[arm-allstar] remote base node functioning question

Sam Nabkey sam.nabkey at gmail.com
Wed Jun 17 09:11:26 EST 2015 

Sam Scofield is running the xcat.  I was just trying to run an icom 706 or
a Kenwood tm700d.

Whenever you call a node a remote base, weirdness happens to the usb
adapter.   It's just not workable in the bbb or even later revs of acid.

This interests me... I will have to run some experiments soon.

Which radios are you running and do you have any good scripts you could
pass on and maybe how you operate it as a user?  I'd appreciate any input.

Sam NABJEY K8SN..
On Jun 17, 2015 8:40 AM, "David McGough" <kb4fxc at inttek.net> wrote:

>
> Sam,
>
> I haven't personally used the Syntor X-cat adapter. I looked at their
> yahoo group and the documentation in the "files" section. Otherwise, I've
> used rigctl to manage many different radios, with great success. The first
> place to start is from the BBB shell prompt, with remote-base support
> disabled in app_rpt.  Once you get familiar with the various rigctl
> commands, macros for access via AllStar are pretty easy--just directly
> call the rigctl command from AllStar.
>
> I'm guessing you're using the CI-V interface method for the Xcat? Are you
> using full VFO capability, or just changing the Syntor's modes (AKA:
> channels)?
>
> If simply changing modes, I'm guessing some command something like this
> will work:
>
> /usr/local/bin/rigctl -r /dev/ttyUSB0 -m 311 -s 19200 -c0x20 h 27
>
> -r /dev/ttyUSB0   #### serial interface to use...
> -s 19200    #### serial data rate (Xcat uses 19200, based on the manual)
> -c0x20   #### CI-V address (Xcat is fixed at 0x20, from the manual)
> h 27   #### "h 27"  changes to memory channel channel 27
>
>
> "rigctl -l" will get a list of supported radio back-ends. I'd recommend
> trying various Icom back-ends, hopefully finding something that works
> 100%.
>
> rigctl -l #### Get list of available back-ends
>
> "rigctl -m 311 -u" will get a list of supported features for a given
> back-end, try this. Note that the "-m 311" uses the ic-706mk2g back-end.
>
> rigctl -m 311 -u #### Get supported features for back-end 311
>
>
> I'll try to help further, once I understand more about your setup.
>
>
> 73, David KB4FXC
>
>
>
> On Wed, 17 Jun 2015, Sam Nabkey wrote:
>
> > That's cool.  Care to share some setup examples?  I'd love to see them.
> >
> > K8SN
> > On Jun 17, 2015 6:51 AM, "David McGough" <kb4fxc at inttek.net> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Hi Sam,
> > >
> > > I'm guessing that you're trying to use the built-in remote-base code in
> > > app_rpt??  If so, the only thing I can suggest at this point is to use
> > > hamlib (the "rigctl" program), instead of the built-in code.
> > >
> > > I use hamlib for several radios hosted by BBB's, etc., and it works
> > > perfectly for me.
> > >
> > >
> > > 73, David KB4FXC
> > >
> > > On Wed, 17 Jun 2015, Sam Skolfield wrote:
> > >
> > > > Really too bad, I'm so close to success with what is obviously one of
> > > very
> > > > few attempts at a frequency-agile BBB node. Looking at the console
> with
> > > any
> > > > level of verbosity doesn't seem to reveal any useful information.
> > > > Unfortunately, it doesn't look like I'll be able to fix this any time
> > > soon.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 2:50 PM, Sam Nabkey <sam.nabkey at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I wish I had time and more knowledge. ..
> > > > >
> > > > > It's fun to try and figure it all out. .
> > > > > On Jun 16, 2015 5:06 PM, "Sam Skolfield" <kj6qfs at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> Hi Sam!
> > > > >> That's frustrating! Perhaps someone can help us fix this bug?
> There
> > > has
> > > > >> to be more people that want to use frequency agile remote bases
> than
> > > just
> > > > >> the two Sams....
> > > > >>
> > > > >> On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 8:05 AM, Sam Nabkey <sam.nabkey at gmail.com
> >
> > > wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >>> This is one of the same issues I experienced with the bbb code.
> The
> > > cli
> > > > >>> will be blowing can't hang up errors at you while this is going
> on.
> > > My
> > > > >>> only recourse was to reboot.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> I went to an acid version before the changes were made to the
> channel
> > > > >>> drivers that was "fixed" to work reliably on the bbb to get my
> > > remote to
> > > > >>> work.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>> Sam K8SN
> > > > >>> On Jun 16, 2015 8:04 AM, "Sam Skolfield" <kj6qfs at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>> David, I'm using a *1 xxxx (xxxx being the node)
> > > > >>>>
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> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >> --
> > > > >> KJ6QFS
> > > > >> Sam Skolfield
> > > > >>
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