BalenaOS 6.5.17+rev1 and RAK883

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Hi,

I had a long running TTN v3 GW based on the, now deprecated project, GitHub - mpous/basicstation: LoRa Basics™ Station - The LoRaWAN Gateway Software. Based on RasPi3 and a RAK833 concentrator (Pi Supply IoT Gateway HAT).

As I relocating the GW I decided yesterday to update the BalenaOS on the device. But after upgrading to 6.5.17+rev1 I get the error “Concentrator start failed: lgw_star”.

I don’t remember which version I upgraded from, but I have an identical GW in the same fleet with BalenaOS 6.3.21 that works fine with same variables.

It looks like there are some similar cases:

Is there a bug in the latest BalenaOS?

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Just created a new fleet and flashed a SD card with balenaOS 6.3.23. Swapped the SD card in the gateway and pushed GitHub - xoseperez/basicstation-docker: Basics™ Station Packet Forward protocol using Docker to the application. Updated the variables and the GW is online in the TTN console again.

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Hi,
I’m having issues with the GitHub - xoseperez/basicstation-docker: Basics™ Station Packet Forward protocol using Docker when updating to the latest BalenaOS. I have two GW, one with a pi5, the other with a pi3 (with rak833 + pi supply hat). If it works for you, can you share how you’ve set the variables?

Thanks

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Sure. Below are my parameters on Pi3 and a RAK833 Pi Supply HAT.
But I did not use the “Balena Deploy” button. I made a need fleet with Pi3 , added a device and downloaded the BalenaOS 6.3.21 image. Then I botted the Pi3 and used Balena-CLI to push the Basicstation. With Pi5 there is something on the basicstation github page about using the gpiod library for reset SPI concentrators. I’ve sett RESET_GPIO to 22.

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