Balena/Basicstation/Chirpstack debug help

barryjump · October 14, 2020, 3:27am

Hello all, could use a bit of help here…
I’ve got basicstation running on an RPi4 with RAK2245 in the US and have spun up a VM with gateway-bridge, network-server and application-server running.

I’ve got the basicstation TC_URI pointing to that vm’s gateway-bridge websocket port, but the connection keep looping with connect → drop, connect → drop.

13.10.20 23:22:22 (-0400) basicstation 2020-10-14 03:22:22.850 [AIO:DEBU] [3] ws_close reason=1000
13.10.20 23:22:22 (-0400) basicstation 2020-10-14 03:22:22.850 [AIO:DEBU] Echoing close - reason=1000
13.10.20 23:22:22 (-0400) basicstation 2020-10-14 03:22:22.850 [AIO:DEBU] [3] Connection closed unexpectedly
13.10.20 23:22:22 (-0400) basicstation 2020-10-14 03:22:22.850 [AIO:DEBU] [3] WS connection shutdown…
13.10.20 23:22:22 (-0400) basicstation 2020-10-14 03:22:22.879 [TCE:VERB] Connecting to MUXS…
13.10.20 23:22:23 (-0400) basicstation 2020-10-14 03:22:22.910 [TCE:VERB] Connected to MUXS.
13.10.20 23:22:23 (-0400) basicstation 2020-10-14 03:22:22.938 [RAL:ERRO] Unsupported hwspec=sx1301/0
13.10.20 23:22:23 (-0400) basicstation 2020-10-14 03:22:22.938 [any:ERRO] Closing connection to muxs - error in s2e_onMsg
13.10.20 23:22:23 (-0400) basicstation 2020-10-14 03:22:22.938 [AIO:DEBU] [3] ws_close reason=1000
13.10.20 23:22:23 (-0400) basicstation 2020-10-14 03:22:22.938 [AIO:DEBU] Echoing close - reason=1000
13.10.20 23:22:23 (-0400) basicstation 2020-10-14 03:22:22.958 [AIO:DEBU] [3|WS] Server sent close: reason=1000
13.10.20 23:22:23 (-0400) basicstation 2020-10-14 03:22:22.958 [AIO:DEBU] [3] WS connection shutdown…
13.10.20 23:22:23 (-0400) basicstation 2020-10-14 03:22:22.958 [TCE:VERB] Connection to MUXS closed in state -1
13.10.20 23:22:23 (-0400) basicstation 2020-10-14 03:22:22.958 [TCE:INFO] INFOS reconnect backoff 10s (retry 1)

The three important lines seem to be:

[RAL:ERRO] Unsupported hwspec=sx1301/0
13.10.20 23:22:23 (-0400) basicstation 2020-10-14 03:22:22.938 [any:ERRO] Closing connection to muxs - error in s2e_onMsg
13.10.20 23:22:23 (-0400) basicstation 2020-10-14 03:22:22.938 [AIO:DEBU] [3] ws_close reason=1000

Any ideas? I believe a close reason of 1000 is a normal close, so perhaps my problem is with Unsupported hwspec and the s2e error, but I can’t figure out what they mean.

Here are the logs from gatewa-bridge:

Oct 14 03:28:46 dev-chirpstack-nginx chirpstack-gateway-bridge[5597]: time=“2020-10-14T03:28:46Z” level=info msg=“backend/basicstation: router-info request received” gateway_id=0242acfffe110002 remote_addr=“[[REDACTED]]:36490” router_uri=“ws://[[REDACTED]]:3001/gateway/0242acfffe110002”
Oct 14 03:28:46 dev-chirpstack-nginx chirpstack-gateway-bridge[5597]: time=“2020-10-14T03:28:46Z” level=info msg=“backend/basicstation: gateway connected” gateway_id=0242acfffe110002 remote_addr=“[[REDACTED]]:36492”
Oct 14 03:28:46 dev-chirpstack-nginx chirpstack-gateway-bridge[5597]: time=“2020-10-14T03:28:46Z” level=info msg=“integration/mqtt: subscribing to topic” qos=0 topic=“gateway/0242acfffe110002/command/#”
Oct 14 03:28:46 dev-chirpstack-nginx chirpstack-gateway-bridge[5597]: time=“2020-10-14T03:28:46Z” level=info msg=“backend/basicstation: gateway version received” firmware=1.0.0 gateway_id=0242acfffe110002 model=rpi package=1.0.0 protocol=2 station=“2.0.5(rpi/std)”
Oct 14 03:28:46 dev-chirpstack-nginx chirpstack-gateway-bridge[5597]: time=“2020-10-14T03:28:46Z” level=info msg=“backend/basicstation: router-config message sent to gateway” gateway_id=0242acfffe110002
Oct 14 03:28:46 dev-chirpstack-nginx chirpstack-gateway-bridge[5597]: time=“2020-10-14T03:28:46Z” level=info msg=“backend/basicstation: gateway disconnected” gateway_id=0242acfffe110002 remote_addr=“[[REDACTED]]:36492”
Oct 14 03:28:46 dev-chirpstack-nginx chirpstack-gateway-bridge[5597]: time=“2020-10-14T03:28:46Z” level=info msg=“integration/mqtt: unsubscribing from topic” topic=“gateway/0242acfffe110002/command/#”

Also strangely that gateway id seems to be randomly generated - it doesn’t match my actual hardware.

Thanks!

anudeep_k · January 24, 2021, 1:18pm

@barryjump Hi…I have been facing the same issue…can you please help me out if you have sorted this?

ccall48 · January 25, 2021, 4:13am

Have you sorted this?

if not…
your gateway id needs to be the lora mac of your rak2245, unless you’ve generated and are using a random id?
does your gateway show online in your chirpstack webui?

anudeep_k · January 28, 2021, 6:52pm

@ccall48 Yeah thanks…Sorted this out…But unable to receive the join req from the end device. I am using multitech gateway with basic station running on it.

goeTob · February 3, 2021, 8:18am

Hey guys, i’m facing a similar issue with connecting the corecell design via basicstation to chirptstack inside docker. I get to see the basicstation intentionally in the gateway-bridge log but not getting any traffic.

Gateway-bridge conf:

[general]
log_level=5

[filters]
join_euis=[["0000000000000000", "ffffffffffffffff"]]
net_ids=["000000"]


[integration.mqtt.auth.generic]
servers="tcp://mosquitto:1883"
username="admin"
password="admin"

# Gateway backend configuration.

[backend]
# Backend type.
#
# Valid options are:
#   * semtech_udp
#   * concentratord
#   * basic_station
type="basic_station"

# Basic Station backend.
[backend.basic_station]

# ip:port to bind the Websocket listener to.
bind=":3001"

# TLS certificate and key files.
#
# When set, the websocket listener will use TLS to secure the connections
# between the gateways and ChirpStack Gateway Bridge (optional).
tls_cert=""
tls_key=""

# TLS CA certificate.
#
# When configured, ChirpStack Gateway Bridge will validate that the client
# certificate of the gateway has been signed by this CA certificate.
ca_cert=""

# Stats interval.
#
# This defines the interval in which the ChirpStack Gateway Bridge forwards
# the uplink / downlink statistics.
stats_interval="30s"

# Ping interval.
ping_interval="1m0s"

# Read timeout.
#
# This interval must be greater than the configured ping interval.
read_timeout="1m5s"

# Write timeout.
write_timeout="1s"

# Region.
#
# Please refer to the LoRaWAN Regional Parameters specification
# for the complete list of common region names.
region="EU868"

# Minimal frequency (Hz).
frequency_min=863000000

# Maximum frequency (Hz).
frequency_max=870000000

# Concentrator configuration.
#
# This section contains the configuration for the SX1301 concentrator chips.
# Example:
# [[backend.basic_station.concentrators]]
#
#   # Multi-SF channel configuration.
#   [backend.basic_station.concentrators.multi_sf]
#
#   # Frequencies (Hz).
#   frequencies=[
#     868100000,
#     868300000,
#     868500000,
#     867100000,
#     867300000,
#     867500000,
#     867700000,
#     867900000,
#   ]
#
#   # LoRa STD channel.
#   [backend.basic_station.concentrators.lora_std]
#
#   # Frequency (Hz).
#   frequency=868300000
#
#   # Bandwidth (Hz).
#   bandwidth=250000
#
#   # Spreading factor.
#   spreading_factor=7
#
#   # FSK channel.
#   [backend.basic_station.concentrators.fsk]
#
#   # Frequency (Hz).
#   frequency=868800000

Gateway-bridge logs:

level=info  msg="backend/basicstation: gateway connected" gateway_id=b827ebfffe255d5f remote_addr="172.16.7.186:41306"
level=debug msg="integration/mqtt: set gateway subscription called" gateway_id=b827ebfffe255d5f subscribe=true
level=info  msg="integration/mqtt: subscribing to topic" qos=0 topic="gateway/b827ebfffe255d5f/command/#"
level=debug msg="backend/basicstation: message received" gateway_id=b827ebfffe255d5f message="{\"msgtype\":\"version\",\"station\":\"2.0.5(corecell/std)\",\"firmware\":\"2.0.4\",\"package\":\"2.0.4\",\"model\":\"corecell\",\"protocol\":2,\"features\":\"rmtsh\"}"
level=info  msg="backend/basicstation: gateway version received" firmware=2.0.4 gateway_id=b827ebfffe255d5f model=corecell package=2.0.4 protocol=2 station="2.0.5(corecell/std)"
level=debug msg="sending message to gateway" gateway_id=b827ebfffe255d5f message="{\"msgtype\":\"router_config\",\"NetID\":[0],\"JoinEui\":[[0,18446744073709551615]],\"region\":\"EU863\",\"hwspec\":\"sx1301/0\",\"freq_range\":[863000000,870000000],\"DRs\":[[12,125,0],[11,125,0],[10,125,0],[9,125,0],[8,125,0],[7,125,0],[7,250,0],[0,0,0],[-1,0,0],[-1,0,0],[-1,0,0],[-1,0,0],[-1,0,0],[-1,0,0],[-1,0,0],[-1,0,0]],\"sx1301_conf\":[]}"
level=info  msg="backend/basicstation: router-config message sent to gateway" gateway_id=b827ebfffe255d5f
level=info  msg="backend/basicstation: gateway disconnected" gateway_id=b827ebfffe255d5f remote_addr="172.16.7.186:41306"
level=debug msg="integration/mqtt: set gateway subscription called" gateway_id=b827ebfffe255d5f subscribe=false
level=info  msg="integration/mqtt: unsubscribing from topic" topic="gateway/b827ebfffe255d5f/command/#"

Basicstation:

[SYS:INFO] Logging     : stderr (maxsize=10000000, rotate=3)  
[SYS:INFO] Station Ver : 2.0.5(corecell/std) 2021-01-21 11:19:59
[SYS:INFO] Package Ver : 2.0.4
[SYS:INFO] proto EUI   : 0:b827:eb25:5d5f	(/sys/class/net/eth0/address)
[SYS:INFO] prefix EUI  : ::1	(builtin)
[SYS:INFO] Station EUI : b827:ebff:fe25:5d5f
[SYS:INFO] Station home: ./	(builtin)
[SYS:INFO] Station temp: /var/tmp/	(builtin)
[SYS:WARN] Station in NO-CUPS mode
[TCE:INFO] Starting TC engine  
[TCE:INFO] Connecting to INFOS: ws://172.16.7.181:3001
[TCE:INFO] Infos: b827:ebff:fe25:5d5f b827:ebff:fe25:5d5f ws://172.16.7.181:3001/gateway/b827ebfffe255d5f
[AIO:DEBU] [3] ws_close reason=1000
[AIO:DEBU] [3] Connection closed unexpectedly
[AIO:DEBU] [3] WS connection shutdown...
[TCE:VERB] Connecting to MUXS...
[TCE:VERB] Connected to MUXS.
[RAL:ERRO] Unsupported hwspec=sx1301/0
[any:ERRO] Closing connection to muxs - error in s2e_onMsg
[AIO:DEBU] [3] ws_close reason=1000
[AIO:DEBU] Echoing close - reason=1000
[AIO:DEBU] [3|WS] Server sent close: reason=1000
[AIO:DEBU] [3] WS connection shutdown...
[TCE:VERB] Connection to MUXS closed in state -1
[TCE:INFO] INFOS reconnect backoff 10s (retry 1) 
ERROR: Failed to stop TX trigger
ERROR: Failed to stop TX trigger
ERROR: failed to close I2C device (err=-1)
[TCE:INFO] Connecting to INFOS: ws://172.16.7.181:3001
[TCE:INFO] Infos: b827:ebff:fe25:5d5f b827:ebff:fe25:5d5f ws://172.16.7.181:3001/gateway/b827ebfffe255d5f
[AIO:DEBU] [3] ws_close reason=1000
[AIO:DEBU] [3] Connection closed unexpectedly
[AIO:DEBU] [3] WS connection shutdown...
[TCE:VERB] Connecting to MUXS...
[TCE:VERB] Connected to MUXS.
[RAL:ERRO] Unsupported hwspec=sx1301/0
[any:ERRO] Closing connection to muxs - error in s2e_onMsg
[AIO:DEBU] [3] ws_close reason=1000
[AIO:DEBU] Echoing close - reason=1000
[AIO:DEBU] [3|WS] Server sent close: reason=1000
[AIO:DEBU] [3] WS connection shutdown...
[TCE:VERB] Connection to MUXS closed in state -1
[TCE:INFO] INFOS reconnect backoff 10s (retry 1)

For me it seems the gateway-bridge received the correct model version as corecell but replys with hwspec:SX1301. That causes the basicstation to say “[RAL:ERRO] Unsupported hwspec=sx1301/0”

I would really appriciate some advise. What am i missing?

goeTob · February 11, 2021, 3:48pm

So I reply to myself as i figured it out. just don’t be as stupid as i was…

As seen in the previous gateway-bridge conf I commented all the stuff of the concentrator configuration out. Just uncomment it and it works.

What I also learned: if you want to use an RPI with an PicoCell USB Gateway you need to make small changes regarding the platform=“linuxpico”. Just change the Architecture in the setup.gmk file to

ARCH.linuxpico = arm-linux-gnueabihf

and start the build with “make platform=linuxpico variant=std”