@@ -114,16 +114,16 @@ The latest Conduit mLinux version makes setting up the device pretty straight
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forward . Start by disabling the lora- network- server and enabling the
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lora- packet- forwarder . This is done by:
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- 1. Create the file / var / config/ lora/ global_conf .json and create the serrings by
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+ 1. Create the file / var / config/ lora/ global_conf .json and create the settings by
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referencing the information at
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http: // www.multitech.net/developer/software/lora/conduit-mlinux-convert-to-basic-packet-forwarder/
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and be sure to update the settings as described in step 14 for the
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Conduit AEP instructions above.
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- 2. Edit / etc/ defaults/ lora- network- server and change ENABLED = " true " to
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- ENABLED = " false " .
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- 3. Edit / etc/ defaults/ lora- packet- forwarder and change ENABLED = " false " to
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- ENABLED = " true " .
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+ 2. Edit / etc/ defaults/ lora- network- server and change ENABLED = " yes " to
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+ ENABLED = " no " .
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+ 3. Edit / etc/ defaults/ lora- packet- forwarder and change ENABLED = " no " to
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+ ENABLED = " yes " .
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4. Ensure that the lora- packet- forwarder will run after reboot by issuing the
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command:
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@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ following are suggested files and locations:
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1. Download the arm build of the lora- gateway- bridge (see ` Downloads` on the
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left), and extract it to ` /opt/lora-gateway-bridge/bin/` . Note that at the
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- time of this writing, the Multitech boxes are all running 32 - bit amd
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+ time of this writing, the Multitech boxes are all running 32 - bit arm
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processors . This can be verified by issuing the command ` uname -a` , where
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' armv7' or lower in the output represents 32 - bit arm processors, and ' armv8'
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or higher represents 64 - bit arm processors . Be sure to download the
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` update- rc .d lora- gateway- bridge defaults`
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- 5. Finally, restart the system to get everything running.
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+ 5. Be sure to add the gateway to the lora-app-server. See [here](/lora-app-server/use/gateways/).
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+ 6. Finally, restart the system to get everything running.
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+ A few words about troubleshooting:
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+ Be sure to check log files to see what is happening. Logs can be found on the
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+ gateway in the directory ` / var / log/ ` .
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+ Also, if the gateway seems to be running, but no statistics are
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+ appearing in lora-app-server, you may be experiencing a known bug with the
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+ Multitech packet forwarding code. On these systems, we need to swap out the
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+ application that runs for packet formwarding. The following should resolve the issue:
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+ ` ` `
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+ $ cd / opt/ lora
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+ $ mv basic_pkt_fwd- usb basic_pkt_fwd- usb .orig
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+ $ ln - s gps_pkt_fwd- usb basic_pkt_fwd- usb
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+ ` ` `
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+ Once these steps have been performed, reboot.
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