Pico LoRaGateway (n|fuse)

This service is used to configure and manage the Pico LoRaGateway.

The Pico LoRaGateway can be installed on the "Services" tab within the DINGO-Manager. The server can also be installed from a SSH terminal with this command: sudo sh -c "$(curl -s http://apps.control2net.com/apt/install-pico-packet-forwarder)"

The Pico LoRaGateway is a packet forwarder that will communicate with a LoRa-concentrator and forward the LoRa-packets to a LoRaWAN server. The Pico LoRaGateway from n|fuse is used together with the n|fuse-concentrator.

Name: Pico LoRaGateway (n|fuse)

Tag: LoRa

Description: https://github.com/Lora-net/picoGW_packet_forwarder

Type: Systemd

Configuration file: /opt/lora/picoGW_packet_forwarder-master/lora_pkt_fwd/local_conf.json

Log command: journalctl -u pico-packet-forwarder.service -n 100

Install command: sudo sh -c "$(curl -s http://apps.control2net.com/apt/install-pico-packet-forwarder)"

Service name: pico-packet-forwarder.service

Configuration

To configure the packet forwarder; select the appropriate service and click the "Main config. file..." button. See screenshot.

Note: When using the packet forwarder, together with the DINGO LoRaWAN Server on the same machine, it is important to set the server_address to the exact same IP as defined in host in the DINGO LoRaWAN Server configuration. E.g. 127.0.0.1
Remember: When the configuration is done, select the appropriate service and click the "Stop" button. When stopped, then click the "Start" button, so that the configurations can take effect. Using the "Restart" button has shown NOT to work as expected - resources seem to be suspended.
Tip: If there are DNS problems, resolving hostnames on the local network to IP address, then try appending .local to the hostname. This uses the multicast DNS, which is supported on Raspbian systems.

Set unique gateway ID

It is important that the gateway_ID is unique. There is a command that can be run, that will generate a unique ID.

  1. To run this command, start by selecting the appropriate service and click the "Log..." button.
  2. Then use this command as log-command: cd /opt/lora/picoGW_packet_forwarder-master/lora_pkt_fwd/ && ./update_gwid.sh /opt/lora/picoGW_packet_forwarder-master/lora_pkt_fwd/local_conf.json
  3. And click the "Load" button. The command should now be executed.

 

Link to the official page: https://www.n-fuse.co