Integrating the Rakwireless RAK7268V2 with Datacake IOT Platform

I recently read the Unboxing the RAK7268 WisGate Edge Lite 2 LoRaWAN Gateway article from the Datacake team. It is a great post and it explains that you can connect a LoRaWAN IoT Device straight to Datacake without having to use networks like The Things Network (TTN), Helium or Loriot. While I am very supportive of these networks and communities, I can find it adds an extra layer of complexity that doesn't suit all projects - especially when rapid prototyping.
I went ahead an bought the Rakwireless RAK7268V2 WisGate Edge Lite 2 for proof-of-concept IOT project I am working on. I was keen to try the scenario of using the RAKwireless built-in network server instead of an external third party LoRaWAN network server (LNS). However, even after looking deep into the Rakwireless documentation (ususally market leading) I was no wiser on how to configure and integrate this setup. The documentation explains other Supported LoRa Network Servers but not the local inbuilt network server.
In this post I will share with you exactly how to configure the Rak7268V2 LoRaWAN gateway with the Datacake. Datacake has done some great IOT device integrations with kickass support, making it my favourite IOT platform out there. Rakwireless has a solid LoRaWAN offering with outstanding documentation, so I think the Datackake and Rakwireless products are going to be a great match.
RAKwireless gateway, Datacake and LoRaWAN IOT Device Prerequisites
In order to perform this setup, you are going to need a Rakwireless LoRaWAN gateway that supports the full inbuilt LNS otherwise known as the WisGate Edge line.
WisGate Edge consists of the following indoor and outdoor gateways:
- RAK7268 WisGate Edge Lite 2 (indoor gateway)
- RAK7289 WisGate Edge Pro (outdoor gateway)
- RAK7240 WisGate Edge Prime (outdoor gateway)



I purchased the RAK7268CV2 in black (it also comes in white) directly from the Rakwireless store.
The second thing you will need to do is register with the Datacake IoT platform for free. Datacake is fully featured for unlimited users, unlimited workspaces and you can register 2 devices for free and no credit card. This is perfect for small projects getting started that want to setup a rapid IoT prototype environment.
Finally, you are going to need some sort of LoRaWAN IoT device (sensor) to collect and send data from. In this guide, I will be using the Seeed Studio SenseCAP S2100 Data Logger. I will use this to send captured pulses to the Datacake dashboard.
RAKwireless Gateway Setup Guide for Inbuilt LoRaWAN Server
Activating and configuring the integrated LoRaWAN Network Server (LNS) is fairly straight forward process. The RAKwireless gateway is accessed via a web interface and is intuitive, modern and responsive. The RAK7268 Quick Start Guide excellently explains how to access the gateway.
Complete the following steps:
- Navigate to Configuration menu. By default the gateway is already configured as a Build-in Network Server and should be selected for the Work Mode
- Make sure the Frequency Plan is set to your country and region
- Navigate to the Applications tab and select Add Application
- Enter the following settings:
- Application Name: Datacake
- Application description: Send data from device to datacake
- Application type: SEPERATE
- Payload type: None
- Decode type: HEX String
- Report LoRa Radio Information Enabled
- Enable HTTP/HTTPS Integration Parameters: Enabled
- Uplink data URL: https://api.datacake.co/integrations/api/datacake-api-guid
- Join notification URL: https://api.datacake.co/integrations/api/datacake-api-guid
- Ack notification URL: https://api.datacake.co/integrations/api/datacake-api-guid
- Device-status notification URL: https://api.datacake.co/integrations/api/datacake-api-guid
- Click the Save button




To add a device complete the following steps:
- Navigate to the End Devices tab (withing the Application configuration) and select Add End Device
- Enter the following settings (leave others as default):
- Activation Mode: OTAA
- End device (group) name: Sensecap
- Application Key: app key from device
- LoRaWAN MAC Version: v1.0.3
- Click the Save button
If things are configured correctly, the following payload should be recieved by the Datacake http API endpoint.
{"applicationID":"1","applicationName":"Datacake","devEUI":"XXXXXXXXXXXXX055","deviceName":"sensecap","timestamp":1680939413,"fCnt":2,"fPort":3,"data":"3110010002904080000000","data_encode":"hexstring","adr":true,"rxInfo":[{"gatewayID":"XXXX0XXXXXXXXb33","loRaSNR":13.3,"rssi":-35,"location":{"latitude":0.000000,"longitude":0.000000,"altitude":0}}],"txInfo":{"frequency":924200000,"dr":2}}
In Datacake, you should now be able to decode the payload, save the data fields and present on a dashboard.

Take a look yourself at the live dashboard: https://app.datacake.de/pd/ce699a98-378e-42d3-9957-b1b0187b18e6
Have you used the built in network server on a RAKwireless gateway? or do you prefer to use a different network provider? Leave a comment below.
Comments ()