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by IV3BVK
Sat Sep 30, 2023 2:43 pm
Forum: Pi-Star General Support
Topic: Unable to update pi-star operating system
Replies: 5
Views: 10137

Unable to update pi-star operating system

Hi everyone,
for a few months I have tried to update my various pistar hotspots, but from the error reported below this is no longer possible.

Get:3 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian buster-backports InRelease [51.4 kB]
Err:3 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian buster-backports InRelease
The ...
by IV3BVK
Sat Jul 01, 2023 10:16 am
Forum: YSF Specific Support
Topic: YSFGateway pi-star service fix patch
Replies: 0
Views: 10968

YSFGateway pi-star service fix patch

Hello everyone,
after waiting TWO YEARS to get an answer to my previous requests here on the forum :o :o , concerning the malfunctioning of the YPF system of the English pistar, today I inform you that the patch of the YSFGateway service that solves the problem has been published. :D

Read ...
by IV3BVK
Sun Oct 23, 2022 7:11 pm
Forum: YSF Specific Support
Topic: BUG: YSF repeater blocked for a long time if wrong code is sent
Replies: 0
Views: 11717

BUG: YSF repeater blocked for a long time if wrong code is sent

Hello everyone,

we would like to inform you of a major problem detected, which certainly concerns all pi-star platforms that use the YSF protocol. This problem is blocking all repeater bridges that use the pi-star platform RPi.

Together with my colleague Antonio IZ0MXY I point out that, in YSF ...
by IV3BVK
Tue Sep 06, 2022 7:36 pm
Forum: Tips and Tricks
Topic: Cron Jobs
Replies: 13
Views: 41246

Re: Cron Jobs


Looks like you didn't complete the update to the V2 key or the key is corrupted. Try updating it again. Get a fresh key if need be.


Perfect, now I try with a new v2 key.

Incredible! Now the command to add the TG works regularly. Yet even in the past few days I had been using a new API v2 key ...
by IV3BVK
Tue Sep 06, 2022 5:24 pm
Forum: Tips and Tricks
Topic: Cron Jobs
Replies: 13
Views: 41246

Re: Cron Jobs


A quick look at the logic:

pi-star@pi-star(ro):sbin$ grep APIVer pistar-bmapi
APIVer="2"
APIVer="1.0"
if [[ ${APIVer} -ge 2 ]]; then
if [[ ${APIVer} -ge 2 ]]; then
if [[ ${APIVer} -ge 2 ]]; then
if [[ ${APIVer} -ge 2 ]]; then
if [[ ${APIVer} -ge 2 ]]; then
if [[ ${APIVer} -ge 2 ]]; then ...
by IV3BVK
Mon Sep 05, 2022 1:57 pm
Forum: Tips and Tricks
Topic: Cron Jobs
Replies: 13
Views: 41246

Re: Cron Jobs


Well it's not the image or the scripts being corrupted.
I re-imaged and re-built my hotspot.
I can confirm that the scripts work up until the point I fully populate my gateway script with re-write rules.
I tested the addtg command before I finished the rebuild and it worked so it looked promising ...
by IV3BVK
Wed Apr 06, 2022 3:40 pm
Forum: DMR Specific Support
Topic: Wrong FCS Reflector on DMR2YSF Network
Replies: 1
Views: 2706

Wrong FCS Reflector on DMR2YSF Network

Hy guys,

I'm using the MMDVM DMR2YSF configuration on my RPi with pi-star, within my DMR Gateway configuration.
See the article on my italian blog: https://www.paolettopn.it/2022/04/06/mmdvm-dmrgateway-config-4-reti-2-flussi-simplex/

I could see that the commands sent from the radio to the pi ...