Vega BS/User Manual
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Revision 10 – 02 November 2017
PACKET FORWARDER UPDATING TO 4.0.1 VERSION
Packet forwarder updating is carried out when connected to a computer using the
terminal program as follows:
1.
After connecting to the gateway enter login and password in the PuTTY terminal
window.
2.
Enter a command /etc/init.d/lora_watchdog stop – command to turn off the
internal timer.
3.
Go to the root directory with the command cd ~/
Before upgrading Packet forwarder, save the settings from the files
local_conf.json and global_conf.json located in ~/LoRa/packet_forwarder
/lora_pkt_fwd/ for later restoration of the settings after the update
4.
Delete files of the previous version of Packet forwarder by sequential introduction
of commands:
rm -r LoRa
rm LoRa.tar.gz
5.
Download files of the new version of the Packet forwarder by typing at the
command line:
wget ftp://89.189.183.233:14104/3.12.10-ti2013.12.01/LoRa_v4.0.1.tar.gz
6.
Unzip the downloaded files with the command tar xf LoRa_v4.0.1.tar.gz -C ~/
7.
Move downloaded files to the working directory mv ~/LoRa_v4.0.1 ~/LoRa
8.
Restore settings in files local_conf.json и global_conf.json
9.
If the GPS module "MOD_EVA" is used in BS-2, then in the file global_conf.json the
option "ubx_timegps_control_enable" should be enabled, i.e.
"Ubx_timegps_control_enable": true. In other cases, when the GPS-module is called
otherwise, this option should be turned off, i.e. "Ubx_timegps_control_enable":
false.
