Hi, I have a RAK2287 (SPI) connected to Raspberry PI 3B+ board. I installed the rak_common_for_gateway per these instructions to avoid the Chirpstack modules and only install the concentrator, which talks to my remote Chirpstack cloud server via cellular modem.
In the shop, this unit was working perfectly and accepting incoming Join requests as well as communicating with my Chirpstack cloud.
Yesterday I installed the unit on location and upon starting lora_pkt_fwd, I get the following messages:
./lora_pkt_fwd
*** Packet Forwarder ***
Version: 2.0.1
*** SX1302 HAL library version info ***
Version: 2.0.1;
***
INFO: Little endian host
INFO: found configuration file global_conf.json, parsing it
INFO: global_conf.json does contain a JSON object named SX130x_conf, parsing SX1302 parameters
INFO: com_type SPI, com_path /dev/spidev0.0, lorawan_public 1, clksrc 0, full_duplex 0
INFO: antenna_gain 0 dBi
INFO: Configuring legacy timestamp
INFO: no configuration for SX1261
INFO: Configuring Tx Gain LUT for rf_chain 0 with 16 indexes for sx1250
INFO: radio 0 enabled (type SX1250), center frequency 904300000, RSSI offset -215.399994, tx enabled 1, single input mode 0
INFO: radio 1 enabled (type SX1250), center frequency 905000000, RSSI offset -215.399994, tx enabled 0, single input mode 0
INFO: Lora multi-SF channel 0> radio 0, IF -400000 Hz, 125 kHz bw, SF 5 to 12
INFO: Lora multi-SF channel 1> radio 0, IF -200000 Hz, 125 kHz bw, SF 5 to 12
INFO: Lora multi-SF channel 2> radio 0, IF 0 Hz, 125 kHz bw, SF 5 to 12
INFO: Lora multi-SF channel 3> radio 0, IF 200000 Hz, 125 kHz bw, SF 5 to 12
INFO: Lora multi-SF channel 4> radio 1, IF -300000 Hz, 125 kHz bw, SF 5 to 12
INFO: Lora multi-SF channel 5> radio 1, IF -100000 Hz, 125 kHz bw, SF 5 to 12
INFO: Lora multi-SF channel 6> radio 1, IF 100000 Hz, 125 kHz bw, SF 5 to 12
INFO: Lora multi-SF channel 7> radio 1, IF 300000 Hz, 125 kHz bw, SF 5 to 12
INFO: Lora std channel> radio 0, IF 300000 Hz, 500000 Hz bw, SF 8, Explicit header
INFO: FSK channel 8 disabled
INFO: global_conf.json does contain a JSON object named gateway_conf, parsing gateway parameters
INFO: gateway MAC address is configured to AA555A0000000000
INFO: server hostname or IP address is configured to [snipped]
INFO: upstream port is configured to "1700"
INFO: downstream port is configured to "1700"
INFO: downstream keep-alive interval is configured to 10 seconds
INFO: statistics display interval is configured to 30 seconds
INFO: upstream PUSH_DATA time-out is configured to 100 ms
INFO: packets received with a valid CRC will be forwarded
INFO: packets received with a CRC error will NOT be forwarded
INFO: packets received with no CRC will NOT be forwarded
INFO: GPS serial port path is configured to "/dev/ttyAMA0"
INFO: Reference latitude is configured to 0.000000 deg
INFO: Reference longitude is configured to 0.000000 deg
INFO: Reference altitude is configured to 0 meters
INFO: Beaconing period is configured to 0 seconds
INFO: Beaconing signal will be emitted at 923300000 Hz
INFO: Beaconing channel number is set to 8
INFO: Beaconing channel frequency step is set to 600000Hz
INFO: Beaconing datarate is set to SF12
INFO: Beaconing modulation bandwidth is set to 500000Hz
INFO: Beaconing TX power is set to 27dBm
INFO: global_conf.json does contain a JSON object named debug_conf, parsing debug parameters
INFO: got 2 debug reference payload
INFO: reference payload ID 0 is 0xCAFE1234
INFO: reference payload ID 1 is 0xCAFE2345
INFO: setting debug log file name to loragw_hal.log
INFO: found configuration file local_conf.json, parsing it
INFO: local_conf.json does contain a JSON object named gateway_conf, parsing gateway parameters
INFO: gateway MAC address is configured to [snipped]
INFO: packets received with a valid CRC will be forwarded
INFO: packets received with a CRC error will NOT be forwarded
INFO: packets received with no CRC will NOT be forwarded
This is uart for GPS.
INFO: [main] TTY port /dev/ttyAMA0 open for GPS synchronization
CoreCell reset through GPIO17...
Opening SPI communication interface
Note: chip version is 0x00 (v0.0)
ERROR: Failed to set SX1250_0 in STANDBY_RC mode
ERROR: failed to setup radio 0
ERROR: [main] failed to start the concentrator
Oddly, the GPS location shows all zeros, but if I use minicom to connect to /dev/ttyAMA0 at baud rate 9600, I see lots of GPS data flowing in.
Any ideas on this error or why it suddenly stopped working after being powered off/on to move to the install location?
Update: if I run /opt/ttn-gateway/lora_gateway/test_loragw_com it returns all zeros, for both /dev/spidev0.0 and /dev/spidev0.1 ports.
Does this mean SPI is disabled, or is something else going on?