Multitech Conduit AP

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Just found the MachineQ Conduit AP yesterday and it’s a great deal for the unit and a development board. Sounds like that is the same unit you got, is the one from Comcast/MachineQ restrict in any way? Can it be used with TTN?

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The MachineQ conduit AP has custom firmware that you will have no access to and must be managed via the MachineQ portal. It will therefore not be usable on TTN unless you can re-flash it with the default Multitech firmware.

I have one of the MachineQ gateways as I have been working with a client and Comcast directly on a project. Also they only seem to be able to get 915MHz versions of the Multitech AP but are able to push 868MHz firmware to it if needed but performance is poor due to the internal antenna.

Andrew

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I was afraid of that since someone mentioned the bootloader on these is password protected where the ones directly from Multitech are not. I suspect that also means it near impossible to reload the firmware (or bootloader for that matter) without getting very invasive.

Chris

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Hello All,

I am trying to connect my MultiConnect® Conduit - Application Execution Platform (MTCDT-H5-210A Firmware1.2.2) following this guide https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/docs/gateways/multitech/aep.html everything goes well but if I look at the log it says that it is not possible to connect to the europe router.

Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?

Thx.

60

Yes, unfortunately I’m now having trouble connecting my cellular conduit gateway with the internet. I’m using AT&T. Seems like there’s two different sets of directions for setting up the connection (Multitech and TTN).

61

Hi, what frequency and router do you have your gateway set to in the TTN console?

62

Hi, on TTN I have Frequency Plan Europe 868MHz and Router ttn-router-eu.

My gateway is set up for Europe frequencies as well, I am able to connecto to the internet thru the Modem (PPP protocol) but no the the TTN routers. I do not know why because there is no info about it.

Thx.

63

Got it. Were you able to run the installer.sh?

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Yes as I mentioned I ran the installer everything goes well no errors, but doens’t connect.

65

What directory is your installer.sh residing in?

66

in my root do I need to save in a specific folder?

67

Use the multitech instructions to connect the gateway to the internet, once that works use the TTN instructions to install/setup the packet forwarder.

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what does the packet forwarder log say?

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hi @kersing as said before I just followed the guide as described on TTN and everything goes fine but when the packet forwarder try to connect it says impossible to connect to ‘ttn-router-eu’.

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Would it hurt to actually copy and paste a few lines of the log? I’m trying to help and appen to know a thing or two about the software. Seeing the exact message could help debugging the issue…

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hi @kersing ok tomorrow I will post the log. Thx for your help.

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In using the Multitech instructions, I keep getting “daemon.notice pppd[2167]: Device modem_at0 is locked by pod 2111
Exit
Alarm
Failed
Connect script failed
Exit”
I’ve been trying to find similar errors online and have no been able to figure out what the problem is.

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hello @kersing this is the log after killing and starting the process mp_pkt_fwd

23:52:42  *** Multi Protocol Packet Forwarder for Lora Gateway ***
Version: 3.0.20
23:52:42  *** Lora concentrator HAL library version info ***
Version: 5.0.1; Options: ftdi;
***
23:52:43  INFO: Little endian host
23:52:43  INFO: found global configuration file /var/config/lora/global_conf.json, parsing it
23:52:43  INFO: /var/config/lora/global_conf.json does contain a JSON object named SX1301_conf, parsing SX1301 parameters
23:52:43  INFO: lorawan_public 1, clksrc 0
lgw_board_setconf:437: Note: board configuration; lorawan_public:1, clksrc:0
23:52:43  INFO: no configuration for LBT
23:52:43  INFO: antenna_gain 0 dBi
23:52:43  INFO: Configuring TX LUT with 16 indexes
23:52:43  INFO: radio 0 enabled (type SX1257), center frequency 867500000, RSSI offset -166.000000, tx enabled 1
lgw_rxrf_setconf:486: WARNING: NOT A VALID TX NOTCH FILTER FREQUENCY [126000..250000]Hz
lgw_rxrf_setconf:498: Note: rf_chain 0 configuration; en:1 freq:867500000 rssi_offset:-166.000000 radio_type:2 tx_enable:1 tx_notch_freq:0
23:52:43  INFO: radio 1 enabled (type SX1257), center frequency 868500000, RSSI offset -166.000000, tx enabled 0
lgw_rxrf_setconf:498: Note: rf_chain 1 configuration; en:1 freq:868500000 rssi_offset:-166.000000 radio_type:2 tx_enable:0 tx_notch_freq:0
23:52:43  INFO: Lora multi-SF channel 0>  radio 1, IF -400000 Hz, 125 kHz bw, SF 7 to 12
lgw_rxif_setconf:617: Note: LoRa 'multi' if_chain 0 configuration; en:1 freq:-400000 SF_mask:0x7e
23:52:43  INFO: Lora multi-SF channel 1>  radio 1, IF -200000 Hz, 125 kHz bw, SF 7 to 12
lgw_rxif_setconf:617: Note: LoRa 'multi' if_chain 1 configuration; en:1 freq:-200000 SF_mask:0x7e
23:52:43  INFO: Lora multi-SF channel 2>  radio 1, IF 0 Hz, 125 kHz bw, SF 7 to 12
lgw_rxif_setconf:617: Note: LoRa 'multi' if_chain 2 configuration; en:1 freq:0 SF_mask:0x7e
23:52:43  INFO: Lora multi-SF channel 3>  radio 0, IF -400000 Hz, 125 kHz bw, SF 7 to 12
lgw_rxif_setconf:617: Note: LoRa 'multi' if_chain 3 configuration; en:1 freq:-400000 SF_mask:0x7e
23:52:43  INFO: Lora multi-SF channel 4>  radio 0, IF -200000 Hz, 125 kHz bw, SF 7 to 12
lgw_rxif_setconf:617: Note: LoRa 'multi' if_chain 4 configuration; en:1 freq:-200000 SF_mask:0x7e
23:52:43  INFO: Lora multi-SF channel 5>  radio 0, IF 0 Hz, 125 kHz bw, SF 7 to 12
lgw_rxif_setconf:617: Note: LoRa 'multi' if_chain 5 configuration; en:1 freq:0 SF_mask:0x7e
23:52:43  INFO: Lora multi-SF channel 6>  radio 0, IF 200000 Hz, 125 kHz bw, SF 7 to 12
lgw_rxif_setconf:617: Note: LoRa 'multi' if_chain 6 configuration; en:1 freq:200000 SF_mask:0x7e
23:52:43  INFO: Lora multi-SF channel 7>  radio 0, IF 400000 Hz, 125 kHz bw, SF 7 to 12
lgw_rxif_setconf:617: Note: LoRa 'multi' if_chain 7 configuration; en:1 freq:400000 SF_mask:0x7e
23:52:43  INFO: Lora std channel> radio 1, IF -200000 Hz, 250000 Hz bw, SF 7
lgw_rxif_setconf:591: Note: LoRa 'std' if_chain 8 configuration; en:1 freq:-200000 bw:2 dr:2
23:52:43  INFO: FSK channel> radio 1, IF 300000 Hz, 125000 Hz bw, 50000 bps datarate
lgw_rxif_setconf:647: Note: FSK if_chain 9 configuration; en:1 freq:300000 bw:3 dr:50000 (50000 real dr) sync:0xC194C1
23:52:43  INFO: /var/config/lora/global_conf.json does contain a JSON object named gateway_conf, parsing gateway parameters
23:52:43  INFO: Found 1 servers in array.
23:52:43  INFO: Server 0 configured to "router.eu.thethings.network"
23:52:43  INFO: packets received with a valid CRC will be forwarded
23:52:43  INFO: packets received with a CRC error will NOT be forwarded
23:52:43  INFO: packets received with no CRC will NOT be forwarded
23:52:43  INFO: GPS is disabled
23:52:43  INFO: Upstream data is enabled
23:52:43  INFO: Downstream data is enabled
23:52:43  INFO: Ghoststream data is disabled
23:52:43  INFO: Radiostream data is enabled
23:52:43  INFO: Statusstream data is enabled
23:52:43  INFO: Beacon is disabled
23:52:43  INFO: Packet logger is disabled
23:52:43  INFO: Flush output after statistic is disabled
23:52:43  INFO: Flush after each line of output is disabled
23:52:43  INFO: Watchdog is disabled
23:52:43  INFO: found local configuration file /var/config/lora/local_conf.json, parsing it
23:52:43  INFO: redefined parameters will overwrite global parameters
23:52:43  INFO: /var/config/lora/local_conf.json does not contain a JSON object named SX1301_conf
23:52:43  INFO: /var/config/lora/local_conf.json does contain a JSON object named gateway_conf, parsing gateway parameters
23:52:43  INFO: gateway MAC address is configured to 008000000000B8A9
23:52:43  INFO: Found 1 servers in array.
23:52:43  INFO: Server 0 configured to "bridge.eu.thethings.network"
23:52:43  INFO: packets received with a valid CRC will be forwarded
23:52:43  INFO: packets received with a CRC error will NOT be forwarded
23:52:43  INFO: packets received with no CRC will NOT be forwarded
23:52:43  INFO: GPS is disabled
23:52:43  INFO: Upstream data is enabled
23:52:43  INFO: Downstream data is enabled
23:52:43  INFO: Ghoststream data is disabled
23:52:43  INFO: Radiostream data is enabled
23:52:43  INFO: Statusstream data is enabled
23:52:43  INFO: Beacon is disabled
23:52:43  INFO: Packet logger is disabled
23:52:43  INFO: Flush output after statistic is disabled
23:52:43  INFO: Flush after each line of output is disabled
23:52:43  INFO: Watchdog is disabled
23:52:43  INFO: Contact email configured to "admin@evja.eu"
23:52:43  INFO: Description configured to "test gateway"
23:52:43  INFO: [Transports] Initializing protocol for 1 servers
23:53:04  ERROR: [TTN] Connection to server "bridge.eu.thethings.network" failed, retry in 30 seconds
74

This is not related to the packet forwarder. There seems to be something wrong with the 3G/LTE configuration. The forum at multitech.net might provide some help.

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Ok, could you try (run on the gateway):
nc -v bridge.eu.thethings.network 1883
This should report
bridge.eu.thethings.network [52.169.76.203] 1883 open
(Abort with Control C)