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Sample implementation of LoRaWAN components to connect LoRaWAN antenna gateway running IoT Edge directly with Azure IoT.
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Question: OS for AAEON AIOT-ILRA01 LoRa® Certified Intel® Based Gateway and Network Server? #96

Closed gerfen closed 5 years ago

gerfen commented 5 years ago

Hi,

I just received an AAEON AIOT-ILRA01 gateway configured for US 915 Mhz. I'm in the process of configuring the gateway and I was surprised to see that I have a choice to boot into Windows 8.1 or Android. I expected to see some flavor of Linux. Could you provide an overview on how your team configured the 868 Mhz unit?

Thanks!

--Michael

ronniesa commented 5 years ago

Our test device came without OS, we installed Ubuntu 16.04. There is a guide at the bottom of the page here that can help you: https://www.aaeon-shop.com/internet-of-things/52-indoor-lora-alliance-certified-gateway-and-network-server.html and in particular: https://wiki.up-community.org/Ubuntu I think they will offer in future preconfigured gateway. For the pktfwr you will need to check what spidev it needs and what reset pin because I think the 915 module is different that the 868 that we have. In case that you get stuck on the pktfwr let us know we can ask AAEON for the correct settings.

ghost commented 5 years ago

dear all, this is Marco Barbato from AAEON Europe. The AIOT-ILRA01 is x86 based gateway, so it supports several OS. Regarding Linux we do validated it with Ubuntu and Ubilinux (Debian). The unit you have is a prototype with 915MHz radio, while standard version is based on 868MHz and on a different radio module. However our SW team did validate it.

if you start from scratch, please follow the guides mentioned by @ronniesa that will explain how to install Ubuntu, while for Ubilinux read here https://wiki.up-community.org/Ubilinux After to have installed the OS, there are additional steps to install and configure the Semtech packet forwarder and for this you can read the user manual, from page 20 (link here https://www.aaeon-shop.com/index.php?controller=attachment&id_attachment=72) The instructions about spidev and reset IRQ are the same, while if you want to test the radio using the instructions reported there, you have to change the frequency plan.

let me know if you need further assistance

gerfen commented 5 years ago

@ronniesa and @marcoba81 Thanks for the great information! I'll let you know if I have further questions.

gerfen commented 5 years ago

@ronniesa and @marcoba81 I was able to get the gateway set up running Ubuntu. The only point of confusion for me was getting the lora_gateway and packet_forwarder code on to the gateway. For any one who follows I used the following commands[1].

Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction.

[1]. Download Semtech software a. curl -L https://github.com/lora-net/lora_gateway/archive/v5.0.1.zip > lora_gateway-master.zip b. unzip lora_gateway-master.zip c. curl -L https://github.com/lora-net/packet_forwarder/archive/v4.0.1.zip > packet_forwarder-master.zip d. unzip packet_forwarder-master.zip

ronniesa commented 5 years ago

For our solution no need to install the pktfwrd on the machine just build, push and deploy the amd64 version of the pktfwrd module in our solution.

gerfen commented 5 years ago

Ah. Thanks for the clarification. That bit of knowledge will come in handy when I set up the next gateway. :)

gerfen commented 5 years ago

Thanks again. Closing.

ghost commented 5 years ago

Sorry Michael, I missed to mention that one I suggested was the instruction path for the basic general configuration stand alone.

With this kit, once in its final version, the idea is to grab a disk image and offer to customer few steps configuration (still to be discussed), as we usually do

Regards

Il giorno dom 27 gen 2019, 17:50 Michael Gerfen notifications@github.com ha scritto:

Ah. Thanks for the clarification. That bit of knowledge will come in handy when I set up the next gateway. :)

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gerfen commented 5 years ago

No worries Marco. It's all part of living on the bleeding edge. :) I appreciate your help.

--Michael