Installing OTBR manually (Raspberry Pi) instructions fail

RE: Installing OTBR manually (Raspberry Pi) instructions fail

jahess — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 13:20:08 GMT

Thank you for the additional link.

The build finishes and status of system daemons appear acceptable. After a while CHIP actions result in errors with a brtr-3. I've no idea where the -3 is coming from -- the pi running OTBR has a name of brtr. In OpenThread sites, I've not yet stumbled opon useful howto's of how to debug issues with OTBR, SRP, diagnose network issues, and etc. IE, what to do and what to check when the build "recipes" appear to work but the result doesn't.

Thank you for re-verifying. I will suggest a reply as an answer and accept.

RE: Installing OTBR manually (Raspberry Pi) instructions fail

AHaug — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 11:30:06 GMT

Hi,

[quote user="jahess"]I've been using Pi 3 with the old raspios image specified in the OT codelab.[/quote]

We're still not seeing any issues with RPi v3 and/or v4 with either the master branch (git clone github.com/.../ot-br-posix.git --depth 1 ) or the verified and tested branch mentioned in the Open Thread OTBR guide (git checkout 0895ad5). 8095ad5 is the one we've tested the OTBR up against with our samples, which is why this is mentioned in the documentation.

[quote user="jahess"]Still working on getting the OTBR to work with matter.[/quote]

If you're still working on getting the OTBR to work with Matter and if you've not already seen this resource, I suggest you have a look at https://developer.nordicsemi.com/nRF_Connect_SDK/doc/latest/nrf/ug_matter_gs_testing_thread_one_otbr.html. If you've already seen it, feel free to ask questions that might lead you to getting everything up and running

[quote user="jahess"]OTBR will work only with old raspio, and chip-tool will only work with ubuntu running on a rasperrypi 64 bit.[/quote]

Some of the requirements according to the above mentioned guide is

One of the following:

1x PC with Ubuntu (20.04 or newer)
1x Raspberry Pi Model 3B+ or newer with Ubuntu (20.04 or newer) instead of Raspbian OS

So you will have to use Ubuntu 20.04 or newer to get it to work with chip tool.

Let me know you have additional questions related to this case or if we can close this case

Kind regards,
Andreas

RE: Installing OTBR manually (Raspberry Pi) instructions fail

jahess — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 19:42:12 GMT

I've been using Pi 3 with the old raspios image specified in the OT codelab. With some reboots... I think it is working now.

Biggest problem as I see it is examples asking for specific versions of different operating systems -- OTBR will work only with old raspio, and chip-tool will only work with ubuntu running on a rasperrypi 64 bit.

Still working on getting the OTBR to work with matter.

RE: Installing OTBR manually (Raspberry Pi) instructions fail

AHaug — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 14:13:34 GMT

Hi again,

Following the OTBR install guide from https://developer.nordicsemi.com/nRF_Connect_SDK/doc/latest/matter/openthread_border_router_pi.html leaves me with a working OTBR. I haven't yet verified if there are any complications by using version 0895ad5 from the guide you mention from the openthread-documentation so I will do that next. Have you attempted to build the router without checking out version 0895ad5?

And also, if you've solved the issue since my last response, please let me know!

Kind regards,
Andreas

RE: Installing OTBR manually (Raspberry Pi) instructions fail

AHaug — Fri, 30 Dec 2022 11:51:13 GMT

Hi,

I will follow the guide you're using and see if I find error you're describing, but it will unfortunately have to wait until after new years as we're a bit short on staff during the Christmas holidays. In the mean while, could you state which version of the Raspberry Pi you're using?

Kind regards,
Andreas