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Speaker/Phones switch works the same way as for original firmware - it just set or clear a flag for BASE board. Seems, on R1CBU it's inverted - on the original Speaker mode is louder, than Phones.
73. Georgy // R2RFE
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Sorry if this has been covered before.? When I plug external speaker in and switch SP mode to "Speaker" the volume drops to where it is difficult to hear stations with weakish signals even with volume at 55 and RF Gain at 100.? When I switch to "Phones" it is much louder and easier to hear though audio quality seems worse.? Could you tell me if this is working as designed and what the function of the switch is?? Thank you very much, I really prefer this GUI to stock.
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Re: New official firmware on CQXIEGU 240924001?
I would not try to install this firmware on the X6100. If you look at the tabs at the bottom of the page, you will see that this page is for the firmware of all Xiegu radios. It appears to be a catch-all page for firmware.
You will see that the other firmware files have the radio at the start of the file names. I would wait until Xiegu has a file with X6100 in the file name.
Better yet, wait until Radioddity has the file on their site under the X6100 pages.
On Wed, Oct 23, 2024 at 10:36?AM scot forshaw via <scot.forshaw= [email protected]> wrote: Noticed this download appeared on webpage on 14th October?!
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Going to install and see ! It only has 26 downloads so im guessing its quite new.
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Re: New official firmware on CQXIEGU 240924001?
Hi Scott
Is your radio a 6200
As this is what it is for
Dave 2E0DMB
On Wed, 23 Oct 2024, 18:36 scot forshaw via , <scot.forshaw= [email protected]> wrote: Noticed this download appeared on webpage on 14th October?!
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Going to install and see ! It only has 26 downloads so im guessing its quite new.
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Re: New official firmware on CQXIEGU 240924001?
I think it¡¯s for x6200. M?tne they¡¯ve attached it to x6100 by mistake W dniu ?r., 23.10.2024 o 19:36 scot forshaw via <scot.forshaw= [email protected]> napisa?(a):
Noticed this download appeared on webpage on 14th October?!
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Going to install and see ! It only has 26 downloads so im guessing its quite new.
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Re: R1CBU - FT8 - No Output
No, it's not implemented. I created an issue - https://github.com/gdyuldin/x6100_gui/issues/13
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Re: R1CBU - FT8 - No Output
Thanks.. For the time being I went back to 0.25.1 which seems to work OK. ? I¡¯ll give the latest a try now. ? One other thing (it may already have been fixed in 0.26.0) is that when you call CQ and someone comes back to you the X6100 automatically creates a report and sends it back to them. ? If for some reason they do not reply (say due to band conditions) the X6100 continues ¡®ad infinitum¡¯ to send them their report ¨C 30 mins later, it¡¯s still transmitting ! ¨C Can we add a timer / count (say 5 or 10 attempts) after which it drops the calling sequence? ? 73¡¯s Brian ?
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Subject: Re: [xiegu-x6100] R1CBU - FT8 - No Output? Seems I found a reason - for too high ALC or too low output power correction was calculated incorrectly.
Created a fix. New release (0.26.1) should be built in a hour.
This issue also affect 0.25.0 (first version with output auto correction for FT8), but you the first, who catch it).
73.
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Re: R1CBU - FT8 - No Output
Seems I found a reason - for too high ALC or too low output power correction was calculated incorrectly.
Created a fix. New release (0.26.1) should be built in a hour. https://github.com/gdyuldin/x6100_gui/releases
This issue also affect 0.25.0 (first version with output auto correction for FT8), but you the first, who catch it).
73.
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Re: R1CBU - FT8 - No Output
Could you share params.db file?
Thank you..
I checked again and again and no output after the first few seconds and subsequent CQ calls.
Brian Price - GW4DVB - J88PI
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Re: R1CBU - FT8 - No Output
Thank you..
I checked again and again and no output after the first few seconds and subsequent CQ calls.
Brian Price - GW4DVB - J88PI
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Re: R1CBU - FT8 - No Output
0.26.0 uses some logic for automatically adjust output level to achieve desired power with low ALC. It might be that at first CQ your ALC was too high so output signal level was significant decreased (more, than actually required). It should recover during few CQ calls.
Seems, I need to set lower boundaries for level adjustment in FT8.
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I updated to 2.6 yesterday - all worked OK
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This morning I¡¯ve tried FT8. On starting a CQ call I can see a full 5W output and good SWR. After a few seconds the output drops to zero. All other modes are working OK with full output on all bands. I¡¯ve tried booting with another 2.6 SD and I still have the problem. SWR and PSU is fine. Any ideas please ?
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Re: R1CBU -- Will it work on the x6200?
I guess, xiegu uses similar approaches for controlling the BASE board in both radios. So - it might be possible to launch the R1CBU GUI application on X6200 with some notifications. Perhaps, someone with X6200 and base knowledge of reverse engineering and c/c++ will adopt R1CBU GUI))
No it will not work, temporary offline on YouTube tested it,
Dave 2E0DMB
On Tue, 22 Oct 2024, 19:24 Paul - AI7JR via , <paul.hanchett= [email protected]> wrote: Topic says it all...?
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BTW, Kudos to all the R1CBU developers! It's presentation is beautiful! Wish there was a manual...
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Just asking--Don't own a x6200, current software/firmware is a little too raw for my taste.?
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Re: R1CBU -- Will it work on the x6200?
No it will not work, temporary offline on YouTube tested it,
Dave 2E0DMB
On Tue, 22 Oct 2024, 19:24 Paul - AI7JR via , <paul.hanchett= [email protected]> wrote: Topic says it all...?
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BTW, Kudos to all the R1CBU developers! It's presentation is beautiful! Wish there was a manual...
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Just asking--Don't own a x6200, current software/firmware is a little too raw for my taste.?
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R1CBU -- Will it work on the x6200?
Topic says it all...?
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BTW, Kudos to all the R1CBU developers! It's presentation is beautiful! Wish there was a manual...
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Just asking--Don't own a x6200, current software/firmware is a little too raw for my taste.?
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I seen it on one of the video. I created an issue about it -?
Thank you so much Georgy
I can confirm that the Wi-Fi worked first time and updated the internal clock perfectly. ? Can I just make one observation?
When you go to ¡®Settings¡¯ and try and set the ¡®Day¡¯ with the ¡®Wrong¡¯ knob (ie the volume / RF knob) you get some strange coding digits in the display where the date should be !! ? I know that I am the idiot, but I thought I would own up to this as I do it soooo many times !! ? 73 ? Brian ¨C GW4DVB ? ? ? ? Hi.
Actual release available on the on GitHub. Significant changes - WiFi, FTx incremental decoding and support of CQ modifiers (SOTA, POTA, etc).
This version based on updated linux image and using external FTx library - so it (possible) might have some bugs.
Remember to copy files from DATA partition before flashing to save all parameters, logs, messages, etc. After flashing and first boot - copy these files back to DATA.
73. Georgy // R2RFE
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Thank you so much Georgy
I can confirm that the Wi-Fi worked first time and updated the internal clock perfectly. ? Can I just make one observation?
When you go to ¡®Settings¡¯ and try and set the ¡®Day¡¯ with the ¡®Wrong¡¯ knob (ie the volume / RF knob) you get some strange coding digits in the display where the date should be !! ? I know that I am the idiot, but I thought I would own up to this as I do it soooo many times !! ? 73 ? Brian ¨C GW4DVB ? ? ?
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Subject: [xiegu-x6100] R1CBU firmware 0.26.0 #development #firmware #r1cbu #R1CBU-Firmware? Hi.
Actual release available on the on GitHub. Significant changes - WiFi, FTx incremental decoding and support of CQ modifiers (SOTA, POTA, etc).
This version based on updated linux image and using external FTx library - so it (possible) might have some bugs.
Remember to copy files from DATA partition before flashing to save all parameters, logs, messages, etc. After flashing and first boot - copy these files back to DATA.
73. Georgy // R2RFE
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Hi.
Actual release available on the on GitHub. Significant changes - WiFi, FTx incremental decoding and support of CQ modifiers (SOTA, POTA, etc).
This version based on updated linux image and using external FTx library - so it (possible) might have some bugs.
Remember to copy files from DATA partition before flashing to save all parameters, logs, messages, etc. After flashing and first boot - copy these files back to DATA.
73. Georgy // R2RFE
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Re: R1CBU FT8 Time Sync..
Latest version seems to get the GPS working however the time still does not sync with the FT8 signal for me. ? I have to switch off and back on again to get it to work fairly often. ?
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Subject: Re: [xiegu-x6100] R1CBU FT8 Time Sync..? Thanks for sharing this information. I? didn't check the time synchronization with GPS, but checked that the application (last version) supports the hot plug of the GPS dongle. Georgy. ? I did a tutorial a while back for Oleg's 0.19 firmware to get the GPS to sync the internal time to the GPS. it is in Message: Basically, the linux operating system compares the current system time with the received GPS time. If the times are too different, linux will not update the system time when a new GPS time is received. I presume this is so linux will not change the time at all to the GPS time if it seems the GPS time is too far out of sync. There is a minor change that can be made to the NTP time syncing software parameters that will force the system time to be synced with the GPS time, no matter how far off the GPS time is. Here is a copy of the tutorial I posted for Oleg's 0.19 version. Hopefully, it will also work for George's firmware: I had the GPS working with the X6100 with Version 0.18, months back. I just installed Version 0.19, and it works with both of my GPS Dongles. Here are some hints and requirements on getting the GPS to sync the time in Oleg's software: 1) First, the GPS must be plugged into the X6100 before powering it up. I believe Oleg indicated this is so the software can detect that there is a GPS installed during power up, so it can configure the Linux system to handle GPS signals. So, first install the GPS Dongle in the Host USB port with power off. 2) Next, check that the X6100 is properly receiving the GPS signals from the GPS Dongle. Turn on power, and wait for the display to show the spectrum, indicating the X6100 is powered up and operating normally. Press the APP button. Select the? GPS button. On the screen, you will see several fields for the GPS. There are two important ones, "Fix" and "Date, time." If there is no data in the Date/Time field, the GPS is not receiving even one satellite, or the GPS hasn't warmed up yet, or the software is not receiving the time/location message from the GPS. If the Date/Time field has today's UTC (Zulu) date and the UTC time looks about correct, the GPS and the software are probably working correctly. 3) Next, the Fix field can have one of three values, "None," "2D" and "3D." With a good UTC time, None probably indicates that the GPS has not received enough satellites yet to do even an approximate location. When the Fix field indicates None, the software time will not update the System Time to the GPS UTC time. The Fix field must show 2D or 3D to allow the GPS time to update the system time. There are several reasons the Fix field may indicate None. The most common are that either the GPS is still initializing, or that it can't see enough satellites. So, first move the GPS/X6100 to a place where it has a good view of the sky. Then, wait for the GPS to indicate a GPS Fix of 2D or 3D. It may take a while for the GPS to initialize, so give it several minutes, and depending on the GPS, it may take the same time to initialize every time you turn on power, though it is usually a lot faster after the first time. 4) Once the GPS app indicates a good UTC time and a Fix of 2D or 3D, the software sends the UTC time from the GPS to the Linux system. The Linux system will compare the GPS time against its own internal system time. If the times are "close," within several hundred seconds or so, it will initialize the system time to the GPS time, then start tracking the GPS time, so the system time is always "synced" with the GPS time. So generally, you should see the system time in the upper right of the screen sync a few seconds after the Fix shows 2D/3D. And, the GPS time should track within one displayed second of system time until you turn off the system. 5) Finally, Linux has one "gotcha" for the time syncing. Linux is set up so that a bad GPS time doesn't set the system time to the wrong value, if the system and GPS times are way off. So finally, if the system time doesn't sync with the GPS time, check that the system time is close to the GPS time. First, still on the GPS App screen, write down the UTC Date and Time. Then, press the APP button, then the APP 1:2 button to get to the APP 2:2 screen. Then press the Settings button. Change the Day, Month, Year and Hour, Min fields to the GPS UTC values you wrote down (you don't have to update the Sec field, as the times will be close enough). Linux will then try to sync the system time to the GPS time, usually within a few seconds. If they don't sync, try turning off the power and then turn it on again. Wait for the GPS to get a 2D or 3D fix If the times don't sync, manually update the System time to agree with the GPS time If this doesn't work, you will probably need to ask for help from Oleg. One final thing: A while back, when Oleg first installed the GPS function, I couldn't get my GPS to sync the system time. Oleg and I had a discussion about this on this Forum. That's when I/we found out about the times not syncing if the times are too far apart (see above). I dug into Linux and found a parameter I could change in a Linux configuration file that would allow Linux to force an initial sync of the times once the Fix is 2D/3D, no matter how far apart the times are. I just tried patching the configuration file and the patch still seems to be working. However, I don't know enough Linux to know if there are any side effects to this change. I hope some of the above (long) descriptions/instructions are helpful to someone else. ? I¡¯m having trouble syncing my X6100 when trying the FT8 / FT4 mode. Ive tried a couple of GPS modules but they won¡¯t lock either.. Also can someone please provide a link to the latest firmware release ?
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