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RAK7391 Quick Start Guide
Powering on the Device
The
RAK7391
can be powered via 10-28 V
user has two options. Make sure you power either using one or the other not both at the same time.
The device also supports IEEE 802.3 at/bt active PoE in combination with a specialized PoE HAT module. Mount
the PoE Hat module then you can power the board through the 1 GB Ethernet port.
NOTE
The PoE board is specialized. A general Raspberry Pi 40-pin PoE HAT cannot be used.
. There is one Barrel Jack and one Phoenix Connector, so the
DC
Figure 1: DC power connectors
Figure 2: PoE HAT socket

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Summary of Contents for RAK RAK7391

  • Page 1 Documentation Center RAK7391 Quick Start Guide Powering on the Device RAK7391 can be powered via 10-28 V . There is one Barrel Jack and one Phoenix Connector, so the user has two options. Make sure you power either using one or the other not both at the same time.
  • Page 2: Network Connectivity

    OS. Network Connectivity For the RAK7391, connectivity management is done via the NetworkManager tool suite. NetworkManager allows for flexibility when configuring the Ethernet, Wi-Fi, and Cellular interfaces. It is used to create, display, edit, delete, activate, and deactivate network connections via configuration files.
  • Page 3 Documentation Center Figure 4: IP address listed on the OLED screen If you want to change the IP to a static one for one of the Ethernet interfaces for example you need to eth0 create a new connection file named in the folder ethernet-eth0.nmconnection /etc/NetworkManager/system-...
  • Page 4 - password, in this case psk=rak20220922 rak20220922 The configuration needs to be reloaded for the new settings to take effect via the following series of commands: sudo chown root:root /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/RAK.nmconnection sudo chmod /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/RAK.nmconnection sudo nmcli con reload sudo nmcli con up RAK...
  • Page 5: Hardware Setup

    WiFi 6 The RAK7391 also supports Wi-Fi 6 modules through the mPCIe interface. The OS image comes with pre- installed firmware for several of Intel's Wi-Fi 6 card models (AX200, AX201 & AX210) including the default drivers.
  • Page 6 Documentation Center For this example, you are going to configure the BG96 with the serial communication tool minicom 1. To start, execute the following command: sudo minicom -D /dev/ttyUSB3 2. Make sure to turn the local Echo so you can input the command with the Ctrl+A, followed by pressing Z to get to the Command summary.
  • Page 7 Documentation Center The important bits to take note of here are which indicates the APN of your sim card network apn=cmnet provider, then reboot your board and the will get an IP address and it is also ready for the internet wwan0 connection.