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AWS LPWAN Gateway Basics Station: Remote Commands and Remote Shell

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According to the AWS IoT Wireless docs, LoRa Basics Station is supported for gateways.

Those docs also link directly to the Basics Station docs, which describes useful features like Remote Commands and Remote Shell.

Unfortunately, I can't find where these might be accessible in the AWS IoT Core console. Are they supported?

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Based on the available information about AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN, the service supports LoRa Basics Station software (version 2.0.4 and above) running on gateways as a prerequisite for connectivity. The service provides two main protocols for gateway management:

  1. LNS (LoRaWAN Network Server) protocol - establishes a data connection for exchanging LoRa uplink and downlink messages
  2. CUPS (Configuration and Update Server) protocol - enables remote configuration and firmware updates of gateways

AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN provides endpoints for both LNS and CUPS protocols. The CUPS service specifically allows you to remotely manage and upgrade gateway firmware through over-the-air (OTA) updates without physically accessing the gateways. You can upload firmware files to an Amazon S3 bucket, sign them with a private key, and schedule updates to be delivered to your gateways.

However, the specific Remote Commands and Remote Shell features you're referring to from the Basics Station documentation are not mentioned as supported capabilities within AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN. The documented remote management capabilities focus on firmware updates through the CUPS protocol rather than interactive shell access or arbitrary remote command execution.

For gateway management beyond firmware updates, you would need to verify directly with AWS Support or check for any additional gateway management features that may be available through the AWS IoT Core console or API.
Sources
AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN
Update gateway firmware using CUPS service with AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN - AWS IoT Wireless

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