MMDVM_HS Hat hardware
ab4mw
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by ab4mw » Fri Oct 07, 2022 2:28 pm
Modem was flashed using: sudo pistar-mmdvmhshatflash hs_hat-12mhz
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M: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.434 MMDVMHost-20210617_PS4 is starting
M: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.434 Built 16:32:57 Jun 17 2021 (GitID #9106fd6)
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.434 General Parameters
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.434 Callsign: AB4MW
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.434 Id: 3151109
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.434 Duplex: no
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.434 Timeout: 240s
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.434 D-Star: enabled
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.434 DMR: enabled
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.434 YSF: disabled
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.434 P25: disabled
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.434 NXDN: disabled
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.434 POCSAG: disabled
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.434 FM: disabled
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.434 Modem Parameters
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.434 Port: /dev/ttyAMA0
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.434 Protocol: uart
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.434 RX Invert: no
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.434 TX Invert: yes
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.434 PTT Invert: no
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.434 TX Delay: 100ms
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.434 RX Offset: 0Hz
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.434 TX Offset: 0Hz
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.435 RX DC Offset: 0
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.435 TX DC Offset: 0
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.435 RF Level: 100.0%
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.435 DMR Delay: 0 (0.0ms)
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.435 RX Level: 50.0%
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.435 CW Id TX Level: 50.0%
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.435 D-Star TX Level: 50.0%
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.435 DMR TX Level: 50.0%
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.435 YSF TX Level: 50.0%
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.435 P25 TX Level: 50.0%
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.435 NXDN TX Level: 50.0%
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.435 POCSAG TX Level: 50.0%
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.435 FM TX Level: 50.0%
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.435 TX Frequency: 438800000Hz (438800000Hz)
I: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.435 Use COS as Lockout: no
M: 2022-10-07 14:12:53.435 Opening the MMDVM
E: 2022-10-07 14:13:06.253 Unable to read the firmware version after six attempts
Has anyone encountered this? It could very well be a stupid human trick on my part. There is no ready help available.
Regards,
Mitch
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by AF6VN » Fri Oct 07, 2022 4:03 pm
I presume the board worked before your attempt at updating the firmware.
If so, you may have loaded incompatible firmware. Otherwise my first though would be that you have not specified the correct board type in the Pi-Star configuration.
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KN2TOD
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by KN2TOD » Fri Oct 07, 2022 4:22 pm
What does "sudo pistar-findmodem" tell you?
The Aursinc (aurinc?) board I have runs at 14mhz not 12mhz; the "documentation" (on Amazon) says to flash at 12 but I think that's wrong.
Try running "sudo pistar-mmdvmhshatflash hs_hat" instead (drop the -12mhz).
ab4mw
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by ab4mw » Fri Oct 07, 2022 4:29 pm
sudo pistar-findmodem simply returns with no information after a few seconds.
The system did NOT work out of the box and at the behest of the manufacturer, the mmdvmhshatflash hs_hat-12mhz was run.
Firmware update reported ok.
I can use pistar-mmdvmhshatrseset and the lights dance on the board as expected.
Otherwise, it simply cycles constantly through "Opening the MMDVM" and the afore-mentioned error message about not being able to read the firmware version.
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by KN2TOD » Fri Oct 07, 2022 7:15 pm
Doesn't make sense that you can write to the board but you can't read it. Something is amiss in the config somewhere.
What do you get when you run these commands?
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sed -n '/\[Modem/,/^$/ p' /etc/mmdvmhost
sed -n '/\[Modem/,/^$/ p' /etc/dstar-radio.mmdvmhost
ab4mw
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by ab4mw » Fri Oct 07, 2022 7:31 pm
This piece is going back to amazon. I have spent way more time than I paid for it fooling with it.
Thanks to all who tried to help! Hopefully I can reciprocate in the future.