Gemtek Outdoor Gateway

Hi All,

Did anybody try the Gemtek LoRa Gateway? I saw them during MWC show and look like they have a powerful outdoor gateway? anybody has an idea about their pricing and quality?

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I spoke with them and the outdoor gateway is currently around $1000 USD in small quantites.

Sounds a competitive! I am going to order one and keep you posted

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The gateway looks interesting as it supports 16 channels. You will need to add shipping + import taxes to the cost so around 1200-1500 USD total.

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@Morris_LoRa
Hi Morris,
did you have any joy with getting a Gemtek gateway? I am currently investigating gateways and would be interested in any updates you may have

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Was there any news on the ability to get these gateways working with TTN? We have many, and have frequent requests from supporters to have them operating on TTN.

What software do they run? For the semtech packet forwarder it should be simple to point it to TTN, for custom software it depends…
Are the gateways Linux based and are you able to connect with ssh?

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This gateway is linux based. Recently I bought one but i need to study how to do to point this to TTN because the manufacturer provide poor documentation. But I discovered last week the SX1301 is connected via USB.

That is a shame.

Can you log in to the gateway? If so, could you run ‘ps ax’ and post (or PM) the result?

Sorry my late,

ps ax
PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND
1 ? Ss 0:02 /sbin/init
2 ? S 0:00 [kthreadd]
3 ? S 0:00 [ksoftirqd/0]
4 ? S 0:00 [kworker/0:0]
5 ? S 0:00 [kworker/u:0]
6 ? S 0:00 [migration/0]
7 ? S 0:00 [migration/1]
9 ? S 0:00 [ksoftirqd/1]
10 ? S 0:00 [migration/2]
11 ? S 0:00 [kworker/2:0]
12 ? S 0:00 [ksoftirqd/2]
13 ? S 0:00 [migration/3]
14 ? S 0:00 [kworker/3:0]
15 ? S 0:00 [ksoftirqd/3]
16 ? S< 0:00 [khelper]
17 ? S< 0:00 [suspend_sys_syn]
18 ? S< 0:00 [suspend]
19 ? S 0:01 [kconsole]
20 ? S< 0:00 [rk29xx_spim.0]
21 ? S 0:00 [kworker/u:1]
22 ? S< 0:00 [rk29xx_spim.1]
23 ? S 0:00 [sync_supers]
24 ? S 0:00 [bdi-default]
25 ? S< 0:00 [kblockd]
26 ? S 0:00 [khubd]
27 ? S 0:00 [cfinteractive]
28 ? S< 0:00 [rk3188_cpufreqd]
29 ? S 0:00 [kswapd0]
31 ? S 0:00 [fsnotify_mark]
32 ? S< 0:00 [crypto]
52 ? S< 0:00 [dwc_otg]
53 ? S< 0:00 [dwc_otg]
54 ? S 0:00 [ddrfreqd]
58 ? S 0:00 [kworker/3:1]
78 ? S< 0:00 [rknand_buffer]
79 ? S< 0:00 [mtdblock0]
80 ? S< 0:00 [mtdblock1]
113 ? S 0:00 [kworker/1:1]
164 ? S 0:00 [jbd2/mtdblock1-]
165 ? S< 0:00 [ext4-dio-unwrit]
166 ? S 0:00 [kworker/0:2]
172 ? S 0:00 [kworker/1:2]
306 ? S 0:00 upstart-udev-bridge --daemon
324 ? Ss 0:00 /lib/systemd/systemd-udevd --daemon
389 ? Ssl 0:00 rsyslogd
510 ? S 0:00 upstart-socket-bridge --daemon
513 ? S 0:00 upstart-file-bridge --daemon
515 ? S 0:00 [flush-31:1]
516 ? S 0:00 [kworker/2:2]
538 ? Ss 0:00 dhclient -1 -v -pf /run/dhclient.eth0.pid -lf /var/li
682 tty4 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty4
683 tty5 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty5
686 tty2 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty2
687 tty3 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty3
690 tty6 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty6
704 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd -D
717 ? Ss 0:00 cron
764 ? Ssl 0:03 /usr/sbin/mysqld
1052 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/ntpd -p /var/run/ntpd.pid -g -u 105:108
1092 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/lighttpd -f /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
1152 ttyFIQ0 Ss 0:00 /bin/login -f
1153 tty1 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/getty -8 38400 tty1
1176 ttyFIQ0 S+ 0:00 -bash
1191 ? Ss 0:00 sshd: root@pts/0
1210 pts/0 Ss 0:00 -bash
1248 ? S 0:00 [kworker/0:1]
1316 pts/0 R+ 0:00 ps ax

There is nothing in the process list I immediately recognize as LoRaWAN related software. Is the gateway configured to receive LoRaWAN packets at all?

No, this gateway came with Loriot Software installed. I have desistalled it. I have been trying, without sucess, to put ttn ones.

Ok, could you run ‘uname -a’?

The response for the command follows: Linux ttn-gateway 3.0.36+ #22 SMP PREEMPT Wed Nov 2 14:17:30 CST 2016 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux

When I try to execute the lora_pkt_fwd a ihave following result:

Note: SPI port opened and configured ok
Note: SPI read success
lgw_connect:532: INFO: no FPGA detected or version not supported (v0)
Note: SPI read success
lgw_connect:555: ERROR: NOT EXPECTED CHIP VERSION (v0)
ERROR: FAIL TO CONNECT BOARD
ERROR: [main] failed to start the concentrator

Anyone knows the workaround this ?

Which software are you using?

I have downloaded the Lora packet forwarder from TTN github.

Which build did you download?

Hi! Sorry my late. I have downloaded the 3.1.0 version.

I made it work. I discovered a version of the manufacturer already installed on the gateway, in a folder “/ app”. Studying this version, I noticed that this is version 1.6.0 of libloragw.
I tried, unsuccessfully, to put version 3.1.0 but I get error feedback from the FPGA version.

You downloaded a version for which hardware platform?

Hi, I have chosen Kerlink platform.