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Looking for the owner of "Clever Marmalade Pigeon" Bobcat Miner
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Looking for the owner of "Clever Marmalade Pigeon" Bobcat Miner

Hi everyone,

This is probably a long shot, but I figured it's worth trying.

I recently picked up a Bobcat Miner 300 from a flea market in Romania. After getting it up and running, I found out it's the hotspot "Clever Marmalade Pigeon", which used to be located in Brønshøj, Copenhagen.

The hardware works perfectly, but the hotspot is still linked to the previous owner's wallet, so I can't update the location or use it.

If by any chance you're the owner, or you know who is, I'd really appreciate getting in touch. I'm happy to cover any fees needed to transfer the hotspot.

I know the chances are pretty slim, but I'd rather try than let a perfectly good miner sit on a shelf.

Thanks!

https://preview.redd.it/9iswuv6wb7bh1.png?width=1919&format=png&auto=webp&s=ebae439e2bc6602ebcc2560dadcc1626a3edfd19

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u/Kiengu — 1 day ago
▲ 3 r/HeliumNetwork

OG Helium IOT hostspot (the first one) - Fixable?

It isn't starting up properly anymore for me...

  • Yellow light, wait a while.
  • Green light, flashes back to yellow.
  • Hit the button, briefly get blue light.
  • Phone sees it, but if I try to connect, "characteristic .... read failed for device ...macaddr.... and service ....longID".

Tried rebooting a number of times. I've opened it up and removed the SD card, plugged it into my mac and the SD card still works. Thought it might have failed but doesn't seem so? Any ideas? is there a way to fix it?

I can't find any docs, only the "newer" RAK and other hotspot docs (and the apparently millions of mobile hotspots not available to EU users)... I'm a dev and don't mind getting technical.

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u/QuazyWabbit1 — 7 days ago
▲ 19 r/HeliumNetwork+1 crossposts

Repurpose your MNTD RAK v2 Blackspot as a real LoRaWAN gateway with ChirpStack Gateway OS

With Helium mining economics being what they are, a lot of us have MNTD Blackspot miners sitting in a drawer. Good news: the hardware is actually a solid LoRaWAN gateway RAK2287 concentrator on an SX1302 chipset, Raspberry Pi 4 inside. It just needs a bit of coaxing to run ChirpStack Gateway OS properly.
The main gotcha that trips everyone up: the reset pin is GPIO 25, not GPIO 17 like ChirpStack OS assumes by default. Until you fix that one line in the config, you’ll get a blank Gateway ID and a concentrator that never actually starts.

I wrote up a full step-by-step guide covering:
• SX1302 concentrator config (RAK2287, correct channel plan)
• Disabling GNSS so it doesn’t boot-loop without a GPS antenna
• The GPIO 25 reset pin fix via SSH
• Wi-Fi stabilization (country code + WPA2-PSK + TX power) — the RPi4 Broadcom chip inside an aluminum box needs explicit regulatory config or modern routers will drop it
• Service restart sequence and how to verify the Gateway
EUI is actually being read

Repo with the full README on GitHub

u/dtuando — 10 days ago