The Things Network: RAK833-based gateway

Reference setup for The Things Network gateways based on the RAK833 USB concentrator with a Raspberry Pi host.

This installer targets the USB interface of the board.

Setup based on Raspbian image

• Download Raspbian Stretch with Desktop

• Follow the installation instruction to create the SD card

• Start your RPi connected to internet (via Wi-Fi or Ethernet)

• Install RAK833 on mPCIE2USB board and plug it to RPi

• Configure locales and time zone

• Make sure you have an updated installation and install git (open Raspbian's Terminal):

    $ sudo apt-get update
    $ sudo apt-get upgrade
    $ sudo apt-get install git
  

• Clone the installer and start the installation

    $ git clone https://github.com/RAKWireless/RAK833-LoRaGateway-RPi-TTN.git ~/rak833-loragateway
    $ cd ~/rak833-loragateway
    $ sudo ./install.sh
  

• You will see a message which ask you a question like the following information. You should type ‘n’.

    Gateway configuration:
    Detected EUI B827EBFFFE9BFF6C from eth0
    Do you want to use remote settings file? [y/N]
  

• 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 [ttn-gateway]:
    Descriptive name [ttn-rak833]:
    Contact email: 
    Latitude [0]: 
    Longitude [0]: 
    Altitude [0]: 
  

• If you want to use the remote configuration option, please make sure you have created a JSON file named as your gateway EUI (e.g. B827EBFFFEXXXXXX.json) in the Gateway Remote Config repository.

• When the rpi is restarted automatically. You should now have a running gateway in front of you!

Credits

These scripts are largely based on the awesome work by Ruud Vlaming on the Lorank8 installer.