Issue with FirstConfiguration sketch sending messages and always getting time out error code (-1)

Hardware MKR Family MKRWAN1310
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I am having issues with sending messages from my MKR WAN 1310 to TTN (now The Things Stack Community Editon). I have an indoor gateway which works and sends messages to TTN. However I can not get the MKR WAN to send messages. My MKR WAN is using the Europe 863-870 MHz band, has a "official" X000016 Antenna, and is brand new. I updated the firmware using MKRWANFWUpdate_standalone (I am using the MKRWAN_v2 library for everything). Then, I ran the FirstConfiguration sketch, follow the guide on Arduino's documentation. I get my APP EUI and APP KEY, send it through serial, and the arduino conects. Then it tries sending a message and then fails with the error Error sending message :(. I have tried many times, with breaks (to avoid rate limiting) and this happens every time.

Any help would appreciated!

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Please provide clickable links to as many of the things you have mentioned, as is possible. Post any error messages in their entirety, in a new post. Especially that. I suppose it's a serial diagnostic messsage? Post the whole message.

Because you are actually running reference code, you might have a hardware issue so you should provide some details that might reveal any wiring, configuration errors...

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As requested, here are the error messages I get while running First Configuration:

I will put the enitre Serial Log (without the keys of course) here (it is short):

Welcome to MKRWAN1300/1310 first configuration sketch
Register to your favourite LoRa network and we are ready to go!
Your module version is: 1.3.0.0
Your device EUI is: BLURRED
Are you connecting via OTAA (1) or ABP (2)?
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Enter your APP EUI
<I enter my APP EUI>
Enter your APP KEY
<I enter my APP KEY>
Error sending message :(
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Hardware Information:
I have a brand new MKRWAN 1310, connected via micro usb to a Mac Mini. It has additionally a Arduino X000016 Antenna, but nothing else attached to it.

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TTN Device Panel

Screenshot 2022-12-29 at 15.13.24
Screenshot 2022-12-29 at 15.13.242274×1702 298 KB

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How far away is the node from the indoor Gateway ?

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1 meter :smile:

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Stupid question, but can it be that it is too close?
I checked the coverage map - there are basically no gateways except mine in the area

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Move a lot further away, say 10M and several walls in the way.

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Got it. I was going to test, and then in "production" I would move it further away. I did not know that it was important - thanks

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Yes, the node can be too close, the Gateway can receive on several channels at once and it gets real confused.

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I will keep the thread open while I try this again, but thanks!

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I still get the same error, even though I have moved 10M and a few walls away. I will try again, to see if this was just a fluke

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It is one thing to check, and is known to cause problems when testing some setups.

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That screen shot appears to show the node joining, processing and forwarding messages ?

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Yes, I saw that too, but the sketch always shows the same error

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"However I can not get the MKR WAN to send messages"

Looks like it is sending messages ?

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Sorry, I misworded it, its just the sketch always complains

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I changed the post name to reflect my new issue

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Strange, I checked the payload logs - sometimes the payload is 48654C6F524120776F726C6421 (HeLoRa world!) sometimes its 00 - but the sketch always complains. Maybe there is some data loss?