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Running Basic Station on Conduit

Code base and documentation

Installation on MTCDT/MTCAP

Install the Basic Station from downloads.

$ sudo -s
# wget http://www.multitech.net/downloads/lora-basic-station_2.0.3-r1.0_arm926ejste.ipk
# opkg install lora-basic-station_2.0.3-r1.0_arm926ejste.ipk

The /opt/lora/station binary will be installed.

Basic Station to Packet Forwarder

This example python script shows how to send a channel configuration to the connection basic station gateway. It is useful for getting started and ensuring the gateway is functioning.
Basic Station Examples

TTI Configuration

The Things Industries provide private server instances that Basic Station can connect to. Visit TTI for details.

tc.uri

wss://<ORG>.<REGION>.cloud.thethings.industries:8887

wss://multitech.eu1.cloud.thethings.industries:8887

tc.key – Gateway Token

The tc.key file needs to be formatted correctly to be used and can be created with this command. In The Things Industries v3 GUI, create an API Key with Link as Gateway permissions and copy the key to the tc.key file.

echo -en "Authorization: NNSXS.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX\r\n" > tc.key

tc.trust

Use the following command to view the certificate used by the server.

openssl s_client -showcerts -servername multitech.eu1.cloud.thethings.industries -connect multitech.eu1.cloud.thethings.industries:8887

Configuration files

Adjust the station.conf file for the desired frequencies, see examples.
Download station.conf

Use the routerid and euiprefix fields to assign the Gateway EUI.
See Basic Station Doc for EUI.
Configure tc.uri to point to the network server web socket port
```
ws://192.168.52.72:6090
```
For secure web sockets use wss and provide tc.key or tc.trust and tc.crt files
```
wss://192.168.52.72:6090
```

Running the Basic Station

root@mtcdt:/opt/lora$ sudo ./station 
2020-02-26 16:56:02.698 [SYS:WARN] Ignoring field: region
2020-02-26 16:56:02.700 [SYS:INFO] Logging     : stderr (maxsize=10000000, rotate=3)
2020-02-26 16:56:02.700 [SYS:INFO] Station Ver : 2.0.3(mlinux/std) 2020-01-24 16:54:44
2020-02-26 16:56:02.700 [SYS:INFO] Package Ver : (null)
2020-02-26 16:56:02.701 [SYS:INFO] proto EUI   : ::1    (station.conf)
2020-02-26 16:56:02.701 [SYS:INFO] prefix EUI  : ::0    (station.conf)
2020-02-26 16:56:02.701 [SYS:INFO] Station EUI : ::1
2020-02-26 16:56:02.701 [SYS:INFO] Station home: ./     (builtin)
2020-02-26 16:56:02.701 [SYS:INFO] Station temp: /var/tmp/      (builtin)
2020-02-26 16:56:02.701 [SYS:WARN] Station in NO-CUPS mode
2020-02-26 16:56:02.903 [TCE:INFO] Starting TC engine
2020-02-26 16:56:02.908 [TCE:INFO] Connecting to INFOS: ws://192.168.52.72:6090
2020-02-26 16:56:02.912 [TCE:INFO] Infos: ::1 muxs-::0 ws://192.168.52.72:6092/router-::1
2020-02-26 16:56:02.912 [AIO:DEBU] [3] ws_close reason=1000
2020-02-26 16:56:02.913 [AIO:DEBU] [3] Server sent close: reason=1000
2020-02-26 16:56:02.913 [AIO:DEBU] [3] WS connection shutdown...
2020-02-26 16:56:02.916 [TCE:VERB] Connecting to MUXS...
2020-02-26 16:56:02.917 [TCE:VERB] Connected to MUXS.
INFO: FPGA supported features: [TX filter]  [Spectral Scan]  [LBT] 
2020-02-26 16:56:03.219 [S2E:WARN] Unknown field in router_config - ignored: bcning (0x1EE5E245)
2020-02-26 16:56:03.219 [S2E:WARN] Unknown field in router_config - ignored: config (0xF7A3E35F)
2020-02-26 16:56:03.219 [S2E:WARN] Unknown field in router_config - ignored: protocol (0xFD309030)
2020-02-26 16:56:03.220 [S2E:WARN] Unknown field in router_config - ignored: regionid (0xE6FFB211)
2020-02-26 16:56:03.220 [S2E:WARN] Unknown field in router_config - ignored: upchannels (0x7FCAA9EB)
2020-02-26 23:08:46.995 [RAL:WARN] Ignoring unsupported/unknown field: lbt_conf
2020-02-26 23:08:47.049 [RAL:INFO] Lora gateway library version: Version: 5.0.1-mts-1;
2020-02-26 23:08:47.049 [RAL:DEBU] SX1301 txlut table (2 entries)
2020-02-26 23:08:47.049 [RAL:VERB] SX1301 txlut  0:  dig_gain=0 pa_gain=0 dac_gain=3 mix_gain=11 rf_power=-6
2020-02-26 23:08:47.049 [RAL:VERB] SX1301 txlut  1:  dig_gain=0 pa_gain=0 dac_gain=3 mix_gain=13 rf_power=-3
2020-02-26 23:08:47.049 [RAL:VERB] SX1301 rxrfchain 0: enable=1 freq=868475000 rssi_offset=-162.000000 type=2 tx_enable=1 tx_notch_freq=0
2020-02-26 23:08:47.049 [RAL:VERB] SX1301 rxrfchain 1: enable=1 freq=869287500 rssi_offset=-162.000000 type=2 tx_enable=0 tx_notch_freq=0
2020-02-26 23:08:47.049 [RAL:VERB] SX1301 ifchain  0: enable=1 rf_chain=0 freq=-375000 bandwidth=0 datarate=0 sync_word=0/0
2020-02-26 23:08:47.050 [RAL:VERB] SX1301 ifchain  1: enable=1 rf_chain=0 freq=-175000 bandwidth=0 datarate=0 sync_word=0/0
2020-02-26 23:08:47.050 [RAL:VERB] SX1301 ifchain  2: enable=1 rf_chain=0 freq=25000 bandwidth=0 datarate=0 sync_word=0/0
2020-02-26 23:08:47.050 [RAL:VERB] SX1301 ifchain  3: enable=1 rf_chain=0 freq=375000 bandwidth=0 datarate=0 sync_word=0/0
2020-02-26 23:08:47.050 [RAL:VERB] SX1301 ifchain  4: enable=1 rf_chain=1 freq=-237500 bandwidth=0 datarate=0 sync_word=0/0
2020-02-26 23:08:47.050 [RAL:VERB] SX1301 ifchain  5: enable=1 rf_chain=1 freq=237500 bandwidth=0 datarate=0 sync_word=0/0
2020-02-26 23:08:47.050 [RAL:VERB] SX1301 ifchain  6: enable=0 rf_chain=1 freq=200000 bandwidth=0 datarate=0 sync_word=0/0
2020-02-26 23:08:47.050 [RAL:VERB] SX1301 ifchain  7: enable=0 rf_chain=1 freq=400000 bandwidth=0 datarate=0 sync_word=0/0
2020-02-26 23:08:47.050 [RAL:VERB] SX1301 ifchain  8: enable=0 rf_chain=0 freq=-200000 bandwidth=2 datarate=2 sync_word=0/0
2020-02-26 23:08:47.051 [RAL:VERB] SX1301 ifchain  9: enable=0 rf_chain=0 freq=300000 bandwidth=3 datarate=50000 sync_word=0/0
2020-02-26 23:08:47.051 [RAL:VERB] SX1301 LBT not enabled
2020-02-26 23:08:47.051 [RAL:INFO] Station device: /dev/spidev0.0 (PPS capture enabled)
2020-02-26 23:08:50.049 [S2E:INFO] Configuring for region: EU863 -- 863.0MHz..870.0MHz
2020-02-26 23:08:50.049 [S2E:VERB]   DR0  SF12/BW125 
2020-02-26 23:08:50.049 [S2E:VERB]   DR1  SF11/BW125 
2020-02-26 23:08:50.049 [S2E:VERB]   DR2  SF10/BW125 
2020-02-26 23:08:50.049 [S2E:VERB]   DR3  SF9/BW125 
2020-02-26 23:08:50.049 [S2E:VERB]   DR4  SF8/BW125 
2020-02-26 23:08:50.049 [S2E:VERB]   DR5  SF7/BW125 
2020-02-26 23:08:50.049 [S2E:VERB]   DR6  SF7/BW250 
2020-02-26 23:08:50.049 [S2E:VERB]   DR7  FSK 
2020-02-26 23:08:50.049 [S2E:VERB]   DR8  undefined
2020-02-26 23:08:50.049 [S2E:VERB]   DR9  undefined
2020-02-26 23:08:50.049 [S2E:VERB]   DR10 undefined
2020-02-26 23:08:50.049 [S2E:VERB]   DR11 undefined
2020-02-26 23:08:50.050 [S2E:VERB]   DR12 undefined
2020-02-26 23:08:50.050 [S2E:VERB]   DR13 undefined
2020-02-26 23:08:50.050 [S2E:VERB]   DR14 undefined
2020-02-26 23:08:50.050 [S2E:VERB]   DR15 undefined
2020-02-26 23:08:50.050 [S2E:VERB]   TX power: 16.0 dBm EIRP
2020-02-26 23:08:50.050 [S2E:VERB]             27.0 dBm EIRP for 869.4MHz..869.65MHz
2020-02-26 23:08:50.050 [S2E:VERB]   JoinEui list: 0 entries
2020-02-26 23:08:50.050 [S2E:VERB]   NetID filter: FFFFFFFF-FFFFFFFF-FFFFFFFF-FFFFFFFF
2020-02-26 23:08:50.050 [S2E:VERB]   Dev/test settings: nocca=0 nodc=0 nodwell=0