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White Paper — How to Deploy a LoRa®-based Network for your IoT Application Page 5 of 6 In addition, LoRa also features reliable bi-directional messaging capability. While not demonstrated in the Dots on a Map solution, this feature can be used to implement advanced functions in the end-nodes by relying on receiving messages from the Cloud, relayed to the end-nodes via the gateway. Introduction to Dots on a Map Though initially designed with asset tracking in mind, Dots on a Map is a system that can generally monitor and report data about many distant locations, and such data can also be aggregated and analyzed to help accomplish operational goals. The customized portions of the system consist of two hardware units, the End Node and Gateway, and the User Portal. The End Node and Gateway units are based on the Renesas RX Series of MCUs. The RX231 based end node, or sensor node, is equipped with a GPS radio and many sensors, including air quality, temperature, humidity, and light, in addition to the LoRa radio frequency. The RX65N based gateway is equipped with the same LoRa radio frequency and a WiFi radio frequency to send data to the Renesas IoT Sandbox in the Cloud. The IoT Sandbox stores the data and runs python-based workflows, which transform and normalize the data, analyze the data for alert conditions, send out notifications, and more. The last component, the User Portal, is a highly customizable web interface developed by Medium One. It has many features that make it easy to customize for any application, including the Dots on a Map solution. The User Portal is a customer interface that