TTN Gateway for Raspberry Pi + IMST iC880A SPI

Resin Dockerfile & scripts for The Things Network gateways based on the iC880a concentrator with a Raspberry Pi host, connected using SPI.

Instructions

• Download Raspbian Jessie

• Follow the installation instruction 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 Ruud Vlaming on the Lorank8 installer