{"id":81,"date":"2025-11-16T11:33:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T10:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.servo-server.net\/?p=81"},"modified":"2025-11-16T11:50:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T10:50:32","slug":"lorawan-the-things-network-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.servo-server.net\/?p=81","title":{"rendered":"LoraWan The Things Network connection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Just jotting this down for my own reference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"USB
USB LoraWan Gateway with GPS\/Support Class B\/SX1302 8ch Concentrator for Linux<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I keep forgetting how to set up this little piece of hardware in a Docker container using Portainer, so here\u2019s a quick guide for future reference:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plug USB to the host computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creates 2 “ports”:
1. \/dev\/ttyACM1
2. \/dev\/ttyACM0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Install a new container in portainer. Settings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Portainer
Portainer basic settings for the new container Image and Port<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Advanced
Advanced container settings Runtime & Resources in Portainer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

From the host get into the container<\/p>\n\n\n\n

docker exec -it lorawan_ubunto \/bin\/bash<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Do an update and upgrade as root<\/p>\n\n\n\n
apt-get update\napt-get upgrade<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Install Git along with some other necessary packages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
apt-get install git\napt-get install minicom\napt-get install make\napt-get install libc6-dev\napt-get install vim\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Go to the \/home directory and retrieve the package forwarder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
cd \/home\ngit clone https:\/\/github.com\/Lora-net\/sx1302_hal<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Compile the source<\/p>\n\n\n\n
cd \/home\/sx1302_hal\nmake<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Some error messages might come up. Seems to be not important<\/p>\n\n\n\n
cd home\/sx1302_hal\/packet_forwarder\n.\/lora_pkt_fwd -c global_conf.json.sx1250.EU868.USB<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
If everything works as expected, a lot of information will appear on the screen. All we need from that is the device ID.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"concentrator
concentrator EUI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Edit the global_conf.json.sx1250.EU686.USB file in \/home\/sx1302_hal\/packet_forwarder<\/p>\n\n\n\n
    \"gateway_conf\": {\n        \"gateway_ID\": \"XXXXXXXXX\", \/*The concentrator EUI<\/strong>*\/\n        \/* change with default server address\/ports *\/\n        \"server_address\": \"eu1.cloud.thethings.network\", \/*The server address *\/<\/strong>\n        \"serv_port_up\": 1700, \/*The port*\/<\/strong>\n        \"serv_port_down\": 1700,  \/*The port*\/<\/strong>\n        \/* adjust the following parameters for your network *\/\n        \"keepalive_interval\": 10,\n        \"stat_interval\": 30,\n        \"push_timeout_ms\": 100,\n        \/* forward only valid packets *\/\n        \"forward_crc_valid\": true,\n        \"forward_crc_error\": false,\n        \"forward_crc_disabled\": false,\n        \/* GPS configuration *\/\n        \"gps_tty_path\": \"\/dev\/ttyACM1\", \/* The gps device *\/<\/strong>\n        \/* GPS reference coordinates *\/\n        \"ref_latitude\": 0.0,\n        \"ref_longitude\": 0.0,\n        \"ref_altitude\": 0,\n        \/* Beaconing parameters *\/\n        \"beacon_period\": 0,\n        \"beacon_freq_hz\": 869525000,\n        \"beacon_datarate\": 9,\n        \"beacon_bw_hz\": 125000,\n        \"beacon_power\": 14,\n        \"beacon_infodesc\": 0\n    },<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
No need to create the gateway. Already there.  https:\/\/eu1.cloud.thethings.network\/console\/gateways<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Just jotting this down for my own reference. I keep forgetting how to set up this little piece of hardware in a Docker container using Portainer, so here\u2019s a quick guide for future reference: Plug USB to the host computer. Creates 2 “ports”: 1. \/dev\/ttyACM12. \/dev\/ttyACM0 Install a new container in portainer. Settings: From the… Read More »LoraWan The Things Network connection<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lorawan-the-things-network"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servo-server.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servo-server.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servo-server.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servo-server.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servo-server.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.servo-server.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94,"href":"https:\/\/www.servo-server.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions\/94"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.servo-server.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servo-server.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.servo-server.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}