Set up Elecrow TTN LoRaWAN gateway on Raspberry Pi - Pt. 1: build and test

RE: Set up Elecrow TTN LoRaWAN gateway on Raspberry Pi - Pt. 1: build and test

DaniLecx — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 20:54:57 GMT

I get this error on my Raspberry Pi 4 64bit, looks like the issue is that GPIO sysfs is deprecated and superseded by libgpiod.

github.com/.../120

After this I tried using basicstation-docker, it's better but now it gives me another error:

After adding this parameter in docker compose, it solved my issue :)

USE_LIBGPIOD: 1

RE: Set up Elecrow TTN LoRaWAN gateway on Raspberry Pi - Pt. 1: build and test

Jan Cumps — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 21:11:50 GMT

Update on reliability:

My setup (check this post #1, but also #2 and #3 for a complete install-as-service) has proven to be stable.

It's running for more than 3 months without restart. Memory and disk consumption have been stable. No memory leaks. And the log file management took care that disk space isn't slowly filling.
Also processor availability has been stable. No hogging.

The standard setup would cause fill-up of the disk with log files. It's worth following the full setup guide, to get an install that keeps on working.

Without slowly filling the disk space.
Without losing memory,
Without hogging processor time.
With automatic full startup in case of power outage.

RE: Set up Elecrow TTN LoRaWAN gateway on Raspberry Pi - Pt. 1: build and test

kpin404 — Sat, 22 Jun 2024 06:50:09 GMT

Hello [mention:acaf6a9338de4eef8f6717d5561ed01d:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05] ,

I have received an Elecrow LR1302 (868) LoRaWAN gateway module included with Pi HAT from Elecrow. After hardware assembling with Raspberry- Pi board I have tried to setup as per the vendor's instructions, but afraid to say that I am unable to make a setup configuration for this. Could you please help me to assist further with its complete step-by-step setup configuration instructions to make it work for me. Thanks.

RE: Set up Elecrow TTN LoRaWAN gateway on Raspberry Pi - Pt. 1: build and test

Jan Cumps — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 16:42:04 GMT

This is running really reliable. More than 1 1/2 month now without interrupt. Memory, CPU and disk space under control.

This weekend is summer time switch. Curious if the software will handle that well ...

RE: Set up Elecrow TTN LoRaWAN gateway on Raspberry Pi - Pt. 1: build and test

Jan Cumps — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 13:52:21 GMT

RE: Set up Elecrow TTN LoRaWAN gateway on Raspberry Pi - Pt. 1: build and test

Jan Cumps — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 18:35:42 GMT

Some more stats. The service is up for 46 hours: I can see that on the service status

TTN Gateway console shows the uplink and downlink counts since last connect. Almost 6.000 uplinks, 83 downlinks

RE: Set up Elecrow TTN LoRaWAN gateway on Raspberry Pi - Pt. 1: build and test

Jan Cumps — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 21:08:45 GMT

Devices that contacted me 10 or more times in that period:

The device ID is not a fixed number. It's an ID that a Thing gets when connecting to LoRaWan. A power cycle of a Thing will result in a new ID.

RE: Set up Elecrow TTN LoRaWAN gateway on Raspberry Pi - Pt. 1: build and test

Jan Cumps — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 21:05:08 GMT

A moment in time: 20 hours of connection capture. 1500 incoming communications.
[View:/cfs-file/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-798e586e-5b44-46f5-bd42-d7b107c09141/20-hours-of-gateway-traffic.zip:640:360]

between 10-JAN-2024 00:40 and 20:40 CET

RE: Set up Elecrow TTN LoRaWAN gateway on Raspberry Pi - Pt. 1: build and test

Jan Cumps — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 21:30:04 GMT

The original lora-net (not Elecrow) version of the software. https://github.com/Lora-net/sx1302_hal

Looks like it's the exact same version2.1.0

RE: Set up Elecrow TTN LoRaWAN gateway on Raspberry Pi - Pt. 1: build and test

Jan Cumps — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 20:25:13 GMT

Run as a service: [mention:becc6c34c61543f0a5c5b854a7498ca1:f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07]

RE: Set up Elecrow TTN LoRaWAN gateway on Raspberry Pi - Pt. 1: build and test

dougw — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 14:30:35 GMT

Thanks for paving the road on this setup...

RE: Set up Elecrow TTN LoRaWAN gateway on Raspberry Pi - Pt. 1: build and test

Jan Cumps — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 08:18:38 GMT

how to install as a service: https://github.com/Elecrow-RD/LR1302_loraWAN/blob/master/LR1302_HAL/sx1302_hal/tools/systemd/readme.md

RE: Set up Elecrow TTN LoRaWAN gateway on Raspberry Pi - Pt. 1: build and test

shabaz — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 06:40:28 GMT

Very useful, thanks!

I've ordered a Pi 3B+ for this.