Re: Has anyone had any luck getting D-Rats to run on Mac OS
Eons ago I did some Mac testing for d-rats - but i’m not much of a coder, and have never learned python beyond reading the code a bit - I can usually test and report back things though. I am hoping to have some time in the next few months to see what I can do with everyone else’s work getting it ported to python 3, and even trying to make it run on an M1.
I’m swamped right now with other things, but I’ll try and get my xcode install updated by the end of the month, and see what my time looks like then. I’ve got a 3 year old Mac Book Pro running Mojave, and a mac mini M1 running Big Sur at the moment for testing, once I get things going.
Mac users would love a native d-rats, multi-platform support was one of the great things about the original IMO.
73,
-debbie, N9DN
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On Jan 12, 2021, at 7:49, Gary & Val FICKES <gnv5050@...> wrote:
Sorry, no MACS here
73s, Gary NY5S
From: Michael Mandell
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2021 3:36 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [d-rats] Has anyone had any luck getting D-Rats to run on Mac OS
DRats runs on a very low end processor. Rasperry Pi works fine. Im guessing this is a combination Mac OS and parallels issue. My main desktop is a quad core itelnfrom 2009.DRats and nearly all other windows 10 stuff runs fine.takes some time im stsrting up the pc as tge hd and ram is sloe by current standards, but once running i use all ham software just fune and at goid speed. Apple does not support legacy anything like Mucrosoft does.
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Re: Has anyone had any luck getting D-Rats to run on Mac OS
Sorry, no MACS here
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73s, Gary? NY5S
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From: Michael Mandell
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2021 3:36 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [d-rats] Has anyone had any luck getting D-Rats to run on Mac OS
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DRats runs on a very low end processor. Rasperry Pi works fine. Im guessing this is a combination Mac OS and parallels issue. My main desktop is a quad core itelnfrom 2009.DRats and nearly all other windows 10 stuff runs fine.takes some
time im stsrting up the pc as tge hd and ram is sloe by current standards, but once running i use all ham software just fune and at goid speed. Apple does not support legacy anything like Mucrosoft does.
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Re: Has anyone had any luck getting D-Rats to run on Mac OS
DRats runs on a very low end processor. Rasperry Pi works fine. Im guessing this is a combination Mac OS and parallels issue. My main desktop is a quad core itelnfrom 2009.DRats and nearly all other windows 10 stuff runs fine.takes some time im stsrting up the pc as tge hd and ram is sloe by current standards, but once running i use all ham software just fune and at goid speed. Apple does not support legacy anything like Mucrosoft does.
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Re: Install Problem- Windows 10
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Re: Install Problem- Windows 10
I got it to work, thanks! ?
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Re: Install Problem- Windows 10
It is looking for the folder "D-RATS Shared" on your desktop.? Be sure to create it there exactly as it is spelled out.? Upper and Lower case is recognized in folder names so D-RATS needs to be in all caps.
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Re: Install Problem- Windows 10
do i need to install the program into the pathway it says at the bottom of the debug report or just create the folder pathway after installing the program?
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Re: Install Problem- Windows 10
After the program starts, you can redirect the folders to where you are most interested ...?
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Re: Install Problem- Windows 10
Manually create the folder the message refers to, it's an easy problem to solve ...
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Install Problem- Windows 10
I am hoping this is a simple fix. When I am trying to install any version of d-rats program I am running into this error and the attached debug report. I am somewhat savvy when it comes to computers but when it comes to software issues. I can follow instructions pretty well, so if anyone has any idea what issues I am running into and how to resolve please let me know.? ?  
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Re: Problem with Errno 111 connection refused after installation of new modem and router from service provider
I think I have the problem solved.? The router will only let me address the ratflector by its internal IP address here at the house, or from the pi by telling it to link to localhost.? People from the Internet are still able to see it and link to it with no problem.? Just plain weird.? I was always able to call it by its URL name on the previous system.?
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Re: Problem with Errno 111 connection refused after installation of new modem and router from service provider
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Re: Problem with Errno 111 connection refused after installation of new modem and router from service provider
The advanced security where?? On the router?? I have tried just about everything i can think of on this new router.? I put the static IP of the ratflector outside the DMZ, tried whitelisting it to bypass the firewalls, etc.? The port forwarding is in and a check of the ports shows that the ports are open but the pi (or the router) is still refusing the connections.? Please let me know what you actually turned off.
Glen
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Re: Problem with Errno 111 connection refused after installation of new modem and router from service provider
Sounds like Xfinity X1, I had the same issue with ratflector, turned out to be the advanced security, turned it off Voila!
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Problem with Errno 111 connection refused after installation of new modem and router from service provider
My ratflector is off-line right now after my service provider changed out my modem and router.? I re-input the port forwarding for D-rats ports 9000 and 9500, but the program keeps on refusing connections to the ratflector.? I can run the client mail and file server and it can connect outbound to all the other ratflectors but it cannot even connect to the ratflector running on the same machine unless I tell it to connect to localhost on 9000.? That is the only way I can get it to connect, but that does not help anyone on the outside from using it.?
The swap was allowing an upgrade to the cable company's new service speeds which allows more bandwidth for all the other stuff the family is running.? The new router has a stronger signal, which is good because it is refusing to work with the signal boosters I had in the house too.? I have tried to tell the router to place the pi in the DMZ outside the router's firewall, Portforwarded the ports, but nothing has worked to allow the ratflector to talk to the outside world.
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As I have said in the past, D-RATS is a viable alternative to Winlink. It's not as flashy as Winlink, but is gets the job done, and it's controlled locally. You can set it up, configure it to suit your needs and?knock it down. Thanks Dan!
Patrick (N3TSZ)
On Thursday, December 3, 2020, 08:28:31 PM EST, Michael Mandell <mikemandell@...> wrote:
Our D-Rats weekly training group tried D-Rats relay internet email with reply.?
Here's what happened:
?One station unchecked "connected to internet", sent email to an internet address VIA another station who had internet email forwarding setup in D-Rats.?
The message went out via RF to the relay station, the relay station forwarded to internet via POP mail account. All this is expected.
The internet receiving station received a message with my call sign as "From" appended with the internet account of the relay station.?
He replied to the email with his normal email client via internet.?
It went back to the relay station into his D-Rats inbox.
D-Rats saw the addresse was my call sign. D-Rats saw I was online. D-Rats forwarded me the reply via RF.
This is how I remember it working and how it still works. Zero manual intervention required. If D-Rats sees traffic for you and you are online (and the data channel is clear) it sends it.?
Better than WinLink....unattended operation possible.?
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Our D-Rats weekly training group tried D-Rats relay internet email with reply.?
Here's what happened:
?One station unchecked "connected to internet", sent email to an internet address VIA another station who had internet email forwarding setup in D-Rats.?
The message went out via RF to the relay station, the relay station forwarded to internet via POP mail account. All this is expected.
The internet receiving station received a message with my call sign as "From" appended with the internet account of the relay station.?
He replied to the email with his normal email client via internet.?
It went back to the relay station into his D-Rats inbox.
D-Rats saw the addresse was my call sign. D-Rats saw I was online. D-Rats forwarded me the reply via RF.
This is how I remember it working and how it still works. Zero manual intervention required. If D-Rats sees traffic for you and you are online (and the data channel is clear) it sends it.?
Better than WinLink....unattended operation possible.?
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Re: Has anyone had any luck getting D-Rats to run on Mac OS
Well, the good news is that I finally got the improper display issue resolved when trying to run the DV-Dongle??inside the Windows 10 virtual machine on the Mac.??So at least now I can run both D-Rats and the dongle at the same time if I wanted to.??I have a bunch of other software for my station that only runs on Windows, including my Packet and Winlink stuff.??Fldigi will run on either platform, but you still need a way to feed it to the radio, so I will need to play with that.??In the meantime, I have the Mac in another room and am leaving the laptop at the shack.
Now my biggest problem is my one-year-old granddaughter thinks the Mac is her’s to watch cartoon videos with and she is coming in and demanding that I turn on YouTube to run all her favorite stuff.??It is making it hard to get much of anything done.??She is heartbroken when I have to shoo her out and turn the machine off to go do something else more important.
Cordially,
Glen P. Strecker
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PR submitted for utils.py to be python3 compatible.
Hello all,
Just pushed an PR for utils.py to be python3 compatible.
Once that gets through review/landing, I will have a similar one for the yenconding that gets it python3 compatible and improves the self tests.
Regards,
-John
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Re: Has anyone had any luck getting D-Rats to run on Mac OS
Glen:
It has been a couple of months since installing, and subsequently, de-installing dRats on my Mac Mini running Catalina. ?Like you, I installed the application plus support package - python. ?
What was odd, was clicking on Python in the Applications folder instead of drats in order to launch drats. ?
In addition to installing dRats on MacOS, I installed dRats on Windows 7 running on the Mac Mini (dual-boot). ?I still run the Windows version of dRats.
My installation of dRats (and Python) went fairly easily - no fuss, no muss. ?My Mac Mini has an i7 processor, most of the new iMacs have either an i3, i5, i7 or at the high-end, an i9 processor. ?Drats seems to need a high-horse power processor. ?The Mac Mini i7 loads dRats (with Python) very fast - almost instantly. ?However, the Core Duo processor in my 2009 MacBook Pro takes 15 seconds. ?This comparison is for the Windows version of dRats on both computers.
After running dRats (on Windows 7) for several months, I have not found another Mac user running dRats.
Hopefully soon, someone will assemble a new dRats version for Mac, including running on the new Mac M1 processor.
Regards, Bernie, AF9US
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I just started using a new iMac.? The computer came with Mac OS Catalina and has since been upgraded to Mac OS 11 Big Sur.? I was wondering if anyone has had any luck in getting D-Rats to run on a Mac.? When I download the Mac specific file from the Files along with the supporting package, I have been unable to get it to work.? The machine says it is unable to run the program because it is either corrupt or incomplete.? I cannot get the Linux version to compile on the system either.? The machine will run DV-Tools, so I can use a DV-dongle with the machine under Mac OS and am able to run D-Rats on it in a Windows 10 virtual machine under Parallels but DV-Tools won't display properly under that software.? I was hoping the machine could be used as an upgrade to my old Windows laptop which is slowing down and glitching more and more by the day, but so far no luck.
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Glen Strecker
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