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
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- 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
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
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 ...
- 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
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
- 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.
No problems with D-Star, the 3B one has been on REF079 for over 24 hours.
- 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 ...
If you have more than one WiFi that you use, it ...
- 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 ...
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 ...
- 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 ...
My “workaround” is to leave the ...
- 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
Problem solved and the backup even restored my colour scheme. Quite painless and quick.
73 Dave
- 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 ...