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Upgrading Gemtek/Browan Packages

Upgrading Gemtek/Browan Packages

These instructions will cover how to connect and upgrade packages in the Gemtek/Browan Femto.


You will need a Terminal Emulator application in order to enter command-line commands while following this document. Examples will be provided here for Powershell (Windows). In macOS Terminal can be used to SSH.

Connect via WiFi

While the gateway must be plugged into Ethernet for internet connectivity, you’ll need to connect to this gateway via WiFi as well to remotely access it.

  1. Look at the bottom of the Gateway & find the AP name.

  2. Look for that AP name in your WiFi networks & connect to it.

  3. If the WiFi network does not show up, then:

    1. Look for the WiFi name (SSID: AP-XXXXXX) & password on the label. Then go to your WiFi settings on Windows/Mac & manually create a WiFi network, WPA2 Security & with the info provided below:

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    2. If no Password is provided, then the password is a7z4GBXXXX, with the “XXXX” being the last 4 digits of devEUI. For example a7z4GBb432.

  4. Once you have connected to the AP-XXXX network, open a web browser & visit 192.168.55.1

That IP, 192.168.55.1, will be used for SSH connection whenever needed in this document.

SSH login credentials for your gateway

Gateway Model

SSH Username

SSH Password

Gateway Model

SSH Username

SSH Password

Gemtek

root

mydevices@WXYZ where WXYZ is the last 4 characters of the MAC. The MAC is printed on the gateway and uppercase should be used for any letters.

example:
For a gateway with MAC 5814D31BE7E9 the password would be mydevices@E7E9

Connect to Gateway via SSH:

  1. Open Windows Powershell or Terminal (macOS) to get a command prompt

  2. Type ssh root@192.168.55.1 and press [Enter]. You may get an warning message like this:


    If you do, type yes then press [Enter]

  3. When prompted, enter the SSH password and press [Enter]. With a correct password, you should see this screen indicating you’re logged in:

Upgrade Packages

Hint: you can right-click to paste text into Windows PowerShell

  1. First, enter the following command on the command prompt to download the DPS Client/Chirpstack Bridge combined package:

    wget --no-check-certificate https://hwdartifacts.blob.core.windows.net/hwdassets/gateway-bridge-dps_1.3.14-r0_ramips_24kec.ipk and press [Enter]

  2. When the download completes, enter the following command to install the combined package:

    opkg install gateway-bridge-dps_1.3.14-r0_ramips_24kec.ipk and press [Enter]

    When the installation is finished it will return you to a command prompt:

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