‘dood’ here… and I smelled the coffee 
I understand what you mean but my intention was to show the total price of this gateway module imported in the Netherlands which is 108,38 + 35,76 … expecting a general pricedrop in this market segment soon.
After coffee I’ll boot my ironstation …
finding a (temp) way to having access to the RPI GPIO with GW connected
What carrier ? Here in France DHL, Fedex, UPS it’s every day 
And if there is no invoice from seller they apply a estimated price
Btw taxes are vat (20%) and As I’m company I’m getting it back so as said @jmarcelino the only line really paid is 13€
Only option basic postal service never paid any taxes with it.
Hi Charles, this was POST NL but there’s no difference in taxes, only in handling costs.
For the Netherlands (don’t know if that’s EU rules) you don’t pay any taxes if the value is below €22,-
From €22,- to €150,- you pay 21% + handling by carrier
Above €150,- you pay 21% + importtax ( 4.2 % ) + handling by carrier
if you buy something in China for €23,- free shipping, it is theoretically possible that you must pay an
extra €13,21 when the packet arrives
to avoid that, most people split their orders in multiple small orders with a value below €22,-, but be carefull, leave some days between every small order, because if not the seller will ship it in one package and you’ll have the same problem.
Umm Rak is now selling a package deal for the gateway inc a Raspberry Pi B+ and adapter all for €142
clever … why the SMA connector on the converter board ?
For an optional GPS antenna, there’s a module footprint (SIM28M?) next to it
yep, that must be it
I can’t help but think they’re taking it through the paces of being compliance tested with this shieldless pic… (Maybe I’m just being hopeful.) I saw it’s from Ken himself, so maybe…
My RAK831 order is still yet to be shipped, here’s hoping it arrives soon.
The hackster tutorial also works with this Raspberry Pi1B+?, I have not been able make it work for 915MHz
A flat 13€ processing fee? That’s lucky. Last time they got me with the import taxes I had to pay 20% VAT plus 20% ‘processing fees’… on a 300€+ shipment. 60€ for scanning the package’s sticker, why thank you very much!
Honestly at this point I’d rather pay a fine…
Someone has managed to set the RAK831 to 915MHz correctly give me some tips, I thank you for your help in advance, I think mine is faulty.
what would be the best path to follow if I want to start a script on boot that reads the gateway log and show (regulary) some info on a I2C display (and don’t interfere with the SPI GW activity)
systemd
initd
autorun
Hi LoRanians,
Yesterday received my RAK831 package.
Now I’m trying to get it to work …
I connected the RPi as in this post.
I installed the binary form github as suggested by @Epyon
If I try to start the packet-forwarder I get three errors…
# packet-forwarder start --config /etc/packet-forwarder/ttn-pkt-fwd.yml
INFO Packet Forwarder for LoRa Gateway HALVersionInfo=Version: 4.0.0; Options: native;
INFO Found gateway parameters, getting frequency plans AuthServer=https://account.thethingsnetwork.org GatewayID=aandewiel URL=https://account.thethingsnetwork.org/api/v2/frequency-plans/EU_863_870
INFO Refreshed account server information TokenExpiry=2017-11-30 10:51:10.815681467 +0100 CET
INFO Connecting to TTN discovery server Address=discover.thethingsnetwork.org:1900
INFO Connected to discovery server - getting router address
INFO Connecting to router... RouterID=ttn-router-eu
INFO Downlinks queuing routine started
INFO SX1301 board configured ClockSource=1 LorawanPublic=true
INFO Configured TX Lut Indexes=16
INFO Radio configured EnabledTX=true Frequency=867500000 RSSIOffset=-166 Radio=0 Type=SX1257
INFO Radio configured EnabledTX=false Frequency=868500000 RSSIOffset=-166 Radio=1 Type=SX1257
INFO LoRa multi-SF channel configured Freq=-400000 Lora multi-SF channel=0 RFChain=1
INFO LoRa multi-SF channel configured Freq=-200000 Lora multi-SF channel=1 RFChain=1
INFO LoRa multi-SF channel configured Freq=0 Lora multi-SF channel=2 RFChain=1
INFO LoRa multi-SF channel configured Freq=-400000 Lora multi-SF channel=3 RFChain=0
INFO LoRa multi-SF channel configured Freq=-200000 Lora multi-SF channel=4 RFChain=0
INFO LoRa multi-SF channel configured Freq=0 Lora multi-SF channel=5 RFChain=0
INFO LoRa multi-SF channel configured Freq=200000 Lora multi-SF channel=6 RFChain=0
INFO LoRa multi-SF channel configured Freq=400000 Lora multi-SF channel=7 RFChain=0
INFO LoRa standard channel configured
INFO FSK channel configured
WARN No GPS chip configured, ignoring
INFO Starting concentrator... DateTime=2017-08-29 11:51:11.284164306 +0200 CEST
ERROR: Failed to load fw 1
ERROR: Version of calibration firmware not expected, actual:0 expected:2
ERROR The program ended following a failure error=Failed to start concentrator
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What am I doing wrong?
Help is much appreciated!
---- EDIT -----
This seems to do the trick: –reset-pin 25
# packet-forwarder start -v --config /etc/packet-forwarder/ttn-pkt-fwd.yml --reset-pin 25
Mind you!!! To add to the confusion: –reset-pin 25 does not set pin 25 of the gpio header as reset pin, but GPIO25!!! Which is actualy pin 22.
That depends… what OS + version are you using on the RPi? If it’s raspbian Jessie I would suggest systemd.
So did you get it working?
Yes, I did with the –reset-pin option!
You much seen much packet traffic? wondering if your getting many ‘invalid CRC’ packets
From a clean power on I haven’t needed the reset option here, good to know mind
Well, the Packet-Forwarder would’nt start without the reset option…
I do not get many CRC errors.