ERROR: Failed to set SX1250_0 in STANDBY_RC mode

LPWAN Developer Gateways / Concentrators RAK2287
#1

Issue: Error after Installation

Setup: RAK2287 | WisLink LPWAN Concentrator on RAK2287/RAK5146 Pi HAT in a Raspberry Pi 4

Server: n/a

Details:
No matter if I configure the system as described in the RAK2287 Quick Start Guide with the latest RAK2287 Firmware or if I follow the installation Guide Helium Data Only Hotspot Setup with RAK Concentrator + Raspberry Pi it will result in an Error.

snip
Feb 16 10:33:29 rak-gateway ttn-gateway[1419]: ERROR: Failed to set SX1250_0 in STANDBY_RC mode
Feb 16 10:33:29 rak-gateway ttn-gateway[1419]: ERROR: failed to setup radio 0
Feb 16 10:33:29 rak-gateway ttn-gateway[1419]: ERROR: [main] failed to start the concentrator
snip

In the manual installation I have chosen the following gateway model:

RAK7248 no LTE (RAK2287 SPI + raspberry pi)

Thanks for any information and best regards
Nicolaj

#2

Hi Nicolaj!

I am getting the same errors. Have you found any fix for it?

#3

I got an old RAK2287 and am facing same issue.

git clone https://github.com/Lora-net/sx1302_hal.git
cd ~/sx1302_hal
make clean all
make install
make install_conf
cd tools
../util_chip_id/chip_id 
CoreCell reset through GPIO17...
SX1261 reset through GPIO17...
CoreCell power enable through GPIO18...
CoreCell ADC reset through GPIO13...
Opening SPI communication interface
Note: chip version is 0x0C (v0.12)
ERROR: Failed to set SX1250_0 in STANDBY_RC mode
ERROR: failed to setup radio 0
ERROR: failed to start the gateway
#4

Update: Tried setting up this rak2287 with GitHub - RAKWireless/basicstation: Basics™ Station Packet Forward protocol using Docker and it starts. However, after a couple hours it again fails with same error.

2022-11-29 15:17:20.168 [S00:INFO]  [STD]   8:    904.6MHz rf=0 freq=+300.0 datarate=8 bw=6 Explicit header
2022-11-29 15:17:20.168 [S00:INFO]  channel 9 disabled
2022-11-29 15:17:20.168 [S00:INFO] Station device: spi:/dev/spidev0.0 (PPS capture enabled)
2022-11-29 15:17:20.168 [S00:INFO] [lgw_com_open:84] Opening SPI communication interface
2022-11-29 15:17:20.168 [S00:INFO] [lgw_spi_open:88] Setting SPI speed to 8000000
2022-11-29 15:17:20.168 [S00:INFO] [lgw_connect:1192] chip version is 0x05 (v0.5)
2022-11-29 15:17:21.769 [S00:ERRO] [lgw_start:908] failed to setup radio 0
2022-11-29 15:17:21.769 [S00:ERRO] Concentrator start failed: lgw_start
2022-11-29 15:17:21.769 [S00:CRIT] Slave radio start up failed with status 0x08
ERROR: Failed to set SX1250_0 in STANDBY_RC mode
2022-11-29 15:17:21.761 [RAL:ERRO] Slave (0) - EOF
2022-11-29 15:17:21.761 [any:CRIT] Slave pid=32 idx=0: Fatal exit

ThingStack shows the gateway continuously reconnect when the docker container is restarting:

image
image2724×1538 367 KB

Update:

I tried changing SPI speed to 200000 and it ran for few minutes before crashing again.

#5

Hi Rak Support team,

What are the differences between the rak2287 from the RakV2 helium miner and the DH4 in the store?

–
Regards
Atul.

#6
  • For old rak2287 boards setting SX1302_RESET_PIN=25 helped.
  • For new rak2287 boards setting SX1302_RESET_PIN=18 helped.

However a documentation on what are the differences or how to detect differences would help.

#7

I am Having this issue as well.

I purchased the PI 4 kit that comes with a RAK2287 radio and the RAK2004 Pi Hat.

The kit came with a MicroSD with an operating system installed and I have manged to get that working after sorting out a couple of internet connection issues.

However I have tried installing Raspberry Pi OS (32 Bit) and then installing the software from GitHub - RAKWireless/rak_common_for_gateway and selecting option 8 for the gateway model when installing the software. However I get the following errors and can not connect to the TTN network.

Failed to set SX1250_0 in STANDBY_RC mode;

I have tried comparing all settings between the working OS and the Non-working version but have yet to narrow it down.

The RAK2287 is a version B 915MHZ/868Mhz version
The RAK2004 Pi Hat is a version B

The Pi is a 4 Model B Rev 1.5 OS is lastest as of March 2023.

Thanks in advance Jason

#8

Hi Anyone managed to solve this issue for the RAK 2287? I would greatly appreciate it if it is possible.

#9

Hello,

If you have the error " ERROR: Failed to set SX1250_0 in STANDBY_RC mode" please contact us at [email protected] .

Best Regards,
Nikola