Why Does LoRa-E5 AT Firmware need to rejoin every time?

Hitting the same issue this side. When using the LoRa-E5 as a radio module, one would expect to switch it off when it is not in use to save battery power.

I did this experiment:

  • Power up module
  • Config keys, OTAA, EU868
  • Join
  • Send message
  • AT+LOWPOWER
  • remove power
  • Power back on
  • AT
  • AT+MSG=HELLO

Response is:
+MSG: Please join network first␍␊