RAK 5146 - how to use it

ChirpStack Concentratord
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I bought RAK 5146 concentrator, and I see it on the list of concentrators integrated into ChirpStack (CS):

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I have a question: how can I use it in CS? I have installed CS on the RPi 4 and Ubuntu 20.10.0. I have fully installed CS for all components: gateway server, network server, and application server.
I looked into the browser on port 8080 and didn’t see this device on the lists exposed by cCS on this port.
I found that documentation about this device and how to use it in CS is poor.

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The easiest way is to install the ChirpStack Gateway OS (full image). After flashing that to an SD card, please follow these instructions: Getting started - ChirpStack open-source LoRaWAN® Network Server documentation.

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@brocaar

Yes, exactly. I found this before your answer and installed CS G OS on my RPi 4. Works perfectly.
But I found that the documentation for ChirpStack has a mistake. The link to this image is outdated. I found it because OS under this link didn’t have my RAK 5146 device on the configuration list. So I deleted an old version URL from that link, and this way, I found the latest version.

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I would appreciate a pull-request with the documentation fix :slight_smile:

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@brocaar

Ok, I made a fork, but first, I’ll show you where the problem is:

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As you can see, the version number is hard-coded. I propose removing the version and keeping only the directory so the user can choose which version he wants to install.
So, it looks like this:
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There is no hard-coded version in the path.
I made a pull request.

Remove {{gateway_os_version}} from paths to get version to install by marekpow · Pull Request #6 · chirpstack/chirpstack-docs (github.com)

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@brocaar Do you plan to accept this PR?

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I see what you mean. Actually, the link is correct as this is the old v3 documentation so it should point to the latest v3 image. What I should do however is put a warning on these pages pointing to the latest documentation version: Downloads - ChirpStack open-source LoRaWAN® Network Server documentation.