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Re: New Setup issues


 

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Hi David

Well my setup is Pulseaudio so very different;
(DONT USE THESE CASSIE)

#ADEVICE

ACHANNELS 2
RATE 48000

CHANNEL 0
MODEM 300 B+
PTT RIG 2 localhost:4532

CHANNEL 1
MODEM 1200
#No PTT so complains at start about using VOX

I assume that the ADEVICE settings default to the one stereo soundcard. The left channel is main, right is sub. I used pavucontrol for the initial device choice, but I also have some pactl commands in the direwolf start script that sets device and application volumes as they always revert to 100%, which is probably now well beyond the OP topic. It's also possible to define the audio device with an environment variable. eg

PULSE_PROP_APPLICATION_NAME=DIREWOLF PULSE_SINK=alsa_output.usb-Burr-Brown_from_TI_USB_Audio_CODEC-00.analog-stereo PULSE_SOURCE=alsa_input.usb-Burr-Brown_from_TI_USB_Audio_CODEC-00.analog-stereo direwolf

Onto your initial setup Cassie I suggest you just use;

ADEVICE plughw:2,0
ACHANNELS2
ACHANNEL 2
CHANNEL 0
MODEM 1200 (or whatever it is)
PTT RIG 2 localhost:4532
......... etc

ACHANNEL 2
CHANNEL 1
MODEM 1200 (same as Ch0)
........... etc

Which is exactly what David suggested and the simplest way.

And assuming the sat uses 2m, run the rig 2m main and 70cm sub both in FM-D mode, but NOT in satellite mode. The 70cm side will not initially be tuned/used. If you really wanted to use rig satmode the left/right channels toggle with the main/sub change so no direwolf changes are needed. The main use of the 9100 sat mode though is to track the main/sub VFOs when using the dial/knob and run full duplex, so not really relevant to DW use. Further, if you were to use gpredict to Doppler track the sat freq actually set it to half duplex & VFO Up/Down not applicable, so as not to touch the sub operating frequency at all.

Cheers Bob VK2YQA

On 24/8/24 07:07, David Ranch via groups.io wrote:


Hey Cassie,

It's great to see Bob's real world experience with the IC-9100 and what you need to consider when working with that radio.? One thing that wasn't clear to me from Bob's message is which "audio channel" the main band vs. sub-band audio is heard on.? If you read:

?? #PDF page 59
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You can see how Direwolf maps it's MONO channels to different audio channels.? Ultimately, you need to find out if you need to use:

?? #the left audio channel from the IC9100
?? ADEVICE plughw:2,0
?? ACHANNEL 2
?? CHANNEL 0

vs.

?? #the right audio channel from the IC9100
?? ADEVICE plughw:2,0
?? ACHANNEL 2
?? CHANNEL 1


The other points that Bob brings up are super critical but are technically not Direwolf's issue.? Since you're new to Linux and maybe a bunch of these pitfalls, my Direwolf on Raspberry Pi document (aka.. anything debian based) might be helpful in some of these areas (gpsd, modem-manager, etc)

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There are other guides out there on the Internet as well though I can't speak to their accuracy, being up to date, etc.

--David
KI6ZHD



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