Hello Everyone, I am looking to find the simplest reliable Lorawan Gateway which easily supports TTN and has WiFi + Ethernet + LTE. The LTE part is key. I’m looking for a reliable retail-available product that doesn’t require much hand-holding or support over time. We are currently using a Multite…

[image] cslorabox: What’s used for the filesystem storage on those? Having looked under the concentrator, turns out it’s an Orange Pi Zero, so 2Mb of SPI flash with a snapshot build of OpenWRT. Not sure where the overlay for persistence is, as I’m sure you’ve guessed, OpenWRT isn’t in my tool…

[image] descartes: Having looked under the concentrator, turns out it’s an Orange Pi Zero, so 2Mb of SPI flash with a snapshot build of OpenWRT. Wow, that’s interesting! And really tiny for OpenWRT, too. I’d actually gone to quite a bit of trouble to get the OrangePi PC plus Booting U-Boot…

The Zero has an SD Card slot which is for Armbian and upgrade use and other things - I’ve not explored the details as the damn things just work and when I want to kill a gateway with silly ideas, I’ve got the Pi’s to do that on.

I’m using the MikroTip LtAP. Its got LTE, WiFi, ethernet and a mPCI slot for a MikroTik LorRa card. My cost in New Zealand for the lot (LtAP, LoRa card, External antenna) was just under $600 NZD ($395 USD). I’m running it off a 50W solar panel, 10A MPPT controller and a 12V71Ah battery [2020-07-…

[image] jbkiwi: I’m using the MikroTip LtAP. Its got LTE, WiFi, ethernet and a mPCI slot for a MikroTik LorRa card. That sounds interesting, but seems like a lot of key details missing on the vendor’s pages. It says mPCIe, without giving an SPI pinout (there is no standard for SPI on an mCPI…

RouterOS license is included in the price. RouterOS only supports the MikroTik mPCI cards and the legacy forwarder. It uses USB over mPCI, don’t know more than that sorry.

Hi @cslorabox , you ask… [image] cslorabox: Why, oh why, can’t hardware companies just make hardware and document the essential facts of it? Speaking for myself, I deploy automation for paying customers for the data and the difference that can make to their businesses. As a systems integrator…

[image] cultsdotelecomatgmai: I suspect that I represent the majority of paying customers May-be and may-be not, but in the LoRaWAN solution space we have choice. There are companies that provide (open) source for those that want more control and companies that provide turnkey solutions. The…

[image] cultsdotelecomatgmai: Speaking for myself, I deploy automation for paying customers for the data and the difference that can make to their businesses. As a systems integrator, I need to buy sensors, infrastructure and core services that work and are reliable and can be deployed and maint…

Hi @cslorabox , thanks - interesting post. I suspect that you have something like a “right to repair” view. I have spent 35+ years (I’m semi-retired now) working on critical systems for offshore Oil & Gas which has a “must not modify” approach policed by organisations like Lloyd’s Register and DNV.…

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