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Packet Forwarder and Configuration of the Gateway Module
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ERROR: failed to start the concentrator #1

Closed win7viena closed 6 years ago

win7viena commented 6 years ago

In the journal journalctl -u lora-gateway-pf I see a lot of errors: ERROR: failed to start the concentrator Program try`s to restart and again errors. Here is small copy-paste from journal:

Apr 23 09:23:33 raspberrypi lora_pkt_fwd[547]: INFO: Auto-quit after 5 non-acknowledged PULL_DATA Apr 23 09:23:33 raspberrypi lora_pkt_fwd[547]: ERROR: [main] failed to start the concentrator Apr 23 09:23:33 raspberrypi systemd[1]: lora-gateway-pf.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Apr 23 09:23:33 raspberrypi gwrst.sh[559]: Gateway reset successfully Apr 23 09:23:33 raspberrypi systemd[1]: lora-gateway-pf.service: Unit entered failed state. Apr 23 09:23:33 raspberrypi systemd[1]: lora-gateway-pf.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Apr 23 09:23:33 raspberrypi systemd[1]: lora-gateway-pf.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart. Apr 23 09:23:33 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Stopped packet forwarder. Apr 23 09:23:33 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Starting packet forwarder... Apr 23 09:23:33 raspberrypi gwrst.sh[565]: Gateway reset successfully Apr 23 09:23:34 raspberrypi update_gwid.sh[571]: Gateway_ID set to b827ebFFFEffa9dc in file /etc/lora-gateway-pf/local_c Apr 23 09:23:34 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Started packet forwarder. Apr 23 09:25:02 raspberrypi lora_pkt_fwd[699]: Beacon Packet Forwarder for Lora Gateway Apr 23 09:25:02 raspberrypi lora_pkt_fwd[699]: Version: 4.0.1 Apr 23 09:25:02 raspberrypi lora_pkt_fwd[699]: Lora concentrator HAL library version info Apr 23 09:25:02 raspberrypi lora_pkt_fwd[699]: Version: 5.0.1; Apr 23 09:25:02 raspberrypi lora_pkt_fwd[699]: *** ....... Apr 23 09:25:02 raspberrypi lora_pkt_fwd[547]: INFO: Auto-quit after 5 non-acknowledged PULL_DATA Apr 23 09:25:02 raspberrypi lora_pkt_fwd[547]: ERROR: [main] failed to start the concentrator Apr 23 09:25:02 raspberrypi systemd[1]: lora-gateway-pf.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Apr 23 09:25:02 raspberrypi gwrst.sh[559]: Gateway reset successfully Apr 23 09:25:02 raspberrypi systemd[1]: lora-gateway-pf.service: Unit entered failed state. Apr 23 09:25:02 raspberrypi systemd[1]: lora-gateway-pf.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Apr 23 09:25:02 raspberrypi systemd[1]: lora-gateway-pf.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart. Apr 23 09:25:02 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Stopped packet forwarder. Apr 23 09:25:02 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Starting packet forwarder... Apr 23 09:25:02 raspberrypi gwrst.sh[565]: Gateway reset successfully

and sometimes it starts:

Apr 23 09:26:07 raspberrypi lora_pkt_fwd[1121]: INFO: Auto-quit after 5 non-acknowledged PULL_DATA Apr 23 09:26:07 raspberrypi lora_pkt_fwd[1121]: INFO: [main] concentrator started, packet can now be received Apr 23 09:26:07 raspberrypi lora_pkt_fwd[1121]: INFO: Disabling GPS mode for concentrator's counter...

Using Rpi3

ABalanuta commented 6 years ago

Hello @win7viena, This is normal. If you see that it takes a long time until it starts verify that you have a decent power supply. Also what is the LoRa concentrator you are trying this on?

win7viena commented 6 years ago

Hello @ABalanuta ,

I try to use RHF0M301 but it seems to me with RAK831 I will have the same errors. Specifically for this I took a decent Mean Well power supply for 5V/3A, I think the problem is not in it. Also tried to use Rpi2, and surprisingly it gives no errors... I did a little research on that :) I tried to use Semtech reference implementation of lora_gateway and packet_forwarder, same errors with Rpi3 and RHF0M301. A bit of searching on the Internet I came across several posts: https://github.com/Lora-net/lora_gateway/issues/26#issuecomment-283089276 But it did not help, errors still appear. Maybe you have any thoughts about this?

Regards, Konstantin

ABalanuta commented 6 years ago

@win7viena I think it might be that you are not rebooting the RAK831 properly in our wiki for the RAK831 you need to change the reset pin.

sudo nano /opt/lora-gateway-pf/scripts/gwrst.sh change RESET_PIN to 17 instead of 7 and save

win7viena commented 6 years ago

@ABalanuta thanks but I always followed the instructions from RHF0M301 https://github.com/OpenChirp/docs/wiki/RHF0M301 and changing the reset pin.

ABalanuta commented 6 years ago

@win7viena I could compile a version with lower SPI bus speed but I am afraid that it will penalize the performance. In my tests, the boards take at most a couple of seconds to start.

win7viena commented 6 years ago

@ABalanuta I do not know if this makes sense, packet_forwarder works. Yes, it restarts until the concentrator starts up but then it works. I was just wondering why these errors occur and how they can be fixed. Can you check if it works without errors on your hardware? Im using Raspberry Pi 3 Model B V1.2, with latest raspbian stretch distro and RHF0M301. I also have another Rpi3 and Rpi2, Rpi3 has same errors and Rpi2 works without errors.

ABalanuta commented 6 years ago

@win7viena Yes it does show the same behavior. I have RPI3 v1.2