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Re: IC-7300/Pat issues unresolved

 

I ran into something odd helping a Patron setup his Pi with Pat last night. Does rigctl remain green in conky after starting the ARDOP modem? Please run this command and post the results:
whereis rigctl

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73, de KM4ACK
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Re: Pi-APRS Hamlib Rig Open error -6 #aprs

 

Please post your Pi-APRS settings. Do you have FLRIG open before starting the program?

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Re: Hotspot Tools won't correctly add a iPhone Hotspot SSID

 

A short term solution on your iPhone, would be to go to ¡°General - About - Name¡± under ¡°Settings¡± and change the name of your phone to eliminate the ¡°space¡±.

73 de N0TLZ
Thomas Hann
Vancouver, WA
Pi-APRS Hamlib Rig Open error -6 #aprs

 

Hi,
I wanted to check out Pi-APRS. Hamlib is installed, direwolf is installed, the Pi-APRS suite is installed.
Direwolf works fine for Pat Menu & Winlink on VHF using my IC-7100, therefore the AX.25 ports are, I believe, correctly setup.

When I start Pi_Aprs and click Start Modem, I get the following error:
Hamlib Rig open error -6: IO error



The log looks like this:

Dire Wolf version 1.6
Includes optional support for:? hamlib cm108-ptt

Reading config file /home/pi/direwolf.conf
Audio device for both receive and transmit: plughw:2,0? (channel 0)
Channel 0: 1200 baud, AFSK 1200 & 2200 Hz, E+, 44100 sample rate / 3.
Hamlib Rig open error -6: IO error
network.c(298):network_open return(-6)
iofunc.c(177):port_open return(-6)
rig.c(795):rig_open return(-6)
Ready to accept AGW client application 0 on port 8000 ...
Ready to accept KISS TCP client application 0 on port 8001 ...
Virtual KISS TNC is available on /dev/pts/2
Created symlink /tmp/kisstnc -> /dev/pts/2
Attached to KISS TCP client application 0...
Ready to accept KISS TCP client application 1 on port 8001 ...


Direwolf hears the APRS traffic coming in the radio, but it will not transmit because of the error shown above.

The error shown when trying to send a Terrestrial Message to myself is:

Processing free.txt for transmit...
n3jf-6>wide2-2::N3JF???? :test{206}
Invalid command. Must be one of d p s t f h.

Input, starting with upper case letter or digit, is assumed
to be an AX.25 frame in the usual TNC2 monitoring format.

Input, starting with a lower case letter is a commmand.
Whitespace, as shown in examples, is optional.

?? ?letter??? meaning??? ??? ? ? ? ? ? ? example
?? ?------??? -------??? ??? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??? -------
?? ?d???????? txDelay, 10ms units ?? ? d 30
?? ?p ? ?? ?? Persistence ? ? ? ? ? ?? ??? p 63
?? ?s ? ?? ?? Slot time, 10ms units??? s 10
?? ?t ? ?? ??? txTail, 10ms units ? ? ?? ? t 5
?? ?f ? ?? ??? Full duplex??? ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? f 0
?? ?h???????? set Hardware ? ? ? ?? ??? h TNC:
??? Lines may be preceded by the form "[9]" to indicate a
?? ?channel other than the default 0.


The video on Pi-APRS does not show any configuration for the radio, and since it works already in Winlink for VHF, I'd expect there not to be any configuration other than what was done for Winlink purposes.


Also, when selecting Settings from the Pi-APRS menu, it will not accept a 2 word answer for the City Name ("Big Sur", for example). Once a 2-word city name is entered and the program started again, when the modem is started it complains that is does not know what "Big" [first word of the two] on line 7 is.

What am I missing?
Re: IC-7300/Pat issues unresolved

 

I don't know if this helps any either but here is some of the piardopc window: (my audio is set to USB Audio Codec on both input and output)

ARDOPC Version 1.0.4.1j-BPQ
ARDOPC listening on port 8515
Capture Devices
?
Card 0, ID `b1', name `bcm2835 HDMI 1'
?
Card 1, ID `Headphones', name `bcm2835 Headphones'
?
Card 2, ID `CODEC', name `USB Audio CODEC'
? Device hw:2,0 ID `USB Audio', name `USB Audio', 1 subdevices (1 available)
? ? 1..2 channels, sampling rate 8000..48000 Hz
?
Playback Devices
?
Card 0, ID `b1', name `bcm2835 HDMI 1'
? Device hw:0,0 ID `bcm2835 HDMI 1', name `bcm2835 HDMI 1', 4 subdevices (4 available)
? ? 1..8 channels, sampling rate 8000..192000 Hz
?
Card 1, ID `Headphones', name `bcm2835 Headphones'
? Device hw:1,0 ID `bcm2835 Headphones', name `bcm2835 Headphones', 4 subdevices (4 available)
? ? 1..8 channels, sampling rate 8000..192000 Hz
?
Card 2, ID `CODEC', name `USB Audio CODEC'
? Device hw:2,0 ID `USB Audio', name `USB Audio', 1 subdevices (1 available)
? ? 1..2 channels, sampling rate 32000..48000 Hz
?
Opening Playback Device plughw:2,0 Rate 12000
Opening Capture Device plughw:2,0 Rate 12000
ARDOPC listening on port 8515
GUI Connected from Address 127.0.0.1
Host Control Session Connected
Host Data Session Connected
[Command Trace FROM host: INITIALIZE
?Command Trace TO Host BUFFER 0
?Command Trace TO Host INITIALIZE
[Command Trace FROM host: STATE
?Command Trace TO Host STATE DISC
[Command Trace FROM host: PROTOCOLMODE ARQ
?Command Trace TO Host PROTOCOLMODE now ARQ
[Command Trace FROM host: ARQTIMEOUT 90
?Command Trace TO Host ARQTIMEOUT now 90
[Command Trace FROM host: LISTEN FALSE
?Command Trace TO Host LISTEN now FALSE
[Command Trace FROM host: MYCALL WD2AJW
?Command Trace TO Host MYCALL now WD2AJW
[Command Trace FROM host: GRIDSQUARE EL87UU
?Command Trace TO Host GRIDSQUARE now EL87UU
[Command Trace FROM host: ARQBW 500MAX
?Command Trace TO Host ARQBW now 500MAX
[Command Trace FROM host: CWID TRUE
?Command Trace TO Host CWID now TRUE
[Command Trace FROM host: VERSION
?Command Trace TO Host VERSION ARDOP TNC_1.0.4.1j-BPQ
[Command Trace FROM host: MYCALL
?Command Trace TO Host MYCALL WD2AJW
[Command Trace FROM host: LISTEN TRUE
?Command Trace TO Host LISTEN now TRUE
Input peaks = -3947, 4051
Prior-Offset= 2.401499
EnvelopeCorrelator CorMax:MaxProd= 67.549217? J= 78
[Acquire2ToneLeaderSymbolFraming] intIatMinError= -2
Frame Decode type 44 47 48 Dist 0.51 0.51 0.53 Sess ff pend 0 conn 0 lastsess 0
[Frame Type Decode Fail] Ldr; S:N(3KHz) Early= -12.854667 dB, Full -13.515131 dB, Offset= 27.542797 Hz:? MD Decode;5 Type1=H44, Type2=H47, D1= 0.51, D2= 0.51
poor frame type decode
Input peaks = -3967, 3723
Input peaks = -4170, 4321
Input peaks = -4240, 4089
Prior-Offset= -0.399017
EnvelopeCorrelator CorMax:MaxProd= 55.854977? J= 139
[Acquire2ToneLeaderSymbolFraming] intIatMinError= -2
Frame Decode type 3a e4 1b Dist 0.53 0.46 0.46 Sess ff pend 0 conn 0 lastsess 0
[Frame Type Decode Fail] Ldr; S:N(3KHz) Early= -15.164466 dB, Full -14.387924 dB, Offset= 98.886909 Hz:? MD Decode;5 Type1=H3A, Type2=HE4, D1= 0.53, D2= 0.46
poor frame type decode
Input peaks = -4068, 4358
Input peaks = -4204, 4601
Input peaks = -4221, 4339
Input peaks = -4217, 4189
Input peaks = -4031, 4447
Input peaks = -4673, 4362
Input peaks = -4055, 3822
Input peaks = -4186, 4207
Input peaks = -4171, 4784
Input peaks = -4303, 4726
Input peaks = -4088, 4154
Input peaks = -4116, 4287
Input peaks = -4236, 4474
Input peaks = -4313, 4171
Input peaks = -4224, 4299
Input peaks = -4392, 4225
Input peaks = -3940, 3964
Input peaks = -4421, 4429
Input peaks = -4567, 4250
Input peaks = -4494, 4288
Input peaks = -4210, 4129
Input peaks = -4129, 4165
Input peaks = -4323, 4535
Input peaks = -4116, 4312
Input peaks = -3888, 4412
Prior-Offset= -0.686916
EnvelopeCorrelator CorMax:MaxProd= 53.010674? J= 348
[Acquire2ToneLeaderSymbolFraming] intIatMinError= 1
Frame Decode type 70 64 52 Dist 0.58 0.54 0.55 Sess ff pend 0 conn 0 lastsess 0
[Frame Type Decode Fail] Ldr; S:N(3KHz) Early= -14.001026 dB, Full -15.418514 dB, Offset= -58.806438 Hz:? MD Decode;5 Type1=H70, Type2=H64, D1= 0.58, D2= 0.54
poor frame type decode
Input peaks = -4118, 4075
Input peaks = -4770, 4073
Input peaks = -4105, 4417
Input peaks = -4200, 4332
Prior-Offset= 2.879320
EnvelopeCorrelator CorMax:MaxProd= 55.676228? J= 0
[Acquire2ToneLeaderSymbolFraming] intIatMinError= 1
Frame Decode type a e6 19 Dist 0.55 0.52 0.52 Sess ff pend 0 conn 0 lastsess 0
[Frame Type Decode Fail] Ldr; S:N(3KHz) Early= -14.885457 dB, Full -14.542783 dB, Offset= -19.643085 Hz:? MD Decode;5 Type1=HA, Type2=HE6, D1= 0.55, D2= 0.52
poor frame type decode
Input peaks = -4265, 4048
Input peaks = -4377, 4167
Input peaks = -4059, 4217
Prior-Offset= -2.319200
EnvelopeCorrelator CorMax:MaxProd= 57.548824? J= 340
[Acquire2ToneLeaderSymbolFraming] intIatMinError= -1
Frame Decode type f 48 47 Dist 0.64 0.55 0.49 Sess ff pend 0 conn 0 lastsess 0
[Frame Type Decode Fail] Ldr; S:N(3KHz) Early= -13.328594 dB, Full -15.479589 dB, Offset= 10.126694 Hz:? MD Decode;5 Type1=HF, Type2=H48, D1= 0.64, D2= 0.55
poor frame type decode
Input peaks = -4258, 4482
Input peaks = -4330, 4206
Input peaks = -4197, 4376
Input peaks = -872, 813
Input peaks = -3477, 2397
Prior-Offset= 0.579315
EnvelopeCorrelator CorMax:MaxProd= 59.005344? J= 0
[Acquire2ToneLeaderSymbolFraming] intIatMinError= -2
Frame Decode type 73 a f5 Dist 0.51 0.51 0.51 Sess ff pend 0 conn 0 lastsess 0
[Frame Type Decode Fail] Ldr; S:N(3KHz) Early= -12.037540 dB, Full -15.521721 dB, Offset= -91.258080 Hz:? MD Decode;5 Type1=H73, Type2=HA, D1= 0.51, D2= 0.51
poor frame type decode
Input peaks = -4540, 4268
Input peaks = -3945, 4306
Prior-Offset= -0.102943
EnvelopeCorrelator CorMax:MaxProd= 69.505623? J= 91
[Acquire2ToneLeaderSymbolFraming] intIatMinError= -2
Frame Decode type 10 fd 62 Dist 0.58 0.58 0.55 Sess ff pend 0 conn 0 lastsess 0
[Frame Type Decode Fail] Ldr; S:N(3KHz) Early= -14.410958 dB, Full -13.989979 dB, Offset= 58.062309 Hz:? MD Decode;5 Type1=H10, Type2=HFD, D1= 0.58, D2= 0.58
poor frame type decode
Input peaks = -4280, 4153
Input peaks = -4255, 4537
Input peaks = -4313, 4500
Input peaks = -4412, 4018
Input peaks = -4704, 4360
Input peaks = -4577, 4392
Input peaks = -4417, 4342
Input peaks = -4399, 4367
Input peaks = -4113, 4548
Input peaks = -4261, 4108
Input peaks = -4145, 4394
Prior-Offset= -0.072937
EnvelopeCorrelator CorMax:MaxProd= 64.753677? J= 94
[Acquire2ToneLeaderSymbolFraming] intIatMinError= -1
Frame Decode type 38 15 ea Dist 0.49 0.54 0.54 Sess ff pend 0 conn 0 lastsess 0
[Frame Type Decode Fail] Ldr; S:N(3KHz) Early= -13.608656 dB, Full -11.514566 dB, Offset= 92.785034 Hz:? MD Decode;5 Type1=H38, Type2=H15, D1= 0.49, D2= 0.54
poor frame type decode
Input peaks = -4391, 4206
Input peaks = -4105, 4144
?
Re: IC-7300/Pat issues unresolved

 

Hey there, Jason. Thanks for the response. Yes, I open FLRIG and then Pat Menu, Start ARdop modem. On the right hand side of my screen, it shows RIGCTL On and FLRIG On and ARDOP On. I'm able to send messages via telnet but it says it can't QSY when trying to put in the frequency for the destination or by using Aliases. Hope this helps.?

#Config file for Pat Menu
#20200429 KM4ACK
MYCALLSIGN=WD2AJW
MAP=usa
RIGCONTROL=yes
ARDOP="/home/pi/ardop/./piardopc 8515 plughw:2,0 plughw:2,0"
ARDOPGUI="/home/pi/ardop/./piARDOP_GUI"
DIREWOLF="direwolf -p"
KISS="sudo /usr/sbin/kissattach /tmp/kisstnc"
AXP=wl2k
RIG="/usr/local/bin/rigctl -m 4"
MODEHF=USB
MODE2M=FM
PORT=8080
LOG=/home/pi/Documents/mylog.txt
AMRRON=no
Re: Error message Conky

 

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Hi Jason

Thanks for that tip, since I hadn't planned on using the GPS unit while not making any portable outings I

didn't think I needed to install GPS. I will go back and update now and remember to install in future for

any possibility.

Marty kd8bj

On 9/18/21 6:45 AM, km4ack wrote:

You will typically only see "Some err" when you don't have the GPS software installed. Use the BAP update tool and install/reinstall GPS and GPS update tool.
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Re: Error message Conky

 

You will typically only see "Some err" when you don't have the GPS software installed. Use the BAP update tool and install/reinstall GPS and GPS update tool.
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Re: HOWTO: Get Winlink VHF Working Using IC-7100 (or other Icom radio) #icom #pat-mail

 

Great write up! Thanks!
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Re: IC-7300/Pat issues unresolved

 

Anthony,

Do you have FLRIG open before starting the process? Did you use Pat Menu to start the ARDOP modem before attempting a connection? Post a screenshot of your Pat Menu settings please.

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Re: Hotspot Tools won't correctly add a iPhone Hotspot SSID

 

Thanks for the report Dave. It is a in hotspot tools. It is on the schedule to be resolved this fall.

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Re: Conky Maybe

 

I had the same problem when powering by the supply included?and from a usb port on my rigrunner panel.
then tried a buck converter 12v to 5.1v?@4amps with no power supply problems.
if the voltage drops below 5v as some usb port do when loaded down the the warning and rebooting happens



On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 11:43 AM S Johnson <cascadianroot@...> wrote:
You can use the ¡°voltage_v¡± variable in conky to output cpu voltage. That ouputs in volts. There is also ¡°voltage_mv¡± to output ?in millivolts.

something like:

${execi 5 voltage_v}



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HOWTO: Get Winlink VHF Working Using IC-7100 (or other Icom radio) #icom #pat-mail

 

I was having trouble with VHF Winlink on the IC-7100, but now having it working well. I'm making this post so that anyone else who has an IC-7100 (or any recent Icom radio) can see the settings that work and use them as a starting point for their own Winlink VHF station:


I have an IC-7100 and want to try Winlink on 2m. Everything works fine on HF.
I'm using the latest build of BAP.
Pat, Pat Menu, FLrig, Direwolf, AX25 are all installed.
I used the BuildAPi patch tool to update/reinstall direwolf and hamlib as when I duplicated these steps on another pi, it didn't work until I did the update/reinstall.
I get no errors when I run the command, direwolf -p.


FLrig is running and working correctly. I can use FLrig to put the radio into transmit. Here are the relevant FLrig settings for an IC-7100:









NOTE: The FLrig mode is set to FM-D. If you have it set to just FM, it will key the radio, but will not transmit a data packet (that was my original problem!).



Settings:

arecord -l shows:
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 2: CODEC [USB Audio CODEC], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0


My /etc/ax25/axports file says:
wl2k N3JF 1200 255 7 Winlink

My ~/direwolf.conf file has the following changes:
ADEVICE? plughw:2,0
MYCALL N3JF
MODEM 1200
PTT RIG 2 localhost:4532


Pat Menu is set up as follows:


NOTE: You can set "2M Mode for Radio" to "PKTFM". Both work, doesn't seem to make any difference.


To get it working,
1) Start Pat Menu
2) Click Start Packet Modem in Pat Menu
3) Click Action, then Connect
4) Under Transport, chose AX.25
5) Click Show RMS choose the 2m Band and select a nearby station from the drop-down list. The radio will QSY.
6) Click Connect and watch the magic happen.

73,

Julian
IC-7300/Pat issues unresolved

 

Hate to beat a dead horse here but I'm totally frustrated and lost. This is what I get when I start ARdop.. new BAP build from scratch. Flrig and WSJT-x work fine and rig is controlled. Pat just doesn't want to play nice.. any clues here? I've spent the last 3 days trying to figure this out.?

? Subject From Date Message ID 
2021/09/17 16:44:26 Unable to get frequency from rig my-rig: dial tcp 127.0.0.1:4532: connect: connection refused.
2021/09/17 16:44:26 Listening for incoming traffic on ardop,...
2021/09/17 16:44:26 Starting HTTP service (0.0.0.0:8080)...
2021/09/17 16:44:26 Listener ardop failed: ARDOP TNC initialization failed: dial tcp [::1]:8515: connect: connection refused
2021/09/17 16:44:26 Will try to re-establish listener in the background...
2021/09/17 16:44:33 ARDOP TNC (ARDOP TNC_1.0.4.1j-BPQ) initialized
2021/09/17 16:44:33 Listener ardop re-established
Re: RF Noise and Pi

 

Good?to know! Thank you for sharing.

73,
Fred/N7PN

On Fri, Sep 17, 2021, 9:35 AM Neil Wilson <wilson.neilr@...> wrote:
Just been participating in the TAPR DCC and they made an interesting observation that I though worth reposting -

when working with the Pi - The Pi isn't natively grounded even in the shack as it's usually connected via a wall wart so issues with stray dc or noise from connector isn't uncommon, the suggestion given was that?a good way to?resolve this is to use the onboard sound socket as a convenient grounding?point? as the ring sleeve connector is connected to the Pi's ground and connecting this to ground can remove a number?of noise issues.

Neil
VK3IG
Hotspot Tools won't correctly add a iPhone Hotspot SSID

 

I needed to use a cellular data connection last weekend in supporting a 100 mile foot race when our antenna was damaged in a microburst and was unable to ADD and USE my cellphone Hotspot.? I used Hotspot tools to find the SSID and added it but HSToolst left off the second half of the SSID because there was a space in it.

My cellphone SSID is "Daves iPhone" and Hotspot tools only sees "Daves" as the SSID when it stores the new SSID and subsequently it won't connect when I select "Daves".? HS Tools need to capture the whole SSID including the space and work with the full SSID.

Thanks.
Dave - KD7UM
RF Noise and Pi

 

Just been participating in the TAPR DCC and they made an interesting observation that I though worth reposting -

when working with the Pi - The Pi isn't natively grounded even in the shack as it's usually connected via a wall wart so issues with stray dc or noise from connector isn't uncommon, the suggestion given was that?a good way to?resolve this is to use the onboard sound socket as a convenient grounding?point? as the ring sleeve connector is connected to the Pi's ground and connecting this to ground can remove a number?of noise issues.

Neil
VK3IG
Re: Conky Maybe

 

You can use the ¡°voltage_v¡± variable in conky to output cpu voltage. That ouputs in volts. There is also ¡°voltage_mv¡± to output ?in millivolts.

something like:

${execi 5 voltage_v}
Error message Conky

 

Hi

On my Rpi 4 4GB while operating at home without a GPS unit plugged in, using home

wifi I am seeing on the Conky display instead of "No GPS" I think "Some err". I think

I have traced it to the result of a script named "get-grid" which when executed with

the command ./get-grid has an long error starting with "Some error....".

Now in the past operating in this manor I would get on Conky "No GPS" which is what

I would expect now too. In the past there is a file in one of the Conky folders I edited

to echo my grid square to print on the display, which if operating in the field with a

GPS unit plugged in to show the actual grid square from the GPS unit. Used to work

fine.

Any ideas as to what may have changed to this, seems that it should show correctly

as "No GPS" like before. I would like to get back to normal.


Marty kd8bj
Re: Mobilinkd TNC3

 

Don, Thanks for the info. ?As it turns out Mobilinkd responded this morning and assured me that they are alive and well! ?Order placed.
Cliff
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