RAK7268CV2 8 Channel Indoor LoRaWAN Gateway User Guide
- June 12, 2024
- RAK
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RAK7268CV2 8 Channel Indoor LoRaWAN Gateway
Product Information
The RAK7268V2/RAK7268CV2 WisGate Edge Lite 2 is a gateway device that allows for the connection of LoRa devices to the internet. It comes with a LoRa antenna, and Ethernet port, and supports PoE. It also has LED indicators for power, system status, LoRa, WLAN, and LTE (RAK7268CV2 only). The device can be accessed via Wi-Fi AP mode or Ethernet connection. The device has a reset key that can be used to restart or restore factory settings.
Product Usage Instructions
Prerequisites
- RAK7268V2/RAK7268CV2 WisGate Edge Lite 2
- Ethernet Cable (RJ-45 Port) for Ethernet connection
- A Windows/macOS/Linux computer
WARNING: The SIM card slot of the cellular versions is not hot-swappable. Make sure the gateway is switched off before inserting or ejecting the SIM card. The SD card found in the SD card slot must not be ejected, as it might affect the performance of the device, as different logs and data are stored on it.
Power on the Gateway
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1. Attach the LoRa Antenna. Screw the antenna onto the RP-SMA connector on the back panel of the RAK7268V2/RAK7268CV2 WisGateEdge Lite 2.
WARNING: Do not power the device if the LoRa Antenna port has been left open to avoid potential damage to the RAK7268V2/RAK7268CV2 WisGate Edge Lite 2.
Power the gateway ON
Use the 12 VDC adapter that comes with the RAK7268/RAK7268CV2 WisGate Edge
Lite 2. Optionally, you can use your own PoE cable and PoE injector since the
device supports PoE.
Casing and Ports
Access the Gateway
In this section, several ways of accessing the gateway are provided to have
different alternatives for you to choose from depending on the availability of
the requirements needed.
WARNING: Do not power the device if the LoRa Antenna port has been left open to avoid potential damage to the RAK7268V2/RAK7268CV2 WisGate Edge Lite 2.
Wi-Fi AP Mode
- By default, the gateway will work in Wi-Fi AP Mode, which means that you can find an SSID named RAK7268_XXXX on your PC’s Wi-Fi Network List. XXXX is the last two bytes of the gateway’s MAC address.
- To access the Web Management Platform, input the IP Address:192.168.230.1 in your Web browser.
NOTE: No password is required to connect via Wi-Fi Figure 3 Accessing the gateway via Wi-Fi AP mode
WAN Port (Ethernet
- Connect the Ethernet cable to the gateway port marked ETH and the other end to your PC.
- The default IP is 169.254.X.X. The last two segments (X.X) are mapped from the last four bits of the MAC address of your gateway. For example, the last four bits of the MAC address are 0F:01, and the IP address is 169.254.15.1 . Make sure to manually set the address of your PC to one in the same network (for example, 169.254.15.100 ).
- To do this, open the head to the Ethernet Properties and click the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4).
- Select Use the following IP address and set the IP address (for this example to 169.254.15.100 ).
In this example, you can access the gateway on the 169.254.15.1 address.
Set Login Password
- For security reasons, upon the first login, the user must set a login password. This is done by filling in the desired password and confirming it in the provided fields. The password needs to comply with the following rules
- Should be at least 12 characters long;
- Has at least one special character (!“#$%&\‘()*+,-./:;<=>?@[]^_`{|}~);
- Has at least one number;
- Has at least one standard Latin letter (used in the English alphabet).
- When the fields are filled in, click the Set password button to apply it. The Web UI is now accessible, and it will load the LoRaWAN Statistics page.
- On the next login, the user needs to use the set password for access. The default login username is root.
Access the Internet Connect through Wi-Fi
- Access the gateway’s Web UI. Navigate to Network > WAN > Wi-Fi Menu. Expand the Wi-Fi field and click on Settings. Make sure to enable the Interface as it is disabled initially. For additional information, check the WisGateOS 2 User manual.
- You can either click the Scan button to choose your ESSID or manually type the ESSID of the network by clicking enter network (E)SSID manually.
- Select the right Encryption method and enter the correct Key.
? NOTE: Assuming you have entered the correct parameter values you should get an IP address assigned by your Wi-Fi router’s (AP) built-in DHCP server. You can use this new IP address to log in via a web browser (the same way as in AP mode).
Connect through Ethernet
- Connect the Ethernet cable to the port marked ETH on the gateway and the other end to the router. The router’s DHCP server should assign an IP Address to the gateway.
- Connect your PC to the LAN router.
- Now, you can access the assigned IP to access the gateway. You can change the default settings if you wish (details in the WisGate2 OS User Manual ).
Reset Key Functions
The functions of the Reset key are as follows
- Short press – Restarts the gateway.
- Long press (5 seconds and above) – Restores factory settings.
Status LED Indicators
LEDs Status Indication Description
- PWR LED: Power indicator – The LED is on when the device power is on
- Breathing LED: Breathing after system up ON – Linkup
- ETH LED: OFF – Linkdown
- Flicker Data transmitting and receiving
- ON – LoRa is working
- LoRa LED: OFF – LoRa is not working
- licker Indicate LoRa Packet receiving and sending
- WLAN LED : AP Mode
- On – the AP is up
- OFF – The AP is down
- Flicker – Data receiving and sending
- STA Mode: Slow flicker (1 Hz) – Disconnected
- LEDs: Status Indication Description
- ON – Connected
- Flicker – Data receiving and sending
- Slow Flicker (1800 ms High / 200 ms Low) – Network searching
- LTE LED (functional only in RAK7268CV2): Slow flicker (200 ms High / 1800 ms Low)- Idle
- Fast flicker (125 ms High / 125 ms Low) – Ongoing data transfer (functional only in RAK7268CV2
References
- WisGate OS 2 User Manual | RAKwireless Documentation Center
- Ethernet Cable Gland – RAKwireless Store
- Indoor LoRaWAN gateway - 8 Channel SX1302 LoRa Gateway – RAKwireless Store