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LtAP LR8 - can't see a LoRa card ...

Wed Jun 15, 2022 8:21 am

Hi,

wanted to do some tests with LoRa, so bought LtAP LR8 LTE Kit. I first could not see a LoRa menu in Winbox, so downloaded extra packages. But even ten, LoRa devices section is just - empty, whereas in many videos, there is a disabled item. I opened the box and can see, there actually is the LTE and LoRa card too. I can see the LTE, but not the LoRa one.

Any tips?

Thanks a lot,
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Re: LtAP LR8 - can't see a LoRa card ...

Wed Jun 15, 2022 5:04 pm

Hi,

wanted to do some tests with LoRa, so bought LtAP LR8 LTE Kit. I first could not see a LoRa menu in Winbox, so downloaded extra packages. But even ten, LoRa devices section is just - empty, whereas in many videos, there is a disabled item. I opened the box and can see, there actually is the LTE and LoRa card too. I can see the LTE, but not the LoRa one.

Any tips?

Thanks a lot,
/Petr
Couple of things to try:

Is the USB port set to "miniPCI"?
/system routerboard usb set mode=miniPCIe
Now I don't know the LoRa miniPCIe module requires USB 3.0, if so it have to on the "bottom" miniPCIe slot.
 
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Re: LtAP LR8 - can't see a LoRa card ...

Thu Jun 16, 2022 8:09 am

Hi,

wanted to do some tests with LoRa, so bought LtAP LR8 LTE Kit. I first could not see a LoRa menu in Winbox, so downloaded extra packages. But even ten, LoRa devices section is just - empty, whereas in many videos, there is a disabled item. I opened the box and can see, there actually is the LTE and LoRa card too. I can see the LTE, but not the LoRa one.

Any tips?

Thanks a lot,
/Petr
Couple of things to try:

Is the USB port set to "miniPCI"?
/system routerboard usb set mode=miniPCIe
Now I don't know the LoRa miniPCIe module requires USB 3.0, if so it have to on the "bottom" miniPCIe slot.

I tried the above command but console reply is: "expected end of command (line 1 column 29)"

So here's some output from the console:
[admin@MikroTik] > /system resource pci print
 # DEVICE   VENDOR                               NAME                                     IRQ
 0 01:00.0  Atheros Communications Inc.          unknown device (rev: 1)                    4
 1 00:00.0  unknown                              unknown (rev: 1)                           0
 
 [admin@MikroTik] > /system resource usb print
 # DEVICE VENDOR                       NAME                       SPEED                      
 0 1-0    Linux 3.3.5 xhci-hcd         xHCI Host Controller       480                        
 1 2-0    Linux 3.3.5 xhci-hcd         xHCI Host Controller       5000                       
 2 1-1    MikroTik                     R11e-LTE                   480                        

[admin@MikroTik] > /system resource print
                   uptime: 22m12s
                  version: 6.49.6 (stable)
               build-time: Apr/07/2022 17:53:31
         factory-software: 6.44.6
              free-memory: 92.5MiB
             total-memory: 128.0MiB
                      cpu: MIPS 1004Kc V2.15
                cpu-count: 4
            cpu-frequency: 880MHz
                 cpu-load: 0%
           free-hdd-space: 4444.0KiB
          total-hdd-space: 16.3MiB
  write-sect-since-reboot: 82
         write-sect-total: 5589
               bad-blocks: 0%
        architecture-name: mmips
               board-name: LtAP LTE kit
                 platform: MikroTik


Based upon the board-name, it almost seems like just an LTE board, but it has a LoRa gateway ID sticker on the rear side. Tried also to completly reset the device, to no avail ....
 
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Re: LtAP LR8 - can't see a LoRa card ...

Thu Jun 16, 2022 11:42 am

results of this?
/system routerboard print
/system routerboard settings print
/system resource print
/system package print
(do not publish serial number)
 
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Re: LtAP LR8 - can't see a LoRa card ...

Thu Jun 16, 2022 5:07 pm

I have updated the system to the latest, added iot and lora packages manually, updated the routerboard firmware. Here's the output:
[admin@MikroTik] > /system routerboard print
       routerboard: yes
        board-name: LtAP LTE kit
             model: RBLtAP-2HnD
     serial-number: xxxxxx
     firmware-type: mt7621L
  factory-firmware: 6.47.9
  current-firmware: 6.49.6
  upgrade-firmware: 6.49.6
[admin@MikroTik] > /system routerboard settings print
              auto-upgrade: no
                 baud-rate: 115200
                boot-delay: 2s
            enter-setup-on: any-key
               boot-device: nand-if-fail-then-ethernet
             cpu-frequency: 880MHz
             boot-protocol: bootp
       enable-jumper-reset: yes
       force-backup-booter: no
               silent-boot: no
               disable-pci: no
      protected-routerboot: disabled
      reformat-hold-button: 20s
  reformat-hold-button-max: 10m
[admin@MikroTik] > /system resource print
                   uptime: 6m21s
                  version: 6.49.6 (stable)
               build-time: Apr/07/2022 17:53:31
         factory-software: 6.44.6
              free-memory: 96.3MiB
             total-memory: 128.0MiB
                      cpu: MIPS 1004Kc V2.15
                cpu-count: 4
            cpu-frequency: 880MHz
                 cpu-load: 0%
           free-hdd-space: 4460.0KiB
          total-hdd-space: 16.3MiB
  write-sect-since-reboot: 134
         write-sect-total: 3201
               bad-blocks: 0%
        architecture-name: mmips
               board-name: LtAP LTE kit
                 platform: MikroTik
[admin@MikroTik] > /system package print
Flags: X - disabled 
 #   NAME                                                                                                                                                        VERSION                                                                                                                                                       SCHEDULED              
 0   routeros-mmips                                                                                                                                              6.49.6                                                                                                                                                                               
 1   system                                                                                                                                                      6.49.6                                                                                                                                                                               
 2 X ipv6                                                                                                                                                        6.49.6                                                                                                                                                                               
 3   wireless                                                                                                                                                    6.49.6                                                                                                                                                                               
 4   hotspot                                                                                                                                                     6.49.6                                                                                                                                                                               
 5   mpls                                                                                                                                                        6.49.6                                                                                                                                                                               
 6   routing                                                                                                                                                     6.49.6                                                                                                                                                                               
 7   ppp                                                                                                                                                         6.49.6                                                                                                                                                                               
 8   dhcp                                                                                                                                                        6.49.6                                                                                                                                                                               
 9   security                                                                                                                                                    6.49.6                                                                                                                                                                               
10   advanced-tools                                                                                                                                              6.49.6                                                                                                                                                                               
11   gps                                                                                                                                                         6.49.6                                                                                                                                                                               
12   lora                                                                                                                                                        6.49.6                                                                                                                                                                               
13   iot                                                                                                                                                         6.49.6                                                                                                                                                                               
 
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Re: LtAP LR8 - can't see a LoRa card ...  [SOLVED]

Sun Jun 19, 2022 1:23 pm

Finally can see the card. Went into the System / Routerboard / USB and changed the setting from USB type A to Min iPCIe.

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