge and backhaul roles).

Open questions / follow-ups

  • Field link budgets and antenna choices per paddock—site work, not this cluster.
  • ChirpStack version drift vs captures—re-capture when NS upgrades for production.

LoRaWAN — protocol (authoritative text)

Source Raw
LoRaWAN L2 1.1 specification (PDF) lorawan-specification-v1-1.pdf · *-extracted.md

Wiki concepts: LoRaWAN · LoRa (radio).

ChirpStack — private LoRaWAN network server (documentation captures)

Topic Raw
Architecture architecture-chirpstack-open-source-lorawan-network-server-documentation.md
Getting started getting-started-chirpstack-open-source-lorawan-network-server-documentation.md
Connecting a gateway connecting-a-gateway-chirpstack-open-source-lorawan-network-server-documentation.md
Introduction (two captures) introduction-chirpstack-… · introduction-chirpstack-…-1.md

Gateway chip / concentrator bring-up (vendor + upstream readme captures) — SX1302-class Pi HAT and sx1302_hal packet-forwarder context: SX1302 gateway — Waveshare HAT captures and Lora-net sx1302_hal (inbox batch 2026-04-20).

Source Raw
HaLowLink user guide 2.11.2 halowlink-user-guide-2-11-2.pdf · *-extracted.md
HaLowLink user guide 2.7.5 halowlink-1-user-guide-2-7-5.pdf · *-extracted.md

Also: IEEE 802.11ah Wikipedia excerpt · subGHz deployment narrative in Off-grid power/RF source index.

Meshtastic — operator documentation (web captures)

Topic Raw
Device configuration (two captures) device-configuration-meshtastic.md · device-configuration-meshtastic-1.md
Modules modules.md
Technical specifications technical-specifications.md
Telemetry module configuration telemetry-module-configuration.md · telemetry-module-configuration-1.md

Also: Meshtastic captures in Off-grid power/RF source index (getting started, power configuration).

Field sensor vendors — product pages (vault captures; validate before buying)

Soil / weather / EC (LoRaWAN-class marketing pages in batch)

Product line (capture) Raw
Decentlab DL-SDD / DL-SMTP / DL-TRS dl-sdd-… · dl-smtp-… · dl-trs12-…
Decentlab soil / weather pages lorawan-soil-moisture-temperature-and-electrical-conductivity-sensor.md · lorawan-weather-station-solar-powered-iot-weather-station.md
Dragino-class LSE01 / SE01 / SE02 pages lse01-lorawan-soil-moisture-ec-sensor.md · se01-lbls-… · se02-lb-…
LSE01 power analysis (PDF) lse01-v1-0-0-power-analyze.pdf · *-extracted.md

Treat as product marketing, not independent validation—pair with field trials and regional RF planning.

Starlink is WAN CPE / backhaul for egress and remote visibility from SITE_HOME—see WAN edge and backhaul roles and Connectivity strategy — Claxton & Demory. Captures (specs, enterprise FAQ): Electrical, networking, and Starlink — inbox batch (2026-04-23) and entries under Off-grid power/RF source index.

Gateway / controller roles (wiki entities)