Multilink Conduit install problems

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It should. However, somehow it seems the packet forwarder does not recognize LBT being available. Hard for me to test as I’ve got EU868 hardware which does not support LBT. (LBT minimal frequency is 915MHz according to MultiTech documentation)

No need if you use my prebuild package (or source tree). It already includes the patches.

No, once you used the installer you should not use this page.
BTW, there is nothing to manage as the settings on that page are all included in the TTN configuration.

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@kersin Thanks Jac, I will try to open a ticket to Multitech.

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Hi @kersing

After chatting with my MultiTech local reseller (Melvin).
He advised to upgrade the FGPA to v33.

Stop any processes that try to access the MTAC-LORA card. For example, the LoRa Network Server and the LoRa Packet Forwarder or other third-party packet forwarders (e.g. Loriot, TTN, Actility, Senet, Orbiwise, etc.).
Navigate to /usr/lib/mts-flash-binaries and run:
mts-fpga-loader -i mtcdt-fpga-v33.hex

The file mtcdt-fpga-v33.hex is part of the firmware 1.4.16.
It is working now with LBT on.

13:20:28 INFO: [TTN] server “thethings.meshed.com.au” connected
13:20:28 INFO: [main] Starting the concentrator
INFO: FPGA supported features: [TX filter] [Spectral Scan] [LBT]
lgw_start:833: Note: calibration started (time: 2300 ms)
lgw_start:854: Note: calibration finished (status = 191)
Info: Initialising AGC firmware…
Info: putting back original RADIO_SELECT value
INFO: Configuring LBT, this may take few seconds, please wait…
13:20:41 INFO: [main] concentrator started, radio packets can now be received.
13:20:41 INFO: Disabling GPS mode for concentrator’s counter…
13:20:41 INFO: host/sx1301 time offset=(1528168830s:363929µs) - drift=-2008389351µs
13:20:41 INFO: Enabling GPS mode for concentrator’s counter.

13:20:41 INFO: JIT thread activated.
13:20:41 INFO: [up] Thread activated for all servers.

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Nice find @brice. I’ll also test a gateway with that firmware version shortly.

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Excellent news. Thank you for researching this. :smile:

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I’ve tested on an IP67 Conduit (LEU1-266A). Upgrading the FPGA to v33 solved the LBT error. Thanks @brice for solving and @kersing for your wisdom.

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Apologies for reviving an old thread, but for completeness, v33 of the FPGA firmware broke downlinks for me. I’m leaving my gateways at v31 for now, until we feel the need to enable LBT.

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I installed packet_forwarder for ttn on my multitech gateway as I follows guide ([https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/docs/gateways/multitech/aep.html])on here and tried to connect to ttn via multitech gateway.

then I have the same error before with lbt error as following log.

/////////// start of log ////////////////

18:01:40 *** Multi Protocol Packet Forwarder for Lora Gateway ***
Version: 3.0.20
18:01:40 *** Lora concentrator HAL library version info ***
Version: 5.0.1; Options: native;

18:01:40 INFO: Little endian host
18:01:40 INFO: found global configuration file /var/config/lora/global_conf.json, parsing it
18:01:40 INFO: /var/config/lora/global_conf.json does contain a JSON object named SX1301_conf, parsing SX1301 parameters
18:01:40 INFO: lorawan_public 1, clksrc 0
lgw_board_setconf:437: Note: board configuration; lorawan_public:1, clksrc:0
18:01:40 INFO: 7 LBT channels configured
18:01:40 INFO: antenna_gain 0 dBi
18:01:40 INFO: Configuring TX LUT with 16 indexes
18:01:40 INFO: radio 0 enabled (type SX1257), center frequency 922400000, RSSI offset -166.000000, tx enabled 1
lgw_rxrf_setconf:486: WARNING: NOT A VALID TX NOTCH FILTER FREQUENCY [126000…250000]Hz
lgw_rxrf_setconf:498: Note: rf_chain 0 configuration; en:1 freq:922400000 rssi_offset:-166.000000 radio_type:2 tx_enable:1 tx_notch_freq:0
18:01:40 INFO: radio 1 enabled (type SX1257), center frequency 923000000, RSSI offset -166.000000, tx enabled 0
lgw_rxrf_setconf:498: Note: rf_chain 1 configuration; en:1 freq:923000000 rssi_offset:-166.000000 radio_type:2 tx_enable:0 tx_notch_freq:0
18:01:40 INFO: Lora multi-SF channel 0> radio 0, IF -300000 Hz, 125 kHz bw, SF 7 to 12
lgw_rxif_setconf:617: Note: LoRa ‘multi’ if_chain 0 configuration; en:1 freq:-300000 SF_mask:0x7e
18:01:40 INFO: Lora multi-SF channel 1> radio 0, IF -100000 Hz, 125 kHz bw, SF 7 to 12
lgw_rxif_setconf:617: Note: LoRa ‘multi’ if_chain 1 configuration; en:1 freq:-100000 SF_mask:0x7e
18:01:40 INFO: Lora multi-SF channel 2> radio 0, IF 100000 Hz, 125 kHz bw, SF 7 to 12
lgw_rxif_setconf:617: Note: LoRa ‘multi’ if_chain 2 configuration; en:1 freq:100000 SF_mask:0x7e
18:01:40 INFO: Lora multi-SF channel 3> radio 0, IF 300000 Hz, 125 kHz bw, SF 7 to 12
lgw_rxif_setconf:617: Note: LoRa ‘multi’ if_chain 3 configuration; en:1 freq:300000 SF_mask:0x7e
18:01:40 INFO: Lora multi-SF channel 4> radio 1, IF -100000 Hz, 125 kHz bw, SF 7 to 12
lgw_rxif_setconf:617: Note: LoRa ‘multi’ if_chain 4 configuration; en:1 freq:-100000 SF_mask:0x7e
18:01:40 INFO: Lora multi-SF channel 5> radio 1, IF 100000 Hz, 125 kHz bw, SF 7 to 12
lgw_rxif_setconf:617: Note: LoRa ‘multi’ if_chain 5 configuration; en:1 freq:100000 SF_mask:0x7e
18:01:40 INFO: Lora multi-SF channel 6> radio 1, IF 300000 Hz, 125 kHz bw, SF 7 to 12
lgw_rxif_setconf:617: Note: LoRa ‘multi’ if_chain 6 configuration; en:1 freq:300000 SF_mask:0x7e
18:01:40 INFO: Lora multi-SF channel 7 disabled
lgw_rxif_setconf:525: Note: if_chain 7 disabled
18:01:40 INFO: Lora standard channel 8 disabled
lgw_rxif_setconf:525: Note: if_chain 8 disabled
18:01:40 INFO: FSK channel 8 disabled
lgw_rxif_setconf:525: Note: if_chain 9 disabled
18:01:40 INFO: /var/config/lora/global_conf.json does contain a JSON object named gateway_conf, parsing gateway parameters
18:01:40 INFO: Found 1 servers in array.
18:01:40 INFO: Server 0 configured to “router.kr.thethings.network”
18:01:40 INFO: packets received with a valid CRC will be forwarded
18:01:40 INFO: packets received with a CRC error will NOT be forwarded
18:01:40 INFO: packets received with no CRC will NOT be forwarded
18:01:40 INFO: GPS is disabled
18:01:40 INFO: Upstream data is enabled
18:01:40 INFO: Downstream data is enabled
18:01:40 INFO: Ghoststream data is disabled
18:01:40 INFO: Radiostream data is enabled
18:01:40 INFO: Statusstream data is enabled
18:01:40 INFO: Beacon is disabled
18:01:40 INFO: Packet logger is disabled
18:01:40 INFO: Flush output after statistic is disabled
18:01:40 INFO: Flush after each line of output is disabled
18:01:40 INFO: Watchdog is disabled
18:01:40 INFO: found local configuration file /var/config/lora/local_conf.json, parsing it
18:01:40 INFO: redefined parameters will overwrite global parameters
18:01:40 INFO: /var/config/lora/local_conf.json does not contain a JSON object named SX1301_conf
18:01:40 INFO: /var/config/lora/local_conf.json does contain a JSON object named gateway_conf, parsing gateway parameters
18:01:40 INFO: gateway MAC address is configured to 00800000A0003306
18:01:40 INFO: Found 1 servers in array.
18:01:40 INFO: Server 0 configured to “bridge.asia-se.thethings.network”
18:01:40 INFO: packets received with a valid CRC will be forwarded
18:01:40 INFO: packets received with a CRC error will NOT be forwarded
18:01:40 INFO: packets received with no CRC will NOT be forwarded
18:01:40 INFO: GPS is disabled
18:01:40 INFO: Upstream data is enabled
18:01:40 INFO: Downstream data is enabled
18:01:40 INFO: Ghoststream data is disabled
18:01:40 INFO: Radiostream data is enabled
18:01:40 INFO: Statusstream data is enabled
18:01:40 INFO: Beacon is disabled
18:01:40 INFO: Packet logger is disabled
18:01:40 INFO: Flush output after statistic is disabled
18:01:40 INFO: Flush after each line of output is disabled
18:01:40 INFO: Watchdog is disabled
18:01:40 INFO: Contact email configured to “cto@onofflab.xyz”
18:01:40 INFO: Description configured to “onofflab_smartfactory”
18:01:40 INFO: [Transports] Initializing protocol for 1 servers
18:01:40 INFO: [TTN] server “bridge.asia-se.thethings.network” connected
18:01:40 INFO: [main] Starting the concentrator
ERROR: lbt_setup() did not return SUCCESS
INFO: FPGA supported features: [TX filter] [Spectral Scan]
18:01:40 ERROR: [main] failed to start the concentrator

///////////// end of log /////////////////

Can anyone see my log and advice me please.

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You will need to disable LBT or load the v33 firmware onto the MTAC-LORA-H card.

# mts-fpga-loader -i /usr/lib/mts-flash-binaries/mtcdt-fpga-v33.hex

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