Connect Cisco IXM with LoRa Basics™ Station

This section contains instructions for connecting to The Things Stack using LoRa Basics™ Station.

Note:

The minimal Cisco IXM gateway software version required for connecting to The Things Stack with LoRa Basics™ Station is 2.3.0. Note that the use of the Cisco’s Common Packet Forwarder (CPF) software is subject to a license fee.

To connect the gateway via LNS protocol, first follow the instructions for Connecting LNS, then follow instructions below.

To upload the LNS Server Certificate (tc.trust file) and LNS Key (tc.keyfile) from your local IP to the Cisco IXM flash, use the following commands:

Gateway# copy tftp://<local-IP>/<folder-path>/tc.trust flash:
Gateway# copy tftp://<local-IP>/<folder-path>/tc.key flash:

To install and move these files from Cisco IXM flash to secure storage execute the following commands:

Gateway# common-pack-forwarder cert install srv flash:tc.trust
Gateway# common-pack-forwarder cert install gw NA flash:tc.key

Next, you need to configure the common packet forwarder profile. The example configuration assuming the use of a single 1.5 dBi antenna is shown below. Make sure to replace the server-address with The Things Stack Gateway Server address (e.g. eu1.cloud.thethings.network) and gateway-EUI with Cisco IXM gateway EUI as defined in Registration section.

Gateway# configure terminal
Gateway(config)# common-packet-forwarder profile
Gateway(config-cpf-profile)# ipaddr <server-address> 8887
Gateway(config-cpf-profile)# antenna 1 omni gain 1.5 loss 0
Gateway(config-cpf-profile)# gatewayid <gateway-EUI>
Gateway(config-cpf-profile)# auth-mode token-server
Gateway(config-cpf-profile)# exit
Gateway(config)# exit
Gateway# copy running-config startup-config

If your configuration was successful, your gateway will connect to The Things Stack after a couple of seconds.

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