[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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