Basic Station¶

Basic Station is the recommended way to connect a gateway: the connection is encrypted and the gateway authenticates with its own client certificate.

1. Add the gateway, then open it and choose TLS certificate → Generate certificate. Save the three values shown; the private key is shown once and ChirpCloud does not keep it.

2. In the gateway's Basic Station (LNS) settings:

   Setting	Value
   LNS URL	wss://gw.chirpcloud.co.uk:32301 (EU868) or wss://gw.chirpcloud.co.uk:32302 (US915 sub-band 2)
   Trust (CA) certificate	CA certificate from step 1
   Client certificate	TLS certificate from step 1
   Client key	TLS key from step 1

3. The gateway shows as online after its first stats message.

Certificates¶

• Certificates are valid for 10 years. You can generate up to 5 per gateway per 24 h.
• Generating a new certificate does not revoke the previous one. Treat the key like a password, and contact support if you think it has leaked.
• A certificate only lets a gateway connect as that gateway. It gives no access to your applications, API or MQTT.
• Moving a gateway to another ChirpCloud account? Contact support: its EUI stays reserved for your account while your certificates are valid.