Timeline on next libmdot production version release?
During one of my meetings with the Multitech team and in this forum too I was told during the first quarter of this year there would be a new production/stable version libmdot released. Is this still...
View ArticleCellular usage accuracy
I have a Conduit running with a Public IP SIM providing the WAN connection. ssh and web access is on, protected by password. Node-RED access is disabled. Whenever I check the statistics via the web...
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Can you run iftop (opkg install iftop) for a while on the conduit in a terminal session and see if anything jumps out?
View ArticleReply To: Cellular usage accuracy
Great tool, thanks! Have been running for a couple of hours. Nothing too surprising yet. Average (excluding the ssh connection used to run iftop) is 0.9kb/s (405kB/hour, 9.5MB/day). Maybe 25% of that...
View ArticleReply To: Brute force prevention by IP address
Still an issue. Adds up to quite a bit of traffic. I tried to install fail2ban to take care of it, but could not figure out a configuration to suit the mLinux distribution.
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Reply To: Problem with dhcp when there is a power failure
Jeff, We first configured the interface to use dhcp, for that we modified the file /etc/network/interfaces, like this: auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp We are not using any aditional script, i suppose...
View Articleinstalling screen package
Hi, I would like to install the package screen, but on your MultiTech package repository it’s missing. How could I install it?
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Anything not in the default package repository would have to be compiled. One option is to use bitbake. See the full bitbake instructions here:...
View ArticleReply To: Brute force prevention by IP address
If its just one nuisance ip address or range you could manually use iptables to DROP all traffic from the ip/range. Something like: iptables -I INPUT -s 219.246.178.229 -j DROP or for the entire class...
View ArticleReply To: Node-Red LORA Out Node & MDot that has not joined yet!
I’m actually seeing different behaviour, for a device that hasn’t joined before that conduit seems to be selecting what it thinks is the closest match to that device and sending the packets out to it...
View ArticleReply To: Brute force prevention by IP address
If its just one nuisance ip address or range you could manually use iptables to DROP all traffic from the ip/range. Very handy. I tried to install ipset to streamline this but it’s not part of the...
View ArticleWebsocket Loses Connection
I’ve got a simple Node-RED flow setup to send and receive packets over a websocket and this generally works quite well however the connection drops out at times (presumably because of a 3G glitch) and...
View ArticleSMS Timeout
I’m trying to get my dragonfly to send an SMS message and I’m having some issues. I’m using: Dragonfly_Cellular_SMS_Example...
View ArticleReply To: Unable to understand pining of mDot
Hello Mike, Thanks a lot, that’s exactly what I was looking for ! Sincerely yours, Olivier
View ArticleReply To: 3G won't start on boot
Hi, Looks like ppp has an option to turn off debugging but I can find no way to increase the debugging. Based on your suggestion that the radio may be coming up more slowly on this, is there a way I...
View ArticleReply To: 3G won't start on boot
Damian, From the chat output it looks like the radio is responding. The problem may still be radio related, but I am not sure. You can turn up the ppp debugging by: Diagnostics Messages are sent to...
View ArticleMaximum Voltage input to xDot
I am powering my xDot using two energizer lithium AA batteries with no regulator which produces a fully charged voltage of 3.62V which technically exceeds the 3.57V spec in the developers guide. Will...
View ArticleLORA Packet not received by Node-Red, on a conduit power cycle.
We have hit a scenario where the Node-Red input node, doesn’t receive the LORA packet that was sent by the MDot, on a conduit power cycle. Just to explain the sequence, the mdot goes to sleep for...
View ArticleReply To: SMS Timeout
Are you able to send an SMS message using AT commands? at+cnmi=2,2,0,1,0 at+cmgf=1 at+cmgs=”+1 YOUR PHONE NUMBER” You’ll get an extra prompt. Type your message then press control-z to send. If the SIM...
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