I am in the planning stages of adding VARA to an up and running LinBPQ site that is using Direwolf for VHF. Our intention is to use a CAT controlled radio that has yet to be acquired. On my test system at home, I have VARA, Flrig, hamlib and of course Wine on a Pi 4B. I have successfully controlled my IC-7300 from a test version of LinBPQ running on a Pi 3. I have also used the same instance of VARA with Pat from other platforms, both Linux and Windows.

It would be simpler and less disruptive to add VARA to the live site by adding a second Pi with VARA and friends already configured. Then, all I would have to do is add the VARA Radio and Port to the existing version of LinBPQ. That leads to two questions:

• Is running separate platforms an acceptable solution? Is there and upside or downside or is this neutral other than expense.
• How do you autostart VARA, FLRIG and Hamlib? This has to be tackled regardless. I’m using the systemd method on our live site.

I appreciate the help I have recieved here in the past. This project is moving slowly because we don't have internet at the site but it is coming.

Dave Menges

Problem Solve.

73 de Jean

VA2OM / VE2PKT

On 2024-06-09 19:50, Jean Létourneau via groups.io wrote:

Any one else have this error?


23:40:16 10 *** [1] Secure login failed - account password does not match. - Disconnecting (166.62.170.54)<cr>
23:40:17 10 *** Protocol Error - Line should start with 'F'<cr>

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Thank you John,?

I did have INTERLINK=1 in both ports but I moved the line up under the Driver line in the?
ARDOP port, same location it is in on the VARA HF port, works fine now.

Glenn/N3MEL

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Glenn,

Have you set the same INTERLOCK value on the VARA and ARDOP ports? That is how BPQ knows they share a radio.

73,
John

Current Config file - Original config only differed by having the silent key station listing in mapping...

=======Config File Start Paste======
; Configuration sets created by Greg N3BYR

;SIMPLE ? ? ? ? ? ? ; This set a whole load of paramters to reasonable defaults

BBS=1
BTINTERVAL=60
BUFFERS=999
C_IS_CHAT=1
FULL_CTEXT=1
HIDENODES=0
IDINTERVAL=15
IDLETIME=900
L3TIMETOLIVE=25
L4DELAY=10
L4RETRIES=3
L4TIMEOUT=60
L4WINDOW=4
ENABLE_LINKED=A
MAXCIRCUITS=128
MAXNODES=250
MAXHOPS=4
MAXLINKS=64
MAXROUTES=64
MAXRTT=90
MINQUAL=150
NODE=1
NODESINTERVAL=0
OBSINIT=6
OBSMIN=5
PACLEN=236
AUTOSAVE=1
SAVEMH=1
T3=180


;EXCLUDE= ? ? ? ? ; The banned list

LOCATOR=EM82DN ? ? ? ??
MAPCOMMENT=Mid GA Data Network (ARES)<BR>Access: RMS, BBS, CHAT, WEB, AREDN<BR>VHF Station 65w @ 45' AGL<BR> HF Station 65w @ 12' NVIS<BR>VHF: 145.030Mhz 1200 Packet 24/7<BR> HF: 14.105LSB/7.104LSB Mhz 300 Packet Day/Night<BR> VARA: HF dial 14.1017USB/7.104LSB N3BYR-10 RMS Gateway<BR>Solar Powered Station @ 415' ASL<BR>
NODECALL=N3BYR-7 ? ?; Default Node Callsign
NODEALIAS=WARTWN


IDINTERVAL=30
IDMSG:
MidGAData Network - EM82DN - HF/VHF - SSID -10 RMS, -12 CHAT, -1 BBS, -7 DIGI/SWITCH - VARA/PKT
***
INFOMSG:
Welcome to the Middle Georgia Data Netowrk and Tri-County ARES.
This station is operated and hosted by N3BYR in Warner Robins, GA
and node connections are available 24/7. Due to local WX Condx. the
node will occasionally shift to either a WX antenna system or suspend
operation. SYSOP can be contacted via N3BYR@... or you
can visit www.n3byr.com for more information.
***

CTEXT:
Welcome to the ARES & Mid GA Data Network hosted by N3BYR. www.n3byr.com for more information.
***




PORT ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Telnet Port
? ? PORTNUM=1 ? ?
? ? HIDE=1
? ? ID=Telnet Server
? ? DRIVER=TELNET
? ? CONFIG
? ? LOGGING=1
? ? CMS=1 ; Enable CMS Gateway
? ? CMSCALL=N3BYR
? ? CMSPASS=*** ; Secure CMS Password
? ? HTTPPORT=8090 ; Port used for Web Management
? ? TCPPORT=8010 ; Port for Telnet Access
? ? FBBPORT=8011 ; Not required, but allows monitoring using BPQTermTCP
? ? CMDPORT=63004 ;63008
? ? MAXSESSIONS=12
? ? FALLBACKTORELAY=1
? ? ?RELAYHOST=127.0.0.1
? ? ?RELAYAPPL=BBS
? ? CloseOnDisconnect=1 ; Close Telent Session when Node disconnects
? ? USER=*
? ? USER=*
? ? USER=*
? ? USER=*
? ? USER=*
? ? USER=*
? ??
ENDPORT

PORT ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; KAM TNC
? ? ? ? PORTNUM=2 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??
? ? ? ? ID=VHF Packet Station 1200bps ? ; Displayed by PORTS command
? ? ? ? TYPE=ASYNC ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Port is RS232
? ? ? ? PROTOCOL=KISS ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; TNC is used in KISS or JKISS mode
? ? ? ? FULLDUP=0 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Only meaningful for KISS or JKISS devices
? ? ? ? COMPORT=COM3
? ? ? ? SPEED=9600 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; RS232 COM PORT SPEED
? ? ? ? CHANNEL=A ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; A for single channel TNC, A or B for multichannel
? ? ? ? PERSIST=64 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; PERSIST=256/(# of transmitters-1)
? ? ? ? SLOTTIME=100 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; CMSA interval timer in milliseconds
? ? ? ? TXDELAY=400 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Transmit keyup delay in milliseconds
? ? ? ? TXTAIL=50 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; TX key down, in milliseconds, at packet end
? ? ? ? MINQUAL=236 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Only broadcast essential nodes
? ? ? ? QUALITY=90 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Quality factor applied to node broadcasts heard on
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; this port, unless overridden by a locked route
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; entry. Setting to 0 stops node broadcasts
? ? ? ? FRACK=7000 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Level 2 timout in milliseconds
? ? ? ? RESPTIME=1500 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Level 2 delayed ack timer in milliseconds
? ? ? ? RETRIES=5 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Level 2 maximum retry value
? ? ? ? MAXFRAME=3 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Max outstanding frames (1 thru 7)
? ? ? ? PACLEN=128 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Default max packet length for this port.
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; PACLEN is ignored for APRS packets
? ? ? ? BCALL= ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; BTEXT call. unstated defaults to APPL1CALL
? ? ? ? L3ONLY=0 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; 1=No user downlink connects on this port
? ? ? ? DIGIFLAG=1 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Digipeat: 0=OFF, 1=ALL, 255=UI Only
? ? ? ? DIGIPORT=0 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Port on which to send digi'd frames (0 = same port)
? ? ? ? USERS=10 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Maximum number of L2 sessions, 0 = no limit
? ? ? ? UIONLY=0 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; If set to 1 will stop any connects on this port ie it can only be used for UNPROTO traffic, such as APRS.
? ? ? ? WL2KREPORT PUBLIC, server.winlink.org, 8085, N3BYR, EM82DN, 00-23, 145030000, PKT1200, 50, 50, 9, 0 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
ENDPORT

PORT ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; KAM TNC
? ? ? ? PORTNUM=3 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Optional but sets port number if stated
? ? ? ? INTERLOCK=1 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; This radio also used for VARA
? ? ? ? ID=HF Packet Station 300bps ? ?; Displayed by PORTS command
? ? ? ? TYPE=ASYNC ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Port is RS232
? ? ? ? PROTOCOL=KISS ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; TNC is used in KISS or JKISS mode
? ? ? ? FULLDUP=0 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Only meaningful for KISS or JKISS devices
? ? ? ? COMPORT=COM3
? ? ? ? SPEED=9600 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; RS232 COM PORT SPEED
? ? ? ? CHANNEL=B ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; A for single channel TNC, A or B for multichannel
? ? ? ? PERSIST=64 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; PERSIST=256/(# of transmitters-1)
? ? ? ? SLOTTIME=100 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; CMSA interval timer in milliseconds
? ? ? ? TXDELAY=400 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Transmit keyup delay in milliseconds
? ? ? ? TXTAIL=50 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; TX key down, in milliseconds, at packet end
? ? ? ? MINQUAL=236 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Only broadcast essential nodes
? ? ? ? QUALITY=90 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Quality factor applied to node broadcasts heard on
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; this port, unless overridden by a locked route
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; entry. Setting to 0 stops node broadcasts
? ? ? ? FRACK=7000 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Level 2 timout in milliseconds
? ? ? ? RESPTIME=1500 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; Level 2 delayed ack timer in milliseconds
? ? ? ? RETRIES=5 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Level 2 maximum retry value
? ? ? ? MAXFRAME=3 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Max outstanding frames (1 thru 7)
? ? ? ? PACLEN=32 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Default max packet length for this port.
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; PACLEN is ignored for APRS packets
? ? ? ? BCALL= ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ; BTEXT call. unstated defaults to APPL1CALL
? ? ? ? L3ONLY=0 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; 1=No user downlink connects on this port
? ? ? ? DIGIFLAG=0 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Digipeat: 0=OFF, 1=ALL, 255=UI Only
? ? ? ? DIGIPORT=0 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Port on which to send digi'd frames (0 = same port)
? ? ? ? USERS=10 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; Maximum number of L2 sessions, 0 = no limit
? ? ? ? UIONLY=0 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?; If set to 1 will stop any connects on this port ie it can only be used for UNPROTO traffic, such as APRS.
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??
ENDPORT

PORT
?PORTNUM=4
?ID=Network Links AREDN/WAN
?DRIVER=BPQAXIP
?QUALITY=200
?MAXFRAME=4
?FRACK=7000
?RESPTIME=1000
?RETRIES=10
?PACLEN=120
?CONFIG
?UDP 10093 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? # Optional. Enables UDP support, and defines the port
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?# AX.IP listens on. You can specify more than one
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?# UDP line if you need to listen on more than one port
?MHEARD ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?# Optional - opens a window to display a "Heard List"?
?BROADCAST NODES
?MAP KA4KKF UDP 10093 B
?MAP W9IKU UDP 10093 B
?MAP KD4WLE UDP 10093 B
?MAP KK4DIV-7 UDP 10093 B
?MAP NC8Q-7 UDP 10093 B
?MAP KA3VSP-7 UDP 10093 B
?MAP KE4QCM-7 UDP 10093 B
ENDPORT




PORT
?PORTNUM=5
?ID=VARA HF
?DRIVER=VARA
?INTERLOCK=1
?CONFIG
?ADDR 127.0.0.1 8300 PTT CI-V PATH C:\VARA\VARA.exe
?BW2300
?RIGCONTROL
? COM4 9600 ICOM IC718 5Eh
? 00:00
? 60,7.1006,USB

??
?****

?WL2KREPORT PUBLIC, server.winlink.org, 8085, N3BYR-10, EM82DN, 00-23, 7102200, VARA, 65, 12, 0, 0

ENDPORT





; WINLINK REPORT STATMENT **REFERENCE **
; WL2KREPORT Service, Host, Port, Callsign, Locator, Hours, Freq, Mode, Power, Ant Height, Ant Gain, Ant Direction


; **** Applications ****?
APPLICATION 1,RMS,C 1 CMS,N3BYR-10 ? ? ? ? ? ?; CMS Application
APPLICATION 2,BBS,,N3BYR-1,(P)BBS,255 ? ? ? ? ? ?; BBS Application
APPLICATION 3,CHAT,,N3BYR-12,BYRCHT,255 ? ? ? ? ? ?; CHAT Application
======Config File Stop Paste=======

Good Morning, I wanted to at least drop a note about an issue I ran into with the latest iteration of BPQ32. While I found a way to resolve it, I'm unsure that it's known or if it may just be my system. I will attempt to check up on this thread as time permits but my schedule is a bit hectic at the moment.

Issue: I needed to remove a map line from my AXUDP configuration file (silent key, node went offline). After removing the map line I rebooted the entire computer and brought BPQ32 back online. BPQ continued to attempt to connect to the station even though the map line was removed. A few more checks to ensure I removed any and all references to the station. I rebooted again, BPQ continued to attempt to connect to the station. BBS traffic from others (Bulls, PMs, etc.) became intermittent over the same port when the silent key station was removed from mapping.

Troubleshooting: I attempted to remove a known active mapped node to test, same results - the BPQ continues to attempt to connect to the stations that were removed from mapping that are active.

Resolution: I removed the port from my config file - the whole port settings and rebooted. On reboot I verified the port for AXUDP/AXIP port was no longer listed or active. I then put the port back into the config file with no stations mapped. BPQ made no attempt to connect to any previous stations. I then populated the mapping section (without the silent key station) and BPQ connected to only the new map listings. No issues past that point.

Configuration: Port 1 Telnet (Internal/AREDN accessible only and CMS), Port 2 VHF Packet only, Port 3 HF Packet only with interlock between Port 3 & 5, Port 4 AXIP/AXUDP, Port 5 HF VARA with interlock between port 3 & 5, OS Windows 10, Interfaces are by sound card for VARA and Kantronics KAM along with some audio mixing externally to share the transceiver. I will post the current configuration file (sterilized) on this post shortly. The only difference between the original config and the new config is the silent key station is removed.

Greg - N3BYR

Any one else have this error?


23:40:16 10 *** [1] Secure login failed - account password does not match. - Disconnecting (166.62.170.54)<cr>
23:40:17 10 *** Protocol Error - Line should start with 'F'<cr>



--

73 de Jean,
VA2OM / VE2PKT

Sysop de: VE2PKT (BBS), VE2PKT-13 (URONode), VE2PKT-4 (XRPI)
: VE2PKT-5 (Jnos), VE2PKT-9 (DXCluster)

RF: 145.05 Mhz (1.2K Bps)

Internet:
Telnet: ve2pkt.dyndns.org port 2323 (Xrpi Node) - VE2PKT-4
Telnet: ve2pkt.ampr.org port 9000 (DXCluster) - VE2PKT-9

E-Mail:
packet: va2om@ve2pkt.#qbc.qc.can.noam
ampr net: va2om@...
Inet: ve2pkt@...

Hamshack Hotline: 5500000866

Membre Createur du groupe [email protected]

/g/PacketQuebec

Carte des Station RF au Quebec

Hi, John:

Marvelous. There is a chance.

73, Chuck

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port 80

73, John

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On 6/8/24 14:36, John G8BPQ wrote:

I'm currently testing ardopcf and QtSoundModem with an IC7100 on a Pi4.

I had to make a change to ardopcf to get it to open the dsnoop device (it reported can't set sample rate).

Once I'm happy that is it working I'll publish the patch to ardopcf and the ALSA configuration. It may not be for a few days as I'm away sailing at the moment.

73, John

Wow!
I am loving this progress.
:-)

73, Chuck

Excellent.
? ?That is what has been happening and what is active and what I have done. It’s nice to know I did not create a problem. In some way white pages still stand as a guide and works. Every day is a work in progress in doing the right thing because of your responses. Thanks ?John bpq and you Mark .

n9pno in Iowa

I'm currently testing ardopcf and QtSoundModem with an IC7100 on a Pi4.

I had to make a change to ardopcf to get it to open the dsnoop device (it reported can't set sample rate).

Once I'm happy that is it working I'll publish the patch to ardopcf and the ALSA configuration. It may not be for a few days as I'm away sailing at the moment.

73, John

Running on VirtualBOX with serial ports Slave/Master TCP/IP ports to
Linux AX.25 stack.
This also worked connected to a TCP/KISS port BPQ32 running in Windows 10.

Thanks to all that helped out pointing me in the right direction. I
have BPQ4.09d running in DOS6.22 (Disks from Archive.org). The only
thing that had me stuck (gave up a couple of years
ago), was the default KISS channel is 15 for some reason. Setting
CHANNEL=A in the ports
definition fixed that right up. Just changed the callsign and ALIAS
info from the example
in there (I also set DESKVIEW=0) as I am not running that.

LH BPQCODE

DosFBB was version 7.00g, and upgraded to 7.00i so that the Satellite
Y2K bugs are fixed.
I also updated the sateupdat for it had a Y2K bug. Thanks IOOJJ and
G8BPQ for pointers.
I love doing this because every old system I set up, I learn more
about packet and the later versions of those same systems.

FBB needs BPQ AA4RE mode settings. This worked first try :D

##########################################################
2.1 For BPQ:
Now an example of a file with 2 ports with BPQ-node and 4 channels on
each port. Note that MultCh starts with 0 on first port !
This one is 100% identical for DosFBB and WinFBB !
This one is not possible for LinFBB as BPQ cannot be run in Linux.
BPQ must be correctly installed for DOS or WINDOWS (respectively) before
it can be used with FBB.

# FBB7.00
#
#Ports TNCs
1 2
#
#Com Interface Address (device) Baud
8 2 0 9600
#
#TNC NbCh Com MultCh Pacln Maxfr NbFwd MxBloc M/P-Fwd Mode Freq
1 4 8 0 230 4 1 1 00/60 UQY 433.650
2 4 8 1 230 4 1 5 10/60 UQY 144.675
#
#TNC Nbs Callsign-SSID Mode
#1 1 LA1B-1 B
#
# End of file.
#



--
Thanks,
Chris Maness

BPQMail has a compile time option to use 2 or 4 character continent codes. I think it would make sense to make this a configuration option.

@USA is expanded to @USA.NA.WW before processing. The same is true for any other valid HAM country code (with the appropriate continent, of course)

73, John

On 6/8/24 04:14, John G8BPQ wrote:

You can run both ardopc(f) amd QtSoundModem at the same time. On Windows it is trivial, as Windows allows sharing a sound card. The Linux ALSA hw: driver does not let you share the same soundcard with multiple applications, but there are ALSA plugins DMIX and DSNOOP which will combine streams. Pulseaudo will also allow sharing, but has it own problems.

Configuring DMIX and DSNOOP can be a bit complicated, especially if your soundcard does not directly support a sample rate of 12000. I'm still trying to get it to work, but I'm pretty sure others have and hopefully will post their configurations.

73,

John

Hi, John:

Thanks.

All/any:

I have QtSoundModem running on a mini-laptop with:

pi@nc8q-qj:~$ cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Linux Mint"
VERSION="21.1 (Vera)"
ID=linuxmint
ID_LIKE="ubuntu debian"
PRETTY_NAME="Linux Mint 21.1"
VERSION_ID="21.1"
HOME_URL="
SUPPORT_URL="
BUG_REPORT_URL="
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="
VERSION_CODENAME=vera
UBUNTU_CODENAME=jammy

Which uses the serial IO of an IC-7100 on 40 or 20 meters.
QtSoundModem runs 300bd;(2) AX.25 and (2) IL2P modems, each on separate audio sub-bands.
IOW, While there might be others using 7103.3c kHz AX.25, I can forward/receive on 7104.3c IL2P
without interfering.

QtSoundModem and pilinBPQ share an AREDN node for LAN/DHCP.
So, in addition to HF ports, it is connected to a local SHF network of 30+ nodes.

I need to read-up on DMIX and DSNOOP.
If there are instructions leading to how to run QtSoundModem and ARDOPCF on an IC-7100,
please tell me where.

73, Chuck

Of course, two bbs's in different states will have two different HA headers. In this case, just because these two bbs's are run by the same ham, doesn't make that different.

In any case, when checking into a new bbs, I always specify my NJ bbs. This is to keep WP consistent as well to ensure that mail for me, bbs user N2MH, goes to NJ. NJ is where I pick up my mail.

What makes this difficult is that it appears that none of the bbs software authors contemplated one ham having more thn one bbs.

73, Mark