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by w7efs
Sun Oct 13, 2019 3:24 am
Forum: Pi-Star General Support
Topic: Unable to access dashboard for several weeks
Replies: 26
Views: 11705

Re: Unable to access dashboard for several weeks, or connect to DStar Reflectors

... Google searches also state that tracert goes all the way back to Win95. ... That's only because Microsoft has only had a native tcp/IP stack since that excuse for an operating system. Prior to that time, people limiting their own computer usage to Microsoft used tcp/IP implementations such as B...
by w7efs
Sun Oct 13, 2019 2:57 am
Forum: Pi-Star General Support
Topic: Screensaver
Replies: 6
Views: 8092

Re: Screensaver

I am running Pi-Star version 3.4.17 in DMR on a DVMEGA RPi 3 mounted in a 7-Inch LCD Touch Screen Case. All is working fine; however, I'd like to run screensaver on the 7" screen when it is on. I was able to do this when I ran it with DVMEGA software but can't figure out how to do it under Pi-...
by w7efs
Tue Oct 08, 2019 6:06 am
Forum: Pi-Star General Support
Topic: Expert/ircddbgateway editor
Replies: 9
Views: 9081

Re: Expert/ircddbgateway editor

php generates the html page at each invocation, so it sounds as if your file has a problem, perhaps as Andy suggested. Just to verify whether the file has the correct newline character, please post the results of the following command: file /etc/ircddbgateway It should be "/etc/ircddbgateway: A...
by w7efs
Tue Oct 08, 2019 5:41 am
Forum: Pi-Star General Support
Topic: CW ID Does not give full repeater call sign
Replies: 6
Views: 3758

Re: CW ID Does not give full repeater call sign

... I am using Pi-Star:4.1.0-RC2 / Dashboard: 20190905. ... Pi-Star:4.1.0-RC6 / Dashboard:20190905 here. Many transient issues have been addressed in updated/upgraded release candidates, so choose Configuration->Expert, and then Update followed by Upgrade a few times to get current. Afterwards, let...
by w7efs
Sun Oct 06, 2019 9:03 pm
Forum: Pi-Star General Support
Topic: Unable to access dashboard for several weeks
Replies: 26
Views: 11705

Re: Unable to access dashboard for several weeks, or connect to DStar Reflectors

W5PB wrote: Sat Sep 28, 2019 4:05 am ...
FW ZUMspot:v1.4.16
...
Firmware v1.4.17 is available on github.com, but it won't hurt to execute:

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rpi-rw && sudo pistar-zumspotflash
just to verify that the firmware is the most recent.
by w7efs
Fri Oct 04, 2019 4:27 pm
Forum: Pi-Star General Support
Topic: Expert/ircddbgateway editor
Replies: 9
Views: 9081

Re: Expert/ircddbgateway editor

Characters such as ! and & have meaning to PHP coding and break the "Expert" pages, as you too have discovered. It's best to manually edit such characters into the /etc/ircddbgateway file using your favorite editor (vi, nano, pico etc.) and forego use of the PHP "Expert" edit...
by w7efs
Sun Sep 22, 2019 7:23 pm
Forum: D-Star Specific Support
Topic: TH-D74 not heard on XLX reflectors
Replies: 17
Views: 12725

Re: TH-D74 not heard on XLX reflectors

N6XVZ wrote: Sat Sep 21, 2019 3:34 am ...
Help spread the word!
Two vendors at nearby tables each had a TH-D74 Saturday, and both were glad when I informed them of your discovery; I'm sure they'll tell others too.
by w7efs
Wed Sep 18, 2019 4:49 pm
Forum: WiFi Setup
Topic: Newbie Q re: HTTPS
Replies: 3
Views: 3376

Re: Newbie Q re: HTTPS

It's a bit more complicated than one would expect, but instructions are given in nginx SSL. Of course one would need a custom firewall rule to open input tcp port 443 as well.
by w7efs
Tue Sep 17, 2019 10:22 pm
Forum: Pi-Star General Support
Topic: Is running 2 DStar hotspots with the same Callsign is Prohibited?
Replies: 13
Views: 9367

Re: Is running 2 DStar hotspots with the same Callsign is Prohibited?

I'm convinced it was confusion caused by people not distinguishing between same-callsign and same-frequency/same-callsign on multiple hotspots ... rumors get started that way.
by w7efs
Tue Sep 17, 2019 10:03 pm
Forum: Pi-Star General Support
Topic: Update/Upgrade fails with error...
Replies: 3
Views: 2777

Re: Update/Upgrade fails with error...

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cat /etc/resolv.conf
will show what nameservers are reporting the DNS; the problem might lie with them.