How to setup LoRa gateway with Raspberry Pi?

How to setup LoRa gateway with Raspberry Pi?

Required components

Raspberry Pi
SD card
RAK5146 PiHAT Kit for LoRaWAN
RAK5146 Concentrator SPI model

Raspberry Pi Setup

Set up your Raspberry Pi with Raspbian OS.
To enable SSH on your Pi, as well as the SPI and I2C interfaces, follow these steps.

sudo raspi-config
Then go to , Interface Options -> Enable SSH, SPI, I2C

Install RAK common for gateway

  $ sudo apt update; sudo apt install git -y
  $ git clone https://github.com/RAKWireless/rak_common_for_gateway.git ~/rak_common_for_gateway
  $ cd ~/rak_common_for_gateway
  $ sudo ./install.sh

Select hardware model : RAK5146 SPI

Reboot

Configure gateway

sudo gateway-config
Setup RAK Gateway Channel Plan -> Server is Chirpstack -> Chipstack Channel-plan configurations -> IN_865_867 -> provide chirpstack server ip
If needed, you can change the wifi settings.
Create Gateway in Chirpstack.openiot using the gateway ID.

Get GatewayID:- sudo nano /opt/ttn-gateway/packet_forwarder/lora_pkt_fwd/local_conf.json

Setup zerotier to make The IP static

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