RAK
RAK7268V2
Configure Packet Forwarder
In the RAK WisGate OS web-interface, you must configure the Packet Forwarder
such that it forwards to localhost on port 1700.
Please refer to the WisGate OS 2 manual for instructions on how to access the web-interface.
- In the left menu, click the Configuration icon (second icon from top to bottom).
- Configure the following settings:
- Work mode: Packet forwarder
- Under Protocol:
- Protocol: Semtech UDP GWMP Protocol
- Under UDP Protocol parameters:
- Server address: localhost
- Server port up: 1700
- Server port down: 1700
- Click Save changes
Install ChirpStack MQTT Forwarder
SSH login
First you must login into the gateway using SSH:
ssh root@GATEWAY-IP-ADDRESS
You must use the password as configured during the setup of the gateway.
Download IPK
Use the following commands to download the latest version of the
chirpstack-mqtt-forwarder package:
cd /tmp
wget https://artifacts.chirpstack.io/downloads/chirpstack-mqtt-forwarder/vendor/rak/mipsel_24kc/chirpstack-mqtt-forwarder_4.2.3-r1_mipsel_24kc.ipk
Install IPK
Use the opkg package-manager to install the downloaded package. Example:
opkg install chirpstack-mqtt-forwarder_4.2.3-r1_mipsel_24kc.ipk
Configuration
To connect the ChirpStack MQTT Forwarder to your MQTT broker, you must update
the ChirpStack MQTT Forwarder configuration file. This file is located at:
/etc/chirpstack-mqtt-forwarder/chirpstack-mqtt-forwarder.toml.
(Re)start and stop commands
Use the following commands to (re)start and stop the ChirpStack MQTT Forwarder service:
# start
/etc/init.d/chirpstack-mqtt-forwarder start
# stop
/etc/init.d/chirpstack-mqtt-forwarder stop
# restart
/etc/init.d/chirpstack-mqtt-forwarder restart
Access log output
Use the following command to access the ChirpStack MQTT Forwarder log output:
logread -f -l 100 -e chirpstack-mqtt-forwarder