[arm-allstar] G7RPG MicroHub and Unknown Wi-Fi

[Patrick Perdue]

I don't know of a fully functional and accessible (voiceover) Bluetooth 
terminal on iOS, but yes, that should work, in theory. There is this 
one, but I've not tested it. 
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bluterm-serial-terminal/id1043611281

You'd have to configure TTY for bluetooth on the Pi first.

Terminal apps on iOS are generally not awesome to use with voiceover, 
with some exceptions, like Ish, and the old, now sadly discontinued 
Prompt. Ish is an implementation of Alpine Linux for iOS, by the way.

You could also, with some scripting, have the rPi offer itself as an 
access point when no known networks are detected. You could then connect 
to that with some device to give you SSH access long enough to scan for 
or manually add a network, and reboot. There are some potential problems 
with this approach, such as, if you go out of range of a known network, 
or if the connection drops long enough for any given reason, it will 
drop and probably never reconnect again until the next reboot.

I'm not sure what you would do about captive portals, though, if you 
only have access to text terminals, as we do. Xterm is not an option for 
us blind folks. Elunx in a terminal window?



On 2/29/2020 5:32 PM, "David Ranch via ARM-allstar" wrote:
>
> I'm not familiar with the Microhub device but if your unit has 
> bluetooth serial support (Rpi Zero-W, 3, 3+, or 4 have support 
> built-in) or alternatively connect a USB to Bluetooth serial adapter 
> to the Pi, you could then use a bluetooth serial terminal program on a 
> smart phone.  From there, you could log into the Pi's serial console 
> and configure things via the commands line.
>
> --David
> KI6ZHD
>
>
>
> On 02/29/2020 12:53 PM, "Chris Smart via ARM-allstar" wrote:
>> hmm ok perhaps I can do that by opening the box... there are no 
>> connections besides DC power on the outside.
>> Here's what I'm running:
>> https://www.hubnetwork.uk/g7rpg-microhub
>>
>>
>> At 03:47 PM 2/29/2020, you wrote:
>>> Chris,
>>>
>>>  Assuming it is using the standard Hamvoip software the wifi option 
>>> in the
>>> main menu (item 7) allows you to program an SSID either by scanning 
>>> or by
>>> manually entering. Then you enter the pass phrase. Of course you 
>>> need a way
>>> to do that so initially you would need to use a monitor and keyboard or
>>> Ethernet connection to log in.
>>>
>>>
>>> *73 Doug*
>>>
>>> *WA3DSP*
>>>
>>> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>>>
>>> On Sat, Feb 29, 2020 at 3:30 PM "Chris Smart via ARM-allstar" <
>>> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hi folks.
>>> >
>>> > Just to make sure I'm not missing something...
>>> >
>>> > Is there no way to connect my MicroHub to a new Wi-Fi network, one
>>> > whose SSID isn't known yet?
>>> > For example, I'm going to another country tomorrow, and while the
>>> > place I'm staying has Wi-Fi, I won't know the SSID and password until
>>> > I get there.
>>> >
>>> > I'm looking at wpa_supplicant_custom-wlan0.conf
>>> > and that seems to let me set up known SSID's...
>>> >
>>> > Thanks for any hints,
>>> >
>>> > Chris
>>> > ve3rwj
>
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