Hi, I’d like to program “firmware-with-bootloader.hex” (v1.0.3) with PICKit3.
I am not exactly sure how to go about it at this moment. Also, I only find instructions on how to setup and compile the “firmware-with-bootloader.hex” but none on updating “firmware-with-bootloader.hex” with PICKit3.
Your help on how to update “firmware-with-bootloader.hex” with PICKit3 will be great.
Thanks.
Hi, you can download the firmware with bootloader from here:
https://github.com/TheThingsProducts/gateway/tree/develop/firmware
Instructions for the programming can be found here:
https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/docs/gateways/gateway/programhexfile.html
Unfortunately, this did not work out quite well for myself, see my post just above. Good luck!
Edit: please disregard this last statement - issue turned out to be hardware related.
I have a Things Network Gateway, (about 1 month old now) That is ethernet connected, but I see it show up in a list of wireless networks still. Originally it was set-up on wireless, but every couple of days would be disconnected and I would have to reboot the Gateway to get it to connect. I started over and now it is a hard wire ethernet connection, and it has not needed rebooting. Just noticed though that it is showing up as a AP.
@kreeve follow the Github issue to get updates on that: https://github.com/TheThingsProducts/gateway/issues/10
My new gateway issue appears not related to my updating the bootloader, but to a loose hardware connection - apparently the Lora module got displaced a bit by the handling of the unit and connecting/disconnecting the Pickit. After applying some gentle pressure the gateway is back to its stable operating conditions!
I ordered two Gateways (v1) last year when it did cost 300 EUR plus tax. While the GW was not even on its way, the price dropped down to 280 EUR., but that’s just a starter.
I was a little surprised that it has no PoE capability but more surprised that until today, I did not see any manual.
After setting it up, I wanted to disable Wifi. I heard it is not possible,
Since some weeks, it loses connections every few hours, while my outward VDSL connection is stable and uninterrupted over weeks, my external IP is fixed. We are having 100 Mbit/s down, 40 Mbits/up. I thought this should suffice.
In my last attempt to fix the connection issues, I upgraded to the beta firmware v1.0.3-2c56ce09 (2018-03-22T12:20:52Z). The connection issues continue.
I am still able to reach my gateway from the LAN here, the info page says “Broker connection: False” - if it is not able to hold a connection over a simple household router (Fritzbox 7560) that exists in the millions in Germany, what is it good for anyway?
I think the only option I have is to scrap both GWs: I can afford to throw away 600 + EUR because I am a professional company but what I am not able to sustain is constantly failing equipment plus added incessant travels to the gateways to reset theme every some hours. This is unacceptable to me.
The sad thing is: I am one of the key persons who deal with the rollout in the second bigger city in Germany, Freiburg. We are even collaborating with our local electric grid company who provides other gateways. As the things are today, I can only strongly warn against installing or buying those gateways. It is just frustrating, also the way how we are sometimes treated in this forum.
However, if you like to climb on your roof every day, it might still be a great gateway, I don’t know.
sorry to hear that of course… and I don’t think TTN like the situation, but I know they are working hard to fix every issue, for some people with non working gateways (not all !) I can imagine the frustration and the waiting.
Thanks again for all the members who have been helping out by testing, submitting logs and troubleshooting their gateways.
TTN’s team is working hard on fixing all remaining issues, and they really appreciate your help and patience.
As always, they will keep you updated with the progress in this forum thread.
I am one off the many daily testers and I don’t ‘relay’ all my findings on the forum, but I’ll hope together, as a community, we can fix this.
We are working on a patch to fix the WiFi and Ethernet connectivity issues which we believe will improve the performance and stability of the gateway, while at the same time also decreasing the frequency of the reboot loops. Thanks to our dedicated testers @cyberjunky @BoRRoZ @weradis @jurrien for helping us throughout at every stage.
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The Things Products Team
That sounds like good news, thank you!
Today i have received my Pickit3 programmer and programmed the gateway. i 'll keep you informed. if other ttn-ers will program there gateway in the region of the Hague give me a pm.
After 50 minutes gateway loops after MQTT error, still no improvement with the beta bootloader r2 and firmware version 1.03.
It’s been awhile since I’ve looked at this forum and the progress with the stability of the bootloader/firmware, as I’m still seeing issues getting reported I thoughts I’d doma quick post to let people know that I opted to purchase http://sandboxelectronics.com/?product=lorago-port-multi-channel-lorawan-gateway&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0uGIuJez2gIVZZPtCh2LIgilEAAYASAAEgKmm_D_Bw and install recommend software written especially for this hardware, and have the pleasure is saying that these guys have made the whole experience easy and everything works without issue.
Note: added bonus that the hardware is cheaper the app TTN, I’m now doing range tests 
Happy news! We finally made time to dig out the PICKit 3 and do a proper flash of the gateway firmware rather than just the SD/OTA update. IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING! 
No more reboot loops. No more LoRa UART Timeouts. 4 lights steady.
Thanks to the team! We have a ballgame
Dears,
Can one of you help to update my ttn gateway?
After a while the gateway stops sending/receiving messages and I hope a new version of the firmware could fix this.
What tools do I need for this?
Would someone have a procedure for it?
Thanks
Marc
give it a few days!! 
Same here - for people in the ‘s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands) region. Pickit3 available and ready to assist people in updating their TTN gateway bootloader, although personally I would suggest waiting until we get some stable firmware released.
Good to hear that your gateway is working now, @guru. However, don’t get your hopes up too much. There are still some known issues that need to be fixed by the @TTP team before we can call the gateway firmware stable. I agree with @davidver that it’s probably better to wait with flashing gateways until there is a proven stable firmware version.
Thanks for the info 
At least we’ve got a nice testing platform so we can better stock and test our LoRa(WAN) range at http://pimoroni.com
The problem why I erased full serial flash is still continuous.
The gateway activates and deactivates automatically with out any prior notification. so we did RESET many times and we erased serial flash.
Now the same problem, again the gateway deactivated. Now we are not going to do RESET again.
First LED is on.
Second LED is blinking or trying to connect gateway.
Third LED is ON.
Forth LED is ON.
But gateway is not working.
I just took delivery of my gateway today. After setting it up it went into the infamous boot loop. I can’t believe this issue (and solution) was not in the FAQ yet!
It took me several hours to read this (and previous) thread until finally the solution emerged: upgrade the firmware using an SD card. I tried stable (v1.0.2-475aef56) first: the bootloop remained. Then the beta (v1.0.3-2c56ce09) which seemed to work, but the firmware was then downgraded to stable over the internet. So I disabled automatic update in the console and flashed the develop (v1.0.3-fd0901ae) version. The gateway seems to be stable now!