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pistar-findmodem

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2019 1:13 am
by MW0MWZ
See my announcement here: viewtopic.php?f=23&t=1248

Please use this thread for discussing your success/failure to find your screens using this tool.
It will *NOT* be able to find the screen if it's connected the other side of your MMDVM board, it will find them on the GPIO pins or on USB<->UART adapters.

Re: pistar-findmodem

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2019 1:47 pm
by WU0V
It found my Nextion 3.5” enhanced screen correctly, but that was all....did not list my modem or other info. Since it’s not a board from Florian, et. al., I assume that’s why.
My specs, if needed: Jumbospot, early 2017 version, 14.7465 MHz, on Pi Zero W. FW HS_Hat V.1.4.14. — Pi-Star 3.4.16. — Dashboard 20190104.
As always, still tickled pink with Pi-Star and where you’re going with it.

Lee

Re: pistar-findmodem

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2019 2:25 pm
by MW0MWZ
Very interesting, thanks for the feedback;

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root@pi-star(ro):~# pistar-findmodem 
Detected MMDVM_HS (GPIO): /dev/ttyAMA0 (MMDVM_HS_Dual_Hat-v1.4.14 20181209 14.7456MHz dual ADF7021 FW by CA6JAU GitID #8d77ff3)
root@pi-star(ro):~# exit
logout
pi-star@pi-star(ro):~$ pistar-findmodem 
pi-star@pi-star(ro):~$ 
So as you can see, not running the tool as root - does change things - I'll go modify the tool to require root privs.

Re: pistar-findmodem

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2019 2:28 pm
by MW0MWZ

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pi-star@pi-star(ro):~$ pistar-findmodem 
You need to be root to run this command...

pi-star@pi-star(ro):~$ sudo pistar-findmodem
Detected MMDVM_HS (GPIO): /dev/ttyAMA0 (MMDVM_HS_Dual_Hat-v1.4.14 20181209 14.7456MHz dual ADF7021 FW by CA6JAU GitID #8d77ff3)
OK I can live with that :)

Re: pistar-findmodem

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2019 3:18 pm
by n9mxq
Just tried this on my Zumspot. Got no response. My duplex returns all the modem info.

Re: pistar-findmodem

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2019 3:32 pm
by WU0V
Oops. Why did I think not running as root would work when the other pistar-scripts need to? Hardening of the aptitudes, I guess. Running under sudo detects all. Thanks!

Re: pistar-findmodem

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2019 5:32 pm
by 2E0LGZ
Tried it on my zumradio board it gave me its details such as ‘mmdvm’ and its firmware version of 20170705 or there abouts and also my nextion screen info and serial number
hope it helps

Re: pistar-findmodem

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2019 4:01 am
by kp4djt
I have a modem which returns the same one as Andy shows. The Nextion screen is attached to the modem and as I understand it should be addressed as "modem" on the pi-star configuration screen. Indeed here is the reply I get from the interrogation:
pi-star@pi-starfdx(rw):~$ sudo pistar-findmodem
Detected MMDVM_HS (GPIO): /dev/ttyAMA0 (MMDVM_HS_Dual_Hat-v1.4.14 20181209 14.7456MHz dual ADF7021 FW by CA6JAU GitID #8d77ff3)
pi-star@pi-starfdx(rw):~$

I cannot get anything on the screen All of the wiring appears correct, but I am guessing that either the modem is not talking to the screen or what it is sending is not what the screen is looking for. Any ideas as how to figure out where the bits are getting lost? Here is the modem board I ordered. As
far as the RF part it is working great.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GV ... UTF8&psc=1
Any ideas as to where else to poke?