Morning Guys, I've only just discovered D-RATS so please excuse me if this has been asked before......are there any standalone programs to run D-RATS direct on a Mac (not using parallels) or is it solely windows (like Winlink)??

73,

Paul 2E0OPV

I don't see why D-RATS would not in Mac OS. Just install all
dependencies with brew and make sure you have proper serial connection
to the radio (in case of using D-Star with an ICOM transceiver).

Rafael

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Paul:

Hi Guys,?

Thanks for the replies. If I was more confident with tinkering on with the IO I would do what Rafael suggests, but i'm not so better not, all my business stuff is on this Mac and dont want to mess that all up. Again, looks like it'll have to go onto the GPD micro computer and just have to swap and change if I want to use D-RATS, which is a real shame.....but I wont go back to windows as a main comp ha ha ha, thanks again for your time :-)?

73

Paul?

Hi David,?

That was my first thought and, add JS8 and Winlink to it, but apparently you cant do it with Winlink, so, I guess i'll just have to live with being a Mac user as I wont go back to windows, never mind ha ha :-)?

Paul

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There is much newer version of D-rats available here:

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This version has substantial fixes to make it more reliable, repairs to the mapping system, etc.? This works well for older systems that have Python2, GTK2, etc.


With that said, there is one other repo to be aware of:

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This version is mid-stream effort to port the legacy code to Python3 and GTK3 which is a badly needed effort to keep D-rats working on modern machines.? I'm not sure if this code is fully functioning yet but I would probably recommend to try this version FIRST for modern OSes.? If it doesn't work, then try the maurizioandreotti repo.

--David
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On 2/15/2021 11:49 AM, David Ranch wrote:

There is much newer version of D-rats available here:
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This version has substantial fixes to make it more reliable, repairs to the mapping system, etc.? This works well for older systems that have Python2, GTK2, etc.
With that said, there is one other repo to be aware of:
?
This version is mid-stream effort to port the legacy code to Python3 and GTK3 which is a badly needed effort to keep D-rats working on modern machines.? I'm not sure if this code is fully functioning yet but I would probably recommend to try this version FIRST for modern OSes.? If it doesn't work, then try the maurizioandreotti repo.

The WB8TYW repository is just a fork of the maurizioandreotti repository at this time. I have not yet posted a branch for python3/gtk3 as nothing other than the ratflector appears to work.

So just go to the maurizioandreotti repository for stable code.

The source code has existing custom code for Mac, so there is a chance that it will work with out much work.

You may have to use some trial and error to get every thing configured.

There is some source in the repo that likely needs be locally built to communicate with winlink as they use a compression mode that I have not found pre-built libraries for on non-Windows platforms.

The may be of help.

If you can get it running on the Mac, please let us know what packages you installed, etc.

Currently I am fighting with the differences between the obsolete GTK-2 and the newer GTK-3. I have finally got most of the configure screens working, except for the "radio" port editing, some of the data is not getting saved.

The main display still looks like a mess, but I think I what I learned from getting the config screen working will help with that.

I have not figured out how to get sound support working on Linux yet, have not really tried.

Regards,
-John

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Hello John,

The WB8TYW repository is just a fork of the maurizioandreotti repository at this time.? I have not yet posted a branch for python3/gtk3 as nothing other than the ratflector appears to work.

Oh.. ok.? I thought it was farther along than that.? Thanks for the clarification.

So just go to the maurizioandreotti repository for stable code.

So we're still in a world that Python2 and PyGTK are still required.

There is some source in the repo that likely needs be locally built to communicate with winlink as they use a compression mode that I have not found pre-built libraries for on non-Windows platforms.

You mean like this code???

Currently I am fighting with the differences between the obsolete GTK-2 and the newer GTK-3.?? I have finally got most of the configure screens working, except for the "radio" port editing, some of the data is not getting saved.

If you can post that code, I imagine other people can help.? I would recommend to put it in a different branch in your repo so people know what it's all about.

The main display still looks like a mess, but I think I what I learned from getting the config screen working will help with that.

I have not figured out how to get sound support working on Linux yet, have not really tried.

Why not just make system calls that call out to shell scripts?? Not very fast but I don't think this is a speed issue.

--David
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