[arm-allstar] remote base node functioning question

Wed Jun 17 16:58:26 EST 2015

Ken, like I said, the USB-serial adapter is working perfectly with my BBB.
Frequency commands, etc are working just fine!

On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 7:20 AM, Kenneth Grimard <n1dot1 at gmail.com> wrote:

>  as i said to you before sam I have gotten this to work with the acid
> code.
> it will not work for full cat control using a usb serial adapter i had
> tried that myself.
> you need a real pc with a real serial port. I am using a pc with a pentium
> 4 processor with a
> real serial port usb to serial just does not work at all.
>
> other wise it does work very well and you have to program the icon 706 a
> certain for it to work also.
>
> i have been successful with this. unless the code can be modified to use
> the gpio on a raspi.
>
> usb to serial just does not work at all not with out modifying the code.
>
> cat control is done via the icom ci-v protocol from with in app_rpt.c
>
>
> ken n1dot
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> On 6/17/2015 2:11 PM, Sam Nabkey wrote:
>
> 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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KJ6QFS
Sam Skolfield
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