The Cisco LoRaWAN Gateway is one of the Cisco Internet of Things (IoT) extension module series. It can be connected to the Cisco 809 and 829 Industrial Integrated Services Routers (IR800 series) for virtual mode or standalone for low-power wide-area (LPWA) access and is positioned as a carrier-grade gateway for outdoor deployment, including harsh environments. It adds a ruggedized remote LoRaWAN radio modem interface to create a gateway between the Cisco Field Network Director and a partner’s LoRa network server.

Note	The Cisco LoRaWAN Gateway was previously named Cisco LoRaWAN Interface Module.

There are two LoRaWAN gateway modes as below:

• Virtual interface mode – IR800 series including the LoRaWAN module as a virtual interface

• Standalone mode – The LoRaWAN module working alone as an Ethernet backhaul gateway

You can configure the LoRaWAN IXM running on virtual interface mode or standalone mode through CLI or IoT FND. For more information, see the Cisco Wireless Gateway for LoRaWAN Software Configuration Guide.

To upgrade to Release 2.0, any older versions must first upgrade to Release 1.0.20.

Note	Make sure that FPGA v58 has been upgraded correctly before moving to the next step. FPGA upgrade will be triggered once the IXM boots up with the image version 1.0.20. After 10 - 15 minutes, you can use the following command to check the FPGA version.

IR829#show virtual-lpwa 1 modem info 
Name : Virtual-LPWA 1
ModemImageVer : 2.0
BootloaderVer : 20160830_cisco
ModemAgentVer : 1.02
SerialNumber : FOC21028RBH
PID : IXM-LPWA-900-16-K9
UTCTime : 19:14:14.465 UTC Tue Aug 29 2017
IPv4Address : 192.168.1.2
IPv6Address : none
FPGAVersion : 58  
TimeZone : UTC
LocalTime : Tue Aug 29 19:14:14 UTC 2017
ACT2 Authentication : PASS
ModemVersionID : V01
ProtocolVersion : 2
ChipID : LSB = 0x28750305 MSB = 0x00f1400e
LoRaSerialNumber : FOC21028R05
LoRaCalc :
<NA,NA,NA,55,37,110,101,93,84,76,68,58,49,39,30,21-NA,NA,NA,50,31,106,97,88
,80,71,63,53,44,34,25,16>
CalTempCelsius : 35
CalTempCodeAD9361 : 92
RSSIOffset : -204.00,-204.00
-203.00,-203.00
AESKey : Unknown

Then factory upgrade to Release 2.0 with u-boot upgrade option enabled, like the following example shows.

IR829#virtual-lpwa 1 modem install firmware factory flash:ixm_mdm_i_k9-2.0.00.K1.tar.gz ?
  only-uboot  install uboot only
  uboot       install uboot together
  <cr>

Note

If certificates for IPSec have been persistently stored in the module in any image before 2.0, follow this procedure during an upgrade to image 2.0 and later. This applies to both factory and normal upgrades and must be done for proper behavior of the module. Erase the certificates. Upgrade the image. Re-download the new certificates.

When the LoRaWAN gateway is in standalone mode, use the switchover EXEC command to switch to the virtual mode.

#switchover 

You can switch the LoRaWAN gateway from virtual mode to standalone mode through IR8x9, using the following command.

IR800#virtual-lpwa 1 modem standalone mode enable 

This section contains new and changed information for this release.

• Symptom: For virtual mode, uboot option of the modem install command is not supported in Release 1.0.20. If you are using this version and need to upgrade to Release 2.0, you should follow the steps in the following workaround.

  Workaround:

  1. Upgrade the firmware to Release 2.0 without uboot option:

     virtual-lpwa X modem firmware install factory flash:XXX 
     
     

  2. Upgrade again with uboot or uboot-only option:

     virtual-lpwa X modem firmware install factory flash:XXX {uboot|uboot-only} 

• CSCve67071

  Symptom: CLI radio off is not enabled in nvgen (show running-config).

  Workaround: The CLI radio off does work, but is just not recorded in show-running. User still can use this CLI to disable radio if necessary. Also, radio is on by default when system reboots.

• CSCve80757

  Symptom: The data range of iketime is not accurate:

  
  Gateway(config-crypto-ipsecpf)#ipaddr 192.168.3.2 iketime 
  <1-2147483647> time in seconds (1..4294967295)
  
   

  The max value cannot reach 2147483647.

  Workaround: Please use any number not larger than 86400.

These documents provide detailed information about the Cisco LoRaWAN Gateway and are available at: www.cisco.com/go/lorawanmodule

• Getting Started and Product Document of Compliance for the Cisco LoRaWAN Interface Module

• Cisco LoRaWAN Gateway Hardware Installation Guide

• Cisco LoRaWAN Gateway Software Configuration Guide

• Release Notes for IoT Field Network Director

• Release Notes for Cisco IR800 Industrial Integrated Services Routers and Cisco 1000 Series Connected Grid Routers

• Cisco IR800 Integrated Services Router Software Configuration Guide

• Cisco IoT Field Network Director User Guide

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