Re: KISS over psuedo TTY
hello Charles I thing that you can do it whit both kiss and Slip you must define a pair ptyxxx and ttyxxx and i thing that you must start pty first look at the man Guillermo Charles Brain escribió: Hi all, I am trying to set up a kiss link over a psuedo TTY without much luck. I can do it with slip not not it seems with KISS. I am trying to set up a link to my own application. the Kernel is 2.2.12-20 and I am using apps-0.0.4 and tools 0.0.5 Anyone have any ideas? - Charles G4GUO
RE: Soundmodem problem
cat /proc/interrupts? -Original Message- From: Rich Hall [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, 24 July 2000 8:43 am To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Soundmodem problem At 07:23 PM 7/23/2000 -0500, you wrote: As I'm sure you'll get dozens of messages saying, networking devices are not "devices" in the sense that they have /dev entries. They're entirely in the kernel and visible only via things like ifconfig. David Hello David, Thanks for the fast response. The docs have stated that devices are created in /dev/ called /dev/sm[0..3] while in another spot it states network devices.. In any case I am unable to access them in any manner and when I run any of the tools that are supposed to manage them there do not exist. And I am not a novice at networking after having been a system admin now for about 15 years this should be a piece of cake.. but I am stumped. Everything comes up until the handling of the sm0 net device and ifconfig and smdiags say it is down and smmixer says it does not exist. I have built everything into the kernel at one point and as modules and combinations of both. All to no avail. I am using all of the latest ax-utils (1.42a) and net-tools 1.54 with a 2.2.14 kernel. Soundcard is a Soundblaster PCI 128 (es1370) and it works if I load the sound support (yes, I unload the sound card support for the soundmodem as per the AX 25 soundmodem instructions). The card is at SB 0x220 irq 7 dma 1 confirmed. Thanks, -Rich Rich Hall - http://www.netlynx.com/rich emailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] amateur radio: KF6ARX
RE: Soundmodem problem
Hello David, Thanks for the fast response. The docs have stated that devices are created in /dev/ called /dev/sm[0..3] not in my experience while in another spot it states network devices.. In any case I am unable to access them in any manner and when I run any of the tools that are supposed to manage them there do not exist. And I am not a novice at networking after having been a system admin now for about 15 years this should be a piece of cake.. but I am stumped. Everything comes up until the handling of the sm0 net device and ifconfig and smdiags say it is down and smmixer says it does not exist. I have built everything into the kernel at one point and as modules and combinations of both. All to no avail. I am using all of the latest ax-utils (1.42a) Here is your problem I think. The ax25-utils will not work with 2.2.x kernels. You need to get libax25 ax25-tools ax25-apps then run lsmod to make sure all sound modules are not running remove them with modprobe -r then modprobe soundmodem then sethdlc -p -i sm0 with your mode, irq, io, dma, ptt settings hope this helps and net-tools 1.54 with a 2.2.14 kernel. Soundcard is a Soundblaster PCI 128 (es1370) and it works if I load the sound support (yes, I unload the sound card support for the soundmodem as per the AX 25 soundmodem instructions). The card is at SB 0x220 irq 7 dma 1 confirmed. Thanks, -Rich Rich Hall - http://www.netlynx.com/rich emailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] amateur radio: KF6ARX
Re: AX25 Mini-Linux?
On Sun, Jul 23, 2000 at 08:56:47PM +0200, Salvador Caballe 'EA3BKZ' wrote: Hello, Does anybody know a single floppy nini-linux distribution, with ax25 support ? Salvador I've managed to build cramdisks with AX.25 kernels and limited utilities for the older stuff (2.0.37) but not with any of the newer stuff that uses glibc (can the new kernels and ax25 be used with libc5 ?) ... Niall (VE7HEX)
Query on Rig-control API
Hi, There was minor discussion on the possibility of a generic rig-control API during the discourse about the creation of a linux/unix based logging program suite? As I have the opportunity to have access to some computer controllable rigs on behalf of their owner whom is currently upgrading his shack, I thought this a suitable time to put some free(ish) time into producing a reasonable result. Towards this end I have seen the inseption of the HAM-API on QSL.NET however, it appears to have died; I have not yet emailed the originator but as he states "time and family committments" on the last web page update. It appears that I do not have the actual posts previously mentioned as I'm not really much into logging, where did the discussion end up. Any thoughts or suggestions are welcome. thanks and regards, Andrew ZL3TCK
Re: Query on Rig-control API
On Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 08:16:53PM +1200, Andrew Sands wrote: There was minor discussion on the possibility of a generic rig-control API during the discourse about the creation of a linux/unix based logging program suite? As I have the opportunity to have access to some computer controllable rigs on behalf of their owner whom is currently upgrading his shack, I thought this a suitable time to put some free(ish) time into producing a reasonable result. I'm still interested. I haven't done anything on it though. I can contribute code for the FT-847, and perhaps ICOM as well (although I'll probably sell my ICOM soon). I had a few thoughts on the topic.. Radios have lots of different capabilities so the API should probably have a way to find out what capabilities are available. For example, my FT-847 has satellite mode, and you can read the S-meter over the CAT interface. It has two VFOs but you can't switch VFOs through software. It has 1Hz tuning but only 10Hz resolution over CAT. It has all bands 160m through 70cm, and has CW and CW-R modes. My IC-726 has no satellite mode and no S-meter command, but you can switch between the two VFOs over the CI-V interface. It has HF and 6m, but switching between HF and 6m is a bit of an artform. It has 10Hz tuning steps and can be controlled down to 10Hz on the interface. It only has CW mode (LSB) with no reverse. Some ideas. The library could read a config file which listed which radios were connected to which serial ports. Application software could get a list of connected radios that way, and find out what capabilities they had. A few basic commands should be supported on all radios -- get/set frequency and mode, probably nothing more is completely standard. (Early firmware on the FT-847 didn't have any read back at all! Most of those got upgraded though.) Memory handling would be quite complicated and IMHO low priority. If made generic enough I suppose the API could work with memory programming for VHF/UHF FM rigs as well. Just a few random thoughts, Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Query on Rig-control API
On Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 08:16:53PM +1200, Andrew Sands wrote: There was minor discussion on the possibility of a generic rig-control API during the discourse about the creation of a linux/unix based logging program suite? As I have the opportunity to have access to some computer controllable rigs on behalf of their owner whom is currently upgrading his shack, I thought this a suitable time to put some free(ish) time into producing a reasonable result. I'm still interested. I haven't done anything on it though. I can contribute code for the FT-847, and perhaps ICOM as well (although I'll probably sell my ICOM soon). Quite interested in this myself as well... are there any new programs for satellite tracking programs past what was around a couple of years ago? 73 Mike N4CNW Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: NEWQPSK tests
On Sun, 23 Jul 2000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: Well, I was going to arrange a time and frequency where we could try to make contact. If nothing else I might leave a beacon running one day this week, if there's anyone hear who would try to copy it. I would be running Tomi's NEWQPSK modem for Linux, transmitting AX.25 packets using the 'beacon' program. Would anyone try to decode this if I set it up? Unfortunately I'm now back from my vacation and HF antennas are a problem but I might try to set up something. By the way if anyone here in EU is trying to connect to Joni's NEWQPSK station at 3590.0kHz LSB, it's now running 2500bps (8000sps), interleave=8 and fec=3. After some tests we decided that the 3000bps (9600sps) mode is too wide for most ham rigs and the high and low carriers are unnecessarily attenuated and performance thus degraded. 2500bps is much better at least in that sense. -- Tomi Manninen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] OH2BNS AX.25: [EMAIL PROTECTED] KP20ME04Amprnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: NEWQPSK tests
On Sun, 23 Jul 2000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: On Sat, Jul 22, 2000 at 06:25:43PM +0200, Kai Schulte wrote: Is anyone interested in doing some NEWQPSK testing with me on HF this weekend? How do the tests work, and what band(s) do you use? I'd love to give psk31 a try but currently I don't have _any_ working short wave antennas, so this would be good motivation to build/fix one :) Hi Kai, Well, I was going to arrange a time and frequency where we could try to make contact. If nothing else I might leave a beacon running one day this week, if there's anyone hear who would try to copy it. I would be running Tomi's NEWQPSK modem for Linux, transmitting AX.25 packets using the 'beacon' program. Would anyone try to decode this if I set it up? I'd be interested. I've been trying to get a couple of the local guys interested enough to do local testing, but everyone is a bit too busy right now, or they don't have their PC's tied to their HF rigs yet. I'd be willing to setup a periodic beacon while I'm home in the evening (approx. 0300-1400 GMT). Since I'm in northwest Washington state picking a frequency that has half a chance of making it between us is going to be the difficult part. Ken, N7IPB -
Re: NEWQPSK tests
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why don't you guys just go to 20m, around 14.070, and tune around? There's dozens of PSK31 signals there just about 24 hours per day, with the band being open... I've made many good contacts with guys running 3W output power and a dipole, both sides running DigiPan... Why reinvent the wheel when there's worldwide PSK31 stuff coming in on 20M most of the day/night? 73, Gary, W7NTF It's not PSK-31, it's NEWQPSK which is a totally different mode. Ken
Re: NEWQPSK tests
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why don't you guys just go to 20m, around 14.070, and tune around? There's dozens of PSK31 signals there just about 24 hours per day, with the band being open... I've made many good contacts with guys running 3W output power and a dipole, both sides running DigiPan... Why reinvent the wheel when there's worldwide PSK31 stuff coming in on 20M most of the day/night? NEWQPSK has _nothing_ to do with PSK31. Instead it has much more to do with MT63. (both were "invented" by the same person, Pawel SP9VRC) NEWQPSK (aka Q15X25) is an AX.25 modem using 15 parallel (OFDM) tones modulated with DQPSK. Symbol rate with 8000sps is 83.333baud which translates to 2500 bits per second raw bit rate. There are three different levels of FEC that reduce the payload down to 833.3 bps. The modem takes about 2000Hz of bandwidth so it is something you definitely do NOT want to run on 14.070 !!! My code is a port of the original Motorola 56k assembler code to Linux and C. -- Tomi Manninen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] OH2BNS AX.25: [EMAIL PROTECTED] KP20ME04Amprnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Soundmodem problem
On Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 11:40:44AM -0700, Rich Hall wrote: : : I tried this route too. No workie.. Also the docs on several of the web : sites state that the ax-utils do not work with 2.2.x kernels.. I am totally : confused on this. The site at http://meow.febo.com/linux-ax25/index.html : shows the ax25-utils as a 2.0.x based support package and the ax25-tools as : a 2.2.x package. I really don't know what else for you to try.. This is my relevant AX25 configuration information for the kernel (everything's a module, basically): # # Packet Radio protocols # CONFIG_AX25=m CONFIG_NETROM=m CONFIG_ROSE=m # # AX.25 network device drivers # CONFIG_MKISS=m CONFIG_6PACK=m CONFIG_SOUNDMODEM=m CONFIG_SOUNDMODEM_SBC=y CONFIG_SOUNDMODEM_AFSK1200=y CONFIG_SOUNDMODEM_AFSK2400_7=y CONFIG_SOUNDMODEM_AFSK2400_8=y CONFIG_SOUNDMODEM_PSK4800=y CONFIG_SOUNDMODEM_FSK9600=y My /etc/conf.modules has these settings: alias net-pf-3 ax25 alias sm0 soundmodem # These just keep it from trying to load the sound card drivers alias sb off alias sound off alias sound-slot-0 sb alias sound-service-0-0 sb alias sound-service-0-3 sb alias char-major-14 sb options soundmodem mode="afsk:1200" iobase=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 post-install soundmodem /usr/sbin/sethdlc -i sm0 -p mode "sbc:afsk1200" io 0x220 irq 5 dma 1 Note that the modules post-install line above does my sethdlc for me. Thus, I can just 'ifconfig sm0' and it loads the drivers and configures the soundmodem automatically. At that point it's up to me to use ifconfig to configure the interface like I want it. (I also have a working setup for using RedHat's automatic networking stuff, but I don't always want the interface up at boot-time.) [root@eddie /root]# rpm -qf /usr/sbin/sethdlc ax25-utils-2.1.42a-3 [root@eddie /root]# rpm -qi ax25-utils Name: ax25-utils Relocations: (not relocateable) Version : 2.1.42a Vendor: (none) Release : 3 Build Date: Fri Jan 1 14:48:48 1999 Install date: Wed Sep 1 09:28:56 1999 Build Host: localhost Group : Utilities/System Source RPM: ax25-utils-2.1.42a-3.src.rpm Size: 1385793 License: GPL/BSD Packager: Alessandro Sabbatini [EMAIL PROTECTED] Summary : AX.25 Utilities Description : These are the support utilities required to make use of the internal AX.25, NET/ROM and Rose support in the linux kernel. The ax25-utils are mostly configuration utilities, but some important user programs are also included. This version of the utilities will only work with kernel revisions 2.1.42 and higher, or 2.0.30+module13 or higher. This package includes examples from the original package (in /usr/doc/ax25-utils-2.1.42a/etc) but DOES NOT include any rc.d file to start AX-25 (Refer to the AX25-HOWTO package). Compiled under RedHat 5.2. Clearly this RPM uses ax25 stuff meant for 2.2 kernels (or at least the 2.1 development series, the precurser to 2.2). Perhaps you should e-mail Mr. Sabbatini above for information about where he got the source for this. Maybe there's additional information and help there. : BTW how is the 2.2.16 kernel? I had a ton of trouble with crashing network : stacks on about 20 machines in our network when we went to that. 2.2.10-2.2.13 gave me major network problems (I have a complex masquerading setup), but 2.2.14 fixed those. 2.2.16 has been running flawlessly under sporatically moderate to heavy loading (though not at the moment): 3:11pm up 32 days, 16:09, 8 users, load average: 0.28, 0.32, 0.20 Good luck, David
Re Tiny2 STA led
Hi All Thanks to Richard Paul for your notes on the Tiny2 jumping back to command mode. I have checked this out but it appears that the TNC is remaining in Kiss mode. So I rebooted to DOS and used Paket6 to put the TNC back to the command mode with Alt k The TNC runs fine in kissmode with DOS/BPQ and with Windows98 running AGW Packet engine. I have since noted that the TNC does not receive any packets when it has the STA light problem. Restarting the TNC with the on/off switch has no effect other than cancelling the STA light but still no packets are received. I have found the only way to get it to work is to start with the TNC in command mode and then put it in kissmode from Linux. I can only think that on shutdown some rubbish is being left on the TNC but I would have thought that a restart would clear that. I have also used the call programme with the same results. I have managed to set up my Baycom board on bcsf0 and that works fine under Linpac. :-) I did an "ifconfig" and ax0 is up and running as normal Interesting problem I suppose it might be a duff Tiny2! CU 73's Brian
Re: NEWQPSK tests
On Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 09:36:30AM -0700, Ken Koster wrote: I've been trying to get a couple of the local guys interested enough to do local testing, but everyone is a bit too busy right now, or they don't have their PC's tied to their HF rigs yet. Similar story here. Also, not many Linux- using hams either. I'd be willing to setup a periodic beacon while I'm home in the evening (approx. 0300-1400 GMT). Since I'm in northwest Washington state picking a frequency that has half a chance of making it between us is going to be the difficult part. There should be propagation at some time during that period on 20 metres, around 0900 I would guess. I was intending to run the beacon for a few days while I am at work (2200-0800Z), but could do an evening also (until about 1200Z). The equipment is too noisy to leave running overnight. (The FT-847's cooling fan runs continuously!) Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
