Hi,
I’m new to the raspberry 4 and build a pi. I have most everything working bit grid square on Conky. The GPS works off the IC-705 only by itself, this was confirmed by gpsd check. If it’s running I can’t operate FLRIG or VNC. I have to turn off the 705 reboot raspberry then turn on 705 after the raspberry is on, then GPS no longer works and FLRIG and VNC operate fine.

this group has helped immensely getting up and running, Can someone point me in the right direction to solve this problem. Thanks!
Paul WD8SCV

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On Sep 12, 2021, at 7:31 AM, km4ack <jason.oleham@...> wrote:

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Hi,
I’m new to the raspberry 4 and build a pi. I have most everything working bit grid square on Conky. The GPS works off the IC-705 only by itself, this was confirmed by gpsd check. If it’s running I can’t operate FLRIG or VNC. I have to turn off the 705 reboot raspberry then turn on 705 after the raspberry is on, then GPS no longer works and FLRIG and VNC operate fine.

this group has helped immensely getting up and running, Can someone point me in the right direction to solve this problem. Thanks!

By running:
ls /dev/serial/by-id/
you will find there are two listings for the 705 which are something similar to:
usb-Icom_Inc._IC-705_IC-705_12007996-if00
usb-Icom_Inc._IC-705_IC-705_12007996-if02

The one that ends in "if00" is the one that should be used in FLRIG and the one that ends in "if02" should be used for the GPS connection. This will avoid the conflict. First use the GPS update tool and set the GPS to the one ending in "if02" and then configure FLRIG to use the other one and you should be good.

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On Sep 15, 2021, at 7:11 AM, km4ack <jason.oleham@...> wrote:

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Still don’t have it posting Gridsquare to Conky

Did you use the GPS update tool and pick the one ending in "if02"?

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On Sep 17, 2021, at 7:54 AM, km4ack <jason.oleham@...> wrote:

?On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 07:32 PM, Paul wrote:

Problem solved,

I have to be careful that the 705 has a GPS signal before I turn the Pi on. ?Then the first time I had no grid square showing and went to a old post and found your command for checking and showing gridsquare, copy and paste, and problems solved.?

Looking forward to trying it on a POTA activation real soon.?

Thanks,

Paul?

WD8SCV?

Another way to tackle this is to restart gpsd. Often I fire up my pi even before I have it connected to the radio. Once the 705 is connected and the GPS has a lock, run:
sudo systemctl restart gpsd
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I plan on adding a shortcut for this in the GPS update tool at some point in the future.

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On Sep 23, 2021, at 7:39 AM, km4ack <jason.oleham@...> wrote:

?On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 07:00 AM, Paul wrote:

Hi Jason,

To continue on the same subject. The Pi when shut down and restarted needs to go back to the GPS tool and select the 02 port because 00 is always there on startup?

Then I need to go.?

/home/pi/bin/conky/grid

cat/run/user/$UID/gridinfo.txt?

To get grid square on conky

Any suggestions on how to simplify this?

Thanks for your fantastic work!

Paul WD8SCV?

When you open the GPS update tool, it only shows you a list. It doesn't show you what is actually selected at the time. It will always show "if00" first in your case.

With that said, I just released a new version of the GPS update tool. You can use the BAP update tool to get the latest version of the GPS tool. The only addition was a button on the main screen to restart gpsd. After the radio is powered on and has a GPS lock, open the GPS update tool and click the new button. Give it 3 to 5 minutes and you should see your grid in Conky. I'll have time in a couple of weeks to circle back to this issue and see if I can automate the process for 705 users. It is one of the things that annoys me about the 705.
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