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Two days ago I updated both my Pi-Stars, one uses a Raspberry Pi Zero W and the other a Pi 3B. Both now run 4.2.3 with a Chinese (eBay) MMDVM board complete with OLED displays.

No problems with D-Star, the 3B one has been on REF079 for over 24 hours.

Not sure about benefits, but it is very easy to do. Upgraded one of mine this morning. Just remember to make a backup using the backup/restore feature on the Pi-Star dashboard. I put the backup into the root of the SD card and it read the settings.

If you have more than one WiFi that you use, it ...

Having carefully checked what is happening, the following seems to be the case with mine:

If the Raspberry Pi is left running 24/7, it always connects to a reflector. However, the automatic update each morning sometimes results in a delay of up to an hour before the Pi is reconnected to a reflector ...

I have the same issue on a DVAP (Pi 3B) and an MMDVM board on another Pi 3B. One is used via a phone hotspot and the other is wired to a router. I have a third using a Pi Zero W in a slim aluminium case, but that restricts the WiFi performance and is rarely used.

My “workaround” is to leave the ...

Update... A little midnight oil later, did a backup. Formatted the card and re-installed a fresh image, restored from backup.

Problem solved and the backup even restored my colour scheme. Quite painless and quick.

73 Dave

The fetch-head problem might need a little more doing to fix...

From the CLI type

cd /usr/local/bin
sudo git stash
sudo git pull

Sent via smoke signals from my SM-G935F M1DNS (Admin)

Tried that, unfortunately without success.
It still returns the following afterwards when I run "update ...

When running an update, one of my Pi-Star boards reverts back to M1ABC as the call. I note there is an error when updating and it looks like something may be set to read only preventing changes. This is what is displayed when running the update:
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Starting update, please wait...
Stopping ...

I don’t know if two colours will suffice, the small yellow and blue 0.96” OLED screens work fine with a standard MMDVM board. I recently fitted one from an eBay supplier, eBay item number 134204262304

It has the correct order of connections and spacing to fit straight onto the MMDVM board.

73 Dave

I have three “hotspots”, two are MMDVM boards and the other is a 2m DVAP dongle.

They all produce between 10 and 12mW output, as measured with a Rigol spectrum analyser and attenuator. This is the specification of the IC used in the boards.

The maximum range I can “ping” one of the 70 cm MMDVM ...

Assuming your mobile provider doesn’t block tethering, a Pi-Star hotspot will work without issues. I have 3 “Pies”, a Pi Zero W with Chinese MMDVM, a 3B also with Chinese MMDVM and another 3B with a red coloured DVAP. All work via my iPhone SE (2020). They also worked with my earlier iPhone SE and ...