Raspberry-PI-Link-Labs-LoRaWAN-Gateway

Reference setup for LoRaWAN Gateway based on a Raspberry Pi host and the Link Labs Gateway Board.

Hardware setup

schematic

Description	RPi pin	BCM GPIO	WiringPi	Mode
SX1301 Reset	29	GPIO5	21	output
GPS Reset	31	GPIO6	22	output
GPS PPS	7	GPIO4	7	input
SPI CLK	23
SPI MISO	21
SPI MOSI	19
SPI NSS	24
LED 1	13	GPIO27	2	output
LED 2	22	GPIO25	6	output

Now you're ready to start the software setup.

Software setup (Raspbian)

• Download Raspbian Jessie Lite

• Follow the installation instruction to create the SD card

• Connect an Ethernet cable to the RPi

• Plug the power supply of the RPi which will also power the concentrator board (WARNING: never power up without the antenna!)

• From a computer in the same LAN, ssh into the RPi using the default hostname:

    $ ssh [email protected]
  

• Use raspi-config utility to: 1) disable graphical boot mode and 2) to enable SPI (Advanced options -> SPI):

    $ sudo raspi-config
  

• Reboot

• Clone the installer and start the installation

    $ sudo apt-get install git -y
    $ git clone https://github.com/mirakonta/Raspberry-PI-Link-Labs-LoRaWAN-Gateway.git ~/linklabs
    $ cd ~/linklabs
    $ sudo ./install.sh
  

Credits

These scripts are largely based on the awesome work by Ruud Vlaming on the Lorank8 installer.