Re: Node Announcement Text File?
On 4/25/23 15:05, PacketCat Red PE1RRR
wrote:
On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 12:02 PM, Chuck Gelm wrote:
On 4/25/23 10:06, Bruce Colburn via groups.io wrote:
I do NOT want to put this within the BBS information
Hi, Bruce:
How about within the NODE information?
See: bpq32.cfg near "INFOMSG:".
73, Chuck
Hi Chuck/Bruce
Just gonna chip, good suggestion for regular static info, but that
NODEINFO isn¡¯t easily updated without restarting the node and is
limited in size, it has a max length before it will break the
config processor.
73
Red
Hi, Red:
Oh!
Then maybe back to Bruce's suggestion.
Setting a CALLSIGN-SSID::APP that will send a .txt file.
I am leery, though. I would not want to unknowingly connect to the
node-SSID via a 300/1200 baud circuit
and be sent a 10kB+ file.?
My Node/BBS also has an AREDN port which, just tested, is getting
12.8 Mbits/sec to a remote network switch.
73, Chuck
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Re: Node Announcement Text File?
On 4/25/23 14:54, Bruce Colburn via groups.io wrote: After diving through some of the information, this coupled with a local install of apache on the Pi to serve up web pages will be a great solution. The local install of a web service would resolve the issue of not having internet service but still providing the local information (Home WX station data, local net info, and the local internet status too). Pretty much sets the sky as the limit on this solution, couple probably be coupled with PHP scripted pages that could be used to trigger other items within the OS or station if I wanted to go that far also. Again thanks!
Greg - N3BYR Hi, Greg: I thought BPQ32 already had a web server with working directory: pi@nc8q-bpq:~/linbpq $ locate favicon1.ico /home/pi/linbpq/HTML/favicon1.ico 73, Chuck
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Re: Node Announcement Text File?
On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 12:02 PM, Chuck Gelm wrote:
On 4/25/23 10:06, Bruce Colburn via groups.io wrote:
I do NOT want to put this within the BBS information
Hi, Bruce:
How about within the NODE information?
See: bpq32.cfg near "INFOMSG:".
73, Chuck
Hi Chuck/Bruce Just gonna chip, good suggestion for regular static info, but that NODEINFO isn¡¯t easily updated without restarting the node and is limited in size, it has a max length before it will break the config processor. 73 Red
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Re: Node Announcement Text File?
On 4/25/23 10:06, Bruce Colburn via groups.io wrote: I do NOT want to put this within the BBS information Hi, Bruce: How about within the NODE information? See: bpq32.cfg near "INFOMSG:". 73, Chuck
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Re: Node Announcement Text File?
After diving through some of the information, this coupled with a local install of apache on the Pi to serve up web pages will be a great solution. The local install of a web service would resolve the issue of not having internet service but still providing the local information (Home WX station data, local net info, and the local internet status too). Pretty much sets the sky as the limit on this solution, couple probably be coupled with PHP scripted pages that could be used to trigger other items within the OS or station if I wanted to go that far also. Again thanks!
Greg - N3BYR
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Re: Node Announcement Text File?
Hi Bruce,
This is super to hear, if you get stuck getting it going, let me know so I can update the docs accordingly.
Thanks!
73
Red
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Re: Node Announcement Text File?
I am actually running linBPQ on a Pi 4 - I guess it would have helped to state that. I grew up on *nix, I had to learn Windows later and hate it (Work in IT/CyberSec). This right here appears as though it may solve what I am looking for *and* a little more. Much appreciated sir!
Greg - N3BYR
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Re: Node Announcement Text File?
If you ran linBPQ rather than (i am presuming windows) you could make use of this: If you want a demo, find my node PE1RRR-7 and then connect to PE1RRR-10. It¡¯ll be able to display anything you want in text of HTML format (as formatted text).  Windows does not have the services that this requires. You could convert to a Linux system with VARA as well: 73 Red
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Re: Node Announcement Text File?
Added thought: When I say dump the text file - I mean just literally it sends the text from file, not a file transfer - just display/send the text from that specific file.
Greg - N3BYR
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Node Announcement Text File?
Good Morning,
Not even sure how to begin with a thought I have on my current BPQ32 implementation. I am new to BPQ and picked up the torch for our area, an older Ham was running our RMS gateway on 2m packet and had an equipment failure (was running BPQ), he is wanting to slow down on some items so I took up the RMS gateway (Had to rebuild from scratch) and have added BPQChat, BBS Relay for RMS, I am about to implement VARA HF (Have the configs done/tested), and I have one last item (Below) I want to sort if possible. Being an ARES member and the only station in our area with a 24/7 Battery/Solar station it made sense for me to pick it up the gateway as an EmComm resource... I hope its never needed as such, but its ready, tested, and available. My Qth also makes it prime along with the station towers (crank downs to get it out of the weather when it hits and quickly back up) and location since it is reachable by almost all the surrounding areas.
The last item I want to attempt is an additional application on the node, but I do NOT want to put this within the BBS information, most connections are not going to bother digging into the BBS. The Application (and SSID associated to it) would simply dump a text file to the connected station. In the case of a connection to the SSID directly (e.g., N3BYR-3), it would connect, dump the text file to the station, and disconnect. In the case of application selection from the primary node (in this case N3BYR-7), if the user selected by typing the option "NodeDoc" like they would with CHAT or BBS or CMS, it would run that application line to drop the text, and return to node (STAY) if the S option was used.
The drive behind the idea of having a Text file that BPQ can essentially dump to a connecting station, is having a quick way to pull a few items I plan to list on the text file. These would include important ARES stations to reach, any upcoming nets or exercises on recurring basis, associated frequency lists for the area, and a weather report/condition (I'd write my own code to pull WX data and add into the text doc at intervals). I think having this would be good for quick glance information, and more "Up Front available" to the local area packet stations instead of digging into the BBS looking for a bulletin or message.
Is there already a method in BPQ to do this, or has someone else done this? Most the other settings in BPQ are easy to google and configure, not even sure where to start with querying google or the BPQ site to approach this... thanks ahead of time!
Greg - N3BYR
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Hi Martin.
So far the approach of editing the txt file as you directed yielded the answer.? Thanks kindly...
Jer K4WOF
------- Original Message -------
On Monday, April 24th, 2023 at 9:22 AM, Martin Richards <martinontheroad@...> wrote:
Easy sleuthing in this case - edit things then run "ls -lsart /usr/bin/linbpq" and see what files changed most recently :-)
Assuming it's your own location you're trying to change, you should be able to do it from the command line.? So after youv'e connected by typing "CHAT", then "/Q" will show your current location and "/Q Abingdon" will set it
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Re: piBPQAPRS, segmentation fault
cannot edit posts here ugh-
pi3 B
buster
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Re: piBPQAPRS, segmentation fault
Hello-
Started getting segmentation faults recently. igate was reporting "APRS Igate connect failed"? also which seems to happen sometimes but a restart of bpq usually solves. This was a long list of igate could not start then seg fault. Only change I am aware of was reconnecting a radio to the pi and using APRS more. I did not have a radio hooked up for a long time but APRS was not commented out/changed either. Having to run a VPN this past week as my ISP has some ports blocked which I am working on w them. What does APRS need to connect- specific ports/access to aprs.fi, etc? aprs.fi loads fin on same pi as BPQ.
Version 6.0.23.63
Not sure what version of aprs I am running.
Clifford - KK6QMS
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Re: linbpq reconnection bug / misconfiguration / misunderstanding ?
It looks like packets are being acked normally, but not passed to
the command handler. I'll look into it
73,
John
On 24/04/2023 19:37, PacketCat Red
PE1RRR wrote:
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Hi all,
If it¡¯s not clear to anyone reading, I have ¡ª-commented¡ª- where
it looks like it is going wrong and what should be expected as
normal behaviour.
Connect from TNC with "c g6fji"
?
10:27:03R
G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <C C P>
10:27:03T
G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <UA R F>
10:27:09R
G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <I C P S0 R0>:
?
10:27:09T
G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <RR R F R1>
10:27:10T
G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <I C P S0 R1>:
ABNGDN:G6FJI} BBS
CHAT HARS PADDLE WX CONNECT BYE INFO NODES PORTS ROUTES USERS
MHEARD
10:27:12R
G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <RR R F R1>
?
?Power cycle TNC;
Connect with "c g6fji"
?
10:27:32R
G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <C C P>
¡ªSABM- THIS MAY
BE EXPECTED TO RESET THE OLD LINK¡ª
?
10:27:32T
G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <UA R F>
¡ª- ANTICIPATED BEHAVIOUR: A FRESH CONNECTION. NODE IS
ONLY AWARE THAT PACKETS ARE NO LONGER IN SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE
HAS BEEN INTERRUPTED¡ª
(Eventually this should force the node to send a DISC to the
client, given enough time for the timeout to occur, but does
it?)
10:27:37R
G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <I C P S0 R0>:
?
10:27:37T
G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <RR R F R1>
10:27:42R
G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <I C P S1 R0>:
?
10:27:42T
G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <RR R F R2>
¡ª-STATE APPEARS TO BE STUCK ¡ª-
?
?On TNC, Ctrl-C then
DISC
?
10:27:48R
G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <D C P>
¡ª-DISC- THIS SUCCESSFULLY ABORTS THE CONNECTION. ¡ª
10:27:48T G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <UA R F>
¡ªDISC ACKED¡ª?
?Connect from TNC again
¡ª-±·°¿¸é²Ñ´¡³¢¡ª
?
10:27:55R
G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <C C P>
10:27:55T
G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <UA R F>
10:27:59R
G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <I C P S0 R0>:
?
10:27:59T
G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <RR R F R1>
10:27:59T
G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <I C P S0 R1>:
ABNGDN:G6FJI} BBS
CHAT HARS PADDLE WX CONNECT BYE INFO NODES PORTS ROUTES USERS
MHEARD
10:28:01R
G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <RR R F R1>
10:28:04R
G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <I C P S1 R1>:
bye
10:28:04T
G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <RR R F R2>
10:28:04T
G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <D C P>
10:28:06R
G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <UA R F>
73
Red
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Re: linbpq reconnection bug / misconfiguration / misunderstanding ?
Hi all,
If it¡¯s not clear to anyone reading, I have ¡ª-commented¡ª- where it looks like it is going wrong and what should be expected as normal behaviour.
Connect from TNC with "c g6fji"
?
10:27:03R G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <C C P>
10:27:03T G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <UA R F>
10:27:09R G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <I C P S0 R0>:
?
10:27:09T G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <RR R F R1>
10:27:10T G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <I C P S0 R1>:
ABNGDN:G6FJI} BBS CHAT HARS PADDLE WX CONNECT BYE INFO NODES PORTS ROUTES USERS MHEARD
10:27:12R G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <RR R F R1>
?
?Power cycle TNC; Connect with "c g6fji"
?
10:27:32R G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <C C P>
¡ªSABM- THIS MAY BE EXPECTED TO RESET THE OLD LINK¡ª
?
10:27:32T G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <UA R F>
¡ª- ANTICIPATED BEHAVIOUR: A FRESH CONNECTION. NODE IS ONLY AWARE THAT PACKETS ARE NO LONGER IN SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE HAS BEEN INTERRUPTED¡ª
(Eventually this should force the node to send a DISC to the client, given enough time for the timeout to occur, but does it?)
10:27:37R G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <I C P S0 R0>:
?
10:27:37T G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <RR R F R1>
10:27:42R G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <I C P S1 R0>:
?
10:27:42T G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <RR R F R2>
¡ª-STATE APPEARS TO BE STUCK ¡ª-
?
?On TNC, Ctrl-C then DISC
?
10:27:48R G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <D C P>
¡ª-DISC- THIS SUCCESSFULLY ABORTS THE CONNECTION. ¡ª
10:27:48T G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <UA R F>
¡ªDISC ACKED¡ª?
?Connect from TNC again
¡ª-±·°¿¸é²Ñ´¡³¢¡ª
?
10:27:55R G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <C C P>
10:27:55T G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <UA R F>
10:27:59R G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <I C P S0 R0>:
?
10:27:59T G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <RR R F R1>
10:27:59T G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <I C P S0 R1>:
ABNGDN:G6FJI} BBS CHAT HARS PADDLE WX CONNECT BYE INFO NODES PORTS ROUTES USERS MHEARD
10:28:01R G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <RR R F R1>
10:28:04R G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <I C P S1 R1>:
bye
10:28:04T G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <RR R F R2>
10:28:04T G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <D C P>
10:28:06R G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <UA R F>
73
Red
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Easy sleuthing in this case - edit things then run "ls -lsart /usr/bin/linbpq" and see what files changed most recently :-)
Assuming it's your own location you're trying to change, you should be able to do it from the command line.? So after youv'e connected by typing "CHAT", then "/Q" will show your current location and "/Q Abingdon" will set it
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Thank you Martin.? Location entered on that screen does affect Map Popup, however, has no effect on QTH - at least with my setup.
BUT editing /usr/bin/linbpq/STUsers.txt as you directed WORKED!
You're a good sleuth
? Jer K4WOF
------- Original Message -------
On Monday, April 24th, 2023 at 7:37 AM, Martin Richards <martinontheroad@...> wrote:
In the web interface, there's this map position field under "Chat Mgmt" then "Configuration" - is that what you're after?
This gets written to /usr/bin/linbpq/chatconfig.cfg
Individual user locations (set with the /QTH command) get written to /usr/bin/linbpq/STUsers.txt
Martin
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In the web interface, there's this map position field under "Chat Mgmt" then "Configuration" - is that what you're after?  This gets written to?/usr/bin/linbpq/chatconfig.cfg Individual user locations (set with the /QTH command) get written to?/usr/bin/linbpq/STUsers.txt Martin
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Thanks John.?
I could be looking and not seeing "actions, update" - or that capability is present for Windows, and handled differently in Linbpq.? Still searching.
jer
Sent with secure email.
------- Original Message -------
On Sunday, April 23rd, 2023 at 9:44 PM, John - wb4moz <wb4moz@...> wrote:
Jerry
In the chat window goto actions-update chat map info..
73 John wb4moz
On 4/23/2023 7:30 PM, j.lineback via
groups.io wrote:
For purposes of editing, from where is the Chat QTH sourced? The
Chat screen QTH does not match anything I have so far found.
Thanks group!
Jer K4WOF
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Re: linbpq reconnection bug / misconfiguration / misunderstanding ?
I see the same behaviour.? Traces below are from linbpq running on Ubuntu as G6FJI and a Tiny-2 TNC running as G6FJI-3
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>>> Connect from TNC with "c g6fji"
?
10:27:03R G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <C C P>
10:27:03T G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <UA R F>
10:27:09R G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <I C P S0 R0>:
?
10:27:09T G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <RR R F R1>
10:27:10T G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <I C P S0 R1>:
ABNGDN:G6FJI} BBS CHAT HARS PADDLE WX CONNECT BYE INFO NODES PORTS ROUTES USERS MHEARD
10:27:12R G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <RR R F R1>
?
>>> Power cycle TNC; Connect with "c g6fji"
?
10:27:32R G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <C C P>
10:27:32T G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <UA R F>
10:27:37R G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <I C P S0 R0>:
?
10:27:37T G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <RR R F R1>
10:27:42R G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <I C P S1 R0>:
?
10:27:42T G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <RR R F R2>
?
>>> On TNC, Ctrl-C then DISC
?
10:27:48R G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <D C P>
10:27:48T G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <UA R F>
?
>>> Connect from TNC again
?
10:27:55R G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <C C P>
10:27:55T G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <UA R F>
10:27:59R G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <I C P S0 R0>:
?
10:27:59T G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <RR R F R1>
10:27:59T G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <I C P S0 R1>:
ABNGDN:G6FJI} BBS CHAT HARS PADDLE WX CONNECT BYE INFO NODES PORTS ROUTES USERS MHEARD
10:28:01R G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <RR R F R1>
10:28:04R G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <I C P S1 R1>:
bye
10:28:04T G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <RR R F R2>
10:28:04T G6FJI>G6FJI-3 Port=1 <D C P>
10:28:06R G6FJI-3>G6FJI Port=1 <UA R F>
?
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Red R. R. Tuby (PE1RRR)
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