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by G4AON
Fri Jul 11, 2025 7:00 am
Forum: Pi-Star General Support
Topic: Is it possible to pre-configure user names and passwords before first boot?
Replies: 5
Views: 299

Re: Is it possible to pre-configure user names and passwords before first boot?

Surely they can be renamed from the original “pi-star” on your router as they will have unique MAC addresses. My Icom radios appear as IC-9700 and IC-7610, thanks to their MAC addresses.

73 Dave
by G4AON
Thu Jul 10, 2025 4:02 pm
Forum: Pi-Star General Support
Topic: Is it possible to pre-configure user names and passwords before first boot?
Replies: 5
Views: 299

Re: Is it possible to pre-configure user names and passwords before first boot?

I don't know about prior to first booting Pi_star, this method of removing the requirement for a password works for one that is up and running. It may give you a clue as to where to look. The method was posted on this forum by someone else some time ago. I don't use a password for the admin screen ...
by G4AON
Mon Jul 07, 2025 8:59 am
Forum: Pi-Star General Support
Topic: Fails to connect on powering up
Replies: 2
Views: 280

Re: Fails to connect on powering up

Thanks for the links Brian. I am not sure the issue I have is quite the same as those. In a nutshell this is what happens:

On power up I get the usual announcement of "connecting to..." and if I look on the Reflector web dashboard it shows me as a remote user (http://ref079.dstargateway.org/). A ...
by G4AON
Sun Jul 06, 2025 3:19 pm
Forum: Pi-Star General Support
Topic: Fails to connect on powering up
Replies: 2
Views: 280

Fails to connect on powering up

Both my Raspberry Pi/MMDVM boards almost always fail to connect to a D-Star reflector when initially powered up.

It has been this way on previous versions as well as the current one (4.2.3).

Running an update results in a connection straightaway.

Is there a setting I am missing?

73 Dave
by G4AON
Sat Jun 28, 2025 3:26 pm
Forum: D-Star Specific Support
Topic: D-star net, disconnect after 24h
Replies: 1
Views: 1585

Re: D-star net, disconnect after 24h

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.
by G4AON
Fri Jun 27, 2025 11:34 am
Forum: Pi-Star General Support
Topic: Request: Help upgrading from 4.1.10 to 4.2x
Replies: 5
Views: 4567

Re: Request: Help upgrading from 4.1.10 to 4.2x

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 ...
by G4AON
Mon Aug 28, 2023 10:43 am
Forum: D-Star Specific Support
Topic: Connections taking a while to establish
Replies: 7
Views: 16851

Re: Connections taking a while to establish

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 ...
by G4AON
Sun Aug 20, 2023 12:05 pm
Forum: D-Star Specific Support
Topic: Connections taking a while to establish
Replies: 7
Views: 16851

Re: Connections taking a while to establish

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 ...
by G4AON
Thu Apr 06, 2023 6:56 am
Forum: Pi-Star General Support
Topic: M1ABC call on dashboard after update
Replies: 6
Views: 3814

Re: M1ABC call on dashboard after update

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
by G4AON
Wed Apr 05, 2023 10:49 pm
Forum: Pi-Star General Support
Topic: M1ABC call on dashboard after update
Replies: 6
Views: 3814

Re: M1ABC call on dashboard after update


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 ...