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Hi Steve,
Every time when you did have an update of VARA AND Windows check your soundsettings.
It happend that it is changed to standard settings.


I hope this will help
' 73
Peter , PE1DCD

Yes, The KISS interface is a non ACK mode ,

Broadcast mode, that is? also? used as? ''Chat mode''
where? all? can? see traffic?

73-G

Hi Steve?

Email this directly to Jose on the? help line?

73-Graham
g0nbd?

In practicing for an upcoming SET a number of our group have been unable to use latest VARA FM version .7 and have retreated to earlier versions. In my case, I was unable to ping or Autotune my mobile station to a known properly adjusted station (my home QTH RMS node, which ironically was running version .7).

Using Autotune, version .7 called out VU of 0 db and thus wanted less receive, but I couldn’t reduce it either in sound panel settings (mic was already at zero) or by reducing the DRA pot (there was no sweet spot until the signal totally dropped). ?Plus, the VU meter showed no deflection, all of which suggested a VARA FM problem.

?I had updated the mobile several weeks ago to VARA FM version .7. ?Reinstalled version .3 (did not have ?.5 handy)and it works like a charm. No other changes were made.?

My experience is consistent with several of the group who have abandoned ?version .7 for an earlier version.?

This problem is somewhat random, since as noted my RMS node is running version .7 with no apparent problem.?

Any thoughts welcome.?

I think that Vara was born to have ACK... look at the manual of VarAC, where explains what VARA is

Pietro I2OIM

As a retired IT guy, I'm a both/and instead of an either/or kinda guy. MS/Linux/Apple all have their place. My first bread and butter system was PL/1 on IBM OS/360 50 years ago and haven't stopped yet. I did retire in 2019 though. One thing that stayed true over all that time was "Pick the apps you need first, then buy the box that runs them". Even more true when we're running hobby apps written by one guy.

I love R Pies, own them (Direwolf anyone?) and have put various flavors of linux on many boxes. But there's are a lot of amazingly powerful Intel/AMD mini PCs on the market now with prices below $200 that are just waiting to get an Ubuntu partition, I recently got one () quad core, 3.4 gHz, 16 gig ram, 500 gig ssd, Win 11 pro installed for $179. Ubuntu loves it, too.

Here's an article I read recently that I think made sense, and describe the best use cases for R Pi:

Hope this helps...
Jeff KN8A

Only the broadcast, beacon and CQ calls of VarAC.

Why would you not want ARQ? It puts the mode in a league above Olivia, etc. Vara is as good as Pactor 3 (I only have a Pactor 3 modem, so cannot compare with the even more expensive Pactor 4), at a fraction of the cost.

73 Dave

Wondering if there is a non "ack" mode like Olivia, rtty, and many others. I don't know the terminology. Thx.?

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Porting over to Linux depends upon his time, of course, but more importantly how VARA is coded. If there are lots of hooks into Windows, that would make porting or conversion very difficult.

Regards
Dave N4CVX
Linux user since 1998 & now Certified Linux Administrator

Anyone volunteer to persuade EA5HVK / José into making a binary version that run on Linux ?

There are a large number of Linux users,Raspberry/Orange/* – Pi users who mostly run Linux in addition to a substantial fraction who run Linux on x86 on our laptops.
A Linux version would probably generate some more revenue also.

How much request have he received from the Linux users ? Maybe it’s possible to talk him into building a Linux version ?


Regards? / 73 ,
Ole

I'd be happy if EA5HVK / José were to make available a binary blob we could use - perhaps he'd consider that while also protecting his source code.

Curious why you have to shut down Packet to tune VARA FM?? ?I "ping" all the time with Packet open.

John, Thanks. I ?assumed that was the case but wanted to check before offering my RMS as a digipeater for our upcoming SET. I have had to shut down RMS Packet when auto tuning or pinging with VARA FM with a neighboring station.?

VARA FM will digipeat while RMS Packet is running or if VARA FM is running alone. I'm pretty sure that if someone is connected to the RMS Packet gateway through VARA FM then it won't digipeat.

73
John Denison
KD5YOU

Will VARA FM digipeat when running in RMS Packet, or does RMS Packet have to be turned off to let VARA FM run alone?

Given enough demand your (mine and many others) it might come true. However, more proable it might not be possible to get EA5HVK / José to build a version for Linux, let provide an open source version.??
It's a pity, but I would bet on development of an open source project to provide something similar performance wise.?
Emulating x86 with box86, using Wine and Pat provide a viable option, far from perfect but ok.

73 Ole / LB4PJ?

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Guess what.? The problem is caused by Windows Remote Desktop.
Despite the fact this was correctly set up not to change the Audio settings (but leave these playing on the remote PC) it *still* stuffed up the audio systems.
Specifically the VARA-FM interface.? NOT the VARA-HF interface!

When I attached another VARA-HF to the second audio interface, nothing happened.
But the moment VARA-FM is running, and *then* I would connect to the PC with Remore Desktop, VARA-FM would immediately lose the connection to the audio interface.
While the VARA-HF just kept working normally.

I am now using "Remote Utilities" and all problems are solved.

Still: There is an issue with VARA-FM in this situation.

Bart ZL4FOX