I used "Pi-APPS" to install VARA and it worked great.
Denis, WB8SKP
On 2/14/2025 2:36 PM, Adam KM7N via
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Greetings-
? ? I know the Build-a-Pi was orphaned for 73 Linux, but I
have put a great dela of personalization into my current BaP
setup on a Pi3.? I recently acquired a Pi4, which I know should
give me the added benefit of being able to load VARA.? So, I
simply moved my SD card from my Pi3 to my Pi4, but when I run
the BaP updater to add VARA, it doesn't seem to recognize that I
am now on a Pi4, and it won't let me add VARA.? Is this expected
behavior?? Do I need to reload BaP (or switch to 73 Linux) and
then go through the process of rebuilding my BPQ node and
configuring direwolf, etc???
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Thanks for the help...
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Adam, KM7N
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Greetings-
? ? I know the Build-a-Pi was orphaned for 73 Linux, but I have put a great dela of personalization into my current BaP setup on a Pi3.? I recently acquired a Pi4, which I know should give me the added benefit of being able to load VARA.? So, I simply moved my SD card from my Pi3 to my Pi4, but when I run the BaP updater to add VARA, it doesn't seem to recognize that I am now on a Pi4, and it won't let me add VARA.? Is this expected behavior?? Do I need to reload BaP (or switch to 73 Linux) and then go through the process of rebuilding my BPQ node and configuring direwolf, etc???
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Thanks for the help...
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Adam, KM7N
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I have been following this group some time.? I have very little experience with RPi Linux so I was using 73 Linux.? I have been trying to get WSJT-x functioning on my 8gb Raspberry Pi for about a year now.? I was excited to see the recent 73Linux actually loading the program.? But it was a beta version that went away on 1/15/25.? Can anyone direct me to a site that can help? ? Dave ? Dave Hoxworth 1700 Stonehedge Findlay, OH 45840-7728 Cell 419-306-5013 ?
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Re: direwolf: Sound device changes at reboot or when soundcard is detached an reattached
Thanks for the reminder Jamie. You guys have a better memory than I do sometimes. Once you said "Digirig Lite", I remembered the video.
Stephan, I show the steps in this video and the documentation that goes with the video can be found here
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Re: direwolf: Sound device changes at reboot or when soundcard is detached an reattached
Actually, you do ¨C it was part of your tracker video. You set the Digirig Lite to be always 3,0. ? 73, Jamie WB4YDL ?
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of km4ack via groups.io
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2025 6:15 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [KM4ACK-Pi] direwolf: Sound device changes at reboot or when soundcard is detached an reattached ? In order for it to always get the same number, you can define a udev rule. I don't have? a video but Google should be able to help.
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Re: HOWTO digipeat with Mobilinkd TNC3 and RPi Zero 2W?
Feel free to post a detailed write up!
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Re: direwolf: Sound device changes at reboot or when soundcard is detached an reattached
In order for it to always get the same number, you can define a udev rule. I don't have? a video but Google should be able to help.
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direwolf: Sound device changes at reboot or when soundcard is detached an reattached
Hi there
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sometimes when I reboot my pi, die address of the sound device changes from let's say:
1:0 to 2:0 or 1:1
So I always have to edit the direwolf.conf file to adjust the ADEVICE settings after a reboot or a soundcard removal.
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I know there was a video from Jason which dealed with that problem and give the soundfile a name. But couldn't find it.
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Thanks for your assistance.
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73, Stephan
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Re: HOWTO digipeat with Mobilinkd TNC3 and RPi Zero 2W?
I'm happy to report that APRX works great with the Raspberry Pi Zero 2W and Mobilinkd TNC3. ?It was a bit confusing to get the Bluetooth connection working, but I eventually figured it out. Configuration of APRX is straightforward, I just used this line in the <interface> section to specify the device interface:
? serial-device /dev/rfcomm0 KISS
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Unfortunately, APRX doesn't use location information from the GPS. The location is specified by an entry in the aprx.conf file. So every time you relocate the digipeater, you need to update the location in aprx.conf and restart APRX.
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The hardware is even simpler than what Jason used for the Digirig, since the configuration doesn't require a USB port. You don't need the USB HAT that Jason used for the Digirig, and you can use the single USB port on the RPi Zero 2W for the GPS if desired.
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FWIW, here's what aprs.fi shows when I send a beacon from an HT (WX0M-8) that is transmitting into a dummy load. The portable digipeater (WX0M-4) is running through another HT that is connected to the TNC3.
2025-02-10 14:55:56 MST: >SYUXTS,,WIDE2-1,qAO,:`q+%l?<0x1f>[/`"FG}TINTIPI/HT_0
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Jason, I'd be happy to provide detailed documentation of how I set this up, if you're interested in making a video. It would make a nice complement to your video for the Digirig, "Portable Digipeater Build with a Pi Zero 2 W".
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John WX0M
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Thank you Dominic.....got the raw file and it worked like a charm.
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Kenny, or as my friends call me:? KiloWatt
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Hello Kenny,
are you sure that you got your script downloaded right? This looks like
your script is a HTML file.
Re-download that script again, this time the RAW version of the script.
#v+
curl -O
#v-
73
-dominic
Kenny Witt via groups.io <kennywtn@...> wrote:
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I am trying to load Jason's script to make the D-75 simpler to use with bluetooth.? When I get to creating the menu, I get the following in terminal window.
Any help would be appreciated.
kc4ojs@kc4ojs-ThinkPad-Yoga-11e:~$ cd bin
kc4ojs@kc4ojs-ThinkPad-Yoga-11e:~/bin$ ls
batt-test ?conky ?d75-connect ?dipole
kc4ojs@kc4ojs-ThinkPad-Yoga-11e:~/bin$ d75-connect menu
/home/kc4ojs/bin/d75-connect: line 7: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
/home/kc4ojs/bin/d75-connect: line 7: `<!DOCTYPE html>'
kc4ojs@kc4ojs-ThinkPad-Yoga-11e:~/bin$
I am trying to load Jason's script to make the D-75 simpler to use with
bluetooth. When I get to creating the menu, I get the following in terminal
window.
Any help would be appreciated.
kc4ojs@kc4ojs-ThinkPad-Yoga-11e:~$ cd bin
kc4ojs@kc4ojs-ThinkPad-Yoga-11e:~/bin$ ls
batt-test conky d75-connect dipole
kc4ojs@kc4ojs-ThinkPad-Yoga-11e:~/bin$ d75-connect menu
/home/kc4ojs/bin/d75-connect: line 7: syntax error near unexpected token
`newline'
/home/kc4ojs/bin/d75-connect: line 7: `<!DOCTYPE html>'
kc4ojs@kc4ojs-ThinkPad-Yoga-11e:~/bin$
References:
[1] /g/KM4ACK-Pi/message/13593
[2] mailto:[email protected]?subject=Re:%20%5BKM4ACK-Pi%5D%20D-75%20Menu
[3] mailto:kennywtn@...?subject=Private:%20Re:%20%5BKM4ACK-Pi%5D%20D-75%20Menu
[4] /mt/111038113/4536793
[5] /g/KM4ACK-Pi/post
[6] /g/KM4ACK-Pi/editsub/4536793
[7] mailto:[email protected]
[8] /g/KM4ACK-Pi/leave/12824562/4536793/1769203021/xyzzy
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Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.
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?I am trying to load Jason's script to make the D-75 simpler to use with bluetooth.? When I get to creating the menu, I get the following in terminal window.
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Any help would be appreciated.
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kc4ojs@kc4ojs-ThinkPad-Yoga-11e:~$ cd bin
kc4ojs@kc4ojs-ThinkPad-Yoga-11e:~/bin$ ls
batt-test ?conky ?d75-connect ?dipole
kc4ojs@kc4ojs-ThinkPad-Yoga-11e:~/bin$ d75-connect menu
/home/kc4ojs/bin/d75-connect: line 7: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
/home/kc4ojs/bin/d75-connect: line 7: `<!DOCTYPE html>'
kc4ojs@kc4ojs-ThinkPad-Yoga-11e:~/bin$?
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Re: Anyone running 73Linux on Ubuntu 24.04?
I tried 73 Linux on Ubuntu 24.04 and I had trouble.? I would select a bunch of packages to install, but when it was finished some were not there.? I had to go back and install individually.? Some were just erroring out causing the other to fail.? VARA wouldn't install.
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I just put Linux Mint on the same laptop and had no issues.
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Re: HOWTO digipeat with Mobilinkd TNC3 and RPi Zero 2W?
Thanks for the suggestions. APRX looks promising, I just hope that the "X" doesn't mean it requires X-windows.
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John WX0M
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Do you have a keyboard?? If so, try positioning the mouse cursor over the Conky window, then press and hold Alt, then move the mouse cursor.??
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Since the new graphics platform upgrade came out, mine is planted on the right, but can't move it either. Used to be you could [CTRL] and mouse drag it, but now you can't.?
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Re: HOWTO digipeat with Mobilinkd TNC3 and RPi Zero 2W?
Take a look at APRX. I am not super familiar but believe it can be used with a Bluetooth TNC
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Re: HOWTO digipeat with Mobilinkd TNC3 and RPi Zero 2W?
Not sure how useful they are but there are a couple of APRS command line tools on github that may be?useful, you'd probably also need to pair them with Direwolf.
ewpratten/aprs-bcn: Command-line tool for sending out APRS-IS beacons
chickadee | F# for APRS (ham radio)
and possibly delqn/aprs_client: APRS packet parsing and ingestion tools.
But I think that has other dependencies which you will need to satisfy.??
I was only aware of them as I was considering the pi zero route but was gifted an pi 3b+ when a friend was upgrading so didn't need to go there.
Best of luck, I would love to know if you come up with a good solution as a pi zero should make for a simple low power feild deployment.
Neil
Neil Wilson? VK3IG
I was inspired by the video "Portable Digipeater Build with a Pi Zero 2 W" to build my own portable digipeater, but I want to use a Mobilinkd TNC3 rather than the Digirig for the interface to the radio. The videos that I find on the web all use GUI clients (YACC, Xastir) to set up a digipeater with the Mobilinkd TNC3. Is there a non-GUI APRS client that can be used to build a digipeater with a Pi Zero 2 W and a Mobilinkd TNC3?
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Tnx,
John WX0M
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Re: HOWTO digipeat with Mobilinkd TNC3 and RPi Zero 2W?
Probably real VNCviewer or putty software to access the pi.? You have to set up the pi for SSH in preferences.? ? Good luck. ? KM6QAQ 73 ?
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Don Poaps via groups.io
Sent: Wednesday, February 5, 2025 7:56 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [KM4ACK-Pi] HOWTO digipeat with Mobilinkd TNC3 and RPi Zero 2W?? This one I saw used SSH to get into it (PI0) and I forget how it ran. I thought Jason did it. I'll keep looking.
Don Poaps
New Westminster, BC
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Hamshack Hotline ? ? Thanks for trying, Don, but APRSX is a GUI client. I'm looking for a non-GUI client.
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Re: HOWTO digipeat with Mobilinkd TNC3 and RPi Zero 2W?
This one I saw used SSH to get into it (PI0) and I forget how it ran. I thought Jason did it. I'll keep looking.
73 Don Poaps
New Westminster, BC
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Thanks for trying, Don, but APRSX is a GUI client. I'm looking for a non-GUI client.
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73,
JOhn WX0M
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