nRF9160 DK - Asset Tracker Application - Connect to EMEA nRF Cloud?

[Kevin Kotinkar]

Hi,

I am testing the nRF9160 DK and used the asset tracker application with the IBasis SIM.
Application works fine under CAT M1 network (IBasis SIM is roaming on o2/Telefonica in Germany), but I can't connect to the MQTT broker / nRF cloud on NB-IoT.
(Modem is attached on NB-IoT, signal level (RSRP, RSRQ) is good).

Most likely, this is due to latency issues, as MQTT runs on TCP, which already fairly heavy for NB IoT.

Secondly, I noticed that the application uses a NRF cloud / MQTT server in the US (east coast, Virgina).
Domain: a2n7tk1kp18wix-ats.iot.us-east-1.amazonaws.com

I can connect to MQTT brokers nearby in Europe on NB-IoT (used for example the MQTT sample application), TCP connection was stable enough to support MQTT.
Question is hence, is there a server/gateway for the nRF cloud MQTT broker in Europe or other regions than US East?

Thanks.

BR
Kevin

[Albrecht Markus Schellenberger]

Thanks a lot, Kevin!

As discussed on Teams, since I will be on vacation for the next couple of weeks you can upload the files to Jira and tag Jan Tore Guggedal.

Regards,

Markus