Configuring Multi Tech Conduit gateways for Taiwan

Prerequisites

• Start with a Conduit that supports the US915 region.

• Configure the Conduit for the older (2.1r5) Kersing packet forwarder. The reference site is Kersing's, but MCCI often uses The Things Network New York.

  • If using the reference site, run the poly-installer.sh script.
  • If using the TTN NYC site, run the installer.sh script.

  In either case, choose US as your target region, and choose the US server.

Setup

1. login to the Conduit as root

2. cd /var/config/lora

3. Edit global_conf_src. It should contain a single line:

   https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TheThingsNetwork/gateway-conf/master/US-global_conf.json
   

4. For Taiwan, Change this to specify region "AS2", by making it read:

   https://raw.githubusercontent.com/TheThingsNetwork/gateway-conf/master/AS2-global_conf.json
   

   For other countries, choose from the list of files found in The Things Network's gateway-conf repository.

5. Restart the packet forwarder, using the command:

   # /etc/init.d/ttn-packet-forwarder restart
   Stopping ttn-packet-forwarder: OK
   Found lora card MTAC-LORA-915
   Get up-to-date TTN configuration for packet forwarder
   Starting ttn-packet-forwarder: OK
   #
   

6. Optional: look through the log to make sure that the router is set as expected.

   # grep router /var/log/lora-pkt-fwd.log | head -5
   INFO: Server 0 configured to "router.as2.thethings.network", with port up "1700" and port down "1700"
   INFO: Successfully contacted server router.as2.thethings.network
   INFO: [down] Thread activated for all server router.as2.thethings.network
   INFO: [down] for server router.as2.thethings.network PULL_ACK received in 243 ms
   INFO: [down] for server router.as2.thethings.network PULL_ACK received in 243 ms
   #
   

   If you see as2.thethings.network, then everything is configured correctly. Otherwise, you need to double check what you put into /var/config/lora/global_conf_src.