[arm-allstar] remote base node functioning question

Kenneth Grimard n1dot1 at gmail.com
Wed Jun 17 17:06:07 EST 2015


ok very good then

i will have to try that then later when i get a bbb or raspi2,

ken

On 06/17/2015 05:58 PM, Sam Skolfield wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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
>
>
>
>
>
>
>     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
>>     <mailto: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
>>         <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto:kj6qfs at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>         > > > >>>
>>         > > > >>>> David, I'm using a *1 xxxx (xxxx being the node)
>>         > > > >>>>
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>>         > > > >> Sam Skolfield
>>         > > > >>
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