All,
Just wanted to post my resolution for anyone else with similar issues. There were several steps I had to take to find a solution to my problem.
- I did in fact need a tenant ID (@ttn) for my gateway.
- My original gateway ID was too long, and this was indeed why I got the “unexpected error” issue.
However, this was not the end of my problems. I was still getting the frustrating looping problem and rejected LoRa packets. I did finally manage to find some links tracing this back to a mechanical issue. This led to resolution #3:
- Push my LoRa chip firmly into its socket – and pushed it even harder when that didn’t work
– to FINALLY get a working router.
Thank you for all the help Kersing and other members of the community for having the answers that support and the setup page did not. So much for a five minute activation.