STEP 2

Preparing the OS for LoRa Basics™ Station

During this task, you will prepare the Raspi OS for the Basics™ Station packet forwarder (which will be installed at Step 3).

This procedure is divided in three sub-tasks:

  • Preparing the Raspi SD card image.
  • Accessing the Basics™ Station remotely through the WiFi network.
  • Finalizing the OS configuration of the Basics™ Station by enabling the SPI interface.

Step 2a - Preparing Raspi SD memory

1

Visit to access download of SDMemory card tool and Raspberry PI OS page

Link: https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/
2

Download & install Raspberry Pi Imager (imager_1.7.1.exe)

3

Insert the SD Memory card and run Raspberry Pi Imager (v1.7.1)

4

Select Operating System:

Raspberry PI OS (32bit)

5

Select Storage: location of the SD Card from the menu

6

Select setup menu and click SAVE

i. Set hostname (accept raspberrypi.local)

ii. Enable ssh (use password authentication)

iii. Enter “pipass” as password for “pi” user

iv. Configure wifi (SSID & password + country)

v. Set local settings

vi. Save settings

7

Click WRITE to start the preparation of the SD memory card.

STEP 2b - Remote Access to GW

SSH is used to access the Raspi device. We also use PuTTY to link SSH to the gateway.

1

Wait for 3-4minutes (another indicator is: when green LED not lit anymore).

2

Download & install Raspberry Pi Imager (imager_1.7.1.exe).

3

Find the IP address of Raspi using ping raspberrypi.local command or use an IP scanner application like Advanced IP Scanner.

4

SSH to the gateway using PuTTY.

5

Use user id (pi) and password (pipass) to access the gateway.

6

Use user id (pi) and password (pipass) to access the gateway.

STEP 2c - Finalizing the OS configuration of LoRa Basics™ Station

Since IC808A communicates with Raspi with SPI interface , SPI interface should be enabled.
1

Issue

sudo raspi-config

command to access raspberry configuration.

2

Select Interface Options.

3

Select SPI option.

4

Select YES to ENABLE SPI interface.

5

Press ESCAPE key to exit from from the configuration application.

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