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How To Add RAK WisGate Edge Gateway V2 in ThingPark - Actility ThingPark Guide

ThingPark is an Actility platform, where you can register your LoRaWAN gateway and end devices. ThingPark offers a user-friendly dashboard, in which you can monitor different information about the gateway/end device like status, radio traffic, statistics, and more.

In this guide, you will learn how to connect a RAK Edge gateway V2 to the ThingPark platform via Basics Station.

Register the Gateway in ThingPark

Log in to the ThingPark Admin console. If you do not have an account, you need to create one.

On the Admin console, navigate to the Base Stations drop-down menu and choose Create.

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On the CREATING A BASE STATION menu, choose View More Manufacturers.

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On the Select Your Base Station Manufacturer window, find and choose RAK Wireless. You can either scroll down manually or type RAK in the Type to search manufacturers in the list search field.

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You will be redirected to the CREATING A BASE STATION page.

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On the CREATING A BASE STATION, fill in the following information:

  • Model – From the drop-down menu, choose the model of your gateway.

đź“ť NOTE: For RAK7268 V2, select option WisGateEdge Pro (RAK7289 V2).

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  • Name – Fill in a name for your gateway.
  • LLR-UUID – This is the base station universal unique identifier. It must be in the following format: 0016C0-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, where the XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX is the EUI of the gateway. You can find the EUI on the label of the gateway, or the Overview page in the webUI of the gateway field.
  • RF Region – Choose the band of the gateway from the drop-down menu.
  • Additional Information – Optionally, you can type any useful information for the gateway.
  • Position – Set the location of the gateway. You can either type the address in the Search field, manually select the location on the map below the Search field, or type the coordinates below the map.

Once everything is set, click Create to register the gateway in ThingPark.

A confirmation window will pop up. Click VIEW THE BASE STATION.

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You will be redirected to the Dashboard of the registered gateway.

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Now, configure the gateway to connect to ThingPark. Access the gateway webUI. Refer to the documentation of your gateway to see how to access the webUI.

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Navigate to LoRa®. By default, the gateway works in built-in network server mode.

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For Work mode option, choose Basics Station.

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Once the mode is changed, click Configure Basics Station server setup to expand the settings of the Basics station and fill in the following settings:

  • Server – ThingPark uses CUPS protocol. Select CUPS Server.
  • URI – For the URI, copy and paste this address: https://community.thingpark.io
  • Port – CUPS uses port 443.
  • Authentication Mode – ThingPark uses TLS Server Authentication. From the drop-down menu, choose
  • TLS Server Authentication. A trust field will pop up. Fill it with the AmazonRootCA1.cer certificate.

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Once all the fields are filled in, click Save Changes to save the changes.

If everything is set up correctly, you can see that the gateway is connected to ThingPark in the Status area in ThingPark.

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