OTA Auto Update For Gateway Firmware

Version 43.1 by Xiaoye on 2023/11/29 10:23

Table of Contents：

1. What is OTA and how it works
2. Support hardrware & Software
3. OTA Update Change Log
4. Disable OTA Update
- - LPS8V2:

1. What is OTA and how it works

Dragino gateways support firmware OTA auto-update. In OTA update, the gateway will connect to Dragino update server and get the latest firmware and update it to the gateway for bug fix and new features.

In below case, gateway will connect to Dragino server to check for updates:

Every reboot
Every midnight (~UTC time: 12:00)

2. Support hardrware & Software

Models	Devices Type	OS, CPU Info	OTA Update Detail
LIG16,LPS8, LPS8N, LG308, LG308N, DLOS8, DLOS8N	LoRaWAN Gateway	Linux OS: OpenWrt, CPU: 400MHz, Flash: 16MB, RAM: 64MB	Change Log
LPS8v2	LoRaWAN Gateway	Linux OS: Armbian, CPU: Quad-core Cortex-A7 1.2Ghz RAM: 512MB eMMC: 4GB	Change Log
LG01v2	Single Channel LoRa Gateway	Linux OS: Armbian, CPU: Quad-core Cortex-A7 1.2Ghz RAM: 512MB eMMC: 4GB	Change Log

Models

Devices Type

OS, CPU Info

Firmware requirement

OTA Update Detail

LIG16,LPS8, LPS8N, LG308, LG308N, DLOS8, DLOS8N

LoRaWAN Gateway

Linux OS: OpenWrt,
CPU: 400MHz,
Flash: 16MB, RAM: 64MB

Change Log

LPS8v2

LoRaWAN Gateway

Linux OS: Armbian,
CPU: Quad-core Cortex-A7 1.2Ghz
RAM: 512MB
eMMC: 4GB

Change Log

LG01v2

Single Channel LoRa Gateway

Linux OS: Armbian,
CPU: Quad-core Cortex-A7 1.2Ghz
RAM: 512MB
eMMC: 4GB

Change Log

3. OTA Update Change Log

3.1 For LIG16,LPS8, LPS8N, LG308, LG308N, DLOS8, DLOS8N

Date	Main Packages	Change Log
------------	dragino_gw_fwd-2.6.0	Basic versions
------------	haserl_ui-1.2.1	Basic versions
22-09-16	dragino_gw_fwd-2.6.1	Add lora global_config file for zn
22-11-16	dragino_gw_fwd-2.6.3	Optimize recycling threads Optimize log output
23-04-25	dragino_gw_fwd-2.6.4	Fixed Semtech UDP mode lost connection issue
23-08-01	dragino_gw_fwd-2.7.0	Fixed Cellular mode lost connection issue

3.2 For LPS8Nv2

Date	Main Packages	Change Log
2022-10-23	draginofwd-22-10-23	Fix i2c interface error ( for FWD)
2023-01-06	dragino-httpd dragino-ui draginoups	Add Login-Authentication Add system/general page Add the fallback interface
2023-01-10	dragino-ui	Add timezone setting Add Static IP setting with WLAN Add the http/ssh port setting Optimized built-in server updates Fix the basic station display with the EUI
2023-02-08	dragino-ui	add the edit the address of fallback Add Static IP setting with ETH
2023-02-16	armbian-bsp-cli-draginohp0z	Optimization Auto Update Add the docker cache clean
2023-03-18	dragino-ui draginofwd	Fix LoRaWAN lost connection with the server, not being displayed correctly Optimized the IoT keepalive detection. When the gateway's network is unreachable, the sys led will switch to red and wait for the network to recover Once the network is back in access, the gateway will reload the running server(draginofwd)
2023-04-10	dragino-ui dragino-fwd draginohtppd	Fixed the wifi survey doesn't show the complete SSID Fixed the LoRa global config of IN865 which is missing a frequency point Fixed the LoRa frequency band type of AS923 Fixed lighttpd takes up a lot of CPU.
2023-04-18	dragino-ui	Optimized the General page
2023-5-04	dragnoups	Fixed block broken problem
2023-05-06	dragino-ui	Update Package Filrer ruler Update Stat package interval setting
2023-05-23	dragino-ui draginoups	Add the AP function Fix the incomplete display of 4g icon information
2023-06-14	dragino-ui	Update the Web page for the built-in server
2023-06-30	dragino-ui draginoups	Optimized resource consumption Fix the gateway downtime bug
2023-07-08	dragino-ui	Fix the Home page cellular icon display error
2023-07-14	dragino-ui	Reduce the memory usage of web UI
2023-07-16	dragino-ui	Fixed the issue of cellular consuming a lot of data
2023-08-01	dragino-ui	Fixed the issue of cellular Pinconde settings
2023-08-05	draginofwd	Fixed the server connection status detection
2023-10-24	dragino-ui	Fixed Uable install Chirpstack
2023-11-06	dragino-ui	Add reset data for Chirpstack
2023-11-26	dragino-ui	Fixed the issue unable to disable ssh

3.3 For LG01v2

Date	Main Packages	Change Log

3.4 TODO list

~~Solve "DC no in band" issue for Senet Downink in EU868 band.~~
~~Fixed fwd IN865 global configuration.~~
~~Fixed Basic-station no connection after gateway reboot/power cycle.~~
~~Fix GPS time issue~~
~~Online/offline detect and reload improvement for LPS8v2 for UDP Connection.~~
~~Online/offline detect and reload improvement for LPS8v2 for Chirpstack Gateway-Bridge Connection~~
Fix Redis Memory Leak for build-in TTS
~~Fix AS923 Frequency Band Typo in Web (LPS8v2)~~

3.5 Finish list

Add Fall Back IP to LPS8v2
Add Login-Authentication

4. Disable OTA Update

It is possible for clients to disable the OTA update feature. Below is the instruction:

LPS8V2:

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Created by Xiaoling on 2022/12/23 10:57