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RAK831-LoRaGateway-RPi

The RAK831 gateway is based on the latest SX1301 driver lora_gateway v5.0.1 and Semtech packet_forwarder v4.0.1

Installation procedure

Before you start with the installation procedure you must know which frequency plan to use in your country.
See the list of frequency plans by country list:
https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/docs/lorawan/frequencies-by-country.html
The frequency plans can be found at:
https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/docs/lorawan/frequency-plans.html
If you know the frequency plan, look at the table and find the corresponding Region.

Region Frequency Plan
AS1 AS920-923
AS2 AS923-925
AU AU915-928
CN CN470-510
EU EU863-870
IN IN865-867
KR KR920-923
RU -
US US902-928

step 1 : Download and install Raspbian LITE version

step 2 : Clone the installer and start the installation

  $ git clone https://github.com/robertlie/RAK831-LoRaGateway-RPi ~/rak831-loragateway
  $ cd ~/rak831-loragateway
  $ sudo ./install.sh

step 3 : Next you will see some messages. Just hit the Enter key to keep default or enter your information if you want.

  Hostname [ttn-gateway]:
  Region AS1, AS2, AU, CN, EU, IN, KR, RU, US [EU]:
  Latitude in degrees [0.0]
  Longitude in degrees [0.0]:
  Altitude in meters [0]

step 4 : This step is optional. By default GPS is disabled. If you want to use GPS:

  - Attach the GPS antenna.
    For better GPS results the antenna must be placed outside with a clear view of the sky.
    The antenna needs to have an open line of sight to the GPS satellites in the sky.
  - Next modify /opt/ttn-gateway/packet_forwarder/lora_pkt_fwd/local_conf.json and uncomment the following content:

    "gateway_conf": {
        :
        "gps_tty_path": "/dev/ttyAMA0",
        "fake_gps": false
        :
    }

    Watch out for the commas. The JSON file must be valid!
  - Reboot the gateway after file local_conf.json is modified.

step 5 : Now you have a running gateway after restart!

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