The build went good but this is the process I took for installing BAP.
In the first instance I made sure that the FLRig and HAMlink is installed and working. This is not always true as the problem seems to be with the dependencies which may differ for each setup. I have paged trough the install log for the installation of FLRig as this is my main program for accessing the CAT controls of my FT-897 and it seems that in certain installations different dependencies is missing and does not install correctly. It is a pain in the butt but I then search the Internet for the file it is moaning about and install the dependency manually and then retry FLDigi again. This is my first and foremost package I do with BAP as I have restarted my Pi4 a lot of times and each time the required dependencies differ. If FLRig and Hamlib is working perfectly and the comms to the radio is working I continue with the installation of BAP.
With regards to Conky I'm not worried anymore of displaying the grid locator as it seems that the manual installation of GPSD is working and displaying everything correctly but it does not appear on Conky, maybe a bug somewhere but conky is very volatile with regards to its working but the update tool for WSJT-X and JS8call is working perfectly even though Conky does not display the grid square. Im thinking about using the Arduino externally with an OLED and serial GPS to display the grid square and the UTC time on the OLED for reference but is not there yet. Just thinking about that.
Anyway it seems to improve the performance of the Pi4 if you Isolate the 5VDC supply from the rest of the DC supply including the radio, is there seems to be and Improvement on the stability of the Pi4 when transmitting digital on higher power setting (>20W)
I used a DC-DC converter from the supply line for the 5VDC supply of the Pi4 and the build in USB hub and Isolated the Pi4's USB3 from the rest of the radio stuff as this seems to be an big problem on the Pi4. My OS is running on a external SSD with USB3 so i cannot switch this off. The lasting problem seems to be the audio on the? Linux distro but my thought process is working on this problem. At least the CAT comms between the Pi4 field PC and the rig seems to be sorted.
Jason any thoughts?
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73 de Eugene / ZR4EM