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# TTN Gateway for Raspberry Pi + IMST iC880A SPI
Resin Dockerfile & scripts for [The Things Network ](http://thethingsnetwork.org/ ) gateways based on the iC880a concentrator with a Raspberry Pi host, connected using SPI.
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## Instructions
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- Download [Raspbian Jessie ](https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/ )
- Follow the [installation instruction ](https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/installing-images/README.md ) to create the SD card
- Start your RPi connected to Ethernet
- Plug the iC880a (**WARNING**: first power plug to the wall socket, then to the gateway DC jack, and ONLY THEN USB to RPi!)
- From a computer in the same LAN, `ssh` into the RPi using the default hostname:
local $ ssh pi@raspberrypi.local
- Disable graphical boot mode and reboot:
$ sudo raspi-config
- Configure locales and time zone:
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
- Remove desktop-related packages:
$ sudo apt-get install deborphan
$ sudo apt-get autoremove --purge libx11-.* lxde-.* raspberrypi-artwork xkb-data omxplayer penguinspuzzle sgml-base xml-core alsa-.* cifs-.* samba-.* fonts-.* desktop-* gnome-.*
$ sudo apt-get autoremove --purge $(deborphan)
$ sudo apt-get autoremove --purge
$ sudo apt-get autoclean
$ sudo apt-get update
- Create new user for TTN and add it to sudoers
$ sudo adduser ttn
$ sudo adduser ttn sudo
- Logout and login as `ttn` and remove the default `pi` user
$ sudo userdel -rf pi
- Clone the installer and start the installation
$ git clone https://github.com/ttn-zh/ic880a-gateway.git ~/ic880a-gateway
$ cd ~/ic880a-gateway
$ sudo ./install.sh
# Credits
These scripts are largely based on the work of:
[Gonzalo Casas ](https://github.com/gonzalocasas] on the [iC880a-based gateway](https://github.com/ttn-zh/ic880a-gateway/tree/spi )
[Ruud Vlaming ](https://github.com/devlaam ) on the [Lorank8 installer ](https://github.com/Ideetron/Lorank )
