Ryan, Thank you for the recommendation on which XLXd reflector source tree to us, I found a bunch of them on GitHub and it isn't clear which is the 'right' one. I personally was going to run this on a

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John, I came up with better Google search terms and found this nice description. https://ww8tf.club/building-a-transcoding-xlxd-pi/ I haven't tried it yet, but a quick scan suggests it will lead me in

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Please include the pointers here, I'm also curious in setting something similar up. 73, Kenny

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Derek - there is another reasons, which covers my personal case. I personally have more than one computer that I work on, so using AMBE server I am able to launch Buster where ever I happen to be work

Thanks Anna! (and Rob) Kenny

Thanks Anna!

I believe for most applications, you will need the VCP (virtual comm port) drivers. https://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm You'll need to pick the appropriate driver set, based on whether you are us

Santu, As another data point, I've had AMBEServer running on a Raspberry Pi 2 for months at a time without any issues. I typically only have a single instance of Buster (Mac client) connected and it i

Marco, The file is owned by the system, so you'll need to use an account with root privileges. Then any text editor should be able to open and edit the file, just remember that you can do a lot of dam

Marco, I don't run the version of AMBEserver installed via the Compass install, but I know you change the port used by AMBEserver with the -p option when starting it. I'd take a look in the startup sc

Marco, As a datapoint, I just checked my Pi / ThumbDV at home (running Compass), it has been running for 48 days now. The last time it was rebooted was due to me having to move it physically. AMBEServ

Gwen, I'm glad you got it working, but I can't take any credit for writing the instructions, I just knew they had worked for me. 73, Kenny, KU7M

I am pretty sure the ThumbDV I am using is of the second generation, so it doesn't need to be forced to the 460800 baud rate. I had forgot about that requirement for some people, but as you said, it c

Gwen, You shouldn't need any other packages or applications (suites), if you have successfully built AMBEserver from the source. I couldn't find default Github repo, but this one has what I remember a

There really isn't any configuration files, you just need to start it from the command line. This is the command I use to start it on my server at home, with a ThumbDV. I don't have the PiDV running a

The updated version of Buster showed up for me this morning in the AppStore update. I'm able to connect to XLX004 reflector now. Thanks Anna! Kenny

Thank you!