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I am running a Pi Zero W with 4.3.4
Any change I make in Pi-star expert mode mmdvmHost, whether I hit the Apply Changes or the Enter Key will, stop MMDVMHost and I have to manually restart it

my pi-3b and pi-4b are fine

Hello Andy,

unfortunately the Nextion drivers from ON7LDS in the current Pi-Star image (V4.2.3 or V4.2.2) for the USB interface (USB to TTL) are not well implemented, there are a lot of problems! Maybe you can renew the driver integration! Thank you!


73 Alfred OE7ABH

Yes. This has been ...

I thank you on behalf of myself and TGIF for your efforts on this issue and on the pi-star system itself.
4.3.3 is looking real good so far.


you're welcome, and thank you, getting 4.3.x out of beta has been a bit of a trial, especially around the Wi-Fi issues and a late decision to break 4.3 ...

Ahh you see, you fell into the trap of assuming it's always modem or ttyUSB0.... it could be ttyAMA0 or ttyUSB[some other number here]
But yes thinking about it


Ya got Me....30 lashes with a wet noodle. We only worried about the two I mentioned. I see you have a much wider AUDIENCEI and many ...

Versie 4.3.3 install on the raspberry Pi 5. Only problem with the Nextion Driver. I have to set /dev/ttyUSB0 manualy in the expert mode. From the configuration it never changed and it was always modem.


When I added the NextionDriver support in - I did make some assumptions for sure - and yes ...

Just installing the NextionDriver is only part of the process.
Might be worth adjusting it to check if NextionDriver exits, unit is loaded etc - alot of this is done already now.

I created a script that will adjust several fields in the configuration
These too have been updated, the config ...

Just an FYI -
NextionDriver as installed on 4.3.2
/etc/mmdvmhost

[Nextion]
Port=/dev/ttyAMA0
Brightness=50
DisplayClock=1
UTC=0
ScreenLayout=0
IdleBrightness=20

/// No NextionDriver Section - Needs to be added

NextionDriver as required by TGIFSpot Hotspots

[Nextion]
Port=/dev/ttyNextionDriver ...

Installed Nextion Driver 1.26 with my IND.sh script with no issues


Good point, updated the onboard NextionDriver (yes it's included out of the box these days) to 1.26


Just installing the NextionDriver is only part of the process. I created a script that will adjust several fields in the ...

RE DMRGateway Below.
It looks like the sequence of installing the DMRGateway is important
I used my script to go from the TGIF Server to DMRGateway. All Looked good but I got the errors as indicated below

I used the Pi-Star configuration screen to go back to the TGIF Server and then back to the ...

Installed 4.3.2 on a pi 3b, with no issues ( Set up for TGIF)
Installed Nextion Driver 1.26 with my IND.sh script with no issues
Updated to my modified Nextion Driver 1.27 with no issues
installed My DMRGateway-6 with my GWConfig.sh script - No Issues during installation
Type=Gateway
However the Log ...