RAK831 User Manual
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9. Boot the gateway hardware
Eject the micro SD card from your write and insert it into the Raspberry Pi SD card slot.
(Metal contacts at PCB side)
Make sure the antenna is connected to the RAK831 card (see picture at the top), connect
Ethernet cable and power adaptor to the Raspberry Pi. Now plug the power adaptor into power
socket.
The red LED on the Raspberry Pi should light and (after a few seconds) a green LED
should start flashing.
Switch to your browser, select
“
DEVICES
”
on the left. After 1-2 minutes a device should
appear in on the application page.
If the build we started in the previous step is finished the node will start downloading, if not it
will stay idle.
Click on the device name to open the device details.
The top window on the right shows the output from the device. In this case it shows an error
because the software attempted to start but is missing configuration parameters.
