Meraki Go GR60

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Go Outdoor WiFi Access Point
Wikipedia Cisco Systems
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt Status Unknown
OpenWrt Supported
Tomato any flavor Incompatible
Gargoyle Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev Cisco Meraki Go GR60
FCC ID none specified
Type access point
CPU1 checkY Qualcomm IPQ4029
CPU1 Type ARM Cortex-A7
CPU1 Speed 700 MHz ( 4 cores )
Flash1 Chip Brand? Model?
Flash1 Size 128 MiB134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br /> (NAND)
RAM1 Size 256 MiB268,435,456 B <br />2,097,152 Kib <br />262,144 KiB <br />2,048 Mib <br />0.25 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip Brand? Model?
ETH chip1 Qualcomm IPQ4029
Ethernet Port Count 1-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab

802dot11 OUI: none specified

Expansion IF types none specified
Other
3rd Party Firmware Support OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
UPC 750440770710
(UPC DB, On eBay)
ASIN B07C7DQ1F3 , 
multiple uses
Radio 1
Chip1 Qualcomm IPQ4029
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type none specified
MIMO status 2x2:2
Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11b/g/n
802.11n up to 300 Mbps
802.11g up to 54 Mbps
802.11b up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency 2.4 GHz
Radio 2
Chip1 Qualcomm IPQ4029
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type none specified
MIMO status 2x2:2
Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
802.11ac up to 867 Mbps
802.11n up to 300 Mbps
802.11a up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency 5 GHz

For a list of all currently documented Qualcomm chipsets with specifications, see Qualcomm.

For a list of all currently documented Cisco devices with specifications, see Cisco.

• 300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.),
• 867 Mbps - 2SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.) = AC1200 class

Links of Interest

https://documentation.meraki.com/Go/Product_Information/Meraki_Go_Datasheets/Meraki_Go_Outdoor_WiFi_Access_Point_-_GR60_Datasheet

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

Target: ipq40xx
Subtarget: generic
Package architecture: arm_cortex-a7_neon-vfpv4
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: unknown
Current supported version: snapshot
WLAN Hardware: Qualcomm QCA4019
Installation method(s):
see git-commit
Recovery method(s):
see git-commit
git • >> 
ipq40xx: add support for Cisco Meraki MR70
This commit adds support for the Cisco Meraki MR70/Go GR60.

The Meraki MR70 is a Cisco 802.11ac/WiFi 5 outdoor AP with 1 Ethernet port.
It can be powered by a 12V DC barrel jack (5.5x2.5mm, center positive)
or via 802.3af POE.

The Meraki Go GR60 (codename: Dungbeetle Omni) is identical to the MR70
(codename: Toe Biter Omni), so this document will refer to both devices
as the MR70.

MR70 hardware info:
* CPU: Qualcomm IPQ4029
* RAM: 256MB DDR3
* Storage: 128 MB (TSOP48 NAND, 3.3V)
* Networking: 1 Gigabit Ethernet
* WiFi: QCA4019 802.11b/g/n/ac
* Serial: Internal header (J10, 2.54mm, unpopulated)

This device ships with secure boot, and cannot be flashed without
external programmers (TSOP48 NAND and I2C EEPROM)!

Disassembly:

Note: This is an outdoor device that is ultrasonically welded and glued
to weather seal it. Disassembly will compromise the weather seal!

Start by removing the product label on the rear metal mounting plate.
There are four Torx T8 screws under the sticker, remove the screws and
the mounting plate. Remove the two Philips screws under the plate.

Using a chisel (or razor blade) and hammer, cut around the circumfrence
of the device. You need to cut through approximately 2mm of
ultrasonically welded plastic.

After cutting through the plastic, heat the device using a hair drier
(or similar) to soften the glue. A heatgun is NOT recommended as
it will damage the plastic. It is only required to heat the device until
warm (~40C-50C).

Using a plastic pry tool, insert it along the cut you made around
the edge and gently separate.  Insert a guitar pick into the opening
while gently lifting the front to cut the glue. The device is glued around
the entire circumfrence.

Once you have removed the plastic front, remove the 4 Philips screws
holding down the main PCB. Release the two WiFi antennas by gently
bending the antenna PCBs to the middle of the unit and pulling up.

Lift the top of the PCB gently while pushing the Ethernet port into the
housing to release it. Turn the PCB over and remove the three Philips
screws holding the metal heat spreader.

The TSOP48 NAND flash (U9, S34ML01G200 or W29N01HV) is located
under the metal heat spreader.

To flash, you need to desolder the TSOP48 or use a 360 clip.

You also need to reprogram the I2C EEPROM (U20, Atmel 24c64). It is not
necessary to desolder the I2C EEPROM, a ch341a USB programmer and SOP-8
clip are inexpensive (~$10) and work well.

Installation:

The dumps to flash can be found in this repository:
https://github.com/halmartin/meraki-openwrt-docs/tree/main/mr70_gr60

The device has the following flash layout (offsets with OOB data):
```
0x000000000000-0x000000100000 : "sbl1"
0x000000100000-0x000000200000 : "mibib"
0x000000200000-0x000000300000 : "bootconfig"
0x000000300000-0x000000400000 : "qsee"
0x000000400000-0x000000500000 : "qsee_alt"
0x000000500000-0x000000580000 : "cdt"
0x000000580000-0x000000600000 : "cdt_alt"
0x000000600000-0x000000680000 : "ddrparams"
0x000000700000-0x000000900000 : "u-boot"
0x000000900000-0x000000b00000 : "u-boot-backup"
0x000000b00000-0x000000b80000 : "ART"
0x000000c00000-0x000007c00000 : "ubi"
```

* Dump your original NAND (if using nanddump, include OOB data).

* Decompress `u-boot.bin.gz` dump from the GitHub repository above (dump
contains OOB data) and overwrite the `u-boot` portion of NAND from
`0x738000`-`0x948000` (length `0x210000`). Offsets here include OOB data.

* Decompress `ubi.bin.gz` dump from the GitHub repository above (dump
contains OOB data) and overwrite the `ubi` portion of NAND from
`0xc60000-0x7fe0000` (length `0x7380000`). Offsets here include OOB data.

* Dump your original EEPROM. Change the byte at offset `0x49` to `0x1e`
(originally `0x2d` or `0x26`). Remember to re-write the EEPROM with the
modified data.

        * This can be done on Linux via the following command:
    `printf "\x1e" | dd of=/tmp/eeprom.bin bs=1 seek=$((0x49)) conv=notrunc`

**Note**: the device will not boot if you modify the board major number and
have not yet overwritten the `ubi` and `u-boot` regions of NAND.

* Resolder the NAND after overwriting the `u-boot` and `ubi` regions.

OpenWrt Installation:

* After flashing NAND and EEPROM with external programmers. Plug in an
Ethernet cable and power up the device.

* The new U-Boot build uses the space character `" "` (without quotes) to
interrupt boot.

* Interrupt U-Boot and `tftpboot` the OpenWrt initramfs image from your
tftp server
```
dhcp
setenv serverip <your_tftp>
tftpboot openwrt-ipq40xx-generic-meraki_mr70-initramfs-uImage.itb
```

* Once booted into the OpenWrt initramfs, created the `ART` ubivol with
the WiFi radio calibration from the mtd partition:
```
cat /dev/mtd10 > /tmp/ART.bin
ubiupdatevol /dev/ubi0_1 /tmp/ART.bin
```

* `scp` the `sysupgrade` image to
the device and run the normal `sysupgrade` procedure:
```
scp -O openwrt-ipq40xx-generic-meraki_mr70-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin root@192.168.1.1:/tmp/
ssh root@192.168.1.1 "sysupgrade -n /tmp/openwrt-ipq40xx-generic-meraki_mr70-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin"
```

* OpenWrt should now be installed on the device.

Signed-off-by: Hal Martin
Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/22050
Signed-off-by: Robert Marko
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