Is there a way to test a local network/app server without device?

ChirpStack Application Server
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Hi,

My current setup is:

  • Kerlink iStation868 in local network
  • ESP32Lora device, using LMIC lib
  • Chirpstack network+ application servers accessed remotely, cloud hosted

Things work fine for now, my device packets appears on application servers web interface.

I’m trying to move to a different setup where Chirpstack network+ application servers will be in local network too, hosted on a RPi4. I wonder if there is a way to test if network/app servers are correctly setup by sending packets without device/gateway.

I mean, is there some kind of software or tool available that can make requests as if they were coming from the gateway-bridge, only through web requests ?

Thx by advance,
S.

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Hii @sebastienjean

yes, you can use chirpstack-simulator for testing purposes without the device.

https://github.com/brocaar/chirpstack-simulator

3

Thx @sagarpatel, will try it.
S.

4

Hi @sagarpatel

Is this simulator compatible with version 4? Beacuse I keep getting grpc dial error: context deadline exceeded and I couldn’t find anything in the config toml file regarding this problem.

5

Yes,

This simulator is compatible with version 4.