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Re: New bpq32 install connection refused

 

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Is that the whole of the startup message? You should have lines starting "Initialising Port".

This is probably a stupid question, but does linbpq keep running? Ie does it exit?

To check that the ports are listening, use

netstat -n -a | grep 8008??? ??? ??? ??? ??? (repeat for 8010, 8011)

You should see

tcp??????? 0????? 0 0.0.0.0:8008 ?????????? 0.0.0.0:*?????????????? LISTEN

You should be able to test with telnet 127.0.0.1 8010 or browser to 127.0.0.1:8008 (assuming the browser is on the same machine as linbpq - if not use IP address of the linbpq machine instead of 127.0.0.1

?Not related to your connection refused problem, but your KISS port definition is for a physical TNC connected to the Pi header. For Direwolf you need to use a KISS over TCP connection.

73
John


On 15/02/2021 22:52, Carmine Prestia wrote:

Jeff:

For #1, here is the terminal text after start up:

pi@hampi:~/BPQ $ ./pilinbpq
G8BPQ AX25 Packet Switch System Version 6.0.21.26 February 2021
Copyright ? 2001-2021 John Wiseman G8BPQ
Current Directory is /home/pi/BPQ
?
Configuration file Preprocessor.
Using Configuration file /home/pi/BPQ/bpq32.cfg
Conversion (probably) successful
?
PORTS 0x21f9d8 LINKS 0x222420 DESTS 0x225320 ROUTES 0x22b8b0 L4 0x22d2b0 BUFFERS 0x233778
?
Route/Node recovery file BPQNODES.dat not found - Continuing without it

For #2, I did not think of that but I'll set those ports on the router and see what happens.

Thank you.
Carmine, K3CWP

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Re: New bpq32 install connection refused

 

It's also worth noting that John recommends changing the name of pilinbpq to linbpq before use, and naming that directory that everything is in linbpq.

"I suggest you create a directory linbpq to hold the software and files. The simplest way to download is to use wget. If you use the pi version, rename to linbpq after downloading."


Re: New bpq32 install connection refused

 

If nothing shows that your pi is listening to the ports in the config, it's quite possible that you need to setcap:

sudo setcap "CAP_NET_ADMIN=ep CAP_NET_RAW=ep CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE=ep" pilinbpq



then restart



Re: New bpq32 install connection refused

Carmine Prestia
 

Jeff et al.:

2. On your home router, do you have ports 8008, 8010, 8011 and 10093 forwarded for the IP address of your linbpq machine?

I'm a newbie to RPi and Linux and don't know if I'm doing this right but based on some other posts in another topic I tried the commands netstat, SS, and cat and in none of the reports did I see the above ports as listening.

Could that mean something?

Carmine, K3CWP


Re: New bpq32 install connection refused

 

Some additional things to try:

Given you have vnc access, I would start a web browser on the Pi and try . Also start a terminal session and try this:
telnet 127.0.0.1 8010?
(no colon on the telnet line)?

73
Lee K5DAT?

_._,_._,_


APRSDIGI vs. BPQ32 Beacon

 

I see one 80m BPQ32 system beaconing with an APRS packet rather than the BPQ32 UI beacon capability.? This web page on the APRS BPQ32 feature...

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...has this to say about configuration...

The code is enabled by adding an "APRSDIGI" section to BPQ32.cfg. There is a commented example below. Note that if you enable the APRSDIGI on a port, you should normally disable the normal BPQ32 beacon and Digi functions on that port by setting DIGIFLAG=0 and omitting UNPROTO.

Emphasis added.? I can understand why you should select APRSDIGI "or" the usual BPQ32 beacon.? I was just curious if folks had a preference either way for, say, an 80m Robust Packet port on 3598.

Thanks for any input.

73
John, kx4o


Re: New bpq32 install connection refused

Carmine Prestia
 

Lee:

Does it work if you run pilibbpq as root, e.g. sudo ./pilibbpq

No difference.

Carmine, K3CWP


Re: New bpq32 install connection refused

 

Does it work if you run pilibbpq as root, e.g. sudo ./pilibbpq

Lee K5DAT?


On Mon, Feb 15, 2021, 5:34 PM Carmine Prestia <k3cwp@...> wrote:
Jeff

2. On your home router, do you have ports 8008, 8010, 8011 and 10093 forwarded for the IP address of your linbpq machine?

I set forwarding on HTTP and Telnet for these ports and it made no difference.? My router does have the IP address of the RPi allowed in both directions.

Carmine, K3CWP


Re: New bpq32 install connection refused

Carmine Prestia
 

Jeff

2. On your home router, do you have ports 8008, 8010, 8011 and 10093 forwarded for the IP address of your linbpq machine?

I set forwarding on HTTP and Telnet for these ports and it made no difference.? My router does have the IP address of the RPi allowed in both directions.

Carmine, K3CWP


Re: Linbpq Upgrade

 

Glad to hear it worked. One thing I forgot to mention was the setcap command.

sudo setcap "CAP_NET_ADMIN=ep CAP_NET_RAW=ep CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE=ep" pilinbpq

I usually run that after replacing the older file with the latest.?

73,
Lee K5DAT?


On Sun, Feb 14, 2021, 8:24 PM N1RCW <rwtech61@...> wrote:
Thanks Lee, that worked great! Appreciate the info!


Re: New bpq32 install connection refused

Carmine Prestia
 

Jeff:

For #1, here is the terminal text after start up:

pi@hampi:~/BPQ $ ./pilinbpq
G8BPQ AX25 Packet Switch System Version 6.0.21.26 February 2021
Copyright ? 2001-2021 John Wiseman G8BPQ
Current Directory is /home/pi/BPQ
?
Configuration file Preprocessor.
Using Configuration file /home/pi/BPQ/bpq32.cfg
Conversion (probably) successful
?
PORTS 0x21f9d8 LINKS 0x222420 DESTS 0x225320 ROUTES 0x22b8b0 L4 0x22d2b0 BUFFERS 0x233778
?
Route/Node recovery file BPQNODES.dat not found - Continuing without it

For #2, I did not think of that but I'll set those ports on the router and see what happens.

Thank you.
Carmine, K3CWP

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Re: New bpq32 install connection refused

 

Two questions:

1. In the terminal where you started linbpq, were there any error statements, a few lines after the ports configuring?

2. On your home router, do you have ports 8008, 8010, 8011 and 10093 forwarded for the IP address of your linbpq machine?


New bpq32 install connection refused

Carmine Prestia
 

I know this has been posted before but the messages there don't seem to apply to my situation and confused me as to what exactly was being suggested.

My system is a Raspberry Pi 4B using the HamPi environment.? If I run Direwolf as supplied I can see traffic on the VHF channel 145.030.

Today I installed bpq32 using the detailed instructions from the link?.? This used an interactive dialog to set up a basic configuration.

The system worked and after starting Direwolf I opened another terminal and went to the BPQ directory and ran pilinbpq which seemed to start up the system.

To check it out I went to another system on my network and entered the local IP address of the RPi followed by 8008.? The result is a 'connection refused' message.

From the config file I also tried ports 8010 and 8011.? I tried them without the colon between the IP address and the port and with the colon.? No difference.? I can VNC to the RPi from the other machines as expected.? I have also disabled my firewall on the client machine with no difference.

Here's the configuration file.? I'm at a loss, any help would be appreciated.

; CWP BBS config File
?
SIMPLE? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; This set a whole load of paramters to reasonable defaults
NODECALL=K3CWP-7? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Default node callsign
LOCATOR=FN10bs? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Defailt node location
LINMAIL? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Enable BBS
?
IDINTERVAL=10? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; UI broadcast interval (minutes)
IDMSG:? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; UI broadcast text
Carmine Prestia BBS.? Connect to K3CWP-1.
***
?
CTEXT:? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Connect Message
Welcome to the Carmine Prestia BPQ32 Node.
K3CWP> BBS CONNECT BYE INFO NODES ROUTES PORTS USERS MHEARD
***
?
BTINTERVAL=10? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Beacon interval (minutes)
BTEXT:? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Beacon text
Carmine Prestia BBS.? Connect to K3CWP-1.
***
?
INFOMSG:? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Text for INFO command
This is the BPQ32 Node for the Carmine Prestia.
Sysop K3CWP.
Type BBS to connect to the BBS.
***
?
TNCPORT? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Host Port
? ?COMPORT=/home/pi/BPQ/com10? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Serial connection (created by BPQ)
? ?TYPE=TNC2? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; TNC2,KANT,SCS,DED
? ?APPLNUM=32? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Last Application
? ?APPLFLAGS=6? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Display Connected Message
ENDPORT
?
;? Port 1?
PORT
? ?PORTNUM=1? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Port number
? ?ID=145.030 MHz 1200 bps? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; PORTS command text
? ?TYPE=ASYNC? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; RS232 connection
? ?COMPORT=/dev/ttyAMA0? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Serial port
? ?SPEED=19200? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Serial port speed
? ?PROTOCOL=KISS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; KISS protocol
? ?KISSOPTIONS=PITNC,NOPARAMS? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; KISS options for TNC
? ?CHANNEL=A? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; TNC channel
? ?MAXFRAME=2? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Max outstanding frames
? ?FRACK=7000? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Level 2 timeout (ms)
? ?RESPTIME=1000? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Level 2 delayed ACK (ms)
? ?RETRIES=10? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Level 2 max retries
? ?PACLEN=128? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Max packet length (bytes)
? ?TXDELAY=500? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Transmit keyup delay (ms)
? ?SLOTTIME=100? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; CMSA interval timer (ms)
? ?PERSIST=64? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Persistence (256/(# transmissions-1)
? ?DIGIFLAG=1? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Allow Digipeat on this port
ENDPORT
?
;? Port 2?
PORT
? ?PORTNUM=2? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Port number
? ?ID=Telnet Server? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; PORTS command text
? ?DRIVER=TELNET? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; TCP/IP connection
? ?CONFIG? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Driver specific configuration from here to ENDPORT
? ?LOGGING=1? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Log all connections
? ?DisconnectOnClose=1? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Disconnect on close
? ?TCPPORT=8010? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Port for telnet connections
? ?FBBPORT=8011? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Port for FBB protocol BBS connections
? ?HTTPPORT=8008? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Port for web interface
? ?LOGINPROMPT=user:? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Telnet login prompt
? ?PASSWORDPROMPT=password:? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Telnet password prompt
? ?LOCALECHO=NO? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Do not echo input
? ?MAXSESSIONS=10? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Maxmimum simultaneous connections
? ?CTEXT=CWP BPQ32 Telnet Server\nEnter ? for list of commands\n\n ; Telnet connect message
? ?USER=carmine,Password1234,K3CWP,NODE,SYSOP? ? ? ?; Telnet user
ENDPORT
?
;? Port 3?
PORT
? ?PORTNUM=3? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Port number
? ?ID=AX/IP/UDP? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Displayed by PORTS command
? ?DRIVER=BPQAXIP? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Uses BPQAXIP
? ?QUALITY=220? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Quality factor applied to node broadcasts heard on
? ?MINQUAL=165? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Entries in the nodes table with qualities greater or
? ?MAXFRAME=5? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Max outstanding frames (1 thru 7)
? ?FRACK=3000? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Level 2 timeout in milliseconds
? ?RESPTIME=1000? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Level 2 delayed ack timer in milliseconds
? ?RETRIES=5? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Level 2 maximum retry value
? ?PACLEN=236? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Maximum packet length
? ?CONFIG? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Driver specific configuration from here to ENDPORT
? ?MHEARD? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Keep heard stats
? ?UDP 10093? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; UDP port
? ?AUTOADDMAP? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Automatically add new connections
? ?BROADCAST NODES? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Broadcast
ENDPORT
?
;? Applications?
APPLICATION 1,BBS,,K3CWP-1,CWPBBS,255? ? ? ? ? ? ; BBS Application
APPLICATION 32,TALK,,K3CWP? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Node Application


Re: BPQ32, IC7610, SCS MODEM, VARAHF

 

John

?

Rich NS7K updated the bpq32.dll file on his system

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The radio does transmit ,but shows no power out or alc out unless he switches to d2 manually .

?

Ray N3HYM


Re: Connection refused

Carmine Prestia
 

What was the bad line and the correction.? I'm experiencing the same problem after just installing and configuring bpq32.

Thank you.


Re: Issue with WinRPR driver

 

Ah, yep, found the beta folder in the downloads folder, grabbed the bpq32.zip and unzipped bpq32.dll to SysWOW64. The port works now. Thanks!


Re: Issue with WinRPR driver

 

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You probably don't have the latest BPQ code. The WinRPR driver was added fairly recently. Try the latest Beta version.

73
John

On 15/02/2021 17:36, Aaron AA9AH wrote:

Hello! New BPQ user here. I'm working on getting a BPQ32 installation up and running using WinRPR. I have a VARA license as well so VARA too. Anyway, I'm running into an issue with the WinRPR driver.? VARA is working fine, but when I add the WinRPR port to the config file and start BPQ32, I get an error message: Error loading Driver WINRPR? ? ? - Error code 126. What might I be doing wrong? WinRPR is present at the specified path and it I can run it separately. I have tried starting WinRPR manually and removing the path from the ADDR directive. It's all the same. Running BPQ32 V6.0.21.1. Port config below.

Thanks and 73!
Aaron AA9AH

PORT
?PORTNUM=1
?ID=WinRPR
?DRIVER=WinRPR
?CONFIG
? ADDR 127.0.0.1 8001 PTT CI-V PATH C:\WinRPR\WinRPR.exe
? INTERLOCK=1
? DEFAULT ROBUST
? USEAPPLCALLS
? BEACONAFTERSESSION
? %F 2000
? %B R300
?***
ENDPORT
?
PORT
?PORTNUM=2
?ID=VARA
?DRIVER=VARA
?CONFIG
? ADDR 127.0.0.1 8300 PTT CI-V PATH C:\VARA\VARA.exe
? INTERLOCK=1
? RIGCONTROL
? ?COM1 115200 ICOM IC7300 94 PTTMUX COM5
? ?10,14.103,USB,F1,D,R1,VW
? ?10,7.045,USB,F1,D,R1,VW
? ?10,3.598,USB,F1,D,R1,VW
? ***
?***
ENDPORT


Issue with WinRPR driver

 

Hello! New BPQ user here. I'm working on getting a BPQ32 installation up and running using WinRPR. I have a VARA license as well so VARA too. Anyway, I'm running into an issue with the WinRPR driver.? VARA is working fine, but when I add the WinRPR port to the config file and start BPQ32, I get an error message: Error loading Driver WINRPR? ? ? - Error code 126. What might I be doing wrong? WinRPR is present at the specified path and it I can run it separately. I have tried starting WinRPR manually and removing the path from the ADDR directive. It's all the same. Running BPQ32 V6.0.21.1. Port config below.

Thanks and 73!
Aaron AA9AH

PORT
?PORTNUM=1
?ID=WinRPR
?DRIVER=WinRPR
?CONFIG
? ADDR 127.0.0.1 8001 PTT CI-V PATH C:\WinRPR\WinRPR.exe
? INTERLOCK=1
? DEFAULT ROBUST
? USEAPPLCALLS
? BEACONAFTERSESSION
? %F 2000
? %B R300
?***
ENDPORT
?
PORT
?PORTNUM=2
?ID=VARA
?DRIVER=VARA
?CONFIG
? ADDR 127.0.0.1 8300 PTT CI-V PATH C:\VARA\VARA.exe
? INTERLOCK=1
? RIGCONTROL
? ?COM1 115200 ICOM IC7300 94 PTTMUX COM5
? ?10,14.103,USB,F1,D,R1,VW
? ?10,7.045,USB,F1,D,R1,VW
? ?10,3.598,USB,F1,D,R1,VW
? ***
?***
ENDPORT


Re: BPQ32, IC7610, SCS MODEM, VARAHF

 

The radio settings are D1 for ACC and D2 for USB.
However, transmitting on the USB soundmodem via the BPQ32, the radio stays on D1. I just tested this.
I cannot speak to the IC-7610.
The system is accessed everyday by folks using either PACTOR or VARA. The only thing not used is the RPR that is included in the SCS config.
73, JohnF


On Sun, Feb 14, 2021 at 5:43 PM Ray Adkins <N3hym1@...> wrote:
JohnF

How an what settings do you have setup in the radio itself to get this function to work/

Ray N3HYM


Re: BPQ32, IC7610, SCS MODEM, VARAHF

 

Rich,

I've uploaded new versions of BPQ32 and LinBPQ that should work with the IC7610 with SCS and VARA using D1. You need to use PTT_SETS_INPUT in the Rigcontrol Config.

Could you try it and let me know if it works?

Thanks,
John

On 14/02/2021 23:18, RICHARD G FISHER Owner wrote:
John
If I use D1 get no power out
on VARA if use D2 works fine in VARA
Rich NS7K

----- Original Message -----
From: John Feist <wq6n73@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sun, 14 Feb 2021 17:20:46 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: [bpq32] BPQ32, IC7610, SCS MODEM, VARAHF

Hi Rich, my IC7600 operates as JohnW mentioned. Both the SCS Dragon, on the
ACC, and the VARA HF, on the USB soundmodem, use the same USB-D1. For 20m
and above they both use LSB-D1.
I am curious if ICOM made a firmware change that forces the use of D2?
Another wonderful thing is that I can assign a different antenna to the
desired band. For me, I use 10-40m on antenna 1 and 80m on antenna 2. No
manual switching is needed.
73, JohnF


On Sun, Feb 14, 2021 at 1:52 PM RICHARD G FISHER Owner <
rfisher590@...> wrote:

John
My SCS modem is connected to ACC USB D!
and to use the sound card in the radio it has to be USB D2 don't know if
this
will help.
Thank you for all your hard work
Rich NS;7K

----- Original Message -----
From: John G8BPQ <john.wiseman@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sun, 14 Feb 2021 04:12:05 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: [bpq32] BPQ32, IC7610, SCS MODEM, VARAHF


The code does not have support for the IC7610. With the IC7600 the
rig is left in Data 1 when using sound card modes, but the input
source is switched from ACC to USB when transmitting. Would the same
approach be ok for the 7610 as well?


73,

John

On 13/02/2021 21:35, RICHARD G FISHER
Owner wrote:



Any help with BPQ32 I am running a IC7610 and SCS modem and trying
to use VARAHF

everything works great until I try and connect to the VARA part.
I am running the

SCS modem on D1 and VARA on D2 it will not automatic change from
D1 to D2 it still

thinks it should be in D1. If I change the radio manually to D2
VARA works great.

I can send a copy of my config file. Ray helped me get this far.

Rich NS7K