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Wap LR8 Lora 7.11.2 does not start, needs netinstall / SUP-129874 [fixed]

Sun Sep 24, 2023 11:54 am

Dear friends and dear community,

After upgrading my two Wap LR8 to 7.11.2, I installed IoT package and removed the lora package.
Now Lora does not start by default and the LoRa network is forgotten by default.

Is there a way to netinstall Wap LR8 with correct settings so that LoRa starts by default.
There was no communication from Mikrotik and no fix was provided (I did not check beta though)

I have a feeling that LoRa users are not taken seriously, which is especially a problem with LoRa which sometimes has distant installation.
One of my Lora Wap LR8 is 120 km away from home and I cannot drive there without being sure what to do.

I have around 10 x Mikrotik devices and I was never really able to netinstall them under 7.x, just under 6.4.
I have been a Linux user since year 1998 so don't blame me not to use Microsoft.
At present my netinstall script is:
#!/bin/bash
IFNAME=enp0s31f6
systemctl stop firewalld
/sbin/ip addr replace 192.168.88.2/24 dev $IFNAME
/sbin/ip link set dev $IFNAME up
./netinstall -r -a 192.168.88.1 routeros-arm-6.49.10.npk
I have serial and Cisco style cables and was never able to netinstall a 7.x device.
But there is not serial on the Wap LR8.

I connect to a small dumb unmanaged switch, no other software is running on network.

Therefore any information is welcome how to fix the Wap LR8.

Kind regards,
French Fries
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Re: Wap LR8 Lora 7.11.2 does not start, needs netinstall

Mon Oct 02, 2023 7:29 pm

Any update on that issue, thanks!
Opened SUP-129874.
 
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Re: Wap LR8 Lora 7.11.2 does not start, needs netinstall / SUP-129874

Fri Oct 06, 2023 10:51 am

I received a reply from support: this is a known problem.
A script should run on startup using scheduler.

So I added this script in scheduler to run on startup:
:delay 10000ms;

/iot/lora
disable 0
set 0 name="eui-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" 
set 0 servers="TTN V3 (eu1)"
set 0 channel-plan="eu-868"
set 0 antenna-gain="2dBi"

:delay 5000ms;
/iot/lora
enable 0
This script runs from command line but not from scheduler (say yes but Lora does not start).
Any idea ?
 
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Re: Wap LR8 Lora 7.11.2 does not start, needs netinstall / SUP-129874 [workaround fix]

Fri Oct 06, 2023 11:18 am

I tried to create a script and run the script from scheduler on startup.
Does not work at all... Need help.
 
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Re: Wap LR8 Lora 7.11.2 does not start, needs netinstall / SUP-129874 [no fix]

Sun Oct 08, 2023 5:56 pm

Scheduler script works with latest RC.
 
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Re: Wap LR8 Lora 7.11.2 does not start, needs netinstall / SUP-129874 [temporary fix]

Sun Dec 17, 2023 11:00 pm

Fixed in latest released.

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