New Direwolf User Issue
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Hello:
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Over the weekend, I took an old raspberry pi (V3+), and old 2m radio, Yaesu FT2900, and a new digirig mobile w/cables and built a digipeater/iGate.
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I successfully built a new bookworm instance and downloaded Direwolf. ?I followed Darren's N4VFR's tutorial and got it up and running, mostly...
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I have the iGate working successfully and my Digipeat xmit works. ?I verified this by changing the locations of the digipeater and iGate. ?When watching K0ACP-10, the name of the system, on APRS.FI, I can see the location of K0ACP-10 move. ?So wow that part is working!
The challenge is that this setup does not hear, it is deaf as a box of rocks. ?I have tried to digipeat packets using both my D710 and D74 with no joy. ?The console of my pi/direwolf: ?
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Any thoughts or suggestions?
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73 es God Bless,?
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Art / K0ACP
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¿ªÔÆÌåÓýPosting direwolf.conf is always helpful so the list can see what you're telling direwolf. Also, posting what direwolf reports when it starts can reveal problem configs, if any.Ray vk2tv On 30/7/24 07:58, Arthur Peters wrote:
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Art,
Have you checked the squelch setting on your radio? As in, is it up too high for the squelch to ever break for an incoming packet? Do you even have an audio connection from the radio receiver to the digirig sound card? What is the audio level going into the digirig from the radio? You might try installing the program "audacity", shut down DireWolf, and use audacity to confirm audio is actually coming into the computer from the radio. Once you ensure there is incoming audio, then stop audacity and run DireWolf again. Andrew, KA2DDO ________________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Ray Wells via groups.io <aprs@...> Sent: Monday, July 29, 2024 9:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [direwolf] New Direwolf User Issue Posting direwolf.conf is always helpful so the list can see what you're telling direwolf. Also, posting what direwolf reports when it starts can reveal problem configs, if any. Ray vk2tv On 30/7/24 07:58, Arthur Peters wrote: Hello: Over the weekend, I took an old raspberry pi (V3+), and old 2m radio, Yaesu FT2900, and a new digirig mobile w/cables and built a digipeater/iGate. I successfully built a new bookworm instance and downloaded Direwolf. I followed Darren's N4VFR's tutorial and got it up and running, mostly... I have the iGate working successfully and my Digipeat xmit works. I verified this by changing the locations of the digipeater and iGate. When watching K0ACP-10, the name of the system, on APRS.FI, I can see the location of K0ACP-10 move. So wow that part is working! The challenge is that this setup does not hear, it is deaf as a box of rocks. I have tried to digipeat packets using both my D710 and D74 with no joy. The console of my pi/direwolf: [cid:part1.pB28uQcz.YVbtaIaU@...] Any thoughts or suggestions? 73 es God Bless, Art / K0ACP |
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Hi Art,
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You should update your ADEVICE line. For your setup you'll want to use the Digirig device for both input and output. So that line should look like.
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ADEVICE plughw:2,0
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This assumes that your Digirig is device 2 in the arecord -l?output.
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Also, you'll want to check your levels from the soundcard side. Here are a couple notes on using alsamixer to adjust levels.
One thing to note is the Auto Gain Control setting. AGC should be disabled for the Digirig. device, otherwise the Pi won't hear anything from your radio.
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Hope that helps.
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Brent WG0A