FX.25 question or problem
I've noticed something odd when using FX.25 on a RPi 4 with DW 1.7C.
I have two identical station setups.? RPi 4's with an Audio Injector Zero card.
Channel 0 is configured for 2400 baud and Channel 1 is configured for 9600 baud.
Communications between the two stations work great.
When I enable FX.25 on transmit (direwolf -X 16).? Channel 0 works great.? The display informs me that FX.25 is working.
Channel 1 doesn't appear to be working with FX.25.? Not sure if it's a transmit or receive issue.? The display
is using the? pipes " |||||| " instead of the numbers " 0000 ".
I've tried swapping the port baud rates (Ch 0 9k6 and Ch 1 2k4).? Same results.? Only Channel 0 appears to be working with FX.25.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: virtual serial port for Direwolf in Linux Mint and Raspian?
What OS are you running Direwolf?? Linux, Mac, or
Windows?? You mention X-Net... is that the DOS X-Net program?? If
so, how are you running it?? On a real DOS machine, under Windows,
under DOSEMU, or maybe a VM?
In trying Direwolf's SERIALCKISS option, what is your exact line
in the direwolf.conf file?? Does the configured serial port
physically exist on your computer?? When you start direwolf at the
command line, what does it show when it starts?
--David
KI6ZHD
On 12/23/2021 01:47 PM, KP3FT via
groups.io wrote:
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I'm trying to set up a virtual serial port so I can
get X-Net to use Direwolf on a KISS port.? X-Net looks for a
serial port address, so I need to somehow get Direwolf's TCP
127.0.0.1:8001 to look like a serial port.? I've tried SERIALKISS,
according to this webpage, but no luck:
Has anyone tried anything similar that works?? Thanks, 73
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virtual serial port for Direwolf in Linux Mint and Raspian?
I'm trying to set up a virtual serial port so I can get X-Net to use Direwolf on a KISS port.? X-Net looks for a serial port address, so I need to somehow get Direwolf's TCP 127.0.0.1:8001 to look like a serial port.? I've tried SERIALKISS, according to this webpage, but no luck: https://packet-radio.net/direwolf-and-jnos-review/
Has anyone tried anything similar that works?? Thanks, 73
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Re: Kissutil 1.6 looping in TXed packets - bug?
I learned from my own stupidity!
The crosstalk problems appear to be due to my settings.? I had the jumpers set to 9600 baud input, but the cable was coming in on the 1200 baud input.? It appears some audio was sneaking around (best guess) through the ground side.?
I am now set for 9600 baud input, and the cables are wired as such.? Now it decodes on the proper channel only (except on TX where RF gets in), and the decode values are much more consistent!? Everything is working properly now.
Rob KB8RCO
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Re: Transmit timing error: PTT is on 4005 mSec too long. Direwolf 1.6
#hamlib
When you have issues, you need to find out if you are seeing any
errors wherever you're running Direwolf.? Hopefully you're logging
everything to a file to make this easy for you.? You're previous
issues were around hamlib issues.? Maybe those came back?? Maybe
you're having some form of RFI issue?? How close is your computer
from the radio and it's antenna?? You really want the antenna as far
away as possible and ideally on a different plain (for example,
mounted above you on top of your roof).
--David
KI6ZHD
On 12/18/2021 06:24 AM, Doug via
groups.io wrote:
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Last night i could not get it to transmit.? I turned
off the radio and wrote on this thread.? Today.? I just turned on
my radio and ran direwolf and it transmitted fine without changing
anything.?
(My computer was not rebooted.? Watched netflix...maybe that's the
trigger.)
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Re: Transmit timing error: PTT is on 4005 mSec too long. Direwolf 1.6
#hamlib
Last night i could not get it to transmit.? I turned off the radio and wrote on this thread.? Today.? I just turned on my radio and ran direwolf and it transmitted fine without changing anything.?
(My computer was not rebooted.? Watched netflix...maybe that's the trigger.)
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Re: Transmit timing error: PTT is on 4005 mSec too long. Direwolf 1.6
#hamlib
I'm still getting this error intermittently.? I don't know how to get it working again.? It seems I change a few settings on my radio and then change them back and it eventually works.? Any ideas?
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Re: Easy-Digi CODEC not installing
Hello David I uncommented ADEVICE plughw:1,0 and I am now seeing the Sabrent and txing to the internet. Thank you. I don't think I am digipeating via RF to other stations.?
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Re: Easy-Digi CODEC not installing
What did not work?? Are you inferring your new
Sabrent USB sound device isn't working with Direwolf??? If so,
what issue are you seeing?? Did you follow the Direwolf User Guide
to determine it's device name (aplay -l), etc. to get it all
setup?
--David
KI6ZHD
On 12/14/2021 10:37 AM, Fred Bouwman
wrote:
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Well that did not work. I have the Signalink back on
that Pi so the digipeater KD9CCE-10 is back online but I sure
would like to figure out the Easy Digi.
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Re: Easy-Digi CODEC not installing
Well that did not work. I have the Signalink back on that Pi so the digipeater KD9CCE-10 is back online but I sure would like to figure out the Easy Digi.
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Re: Easy-Digi CODEC not installing
Thank you so much! I have one of these on the way.?
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Not sure if this will be the case with what is happening to you, but sometimes a high RF field around the PC or interface can jam the PTT one once Direwolf keys it with a packet.
One way to check for this is either set the radio to very low power, and/or turn it off and have some way of watching the PTT control voltage where it goes into the radio.
If you can get it to 'stick' when the radio transmits, but not when its off, it would add weight to the idea that stray RF is causing the issue.
One thing I saw with the DR-605T is that the coax connector is on the end of a short lead - these leads sometimes flex and break the braid where the cable enters the socket, or where it enters the radio.
That's certainly one way of livening up the area around the radio with RF, instead of delivering it all up to the aerial.
-Ian ZL1VFO
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EasyDigi's normally have inputs for the RTS and DTR pins from a serial port.
With Direwolf the only setting that worked for me was this:
PTT /dev/ttyUSB0 RTS DTR
Other settings would either result in no PTT or a constant transmit.
Interestingly enough, my radio is an Alinco DR-605T, and I am using an EasyDigi board. Others have posted on this list with constant transmit issues with other radios, but the common thread is the EasyDigi and using a pin from a serial port for PTT.
APRS-IS is the network of APRS servers to which Internet connections are made from APRS client software (see ).? I think you meant APRSIS32, the Windows APRS client.
Lee K5DAT
On Sun, Dec 12, 2021 at 6:27 PM Brad and Linda Nicholson < lnbn1975@...> wrote: Sorry, guess I did leave a lot of info out.
Radio is Alinco dual band DR-605T.
Have a laptop that has a DB-9 connection (Com 1) that I've connected to an Easy-Digi interface, which is connected to my Alinco.
At this time I do not recall what (if anything) I had to configure in Direwolf to activate the PTT.
In my opinion, APRS-IS and Direwolf are different.? 2 different programs, I have to run both to make APRS-IS work.? Is there a way to open APRS-IS and have it work without opening Direwolf, Soundmodem, etc...?? If so, I'm confused.
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Re: Easy-Digi CODEC not installing
There are two other connections on the E-D.? RX Audio to PC? and? TX Audio from PC?
I have tried connecting each of these to the Composite Video and Audio Output Jack on the Pi with no result.?
You'll need a USB sound card. You connect the Easy Digi RX & TX audio to the input and output of the sound card, and plug the sound card into the Pi's USB port.
Martin. KD6YAM ? On Sun, Dec 12, 2021 at 3:40 PM Martin Cooper < kd6yam@...> wrote: Your Easy Digi has two types of connections to your Pi - audio connections and a PTT connection. As Rob mentioned, the one showing up as ttyUSB0 is the serial adapter, for the PTT connection. How are you connecting the audio from the Easy Digi to your Pi? Depending on exactly which Easy Digi variant you have, it likely came with two audio cables, so what are those connected to? On a Pi, you'll want a USB sound card for that, which will show up separately in lsusb.
Martin. KD6YAM
On Sun, Dec 12, 2021 at 1:07 PM Fred Bouwman < bouwmanf@...> wrote: I am having trouble adding a sound card. My Easy-Digi is not adding the CODEC sound card to the Pi when I plug in the USB. A Signalink works fine on the same Pi. The Pi seems to see the device, lsusb sees it and ls /dev shows it is added as ttyUSB0, but it will not appear in the sound card dropdown in Audio Device Settings. I am running Stretch on a Pi 3B. Does anyone know how I can resolve this? Thanks for your help.?
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Re: Easy-Digi CODEC not installing
Thank you for this Patrick. So do I need an additional device besides the E-D added to the Pi??
Easy Digi does not contain a sound card. It is merely an interface between a sound card and a radio. The USB device you are seeing controls PTT to the radio.
Patrick (N3TSZ)
On Sunday, December 12, 2021, 04:07:09 PM EST, Fred Bouwman < bouwmanf@...> wrote:
I am having trouble adding a sound card. My Easy-Digi is not adding the CODEC sound card to the Pi when I plug in the USB. A Signalink works fine on the same Pi. The Pi seems to see the device, lsusb sees it and ls /dev shows it is added as ttyUSB0, but it will not appear in the sound card dropdown in Audio Device Settings. I am running Stretch on a Pi 3B. Does anyone know how I can resolve this? Thanks for your help.?
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Re: Easy-Digi CODEC not installing
Thank you Martin. I am gaining understanding on how these devices work. I am using a Kenwood TM-281?in this configuration.?
On the Easy-Digi, besides the cables to the microphone and the USB to the Pi, there are two speaker cables.?
One cable from the E-D (labeled "Radio SPKR Jack") on the E-D is connected to the radio speaker jack.?
There are two other connections on the E-D.? RX Audio to PC? and? TX Audio from PC?
I have tried connecting each of these to the Composite Video and Audio Output Jack on the Pi with no result.?
On Sun, Dec 12, 2021 at 3:40 PM Martin Cooper < kd6yam@...> wrote: Your Easy Digi has two types of connections to your Pi - audio connections and a PTT connection. As Rob mentioned, the one showing up as ttyUSB0 is the serial adapter, for the PTT connection. How are you connecting the audio from the Easy Digi to your Pi? Depending on exactly which Easy Digi variant you have, it likely came with two audio cables, so what are those connected to? On a Pi, you'll want a USB sound card for that, which will show up separately in lsusb.
Martin. KD6YAM
On Sun, Dec 12, 2021 at 1:07 PM Fred Bouwman < bouwmanf@...> wrote: I am having trouble adding a sound card. My Easy-Digi is not adding the CODEC sound card to the Pi when I plug in the USB. A Signalink works fine on the same Pi. The Pi seems to see the device, lsusb sees it and ls /dev shows it is added as ttyUSB0, but it will not appear in the sound card dropdown in Audio Device Settings. I am running Stretch on a Pi 3B. Does anyone know how I can resolve this? Thanks for your help.?
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Sorry, guess I did leave a lot of info out.
Radio is Alinco dual band DR-605T.
Have a laptop that has a DB-9 connection (Com 1) that I've connected to an Easy-Digi interface, which is connected to my Alinco.
At this time I do not recall what (if anything) I had to configure in Direwolf to activate the PTT.
In my opinion, APRS-IS and Direwolf are different.? 2 different programs, I have to run both to make APRS-IS work.? Is there a way to open APRS-IS and have it work without opening Direwolf, Soundmodem, etc...?? If so, I'm confused.
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When I close APRS IS down and then restart it and
Direwolf, about 1/2 the time when Direwolf starts up it throws my
rig into transmit and will not release it.? I have to either close
Direwolf or shut my rig off then back on.?
You need to provide more details here:
?? - What radio do you have?
?? - How are you asserting PTT to the radio?? (serial PTT, CAT,
GPIO, etc)
?? - What have you configured in direwolf for PTT
?? - You mention APRS-IS and Direwolf as if they are different.?
Direwolf INCLUDES the ability to communicate to APRS-IS.? Please
explain what you're doing here.
--David
KI6ZHD
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When I close APRS IS down and then restart it and Direwolf, about 1/2 the time when Direwolf starts up it throws my rig into transmit and will not release it.? I have to either close Direwolf or shut my rig off then back on.? When this happens, it's like Direwolf will not perform correctly for 15-20 mins (will not transmit on APRSIS).? Other times, when I start it up and the APRSIS program, all is good.? It puts out an immediate transmission and releases the rig and all is good.
Thoughts?
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Re: Easy-Digi CODEC not installing
Easy Digi does not contain a sound card. It is merely an interface between a sound card and a radio. The USB device you are seeing controls PTT to the radio.
Patrick (N3TSZ)
On Sunday, December 12, 2021, 04:07:09 PM EST, Fred Bouwman <bouwmanf@...> wrote:
I am having trouble adding a sound card. My Easy-Digi is not adding the CODEC sound card to the Pi when I plug in the USB. A Signalink works fine on the same Pi. The Pi seems to see the device, lsusb sees it and ls /dev shows it is added as ttyUSB0, but it will not appear in the sound card dropdown in Audio Device Settings. I am running Stretch on a Pi 3B. Does anyone know how I can resolve this? Thanks for your help.?
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Jeff KP3FT
Fred Bouwman
Patrick Connor