User:RTP/Pinedio: Armbian Notes

This pages has additional notes regarding Armbian on the Pinedio Gateway.

Check the ttn-gateway

journalctl -u ttn-gateway

-- Journal begins at Fri 2023-03-24 04:53:25 PDT, ends at Fri 2023-03-24 11:10:25 PDT. --
Mar 24 04:53:25 pine-gateway ttn-gateway[1992]: # SX1302 counter (PPS):  933424896
Mar 24 04:53:25 pine-gateway ttn-gateway[1992]: # BEACON queued: 0
Mar 24 04:53:25 pine-gateway ttn-gateway[1992]: # BEACON sent so far: 0
Mar 24 04:53:25 pine-gateway ttn-gateway[1992]: # BEACON rejected: 0
Mar 24 04:53:25 pine-gateway ttn-gateway[1992]: ### [JIT] ###
Mar 24 04:53:25 pine-gateway ttn-gateway[1992]: src/jitqueue.c:440:jit_print_queue(): INFO: [jit] queue is empty
Mar 24 04:53:25 pine-gateway ttn-gateway[1992]: #--------
Mar 24 04:53:25 pine-gateway ttn-gateway[1992]: src/jitqueue.c:440:jit_print_queue(): INFO: [jit] queue is empty
Mar 24 04:53:25 pine-gateway ttn-gateway[1992]: ##### END #####
Mar 24 04:53:25 pine-gateway ttn-gateway[1992]: JSON up: {"stat":{"time":"2023-03-24 11:51:55 GMT","rxnb":0,"rxok":0,"rxfw":0,"ackr":0.0,"dwnb":0,"txnb":0,"temp":0.0}}
Mar 24 04:53:25 pine-gateway ttn-gateway[1992]: INFO: [down] PULL_ACK received in 76 ms
Mar 24 04:53:25 pine-gateway ttn-gateway[1992]: INFO: [down] PULL_ACK received in 77 ms
Mar 24 04:53:25 pine-gateway ttn-gateway[1992]: INFO: [down] PULL_ACK received in 77 ms
Mar 24 04:53:25 pine-gateway ttn-gateway[1992]: ##### 2023-03-24 11:52:25 GMT #####
Mar 24 04:53:25 pine-gateway ttn-gateway[1992]: ### [UPSTREAM] ###
Mar 24 04:53:25 pine-gateway ttn-gateway[1992]: # RF packets received by concentrator: 0
Mar 24 04:53:25 pine-gateway ttn-gateway[1992]: # CRC_OK: 0.00%, CRC_FAIL: 0.00%, NO_CRC: 0.00%
Mar 24 04:53:25 pine-gateway ttn-gateway[1992]: # RF packets forwarded: 0 (0 bytes)
Mar 24 04:53:25 pine-gateway ttn-gateway[1992]: # PUSH_DATA datagrams sent: 1 (122 bytes)
Mar 24 04:53:25 pine-gateway ttn-gateway[1992]: # PUSH_DATA acknowledged: 0.00%
Mar 24 04:53:25 pine-gateway ttn-gateway[1992]: ### [DOWNSTREAM] ###
Mar 24 04:53:25 pine-gateway ttn-gateway[1992]: # PULL_DATA sent: 3 (100.00% acknowledged)
Mar 24 04:53:25 pine-gateway ttn-gateway[1992]: # PULL_RESP(onse) datagrams received: 0 (0 bytes)
Mar 24 04:53:25 pine-gateway ttn-gateway[1992]: # RF packets sent to concentrator: 0 (0 bytes)
Mar 24 04:53:25 pine-gateway ttn-gateway[1992]: # TX errors: 0
Mar 24 04:53:25 pine-gateway ttn-gateway[1992]: ### SX1302 Status ###
Mar 24 04:53:25 pine-gateway ttn-gateway[1992]: # SX1302 counter (INST): 4026531840
Mar 24 04:53:25 pine-gateway ttn-gateway[1992]: # SX1302 counter (PPS):  939524096
Mar 24 04:53:25 pine-gateway ttn-gateway[1992]: # BEACON queued: 0
Mar 24 04:53:25 pine-gateway ttn-gateway[1992]: # BEACON sent so far: 0
Mar 24 04:53:25 pine-gateway ttn-gateway[1992]: # BEACON rejected: 0

Switch between Chirpstack / TTN (TheThingsNetwork)

Use the command gateway-config to switch between Chirpstack / TTN (TheThingsNetwork).

Then select:

Setup RAK Gateway Channel Plan

Next for TTN (TheThingsNetwork) select:

Server is TTN

Or for Chirpstack select:

Server is Other server

Access

The Chirpstack admin page can be accessed by point the web browser to http://gatewayIPaddress:8080.

Default credentials
Default Chirpstack Credentials	admin/admin
SSH Credentials	pinedio/SoPinePass!!!

Changing EUI

EUI stored in file:

/opt/ttn-gateway/packetforwarder/lorapkt_fwd/local_conf.json

(edit EUI file above if you wish change it, and run: sudo systemctl restart ttn-gateway)

Additional Shell Commands

View gateway ID/EUI gateway-version

Restart packet forwarder / concentrator using sudo systemctl restart ttn-gateway

Check status using sudo systemctl status ttn-gateway

Enabling Concentrator/GPS

Below steps are already completed for the above images:

Inside armbian-config -> system -> Bootenv (edit boot environment), enter the following 2 lines (to create spidev0.0):

overlays=spi-spidev uart2 i2c0
param_spidev_spi_bus=0

Or you may hand edit: /boot/armbianEnv.txt to add the above overlays/param_spidev_spi_bus lines.

Then save and reboot.

After rebooting you should see a new device /dev/spidev0.0. This will be the concentrator device for gateway related setup.

GPS will be /dev/ttyS2 and should work (after editing armbianEnv.txt + reboot). Make sure to offer GPS antenna a strong signal, preferably by a window (if indoors).