Now that the modem’s all set up time for the fun stuff. Start with nabbing all the software required: Next, start location tracking, the session id selected is arbitrary but make sure you verify your cdc-wdm#: You’ll get some output like so: At this point the modem starts spewing NMEA strings out the QMI. Unfortunately.
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In this part, now that ModemManager isn’t interfering, verify the onboard GPS and the qmi-to-gps link is enabled. We do this with AT (attention) commands. One of the oldest (maybe THE oldest?) method of sending instruction to a modem. AT terminals are accessed across whatever /dev/tty device they are assigned using the socat command. Refer.
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Now to prep the OS and modem for the work that needs done. Start by probing the modem for information: Then take the number the system assigned the modem (mine’s zero but it can vary): The most important pieces here for this project are under System. Note the device: path and the primary port: and.
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My latest side-project has been toying with Panasonic Toughpads to replace the Raspberry Pi that’s so vital to my station. When I began I was envisioning my station mounted in a Pelican box or something of the like but I ended up looking for other options because the more I’ve hiked and camped and traveled.
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When you plug in or remove a device (mouse, hard drive, keyboard, etc.) the Linux kernel loads the firmware for the device the passes it off to udev. Udev decides what to do with the device next. It’s extremely powerful and previously I detailed how to give USB sound cards the same name every time.
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I use Winlink at my home, my in-laws, or the vacation house most of the time. As a result there are half-a-dozen gateways that get the most use. These can be saved as aliases in Pat-Winlink pretty quickly with a little information gathering. First, you need to know how Pat-Winlink can read your favorite station..
Read MoreAn uncle gifted the kiddos some Baofeng GMRS-9R radios for Christmas and they of course were on the air yapping with one another and trying to hit a local-ish repeater within minutes. A couple days later the kids had discovered channel 15 didn’t transmit. I went online and found this was a common issue but.
Read MoreYaesu has finally released ADMS-16 for programming the FTM-500DR. I bought one a few months back and the software wasn’t available then, and it isn’t supported by CHIRP yet, so I faced either paying $$$ for RT Systems’ solution or programming manually. At first manual was fine. I have about ten repeaters that go every.
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As I continue to add capabilities I’ve learned that different software, for reasons I yet to understand, require different audio levels. WSJT-X requires audio set to one level. Vara another. Direwolf benefits from a couple different levels depending on what I’m doing (YAAC or Pat for example) and how well I can hear stations nearby.
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There are two ways to manage memory of the FT5DR in the ADMS-14 software. The backup.dat file on the memory card or cloning to/from the device itself with a cable. The cable presents itself as a Com port in Windows normally. Since I am running Linux I need to map one of the serial port.
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Chirp and Chirp-Next are still lacking support for the FT5DR and even though I’d rather use one of those I decided to load the official ADMS 14 software on to my Pi. Since Wine was already installed (with Vara) I figured at worst there would be just a couple tweaks required. I wasn’t disappointed. Started.
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A recipe for installing Vara on some unsupported OS’s. KI7POL devised a script that will install Vara, Vara FM, and if you so choose, RMS Winlink, on to Raspberry Pi’s. You can find it HERE. The hangup for me was it supports a precious few operating systems. I run Kali at the office, at home,.
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ALSA is powerful. Incredibly flexible. Because of that it’s almost guaranteed to be complicated. I spend a lot of time plugging and unplugging different audio devices into my machines in different places. The way ALSA identifies sound cards (USB, built-in, HDMI, whatever) is that the first one detected becomes card0. The next is card1. The.
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