The lora-in and lora-out nodes are just wrappers around MQTT.
There are other message end-points available for control of the network server.
http://www.multitech.net/developer/software/lora/lora-network-server/mqtt-messages/
Send MQTT empty message to “lora/
There is also a UDP command port 6677 interface available
http://www.multitech.net/developer/software/lora/lora-network-server/