rakwireless / rak2245-rak831-loragateway-rpi-raspbian-os

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RAK2245-RAK831-LoRaGateway-RPi-Raspbian-OS

ttn_gateway based on the latest SX1301 driver lora_gateway v5.0.1 and semtech packet_forwarder v4.0.1

Introduction

The aim of this project is to help users set up a LoRa network easily. The User Guide can be get from our Web.

Supported platforms

This project currently provides support for the below platforms.

• RAK2245 + RPi
• RAK831 + RPi
• RAK7243 without LTE

Changelog

2019-06-18 RAK V2.8

• 1.Add eth0 config
• 2.After the network is disconnected, lora_pkt_fwd restarts
• 3.Modify loraserver.toml for us915 and cn 470
• 4.Streamlined local_conf.json files

2019-05-06 RAK V2.5

• Add AP mode

2019-04-26 RAK V2.4

• Add loraserver

2019-03-19 RAK V2.2

• Initial version

Precompiled Firmware image

If you want to use a precompiled firmware image directly, please download the latest one from RAK website: https://www.rakwireless.com/en/download/LoRa/RAK2245-Pi-HAT#Firmware

Install by yourself

If you want to install from zore by yourself, please do as the following steps:

step1 : Download and install Raspbian Stretch LITE

step2 : Use "sudo raspi-config" command, enable spi interface

step3 : Clone the installer and start the installation

  $ git clone https://github.com/RAKWireless/RAK2245-RAK831-LoRaGateway-RPi-Raspbian-OS.git ~/RAK2245-RAK831-LoRaGateway-RPi-Raspbian-OS
  $ cd ~/RAK2245-RAK831-LoRaGateway-RPi-Raspbian-OS
  $ sudo ./install.sh

step4 : Next you will see some messages as follow. Just hit the Enter key to keep default or enter your information if you want.

  Host name [rak-gateway]:
  Latitude [0]: 
  Longitude [0]: 
  Altitude [0]: 

step5 : Now you have a running gateway after restart!

step6 (Optional):You can use the command "sudo gateway-config" to select other bands if your hardware supports.

How to use it?

Please have a look at the getting start document on RAK website: https://www.rakwireless.com/en/download/LoRa/RAK2245-Pi-HAT#Application-Notes

rak2245-rak831-loragateway-rpi-raspbian-os's Issues

Github source behind release firmware 2.8R

It appears the latest source here is 2.5R, while the release firmware is at 2.8R?

404 when opened the img download url, url is https://www.rakwireless.com/en/download/LoRa/RAK2245-Pi-HAT#Firmware

title: 404 when opened the img download url, url is https://www.rakwireless.com/en/download/LoRa/RAK2245-Pi-HAT#Firmware

details:
zh-cn help documents (https://downloads.rakwireless.com/cn/LoRa/LoRaWAN%E5%BC%80%E6%BA%90%E7%B3%BB%E7%BB%9F%E5%BC%80%E5%8F%91%E5%A5%97%E4%BB%B6/%E4%BD%BF%E7%94%A8%E6%8C%87%E5%8D%97/%E6%A0%91%E8%8E%93%E6%B4%BE%E7%BD%91%E5%85%B3%E5%BF%AB%E9%80%9F%E4%BD%BF%E7%94%A8%E6%89%8B%E5%86%8C.pdf) chapter 2 has description as:

6. 在 RAK 官方网站上下载最新的网关镜像: https://www.rakwireless.com/en/download/LoRa/RAK2245-Pi-HAT#Firmware

when open the download url in web browser , occure 404

this repo branch readme has the same url description

result:
404
The page you are looking for might have been removed had its name changed or is temporarily unavailable.

您要查找的页面的名称可能已被删除或暂时不可用。

HOME PAGE 主页

eth0 config do not compatible with /23 subnet

The eth0 script will read the RPI dhcp config and static it with wrong gateway and subnet setting if your gateway is not on .1 and subnet is not /24.

For example, your Rpi gateway get a dhcp ip for 172.16.9.3
The script will set your Rpi eth0 config as follow:
IP: 172.16.9.3
Gateway: 172.16.9.1

If fact, my gateway is 172.16.8.1.
So the common scenario is you got the gateway software compiled then your gateway cannot reach internet.

Solution is to revert or correct the eth0 setting in /etc/dhcpcd.conf

rak-version not returning GW ID

Get_Start_with_RAK2245_Pi_HAT_V2.4R.pdf shows rak-version returning Gateway ID, which is useful because it is not easily copy-able from gateway-config.

Version: rakwireless gateway 2245 version 2.5R

AU915 Sub Band Select

After installing on RAK831 Pilot Gateway and configuring via gateway-config I noticed there was no way to configure the sub band as is possible with LoRaServer-OS direct from Orne Brocaar.

To get this gateway to work correctly I had to manually edit the global.conf file for the required sub band used here in Australia.

From Orne Broccar github you will notice AU/US 915MHz sub band config files:

An update to the gateway-config scripts to allow this functionality would be helpful.