Things Outdoor Gateway - TTOG part 1

We had to be really careful with the supplied connector once the CAT6 cable was made up. It had a tendency to pull the RJ45 out of the port slightly when tightening the main fastening ring.

Hmm I’m not sure its a physical issue - I’ve changed the router region (which worked for a day) and then today I’ve rebooted (worked for 6 hrs only) which makes me think that maybe it wasn’t the rerouting that made it work again the first time - just the rebooting was enough… the log is showing that its alive and well the whole time but the console seems to lose the connection after a while ! Investigations continue

I have the same problem, and am now unable to access the TTOG (EU) via any method (ethernet/3-4G) or any IP.

Any ideas how I can recover the gateway?
Before this happened, I was able to succesfully forward packages via ethernet connection.

Once it’s been switched into SIM mode, you’ll need to use the static fallback IP to access TTOG over Ethernet. This is in the blue blockquote box towards the end of this page: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/docs/gateways/thethingsoutdoor/

When I go to that IP address I get a response saying that the website is not available.

Also, how does one do the following (as instructed on the website)?

you should manually set the IP address: IP address: 192.168.11.100 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Router: 192.168.11.10

Is there a way to reset the gateway (with a button on the inside or something)? Because at the moment it is completely unusable and unreachable.

I solved this. I didn’t realise that manually setting the IP address means changing your own PC configurations. This is a link that explains how:
https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/19249/how-to-assign-a-static-ip-address-in-xp-vista-or-windows-7/

Got the gateway to work properly now :partying_face:

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somehow I can not do a firmware update. Currently is still 3.02.19 on the shipped gateway (EU 868) last 6 characters of the Mac are 3D2766 thus would be for SSH
root
browan @ 3D2766.
But do not continue to make an update to the firmware

Got it done, got it done. Code is the filing, then an update to 3.04.25. There, under System, there is the button System Firmware and there upgrade

Hi,

Does anyone know if the source code to the packet forwarder running on the TTOG is available? We have a TTOG and wish to run a non-standard packet forwarder. It is clear that the installed version has had a number of modifications from the standard code base and it would be useful to know what those are so we can get ours up and running.

We have been able to cross compile and run our packet forwarder on the TTOG but we are having some issues with SPI communications with the LoRa hardware. This code runs fine on both RAK and Multitech Conduit gateways, so clearly something is different.

Thanks

Jonathan

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The GPS of the TTOG seems to be not functioning. Currently the location that is displayed on the TTN map is the location that I marked, not the actual location of the gateway.
Is there any way to check the GPS is actually working?
Many thanks!

If you watch the logs you should be able to see it grabbing time references

Hi @mid-walesha, thanks for that. How exactly do I go about that? I can’t find any explanation about that on the TTOG explanation page. It’s not the gateway ‘traffic’ feature, right?

Also, the gateway is deployed in a field right now. Would it be possible to check if the GPS is working, even if I can’t get to it physically?

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I’ll try and get you some screen shots. But watching the logs on ours, you can see the GPS functioning with how it locks its time reference. How have you mounted the Gateway? Is the GPS antenna facing upwards?

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The gateway is attached to a fence (about 2 meter off the ground), and the GPS antenna is facing up.

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Check the metadata from your nodes. Its likely it is functioning correctly I’d say. Ours doesn’t show exactly on the map where its placed looking. Its about 20m out.

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TTN location set in the console overrides anything the gateway sends. You could try clearing the setting in the console.

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What is the latest version for the TTOG US915?
I am showing version opdk-1.00.23
If I try the latest from the Google Drive or the Connected Things site
WAPS-232N_LW_OPDKGUIForGeneric_3.09.99_3952121863.tar.gz
it says " * Invalid firmware file."

Hello, I’m experiencing similar TX issues as @mid-walesha did on his TTOG. I recently noticed that one can configure the Gain. My question is why set it to 2? My Sirio antenna has a gain of 3dBd (5.14 dBi). Assuming 1 dB cable loss could we not set TTOG Gain to something around 9?
gain

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Did you see the errors in the log? SF12 with ours set to 0 would produced a gain error… Unsure if it actually stopped the transmission however.