Hello,
I received a Linxdot miner from someone, but as we all know it's no longer supported on the Helium network.
Does anyone know if it's possible to install ChirpStack or any packet forwarder on it?
Or is this device basically only good for the bin?
There is no Raspberry Pi inside, so I'm assuming it's locked hardware… but maybe someone already tried something with it?
Thanks for any advice.
If it is this device:
https://www.mcgillmicrowave.com/product/linxdot-helium-miner-us-915/?attachment_id=6372&download_file=718rmjv1lnyok
Then it looks like there is a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 inside. If that is the case, it should be pretty easy to flash an other OS (e.g. ChirpStack Gateway OS) on it. However, the pin mapping might be slightly different and would need some custom config.
It is still supported on the helium network, I dont know where you got that information from. linxdot themselves no longer exist though, so there is no longer factory support for the devices.
I haven't tried putting chirpstack on one itself, but i have set up both the rockchip and cm4 variant as regular gateways and mux to helium and private chirpstack instances.
