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Re: Sbitx v3 HW_settings.ini gone- how fix?
On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 05:34 PM, Steve Nielson wrote:
Other documentation links and suggestions requested and appreciated! When zbitx owners think that this gap should be filled, when one of the owners will formulate it.
The history of sbitx was also formed and written on the fly. Because whoever felt the energy to formulate and develop it is still developing there.
zbitx is a simpler version of sbitx, see the firmware used also uses the name sbitx, but it doesn't know nearly as much. You can buy it for half the price of sbitx.
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Re: Sbitx v3 HW_settings.ini gone- how fix?
I can see that if the message is not aimed at you, then you do not understand what is concerning you.
You need to learn to interpret what you read. Any version of sBitx reads the data necessary for operation from the hw_settings.ini file. If for some reason the original hw_sttings.ini is lost, then you rename the default_hw_settings.ini file to a file without default, i.e. hw_setting.ini.
This will make your hardware work, but it may not be as efficient as with the .ini file assigned to it.
You write that you are stuck. Think, read and do: buy several 64 GB uSD cards (and/or USB sticks) for backup and updates, always keep an original one that you modified. I recommend the 64GB one because it is faster to write and read. In the previous message I wrote the two links because you reiterate that you want to switch to 64-bit.
If you do, then you have a working system and you may not even need to correct hw_settings.ini.
Create the ELF Image on a new uSD card, with this v4.2 sbitx and many useful utilities will be partially set up.
Partly because you have to enter personal data in each of them. With this you can already radio.
After that you can refine it, because the Image was made in December 2024, which has been updated since then, you also need to update them. First update the sBITS Tools application and note its use, because what you can do. Use the EZ Data app to save daily data to an external USB stick.
When you use sbitx, before turning it off, make a copy of the files that changed that day on a USB stick.
LOG file and settings (ini file), if you have changed it, otherwise it is enough to make a backup once. Of course, if you can handle it reliably.
By the way, I don't understand the reference to drive F or E.
The sbitx 64 bit is installed on Bookworm OS and you can make a Backup with the Accessories -> SD Card Copier application in the Debian 'Raspberry' menu. Backup is not copied under Windows.
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Re: sBitx v4
On Mon, May 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM, Jim wrote:
Has Farhan said when the sBitx V4 hardware will be available? Jim,
please ask Farhan the same thing. How are we supposed to know what he's planning? For example, I am not a mind reader, but I am excellent at correcting by laying on my hands. ;-)
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Re: ZBitx Shutdown Function
#zbitx
On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 04:37 AM, Jens/HB9JOI wrote:
Due to the size of the zbitx, the best solution is to expand the SD card, because the USB port is not enough to use a USB stick.
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Re: ZBitx Shutdown Function
#zbitx
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I have built in an Micro-SD-Card-Extender that¡¯s why now I have a slot for
changing the SD-Card
from outside without deassembling the enclosure .
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Sent: Monday, May 19, 2025 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: [BITX20] ZBitx Shutdown Function
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Trouble is, to swap the SD card REQUIRES disassembling the radio - at least
removing the case. Not an "in the field" friendly operation. Having a proper
shutdown command sent to the Raspberry Pi greatly reduces the chance of SD card
corruption.
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Pat NE4PO
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