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Greetings,
A few initial observations:
1) Several times I¡¯ve gotten the rig into a weird state where CW sending from the keyboard just cycles in and out of transmit and receive, and the only way to get out of the cycling is exiting the app. Attempts to transmit with the key put the rig in TX, but no RF out. I¡¯ve haven¡¯t attempted QSOs yet, I just have a 40 meter antenna connected with the power down to 1 watt. Once the rig gets into this weird state, the only way I can get it out of it is sometimes by switching bands, but usually I have to do a full OS shutdown and power reset. I¡¯m still gathering data points.
2) I noticed my sbitx doesn¡¯t write to the data/user_settings.ini file. No big deal right now, I edit it with vi.
3) I was seeing a lot of errors with a Dell keyboard connected up. Often the rig would display a send a U instead of a V. I connected up an Apple keyboard and I¡¯m not noticing the errors.
4) CW T/R time is quite long. I see a cw_delay=1000 setting. I attempted to change this to 500, but the problem above (#1) is getting in the way of me testing this.
5) The OFF button might better be labeled EXIT, and CLOSE is more like a ¡°minimize¡± button (perhaps a down arrow, like what is used in the Pi GUI would be more appropriate? (Perhaps have it that button label can be customized in user_settings.ini?)
6) I¡¯m definitely getting the Wi-Fi noise into the audio. I¡¯ve turned off Wi-Fi and I¡¯m using wired Ethernet for now, with no noise issues.
7) Any way to send sbitx \ commands to the app via the operating system (i.e. command line)?
8) It appears \ commands are case sensitive. Perhaps accepting CAPS for commands might avoid user issues?
9) Any chance for a wide AM detector? Maybe this is some code I could develop once I get my bearings¡.
Overall, I¡¯m really excited about this rig. Lots of potential.
73
Goody
K3NG
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Goody, It looks like there are a lot of space characters being generated by the attached keyboard. Can you remove the keyboard and check? You might want to delete user_settings.ini, git pull again to get a fresh user_settings.ini. just before you do that, email me your user_settings.ini file. I am implementing a telnet server to accept all the commands and return the output text seen on the console window. Coming soon...
The minimize button should ideally show the rpi icon, to "return to raspberry pi". Let me figure it out. I will check about the cwdelay at my end and report?back. Do send me your user_settings.ini. check if the file permissions are normal (read/write enabled for user pi).? - f
Greetings,
A few initial observations:
1) Several times I¡¯ve gotten the rig into a weird state where CW sending from the keyboard just cycles in and out of transmit and receive, and the only way to get out of the cycling is exiting the app.? Attempts to transmit with the key put the rig in TX, but no RF out.? I¡¯ve haven¡¯t attempted QSOs yet, I just have a 40 meter antenna connected? with the power down to 1 watt.? Once the rig gets into this weird state, the only way I can get it out of it is sometimes by switching bands, but usually I have to do a full OS shutdown and power reset.? I¡¯m still gathering data points.
2) I noticed my sbitx doesn¡¯t write to the data/user_settings.ini file.? No big deal right now, I edit it with vi.
3) I was seeing a lot of errors with a Dell keyboard connected up.? Often the rig would display a send a U instead of a V.? I connected up an Apple keyboard and I¡¯m not noticing the errors.
4) CW T/R time is quite long.? I see a cw_delay=1000 setting.? I attempted to change this to 500, but the problem above (#1) is getting in the way of me testing this.
5) The OFF button might better be labeled EXIT, and CLOSE is more like a ¡°minimize¡± button (perhaps a down arrow, like what is used in the Pi GUI would be more appropriate?? (Perhaps have it that button label can be customized in user_settings.ini?)
6) I¡¯m definitely getting the Wi-Fi noise into the audio.? I¡¯ve turned off Wi-Fi and I¡¯m using wired Ethernet for now, with no noise issues.
7) Any way to send sbitx \ commands to the app via the operating system (i.e. command line)?
8) It appears \ commands are case sensitive.? Perhaps accepting CAPS for commands might avoid user issues?
9) Any chance for a wide AM detector?? Maybe this is some code I could develop once I get my bearings¡.
Overall, I¡¯m really excited about this rig.? Lots of potential.
73
Goody
K3NG
|
Hi Ashhar,
I figured out the user_settings.ini file issue; the file was owned by root. ?Thanks!
For future reference for others, do a:
chown root:root /home/pi/sbitx/data/user_settings.ini
Unrelated question: I'm thinking of doing some pull requests for contributing some functionality for your consideration.? I have in mind customization settings for the user interface (colors, etc.). ?Also thinking of a customization for the frequencies on the waterfall. ?Would you like to have customization settings appended to user_settings.ini, or perhaps elsewhere? ?I can see this file growing very large.
73 Goody K3NG
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On Sat, Aug 6, 2022 at 7:59 PM Ashhar Farhan < farhanbox@...> wrote: Goody, It looks like there are a lot of space characters being generated by the attached keyboard. Can you remove the keyboard and check? You might want to delete user_settings.ini, git pull again to get a fresh user_settings.ini. just before you do that, email me your user_settings.ini file. I am implementing a telnet server to accept all the commands and return the output text seen on the console window. Coming soon...
The minimize button should ideally show the rpi icon, to "return to raspberry pi". Let me figure it out. I will check about the cwdelay at my end and report?back. Do send me your user_settings.ini. check if the file permissions are normal (read/write enabled for user pi).? - f Greetings,
A few initial observations:
1) Several times I¡¯ve gotten the rig into a weird state where CW sending from the keyboard just cycles in and out of transmit and receive, and the only way to get out of the cycling is exiting the app.? Attempts to transmit with the key put the rig in TX, but no RF out.? I¡¯ve haven¡¯t attempted QSOs yet, I just have a 40 meter antenna connected? with the power down to 1 watt.? Once the rig gets into this weird state, the only way I can get it out of it is sometimes by switching bands, but usually I have to do a full OS shutdown and power reset.? I¡¯m still gathering data points.
2) I noticed my sbitx doesn¡¯t write to the data/user_settings.ini file.? No big deal right now, I edit it with vi.
3) I was seeing a lot of errors with a Dell keyboard connected up.? Often the rig would display a send a U instead of a V.? I connected up an Apple keyboard and I¡¯m not noticing the errors.
4) CW T/R time is quite long.? I see a cw_delay=1000 setting.? I attempted to change this to 500, but the problem above (#1) is getting in the way of me testing this.
5) The OFF button might better be labeled EXIT, and CLOSE is more like a ¡°minimize¡± button (perhaps a down arrow, like what is used in the Pi GUI would be more appropriate?? (Perhaps have it that button label can be customized in user_settings.ini?)
6) I¡¯m definitely getting the Wi-Fi noise into the audio.? I¡¯ve turned off Wi-Fi and I¡¯m using wired Ethernet for now, with no noise issues.
7) Any way to send sbitx \ commands to the app via the operating system (i.e. command line)?
8) It appears \ commands are case sensitive.? Perhaps accepting CAPS for commands might avoid user issues?
9) Any chance for a wide AM detector?? Maybe this is some code I could develop once I get my bearings¡.
Overall, I¡¯m really excited about this rig.? Lots of potential.
73
Goody
K3NG
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Well, I screwed that up. ?:-D ? ?I meant:
chown pi:pi /home/pi/sbitx/data/user_settings.ini
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Show quoted text
Hi Ashhar,
I figured out the user_settings.ini file issue; the file was owned by root. ?Thanks!
For future reference for others, do a:
chown root:root /home/pi/sbitx/data/user_settings.ini
Unrelated question: I'm thinking of doing some pull requests for contributing some functionality for your consideration.? I have in mind customization settings for the user interface (colors, etc.). ?Also thinking of a customization for the frequencies on the waterfall. ?Would you like to have customization settings appended to user_settings.ini, or perhaps elsewhere? ?I can see this file growing very large.
73 Goody K3NG On Sat, Aug 6, 2022 at 7:59 PM Ashhar Farhan < farhanbox@...> wrote: Goody, It looks like there are a lot of space characters being generated by the attached keyboard. Can you remove the keyboard and check? You might want to delete user_settings.ini, git pull again to get a fresh user_settings.ini. just before you do that, email me your user_settings.ini file. I am implementing a telnet server to accept all the commands and return the output text seen on the console window. Coming soon...
The minimize button should ideally show the rpi icon, to "return to raspberry pi". Let me figure it out. I will check about the cwdelay at my end and report?back. Do send me your user_settings.ini. check if the file permissions are normal (read/write enabled for user pi).? - f Greetings,
A few initial observations:
1) Several times I¡¯ve gotten the rig into a weird state where CW sending from the keyboard just cycles in and out of transmit and receive, and the only way to get out of the cycling is exiting the app.? Attempts to transmit with the key put the rig in TX, but no RF out.? I¡¯ve haven¡¯t attempted QSOs yet, I just have a 40 meter antenna connected? with the power down to 1 watt.? Once the rig gets into this weird state, the only way I can get it out of it is sometimes by switching bands, but usually I have to do a full OS shutdown and power reset.? I¡¯m still gathering data points.
2) I noticed my sbitx doesn¡¯t write to the data/user_settings.ini file.? No big deal right now, I edit it with vi.
3) I was seeing a lot of errors with a Dell keyboard connected up.? Often the rig would display a send a U instead of a V.? I connected up an Apple keyboard and I¡¯m not noticing the errors.
4) CW T/R time is quite long.? I see a cw_delay=1000 setting.? I attempted to change this to 500, but the problem above (#1) is getting in the way of me testing this.
5) The OFF button might better be labeled EXIT, and CLOSE is more like a ¡°minimize¡± button (perhaps a down arrow, like what is used in the Pi GUI would be more appropriate?? (Perhaps have it that button label can be customized in user_settings.ini?)
6) I¡¯m definitely getting the Wi-Fi noise into the audio.? I¡¯ve turned off Wi-Fi and I¡¯m using wired Ethernet for now, with no noise issues.
7) Any way to send sbitx \ commands to the app via the operating system (i.e. command line)?
8) It appears \ commands are case sensitive.? Perhaps accepting CAPS for commands might avoid user issues?
9) Any chance for a wide AM detector?? Maybe this is some code I could develop once I get my bearings¡.
Overall, I¡¯m really excited about this rig.? Lots of potential.
73
Goody
K3NG
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I was wondering what the earlier mail about chown root:root would do! I think that we can read the ui layout from another text file, lets say called layout.ini. Each section of the file layouts out one control.? Upon loading, it can relocate and resize the layout. All the stuff like fonts and colours are in tables that can be re-read. It will be fun to have this. One could have differenr layouts for different modes. - f
Well, I screwed that up. ?:-D ? ?I meant:
chown pi:pi /home/pi/sbitx/data/user_settings.ini
Hi Ashhar,
I figured out the user_settings.ini file issue; the file was owned by root.? Thanks!
For future reference for others, do a:
chown root:root /home/pi/sbitx/data/user_settings.ini
Unrelated question: I'm thinking of doing some pull requests for contributing some functionality for your consideration.? I have in mind customization settings for the user interface (colors, etc.).? Also thinking of a customization for the frequencies on the waterfall.? Would you like to have customization settings appended to user_settings.ini, or perhaps elsewhere?? I can see this file growing very large.
73 Goody K3NG On Sat, Aug 6, 2022 at 7:59 PM Ashhar Farhan < farhanbox@...> wrote: Goody, It looks like there are a lot of space characters being generated by the attached keyboard. Can you remove the keyboard and check? You might want to delete user_settings.ini, git pull again to get a fresh user_settings.ini. just before you do that, email me your user_settings.ini file. I am implementing a telnet server to accept all the commands and return the output text seen on the console window. Coming soon...
The minimize button should ideally show the rpi icon, to "return to raspberry pi". Let me figure it out. I will check about the cwdelay at my end and report?back. Do send me your user_settings.ini. check if the file permissions are normal (read/write enabled for user pi).? - f Greetings,
A few initial observations:
1) Several times I¡¯ve gotten the rig into a weird state where CW sending from the keyboard just cycles in and out of transmit and receive, and the only way to get out of the cycling is exiting the app.? Attempts to transmit with the key put the rig in TX, but no RF out.? I¡¯ve haven¡¯t attempted QSOs yet, I just have a 40 meter antenna connected? with the power down to 1 watt.? Once the rig gets into this weird state, the only way I can get it out of it is sometimes by switching bands, but usually I have to do a full OS shutdown and power reset.? I¡¯m still gathering data points.
2) I noticed my sbitx doesn¡¯t write to the data/user_settings.ini file.? No big deal right now, I edit it with vi.
3) I was seeing a lot of errors with a Dell keyboard connected up.? Often the rig would display a send a U instead of a V.? I connected up an Apple keyboard and I¡¯m not noticing the errors.
4) CW T/R time is quite long.? I see a cw_delay=1000 setting.? I attempted to change this to 500, but the problem above (#1) is getting in the way of me testing this.
5) The OFF button might better be labeled EXIT, and CLOSE is more like a ¡°minimize¡± button (perhaps a down arrow, like what is used in the Pi GUI would be more appropriate?? (Perhaps have it that button label can be customized in user_settings.ini?)
6) I¡¯m definitely getting the Wi-Fi noise into the audio.? I¡¯ve turned off Wi-Fi and I¡¯m using wired Ethernet for now, with no noise issues.
7) Any way to send sbitx \ commands to the app via the operating system (i.e. command line)?
8) It appears \ commands are case sensitive.? Perhaps accepting CAPS for commands might avoid user issues?
9) Any chance for a wide AM detector?? Maybe this is some code I could develop once I get my bearings¡.
Overall, I¡¯m really excited about this rig.? Lots of potential.
73
Goody
K3NG
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..and, maybe again? ;)
should probably start with a 'sudo'; i.e.:? sudo chown pi:pi
/home/pi/sbitx/data/user_settings.ini
(and type in the user's (pi) password if prompted)
...even though the file is in the user's directory (and the user
has full permissions there), they lack sufficient privilege to
alter the file ownership away from root
On 8/7/22 10:24, Anthony Good wrote:
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Show quoted text
Well, I screwed that up. ?:-D ? ?I meant:
chown pi:pi
/home/pi/sbitx/data/user_settings.ini
Hi Ashhar,
I figured out the user_settings.ini file
issue; the file was owned by root. ?Thanks!
For future reference for others, do a:
chown root:root
/home/pi/sbitx/data/user_settings.ini
Unrelated question: I'm thinking of doing
some pull requests for contributing some functionality
for your consideration.? I have in mind customization
settings for the user interface (colors, etc.). ?Also
thinking of a customization for the frequencies on the
waterfall. ?Would you like to have customization
settings appended to user_settings.ini, or perhaps
elsewhere? ?I can see this file growing very large.
73
Goody
K3NG
On Sat, Aug 6, 2022
at 7:59 PM Ashhar Farhan < farhanbox@...>
wrote:
Goody,
It looks like there are
a lot of space characters being generated by
the attached keyboard. Can you remove the
keyboard and check?
You might want to delete user_settings.ini, git
pull again to get a fresh user_settings.ini.
just before you do that, email me your
user_settings.ini file. I am implementing a
telnet server to accept all the commands and
return the output text seen on the console
window. Coming soon...
The minimize button should ideally show the rpi
icon, to "return to raspberry pi". Let me figure
it out.
I will check about the
cwdelay at my end and report?back.
Do send me your
user_settings.ini. check if the file permissions
are normal (read/write enabled for user pi).?
- f
Greetings,
A few initial observations:
1) Several times I¡¯ve gotten the rig into a
weird state where CW sending from the
keyboard just cycles in and out of transmit
and receive, and the only way to get out of
the cycling is exiting the app.? Attempts to
transmit with the key put the rig in TX, but
no RF out.? I¡¯ve haven¡¯t attempted QSOs yet,
I just have a 40 meter antenna connected?
with the power down to 1 watt.? Once the rig
gets into this weird state, the only way I
can get it out of it is sometimes by
switching bands, but usually I have to do a
full OS shutdown and power reset.? I¡¯m still
gathering data points.
2) I noticed my sbitx doesn¡¯t write to the
data/user_settings.ini file.? No big deal
right now, I edit it with vi.
3) I was seeing a lot of errors with a Dell
keyboard connected up.? Often the rig would
display a send a U instead of a V.? I
connected up an Apple keyboard and I¡¯m not
noticing the errors.
4) CW T/R time is quite long.? I see a
cw_delay=1000 setting.? I attempted to
change this to 500, but the problem above
(#1) is getting in the way of me testing
this.
5) The OFF button might better be labeled
EXIT, and CLOSE is more like a ¡°minimize¡±
button (perhaps a down arrow, like what is
used in the Pi GUI would be more
appropriate?? (Perhaps have it that button
label can be customized in
user_settings.ini?)
6) I¡¯m definitely getting the Wi-Fi noise
into the audio.? I¡¯ve turned off Wi-Fi and
I¡¯m using wired Ethernet for now, with no
noise issues.
7) Any way to send sbitx \ commands to the
app via the operating system (i.e. command
line)?
8) It appears \ commands are case
sensitive.? Perhaps accepting CAPS for
commands might avoid user issues?
9) Any chance for a wide AM detector?? Maybe
this is some code I could develop once I get
my bearings¡.
Overall, I¡¯m really excited about this rig.?
Lots of potential.
73
Goody
K3NG
|
LOL.? You're right.? I should probably get out of the habit of doing a sudo bash first thing when I bring up a terminal....
..and, maybe again? ;)
should probably start with a 'sudo'; i.e.:? sudo chown pi:pi
/home/pi/sbitx/data/user_settings.ini
(and type in the user's (pi) password if prompted)
...even though the file is in the user's directory (and the user
has full permissions there), they lack sufficient privilege to
alter the file ownership away from root
On 8/7/22 10:24, Anthony Good wrote:
Well, I screwed that up. ?:-D ? ?I meant:
chown pi:pi
/home/pi/sbitx/data/user_settings.ini
Hi Ashhar,
I figured out the user_settings.ini file
issue; the file was owned by root.? Thanks!
For future reference for others, do a:
chown root:root
/home/pi/sbitx/data/user_settings.ini
Unrelated question: I'm thinking of doing
some pull requests for contributing some functionality
for your consideration.? I have in mind customization
settings for the user interface (colors, etc.).? Also
thinking of a customization for the frequencies on the
waterfall.? Would you like to have customization
settings appended to user_settings.ini, or perhaps
elsewhere?? I can see this file growing very large.
73
Goody
K3NG
On Sat, Aug 6, 2022
at 7:59 PM Ashhar Farhan < farhanbox@...>
wrote:
Goody,
It looks like there are
a lot of space characters being generated by
the attached keyboard. Can you remove the
keyboard and check?
You might want to delete user_settings.ini, git
pull again to get a fresh user_settings.ini.
just before you do that, email me your
user_settings.ini file. I am implementing a
telnet server to accept all the commands and
return the output text seen on the console
window. Coming soon...
The minimize button should ideally show the rpi
icon, to "return to raspberry pi". Let me figure
it out.
I will check about the
cwdelay at my end and report?back.
Do send me your
user_settings.ini. check if the file permissions
are normal (read/write enabled for user pi).?
- f
Greetings,
A few initial observations:
1) Several times I¡¯ve gotten the rig into a
weird state where CW sending from the
keyboard just cycles in and out of transmit
and receive, and the only way to get out of
the cycling is exiting the app.? Attempts to
transmit with the key put the rig in TX, but
no RF out.? I¡¯ve haven¡¯t attempted QSOs yet,
I just have a 40 meter antenna connected?
with the power down to 1 watt.? Once the rig
gets into this weird state, the only way I
can get it out of it is sometimes by
switching bands, but usually I have to do a
full OS shutdown and power reset.? I¡¯m still
gathering data points.
2) I noticed my sbitx doesn¡¯t write to the
data/user_settings.ini file.? No big deal
right now, I edit it with vi.
3) I was seeing a lot of errors with a Dell
keyboard connected up.? Often the rig would
display a send a U instead of a V.? I
connected up an Apple keyboard and I¡¯m not
noticing the errors.
4) CW T/R time is quite long.? I see a
cw_delay=1000 setting.? I attempted to
change this to 500, but the problem above
(#1) is getting in the way of me testing
this.
5) The OFF button might better be labeled
EXIT, and CLOSE is more like a ¡°minimize¡±
button (perhaps a down arrow, like what is
used in the Pi GUI would be more
appropriate?? (Perhaps have it that button
label can be customized in
user_settings.ini?)
6) I¡¯m definitely getting the Wi-Fi noise
into the audio.? I¡¯ve turned off Wi-Fi and
I¡¯m using wired Ethernet for now, with no
noise issues.
7) Any way to send sbitx \ commands to the
app via the operating system (i.e. command
line)?
8) It appears \ commands are case
sensitive.? Perhaps accepting CAPS for
commands might avoid user issues?
9) Any chance for a wide AM detector?? Maybe
this is some code I could develop once I get
my bearings¡.
Overall, I¡¯m really excited about this rig.?
Lots of potential.
73
Goody
K3NG
|
sBITX #59 was working well until the display went dark.? I? was monitoring digi traffic and left the rig unattended for a couple of hours.? When I returned the screen was dark.? Testing confirmed that both Pi and display were OK.? I suspect the LM338, although the heatsink is firmly attached and I've not tried to transmit.? Voltage from the regulator bounces between 3.6 to4.5 and settles in at 4.08 after the Pi has booted.? The red LED on the pi is continuously lit during boot and the green one flashes short-long for 30 sec before rapidly flashing.? I have not seen a previous post where the regulator failed without transmitting
-Paul? K9MV
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Hi Paul;
Just checking that you know the screen will go dark after a period of inactivity. You have to touch the screen to wake the sBitx up.
73; Steve, N3SB?
On Wed, Aug 17, 2022, 12:59 PM Paul k9mv < k9mv@...> wrote: sBITX #59 was working well until the display went dark.? I? was monitoring digi traffic and left the rig unattended for a couple of hours.? When I returned the screen was dark.? Testing confirmed that both Pi and display were OK.? I suspect the LM338, although the heatsink is firmly attached and I've not tried to transmit.? Voltage from the regulator bounces between 3.6 to4.5 and settles in at 4.08 after the Pi has booted.? The red LED on the pi is continuously lit during boot and the green one flashes short-long for 30 sec before rapidly flashing.? I have not seen a previous post where the regulator failed without transmitting
-Paul? K9MV
|
Hi Steve-
Yes, I'm aware of the screensaver and that's not the problem.? Upon further investigation I removed the Pi + touchscreen and checked the voltage on pins 2 & 6 on the Pi header on the digi board - stable 5.4v.? So maybe I have a problem with the digi board?? The? LM338 is giving the correct voltage, at least under no load conditions.? If I recall correctly the Pi and touchscreen require about 1.5A, and even a gimpy regulator should be able to handle that.
The Pi and touchscreen work OK outside the sBITX on a separate power supply.? Guess I'll wait for the regulator upgrade and see if that helps.? Replacement LM338s arriving tomorrow, too.
-73 de Paul? K9MV
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Hi Paul;
OK - hope a new regulator fixes the problem.
73; Steve, N3SB?
On Wed, Aug 17, 2022, 8:54 PM Paul k9mv < k9mv@...> wrote: Hi Steve-
Yes, I'm aware of the screensaver and that's not the problem.? Upon further investigation I removed the Pi + touchscreen and checked the voltage on pins 2 & 6 on the Pi header on the digi board - stable 5.4v.? So maybe I have a problem with the digi board?? The? LM338 is giving the correct voltage, at least under no load conditions.? If I recall correctly the Pi and touchscreen require about 1.5A, and even a gimpy regulator should be able to handle that.
The Pi and touchscreen work OK outside the sBITX on a separate power supply.? Guess I'll wait for the regulator upgrade and see if that helps.? Replacement LM338s arriving tomorrow, too.
-73 de Paul? K9MV
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