Direwolf - From the beginning to APRS
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
- Here is a demonstration of a brand new ubuntu installation that is configured step-by-step to allow for full APRS functionality with Direwolf soundcard modem Software TNC for linux which provides a modern packet solution.
Very interesting. I would like to see a reprisal of packet for use other than APRS.
Excellent tutorial, thank you very much for this! Unfortunately, the symlink for the PTT step doesn't seem to function as expected anymore, or I'm doing something wrong. But this was very helpful!
Hey this is a great tutorial! Do you know how to configure the PTT for windows? I cant seem to get it correctly. I have the Yaesu scu-58 cable and its in com3
Could you show a setup using LinPac ... starting point after direwolf is first setup with the -P
Hi, is it possible to have better looking maps with more detail inside that software? (without having to go to a aprs.fi)
instead of using udev rules you can use the /dev/serial/by-id/my_usb_device symlink that is automatically created when you plug in a device.
It just work, thanks!. I did in Raspberry PI using Signaling and FT857D.
Im glad that you found it to be helpful.
The thing that would be best sent over a USB interface, the audio, is sent over audio jacks... the thing best sent over an audio jack, a simple switch... is sent over USB.
... what IS this madness? LOL
Is what it is
Linux is really just for people who loves MS-dos but hates Microsoft. Soo much command line work.
As opposed to what? Mousework?
Excellent level of detail and explanation! I'm encouraged to try it. I'm interested in a messaging solution for my pickup truck to use with special events. There are a couple of bicycle club events a year up in West Virginia where I volunteer as a SAG, and while we use voice repeaters for dispatching help to riders needing it, we've started to incorporate APRS, really with an eye toward leveraging the messaging capabilities to transfer information and status to tracking software in the command center behind the scenes. This helps keep the voice repeaters a little more free for the tactical communication, and prevents sharing riders' personal information (i.e. phone numbers, etc.) over the repeaters. The fancy Kenwood and Yaesu rigs with APRS built in are nice, but aren't inexpensive, nor are they well-suited for easily and quickly leveraging messaging without attaching them as KISS TNCs to computing equipment running Xastir, Yaac, or anything else. Direwolf and Xastir certainly seem like a nice solution, and would probably support our needs and wants without demanding high-end hardware, keeping the cost down to equip many mobile and portable units supporting an event. Thanks again for your detailed walk-through on how to get these going on Linux!
Im glad you were able to find the video useful. Thanks for the feedback.
Hi Michael I am working on the same type of project for the same type of event. My plan is to use raspberry Pi zeros for the tracking and I am using these for digipeating. I would like to see how your works out.
@@retrotechandelectronics is it posable to use the dongle that u show at first to recive only using the radio and pc to gather
Thanks, got me up and running. Turn too and get some more videos out.
You got it!
Thanks for the detailed explanation! Unfortunately my PTT doesn't link to ttyUSB0 but to bus/usb/005/011 . And I don't find a solution
unix.stackexchange.com/questions/26132/how-to-assign-usb-driver-to-device
Hi, I've noticed that you are usung a Raspberry Pi and your maps rendering is fast, way faster than my i5 with 10 gb RAM. It has something to do with shapefile or something. Could you please clear this up for me. I installed Xastir from the synaptics. Ubuntu Studio with Xfce. Thank you
I cant say, its unmodified raspi, nothing special.
I'm having no end of trouble with PTT time too long errors with direwolf. I've compiled the source on Ubuntu 16 and fedora24 and get the same results. When the timeout error occurs the audio is garbled. Any ideas?
15:00 And you do not even need to be member of group dialout to use PTT. :-)
This was extremely helpful, Thanks.
Glad to help
I would love to see a vid about getting Direwolf aprs on the Pi-Star image. Since the gps and support sucks on pi-star.
Is that a proprietary feature. I don’t mess with proprietary stuff.
Have you seen a data mode cable for a baofeng ht? I have successully installed and run direwolf, yastir and yaac on a netbook running ubuntu 16.04 LTE. But I can only receive data using a cable from the speaker/headset output of the ht to the mic input on the netbook. I downloaded the osm map tiles to my netbook and thought this would be a pretty nifty, compact, portable inexpensive multifucntional solution for field days or emergency situations. I saw a youtube video on constructing a cable, but I am suspicious of how it might work. I enjoyed watching your videos. I could have saved myself some headaches had I watched them before I set up my aprs app. Thanks! David DM3BC
Frank Zappa hallo David, hast du eine Lösung gefunden? Ansonsten hab ich ein Paar Ideen für dich.
Warum bist du mit ihr sprechen deutsch?
Nein, keine Lösung. Welche Voschläge hast Du? Bin daran interessiert.
Hey AB, I was just talking to Frank Zappa, whom I could identify as beeing German by his Callsign :) Wanted to know if he found a solution to his problem.
Well for the sake of all the others I will switch back to english. The easiest but most expensive way to solve your problem is to invest in a ready made solution. This cable displayed in this video could be available for the Kenwood standard (which is the same as the Baofeng, afaik), if not, there is one universal cable to wich you only have to solder a plug for your HT. There is other small interfaces like the Wolphilink. So much about capitalism ;)
If you want to build something yourself, you can go the really cheap way and just use a few resistors, capacitators and audiotransmitters. If you do this, you will have to use the VOX of your HT. If you are new to the field in gerneral and can read german, I can give you a link to my blog, where I tried to write an overview article for Digimodes. (I would like to share the like via pm, so noone can say I am only using this platform for advertisement :) )
By the way, in propper HamSpirit, I would of course be willing to build something for you, in case you are unwilling or unable to do so.
Anyways, I would like to hear from you and help you out with any further questions.
73
Konrad
DJ6KR
thanks for this video. This helped me with linux packet radio.
You're welcome!
Hey! Take it easy on that enter key.
You caught me. Sometimes with more than one camera I use the spike from the enter key to sync audio.
I just installed Direwolf and configured it, but when all was done, the file could not be found when entering Direwolf. I found nothing in a internet search, and I am not a linux expert, or even a novice. I'm running it on a raspberry pi.
Did you check in your home directory in .direwolf
A question - minute 12:49 - how did you create the 99-sub-serial.rules file you mentioned ?
I hope it isn't to hard to use GPIO for PTT as I do have 4 USB audio sticks for my Raspi's. Thanks for the great video, I visited the Kennedy Space Center last month.
I believe you can...... there are special configs for it for BPQ I believe. Though id admit its still possible to use usb serial on a raspi to accomplish the same task.
Where did you buy that cable with the PTT/USB? Great video btw.
Ebay
Great information. Thanks for posting this. You saved me a lot of discovery time.
Now if you would just use the vi editor this would be a perfect video! :-D
+Jim B Ha! Using VI would be like releasing youtube videos on VHS.
Great tutorial. Thank you
Thank you very much for the information you provided, it has a very important place in my project. I wish you good work..
Glad to hear it was helpful.
i cant find that serial USB interface with the audio in/out, ANYWHERE! anybody got a link?
could you have just used this device alone (w/o the soundblaster)?
Ok at 12:33 what are the characters after symlink before the PTT
I'm reasonably certain it is += Yeah, I know this question is three years old, but I had the same question, maybe others will.
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The hardware is the easy part! I am 5 min into this video and have spent almost an hour trying to figure out the Direwolf software! Nothing but docs and txt files on the site! jeesh! Im out of time!
jeesh... ok
@@retrotechandelectronics well with other software you download a zip file, extract it and bam you are on the air. Ive been to the site numerous times, read, read and read through tons of stuff. Search for exe files and still i have no clue how to use the large amount of files I downloaded.
Who has time for that? In my free time I get on the air and enjoy the hobby. I spend way to much time looking at a computer screen as it is! And when winter is over I will be outside even more thus reducing my screen time!
Enjoy life! Get outdoors! =]
uhm, ok
Hey all, Just setting this up on a Rpi and when running direwolf in terminal, it all seems to work, but the terminal window flashes or refreshes constantly, makes it hars to read, is there a setting to reslove this? thanks
Try running some other connection to that terminal software and see if it has the same issue
@@retrotechandelectronics Hi..I am just rebuilding the pi and re following the setup..I assume you are referring to running direwolf from an ssh connection?
Ok An update, re-built and re-installed and only appears to direwolf in a terminal window the text blinks, I ran direwolf -? and that help / switch screen flashed too, but everything else in a terminal window appears to work fine..reminds me almost like an old DOS command to blink text... any ideas.. I just followed the install above, it appears to work great but a pain to see !
and a bit more... I found if I turn the colours off it doesnt flash. so I am fine with that, but now when I say tx now from xastir it says volume None?
Very good walk through!
Glad it helped.
Thanks just what I was looking for
No problem
Thank you ! love the dev/ptt trick !
Happy to help!
Thanks!
URWELCOME!
XASTIR looks so outdated now it really needs an update
Indeed.
Question moved to blog post on this video ...
Thank you, very much, for your expertise!
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My pleasure!