RAKwireless RAK7249, Configuration Manual

Page 1: ...oRaWAN Industrial Gateway WisDevice Series RAK7249 RAK7258 Version 1 5 July 2019 www RAKwireless com Visit our website for the latest copy of this manual 31 PAGES Configuration Guide for Table of Cont...

Page 2: ...erface 7 3 2 3 Wi Fi 8 3 2 4 Firewall 8 3 2 5 Diagnostics 9 3 2 6 Ping Watchdog 9 3 3 LoRa Gateway 11 3 3 1 LoRa Packet Forwarder 11 3 4 LoRa Network Server 16 3 4 1 General 16 3 4 2 Gateway 17 3 4 3...

Page 3: ...ded adapter RAK7249 comes with a PoE injector which you need to connect to the grid on one side and to the Gateway on the other Ethernet cable not included The Gateway comes configured in such a way t...

Page 4: ...d the correct credentials you can start exploring the configuration and monitoring interface of the RAK LoRa Gateway 3 1 Status This is where statistics about the Gateway behavior can be monitored in...

Page 5: ...values are color code green to red low to high LoRa Traffic The graph shows the packet per minute rate as a function of time Above the image one can see the color coding of the different Spreading Fa...

Page 6: ...Filter messages based on the Device Address in order to single out a node Hide CRC_ERR packet This check box hides messages that are corrupted in some way and will not be forwarded The buttons for Pau...

Page 7: ...AN Interface Figure 3 WAN Interface The user can check the Status Uptime IPv4 Address etc or configure the protocol to be used for connecting to your provider s network The following options are avail...

Page 8: ...u can pick a radio channel or leave it on Auto configuration The Wi Fi can work in one of two modes Access Point By default there is no password One can access the Web UI via the IP address 192 168 23...

Page 9: ...ted The results are conveniently displayed in a CLI box 3 2 6 Ping Watchdog Ping Watchdog monitors the quality of network links by constantly pinging the specified IP Address or Domain name on the spe...

Page 10: ...e response to degradation of the link quality is set as Increase Gateway Metric the two uplink interfaces work as backups for each other In the event of significant degradation on one the Gateway swit...

Page 11: ...of the configuration options have their own documents with detailed explanation of the configuration process General Setup This is where the core settings are Gateway EUI Frequency channels etc Gatew...

Page 12: ...ge windows Thus you have to configure its parameters Frequency Channel SF Bandwidth Tx Power etc Make sure you adhere to the LoRa Alliance recommendations Packet Filter By enabling this functionality...

Page 13: ...Frequency plan standard mode Advanced Mode Because of the presence of double SX1257s you need to configure the two radios separately You have eight Multi Spreading Factor Channels The LoRa Standard C...

Page 14: ...e procedure refer to the Packet Forwarder Customs Spectrum Settings Guide Figure 11 Frequency plan advanced mode LoRa Gateway MQTT Bridge The Gateway is capable of working with an external LoRa Server...

Page 15: ...can pick one of several options here Almost Once Atleast Once Exactly Once Enable Authentication The switch turns on Encryption of the transmitted data You need to configure the Certificates used to e...

Page 16: ...ally one can opt to disable this feature and use a LoRa Network Server hosted separately 3 4 1 General In order to use the LoRa Server you need to enable its protocol from the following menu LoRa Gate...

Page 17: ...other networks Downlink Tx Power This is the maximum power in dBm the Gateway is allowed to use when transmitting frames to the nodes It is region specific for example EU 14dBm Device status request...

Page 18: ...ean Session If this slider is in the on position every new connection to the MQTT Broker will open a new session All meta data from previous one will be removed Will Retain This slider determines if t...

Page 19: ...ation Configuration Screen Figure 16 Enter the Name Application EUI Application Key Optionally you can use the slider to choose whether to turn Auto Add LoRa Device devices with valid Application EUI...

Page 20: ...ss devices than the Step value Basically you will end up with a number of devices that is the Integer Division of the Count by the Step For example if your Step is 3 and your Count is 10 you will end...

Page 21: ...device however devices will still be grouped by application name Enable Frame Counter Validation with this feature turned on frames that have a counter number smaller or equal than current counter va...

Page 22: ...messages that have been received by the Gateway since the device activation Downlink frame counter The number of messages the Gateway has sent to the node Clear frame counter you can clear the frame c...

Page 23: ...ta You can see the packets for the selected devices in real time in this section Figure 21 Live Device Data 3 4 4 Global Integration This feature allows for integration of the Built in LoRa Applicatio...

Page 24: ...ou can pick one of several options here Almost Once Atleast Once Exactly Once Enable Authentication The switch turns on Encryption of the transmitted data You need to configure the Certificates used t...

Page 25: ...nlink Topic status Unlike the MQTT Bridge those are all application topics Figure 23 Live Device Data 3 5 Services As of now the OpenVPN Service is the only one implemented This allows a Virtual Priva...

Page 26: ...orrect time is to use Timing Synchronization You can Enable NTP client mode enable NTP server and provide server candidate URLs Note that the Time Synchronization tab is displayed in all System submen...

Page 27: ...the Gateway to the default settings Restore you can upload a previously generated archive to restore the configuration settings at the time of its making Flash new firmware update the firmware by flas...

Page 28: ...y All unsaved changes will be discarded This is not a reset in any way and only power cycles the device All configuration settings will be left intact Figure 27 Gateway Reboot 3 5 1 File Browser You c...

Page 29: ...k Server outage The stored packets will be forwarded 8 at a time FIFO as soon as the connection is restored The red colored frames are the ones being pushed to the buffer as there is an outage The gre...

Page 30: ...RaWAN Industrial Gateway Configuration Guide 4 Contact Information Please contact us if you need technical support or want to know more information Support center https forum rakwireless com Email us...

Page 31: ...Bridge Chapter will be in separate documents 2019 05 31 1 4 Addition of new features set 2019 06 16 1 5 Features update for new Firmware r176 2019 07 26 6 Document Summary Prepared by Checked by Appro...

Page 32: ...Version V1 1 June 2019 MQTT Bridge Configuration for Integration with an External LoRaServer 9 PAGES www RAKwireless com Visit our website for more document...

Page 33: ...Generated the Certificate 3 2 2 Configure Mosquitto 4 2 3 Configure LoRa Server 4 2 4 Configure the LoRaWAN Gateway 5 2 5 Subscribe to the MQTT topic where the Gateway is publishing via the Mosquitto...

Page 34: ...the command line window execute the following commands Switch to the root user Switch to the user s root directory Download the generate_CA zip file from the link Unzip the generate_CA zip file Grant...

Page 35: ...quitto certs Sudo cp ca server etc mosquitto certs Step 2 Edit etc mosquitto mosquitto conf adding the following code port 8883 cafile etc mosquitto certs ca crt certfile etc mosquitto certs server cr...

Page 36: ...with the given password optional password CA certificate file optional Use this when setting up a secure connection when server uses ssl but the certificate used by the server is not trusted by any C...

Page 37: ...server toml Select self signed server client certificate for the SSL TLS Mode Choose the TLS Version TLSv1 Copy the content of ca crt in server to CA Certificate Copy content of eui_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx c...

Page 38: ...00 pow er 20 dataRate modulation LORA spreadFactor 7 bandwidth 500 codeRate 4 5 iPol true board 0 antenna 0 phyPayload YC5K1gGgOQI9VpIf gateway 60c5a8fffe6f74a0 ack mac 60c5a8fffe6f74a0 token 35594 ga...

Page 39: ...8 2 6 Check if you can see the packets in LoRaServer Go to the Gateways tab of your LoRa Server Web UI select your gateway and go to the LIVE LORAWAN Frames tab You should see the packets in real time...

Page 40: ...by Approved by Vladislav Penn About RAKwireless RAKwireless is the pioneer in providing innovative and diverse cellular and LoRa connectivity solutions for IoT edge devices It s easy and modular desig...

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Page 42: ...web browser pointing to the IP address of the Gateway check your router DHCP list WiFi AP mode By default the Gateway is configured to work in Access Point AP mode It has the following parameters SSI...

Page 43: ...populate the Router field Optionally you can choose to enter the Gateway coordinates in the map s upper right corner and select if the gateway is indoor or outdoor via the Antenna placement field bel...

Page 44: ...Package Content Gateway Device LoRa Antenna Tapping Screws Screw Anchors Power Adapter Casing and Ports...

Page 45: ...link is up OFF link is down Flashing Data is being transferred LoRa ON LoRa module status is up OFF LoRa module status is down Flashing LoRa module data is being transferred ACT Reserved for future u...

Page 46: ...ll 2 holes on a wall Follow the dimensions on the image as a guideline for spacing the holes When done insert the screw anchors into the wall Step 2 Install the screws into the wall leaving about 3mm...

Page 47: ...rt the screw heads into the hanging holes located on the gateway back plate then gently pull down to complete the installation Support center https forum rakwireless com Email us info rakwireless com...