[arm-allstar] Programming Motorola Radios on a hamvoip installation

[Andy KB7B]

Doug & David,
Thank you for all the suggestions. 
Unfortunately they did not solve the XQuartz problem on my Mac, but this one did:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=52313

When using XQuartx on my Mac, dosbox was consistently returning the wrong key-press.

Pressing "1" returned an "e"Pressing "n" returned an "x"Pressing "5" returned an "i"Pressing "3" returned an "t"and finally
Pressing "8" gave me a <Return>
(and back to sanity)
Other CLI and X programs worked fine.

The fix is to change the line "usescancodes=true" to "usescancodes=false" 
in the /root/.dosbox/dosbox-0.74.conf file which was 34 lines down from the top.

This is probably only a Mac thing, but I hope it helps someone else.

-AndyPB7B/KB7BNode: 42432




      From: Doug Crompton via arm-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
 To: ARM Allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> 
Cc: Doug Crompton <wa3dsp at gmail.com>
 Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2017 6:24 PM
 Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Programming Motorola Radios on a hamvoip installation
   
It turns out there is a ton of stuff out there about this. Here are some
links where you might find answers. I emphasize might as it seems there are
those that are successful and other who are not. Glad I never owned a Mac!

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2033902?tstart=0

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/216982/remote-x11-applications-have-wrong-keyboard-mappings-local-osx-remote-linux

http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f65/x11-keyboard-map-is-messed-up-389812.html

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92585


*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

*http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*


On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 3:19 AM, "Andy KB7B via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> Thank you both for the information. I may not get to it for a few days,
> but I'll let you know what I find.
>
> -Andy
>
> > On Nov 25, 2017, at 5:39 AM, Doug Crompton via arm-allstar <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> >
> > Andy,
> >
> > I have a user here with the same problem and it seems to just be the
> > function keys. I sent him this info also but have not heard back.
> >
> > Not sure if this is the answer but worth a try....
> >
> > https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204436
> >
> >
> > *73 Doug*
> >
> > *WA3DSP*
> >
> > *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 5:59 PM, "andy_kb7b via arm-allstar" <
> > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Doug & David,
> >>
> >> I followed your Motorola Radio Programming page at:
> >>
> >> https://hamvoip.org/hamradio/motorola_programming/
> >>
> >> but ran into a problem on my Mac running xquartz.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Everything works and I get the Norton Commander screen on my Mac after
> >> running dosbox.
> >>
> >> The problem I have is my Mac keyboard under OSX is consistently
> scrambled..
> >>
> >> Is it possible I need to install the Arch xorg-server package to map my
> >> Mac keyboard?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I thought I'd ask before cluttering my node with needless packages.
> >>
> >> Thank you both for any suggestions you might have.
> >>
> >>
> >> -Andy
> >> PB7B/KB7B
> >> 42432
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> From: "\"Doug Crompton via arm-allstar\"" <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> >>>> Subject: [arm-allstar] Programming Motorola Radios on a hamvoip
> >> installation
> >>>> Date: November 17, 2017 at 7:08:33 AM GMT+1
> >>>> To: ARM Allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> >>>> Cc: Doug Crompton <wa3dsp at gmail.com>
> >>>> Reply-To: ARM Allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> >>>>
> >>>> We have deployed another value add to the hamvoip code, the ability to
> >>>> program the older Motorola radios like the Maxtrac , GM300 etc. on
> your
> >> Pi
> >>>> allstar server. This makes available the ability for the average
> person
> >> to
> >>>> program these radios without having to find someone that has an old
> >>>> computer and the software to do it. It also is a consistent platform
> so
> >> if
> >>>> it works on one Pi it will work on all. No more hassling with timings,
> >> etc.
> >>>> Complete details are in the link to the howto posted on the
> hamvoip.org
> >> web
> >>>> page in the howto/software section. Here is the direct link -
> >>>>
> >>>> https://hamvoip.org/hamradio/motorola_programming/
> >>>>
> >>>> If you use the hardware suggested and set it up according to the
> >> directions
> >>>> you should be able to program your Motorola radio that previously
> >> required
> >>>> an old DOS computer..
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> *73 Doug*
> >>>>
> >>>> *WA3DSP*
> >>>>
> >>>> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
> >>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>>
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> >>>>
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