This section guides you to connect the Tektelic Kona Micro IoT LoRaWAN® Gateway to The Things Stack using the Semtech UDP Packet Forwarder.
Configure the Packet Forwarder
Now you can edit the gateway configuration file.
vi /etc/default/config.json
Press the i key on your keyboard to start insert mode. Once finished editing, press ESC and enter :wq to write the file and quit.
Edit the server parameters:
- server_address: Address of your The Things Stack deployment. See Server Addresses.
- serv_port_up: UDP upstream port of the Gateway Server, typically 1700.
- serv_port_down: UDP downstream port of the Gateway Server, typically 1700.
Save the configuration and restart the packet forwarder.
/etc/init.d/pkt_fwd restart
If your configuration was successful, your gateway will connect to The Things Stack after a couple of seconds.
Troubleshooting
If the gateway does not connect to The Things Stack after a few minutes, disconnect and reconnect the power supply to power-cycle the gateway. Packet forwarder logs can be observed by SSH-ing into the gateway and running:
tail -f /var/log/pkt_fwd.log