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Re: ThumbDV and Buster on OS X
Luke.evans@...
On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 08:40 pm, John D Hays - K7VE wrote:
If it doesn't work at 230400, wouldn't you repeat the process at 460800?Indeed you would :) Finally, the procedure outlined by Annaliese, including the trying it again with 460800, worked for me. Hoorah! I think I was previous having it fail, then closing Buster, believing that it would be better to try again with it 'clean' startup. I had certainly been unplugging and reinserting the dongle *a lot* and indeed changing between the two serial speeds, but obviously this trick was to leave Buster running and trust that reinserting the USB would cause all the right handshaking to restart. Anyway, thanks to all. I finally get to enjoy Buster :)
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Re: ThumbDV and Buster on OS X
If it doesn't work at 230400, wouldn't you repeat the process at 460800?
On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 8:09 PM, Annaliese McDermond <nh6z@...> wrote: Buster looks at the serial port, opens it, and tries to send an “reset” packet to the DVSI chip. It should hear a “ready” packet back if it’s successful and the DVSI chip is online. If the DVSI chip receives a “reset” packet at the wrong baud rate, it tends to go out to lunch. Unfortunately, there’s not much I can do about that. You need to remove the dongle and reinsert it. --
John D. Hays Edmonds, WA K7VE   
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Re: ThumbDV and Buster on OS X
Annaliese McDermond
Buster looks at the serial port, opens it, and tries to send an “reset” packet to the DVSI chip. It should hear a “ready” packet back if it’s successful and the DVSI chip is online. If the DVSI chip receives a “reset” packet at the wrong baud rate, it tends to go out to lunch. Unfortunately, there’s not much I can do about that. You need to remove the dongle and reinsert it.
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The procedure that works the best is this: Open the “Preferences” pane and go to the “Vocoder” panel. Set the drop-dwon to 230400 baud rate. Remove your ThumbDV. Do not do anything with Buster. Especially do not close it. Insert the ThumbDV. Do not do anything with Buster. Especially do not close it. At this point the version fields in Buster should populate as it talks to the DVSI chip. If it *doesn’t* do this, you could have a bad ThumbDV. All the blinky lights mean is that the FTDI chip is transmitting packets to the DVSI chip; not that the DVSI chip works in any way. -- Annaliese McDermond (NH6Z) Xenotropic Systems mcdermj@xenotropic.com
On Jul 4, 2018, at 9:54 PM, Luke.evans@gmail.com wrote:
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Re: How to return ThumbDV to original state after having modified USB Descriptor in FTProg
Shuji Chiba
Hello TG9AOR,
When I used the ThumbDV I just bought for AMBED server, I rewrote that ThumbDV Product Description. Now, the Product Description of ThumbDV is not restored, but it works without any problems with BlueDV for Windows.
The procedure to rewrite ThumbDV Product Description is as
http://hamradio.dip.jp/ja3gqj/
If you want to restore ThumbDV Product Description, I hope it will be helpful.
73
Shu JA3GQJ
From: ambe@nw-digital-radio.groups.io [mailto:ambe@nw-digital-radio.groups.io] On Behalf Of TG9AOR
Do I need to modify the USB descriptor on my ThumbDV to use it as originally sold to me instead of being used for the ambed program for xlxd?
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Re: How to return ThumbDV to original state after having modified USB Descriptor in FTProg
As far as I know ambed is the only program that looks. For the string.
On Thu, Jul 5, 2018, 07:41 John D Hays - K7VE <john@...> wrote:
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Re: How to return ThumbDV to original state after having modified USB Descriptor in FTProg
No ambeserver does not look at the string.
On Thu, Jul 5, 2018, 03:53 TG9AOR <qrz@...> wrote: Do I need to modify the USB descriptor on my ThumbDV to use it as originally sold to me instead of being used for the ambed program for xlxd?
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How to return ThumbDV to original state after having modified USB Descriptor in FTProg
TG9AOR
Do I need to modify the USB descriptor on my ThumbDV to use it as originally sold to me instead of being used for the ambed program for xlxd?
If so, what is the original value I need to put into USB String Descriptor? Thanks TG9AOR
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Re: ThumbDV and Buster on OS X
Luke.evans@...
Hmm. I've tried this on two Macs now (both with High Sierra), one with a built-in classic USB and one with a USB-C and dongle.
The hardware is detected (see device tree dump below for the USB-C Mac), but in the logs, Buster says: default 21:32:17.546349 -0700 Buster -[BTRDV3KSerialVocoder openPort] [Line 303] Opening /dev/cu.usbserial-DA01PMV0 at 460800 baud default 21:32:17.549735 -0700 Buster -[BTRDV3KVocoder start] [Line 194] Port opened, initializing default 21:32:18.558880 -0700 Buster -[BTRDV3KVocoder start] [Line 204] Couldn't Reset DV3000: Undefined error: 0 default 21:32:23.780466 -0700 Buster -[BTRDV3KSerialVocoder openPort] [Line 303] Opening /dev/cu.usbserial-DA01PMV0 at 230400 baud default 21:32:23.783554 -0700 Buster -[BTRDV3KVocoder start] [Line 194] Port opened, initializing default 21:32:24.791905 -0700 Buster -[BTRDV3KVocoder start] [Line 204] Couldn't Reset DV3000: Undefined error: 0 So, as you can see I have tried both serial speeds. Apparently the port is opened, but then there's an error 'starting the vocoder' in the class method "start" on "BTRDV3KVocoder". "Undefined error" isn't very helpful, but at least we can see the line of code where the problem is reported. I checked in latest GitHub sources and around line 204, I see: NSLog(@"Port opened, initializing");
// Initialize the DV3K
struct dv3k_packet ctrlPacket = {
.start_byte = DV3K_START_BYTE,
.header.packet_type = DV3K_TYPE_CONTROL,
.header.payload_length = htons(1),
.payload.ctrl.field_id = DV3K_CONTROL_RESET
};
if(![self sendCtrlPacket:ctrlPacket expectResponse:DV3K_CONTROL_READY]) {
NSLog(@"Couldn't Reset DV3000: %s\n", strerror(errno));
[self closePort];
return NO;
}
So, all that can be surmised is that the expected response (DV3K_CONTROL_READY) is not received in response to the DV3K_CONTROL_RESET message. I should point out that as well as the device (at least the serial controller) being discovered on the USB bus, I do also see brief flashes of a status light on the ThumbDV, so the product isn't entirely dead! I guess at this point, I need to contact the author of Buster :-/ ----------------- Device tree: USB 3.0 Bus:
Host Controller Driver: AppleUSBXHCISPT PCI Device ID: 0xa12f PCI Revision ID: 0x0031 PCI Vendor ID: 0x8086
USB2.0 Hub :
Product ID: 0x2812 Vendor ID: 0x2109 (VIA Labs, Inc.) Version: 90.90 Speed: Up to 480 Mb/sec Manufacturer: VIA Labs, Inc. Location ID: 0x14500000 / 2 Current Available (mA): 500 Current Required (mA): 0 Extra Operating Current (mA): 0
FT230X Basic UART:
Product ID: 0x6015 Vendor ID: 0x0403 (Future Technology Devices International Limited) Version: 10.00 Serial Number: DA01PMV0 Speed: Up to 12 Mb/sec Manufacturer: FTDI Location ID: 0x14530000 / 4 Current Available (mA): 500 Current Required (mA): 90 Extra Operating Current (mA): 0
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Re: ThumbDV and Buster on OS X
I have one of the original ThumbDV and with the new update to Buster is working fiNe. I am even using it connected to Raspberry Pi running Ambe Server with buster with no issues, after the recent Buster update for high Sherri’s.
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73 de AB4WS, Jack
On Jul 4, 2018, at 19:42, Luke.evans@... wrote:
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Re: ThumbDV and Buster on OS X
Have you pulled the latest update from the App store?
On Wed, Jul 4, 2018, 16:41 <Luke.evans@...> wrote: Thanks everyone for the responses.
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Re: Where can I find documentation for setup of XC-3006
TG9AOR
Steve! Many thanks, same here to you. Happy 4th!!!
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Re: ThumbDV and Buster on OS X
Luke.evans@...
Thanks everyone for the responses.
Yes, it's macOS and Buster. I've checked out the issues page, and this catches my eye: That doesn't bode well, as I'm pretty sure I have a very early ThumbDV. However, I can say for sure that I have unplugged and reinserted the ThumbDV, which is the suggested workaround for the "hardware issue" that is blamed for the connection to the device being broken when a machine sleeps. In my case, I can't get the software to connect to the device on the *first* occasion. I did wonder whether new tighter sandboxing (security) restrictions for App Store Mac apps might have left the app unable to negotiate the rights to connect directly to hardware with the OS. However, I think I see other people able to use the device with macOS High Sierra, which probably disproves that theory. I have also tried setting both available serial speeds, with no luck (I assume there's an attempt to reconnect to the device when the speed is changed - though there's no visible confirmation that the new speed is active). In any case, I've also tried unplugging and reconnecting the hardware with each speed selected.
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Re: ThumbDV and Buster on OS X
If you are talking about MacOS and Buster -- check https://github.com/mcdermj/buster/issues
On Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 2:26 PM, Lou Fisher <bhu1954@...> wrote:
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John D. Hays Edmonds, WA K7VE
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Re: ThumbDV and Buster on OS X
Lou Fisher
Good luck I bought the thumbdv about two years ago. Got the new version and it worked great for about two years. Now have similar problems seems about two months ago several just quit working. I know of at least ten different people with same problem all happening
at about same time. If anyone has any solutions please post we loved our thumbdvs
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On Jul 4, 2018, at 4:09 PM, "Luke.evans@..." <Luke.evans@...> wrote:
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Re: ThumbDV and Buster on OS X
Dan Porter (AI2M)
It looks like the changeover date to the higher speed was 13 July 2015 from this page: and you probably have this one: https://nw-digital-radio.groups.io/g/ambe/wiki/AMBE-Devices — Dan
On 4 Jul 2018, at 17:24, Dan Porter wrote:
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Re: ThumbDV and Buster on OS X
Dan Porter (AI2M)
I don’t have the USB version but with an older device I believe you need to select the 230400 Baud Rate. With my AMBE server setup after I input the correct info I have to select one of the other tabs and then the Vocoder tab again before I see the connection information appear. 73, Dan (AI2M)
On 4 Jul 2018, at 16:41, Luke.evans@... wrote:
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ThumbDV and Buster on OS X
Luke.evans@...
I know this isn't the official place to get Buster support per se, but maybe folks here have some clue...
I bought a ThumbDV ages ago (probably a very early rev) and recently got it out to try with Buster on macOS. While I can see the serial device appear in /dev when I plug it into my USB port, Buster abjectly refuses to connect to it, saying that it cannot open the serial port. I'm using macOS High Sierra. My Mac is a recent MacBook Pro (consequently I'm using a dongle to present a USB 3 port from the onboard USB-C - but the hardware does seem to be recognized correctly) I have not installed additional drivers - hence using the default serial driver I'm logged in as a regular user (though I've also tried launching Buster with sudo - but no difference in behaviour). Any clues greatly appreciated!
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Re: Where can I find documentation for setup of XC-3006
Steven Blackford
Hey Joe, The center tip is +, & the outer"wring" is the ground. I'm using 12V w/ mine & have no issues. Hope you're doing well!.73 de K4SQI! Steve, K4SQI
On Tue, Jul 3, 2018 at 5:44 PM, TG9AOR <qrz@...> wrote: What is the tip polarity for the power supply? Is it better to operate at 12V or 9V? Is there a difference? --
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Re: Where can I find documentation for setup of XC-3006
TG9AOR
What is the tip polarity for the power supply? Is it better to operate at 12V or 9V? Is there a difference?
73 de TG9AOR
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Re: Buster Input device not found after update MAC OS
wiff@...
Annaliese,
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thank you very much for the update. Thank you very much for Buster. Your work is very much appreciated! Best regards and 73, Wilfried / OE9WLJ
On 01.07.2018, at 21:43, Annaliese McDermond <nh6z@nh6z.net> wrote:
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