Hi Paul and John...

Thanks so much for getting back to me, very much appreciated.

Unfortunately, I'm still having problems.

I tried to re-install the drivers as you've suggested (which said it was successful when I did it), re-plugged in the DVDongle, but still get a crash before the program even fully opens.

The DVTool 2.1 (and I'm delighted that there's a version above the 2.0 that I originally had) seems to be a ".exe" for PC only. Maybe they never made a 2.1 update for the Mac?

But, I think I have another problem that needs to be fixed. I originally posted here because the DVDongle software crashed AND I couldn't get to their website. It seemed to be gone. If I try to surf to dvdongle.com <> on my Mac, it either says page not found (if I'm looking to download software using the link you included) or it connects me to some beauty supply company website instead if I just surf to dvdongle.com!!! What!!! That makes no sense, I know. If instead I surf to dvdongle.com <> on my iPad, I get to the dvdongle site without a problem. So, it appears I have something wrong with my Mac, or Comcast's name server or something. I'll work on that in the days ahead.

Anyway, thank you both again...it's nice to know that the dvdongle site is actually still available, and that apparently the unit can still work...but just not here, at least not yet.

If I discover anything, I'll certainly let you guys know.

Regards,

Ken N1NEG

Hi Ken

On 7/5/2024 1:19 PM, Brad Coston / KJ7GDN wrote:

I just installed D-RATS for the first time. Am I going to regret
putting msys64 under C:\Program Files? In the startup window I see
"fatal: cannot change to 'C:/Program': No such file or directory,
which makes me worry. Otherwise it seems like it is working.

If you want to use a path with a space in it, you need to enclose it in double quotes any place you reference.

I have not tried installing msys2 in a directory with spaces in it.
The only thing I can think of that needs to know the exact path is if you are using the option that allows creating an shortcut.

I have switched to doing testing of D-Rats under MobaXterm as Msys2 no longer supports my Windows 7 system.

Regards,
-John
wb8tyw@...

I just installed D-RATS for the first time. Am I going to regret putting msys64 under C:\Program Files? In the startup window I see "fatal: cannot change to 'C:/Program': No such file or directory," which makes me worry. Otherwise it seems like it is working.?

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Hello all,

I have uploaded some new Debian packages for lzhuf to /g/d-rats/files/D-Rats .

Added:

Ubuntu 24.04 on x86_64
Debian Bookworm for x86_64 and arm64v8
Debian Buster for armv7l

The arm64v8 package is compatible with Raspberry PI 64 bit.
The armv7l package is compatible with Raspberry PI 32 bit.

Packages already present:
Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04, 22.04 on x86_64
Debian bullseye and buster for x86_64
Microsoft Windows v7 and newer

Some technical details. All the non-Windows builds were done on an Ubuntu 22.04 x86_64 system using docker containers.

The lzhuf repository has instructions on how to build native Microsoft packages and also how to use an 86_64 system to build debian binary packages for x86_64 and two current releases of Rasbian.

73,
-John
wb8tyw

Hi John

I read your presentation from the link! The presentation reads easily but not being conversant with the software technology I can’t offer any useful comments!

Use D-rats weekly to check into Alabama Ratflector! Use on 32 bit version of Ubuntu or Mint cinnamon and it works pretty well!

My use is limited to the chat mode and the maps! Also occasionally use the weather app to periodically provide Chicago WX! Alabama group uses the QST function to announce local hamfests and VE test sessions that occur within the local Alabama area!

Hope this limited review provides some help!!

73

Ralph Barbakoff (WA9LKZ)

Hello All,

I have started work on a blog post for a future presentation at my local ham radio club.

This is intended to be only an overview, not deep details.

Any feedback is welcome.



Regards,
-John
wb8tyw@...

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Jack KD4IZ

On 3/30/2024 4:47 PM, Glen Strecker wrote:

Right now, my client can't even talk to its own repeater unless I
tell it to connect to its internal IP address being assigned by the
router. If I go through my normal URL address,
sttammany.ratflector.com, it gets refused every time.

That indicates a passthrough issue at the NAT routers().

When I switched to Fiber service, the ISP provided me with a WAP router that I have limited configuration control over, and then my personal WAP router is connected to it.

In order to have a public IP address, which would be a DHCP address, I have to setup a special rule on the ISP WAP router to direct incoming traffic from specific port to a specific IP address on their NAT range. (port forwarding?)

It is not just a matter of opening up the ports, they have to be directed to specific host. Some NAT routers allow you to specify a IP address to be sent to a local host.

If I do not want to plug the "public" system into the ISP NAT router, and plug it into my NAT router, then it gets more complex to setup.

Also, some ISPs are no longer giving out a unique public IP address from their NAT routers. If you have one of those ISP's you are basically out of luck for home hosting.

If I try to load version 0.4.2 it throws an error trying to load
something called pyaudio. Has everyone moved up to Raspberry Pi
Bookworm to get this stuff going?

I just got bookworm setup on an RPI-4 last weekend and have not had time to test it D-Rats on it. Previously development was done on Anti-X linux using Buster and then Bullseye as their base.

The pyaudio should be handled by installing python-pyaudio. Generally the package names are the same on most Debian based systems.

I was positively content with version 0.3.9 until they started doing
away with the python 2 dependencies and you could not reload it on a
new system anymore.

D-Rats 0.3.9 will drop bytes on a connection to an actual radio, this seems to mainly show up on faster computers. If the input buffer from reading the radio is ever empty, d-rats 0.3.9 incorrectly assumes that the next byte from the radio should be an XON or XOFF character and if not, it just discards it, causing the entire packet received by d-rats to be unreadable. This showed up in file transfer tests over a simulated radio link.

I cannot get a client on another computer to connect to either the
URL updated at Noip.com, or the ,ratflector.com address. I can't even
connect going to my external IP address assigned to my router. I have
the port forwarding set on the router but it seems that something is not
being handled correctly. I can connect to SEWX. I am tending to think
it is something to do with Charter Spectrum because with my previous IP
provider I did not have such problems.

First thing to look at is what address your ISP MODEM is presenting to the WAP router. If it is not the public address your external connection is at, then that is the first thing to resolve.

You need to find out if your ISP Modem is bundled with a WAP router, and then you need to find out what you can configure on the ISP WAP router.

73,
-John
wb8tyw

Hello All,

I have started work on a blog post for a future presentation at my local ham radio club.

This is intended to be only an overview, not deep details.

Any feedback is welcome.

Regards,
-John
wb8tyw@...

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