Can someone assist me with setting up js8 using my tm g707a u/v transeiver, or point me in the correct direction.

The PTT through the 6 pin mini DIN cable is controlled by GPIO.  If a particular software package doesn't support Raspberry Pi GPIO, then another method needs to be selected (VOX, CAT, etc.) -- You might contact the author (KN4CRD) and see if he is interested and willing to add GPIO support.  

On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 6:24 AM Douglas KI7LIK <KI7LIK.AZ@...> wrote:

The only other ports on the radio are for the external speaker and mic.

Using only the cord that came with the draws, i tried setting up js8 and js8 says it's transmitting but the radio does nothing.  I manually dialed the radio to the aprs frequency. 

--

John D. Hays
Kingston, WA

K7VE

 

Are you "hearing" any signals -- either over the air on the radio speaker... or seeing anything decoded in the software?

On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 1:32 PM Douglas KI7LIK <KI7LIK.AZ@...> wrote:

I am not sure if the software is setup properly.  I don't have an hf rig as of yet at least until i upgrade my license in july.

KI7LIK
Granada Estates Neighborhood Watch

On Wed, May 29, 2019, 11:28 Steve McGrane <temporarilyoffline@...> wrote:

Oh, you're on a 2m rig... I'm currently having lots of fun with that.  You've got a 6pin port on the front of that rig though... so does that port do PTT?  If not, you'll need to come up with either a VOX or PTT solution.

I'm also fooling with a Kenwood trying to solve this problem currently.  Your software is probably setup properly already.

On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 8:24 AM Douglas KI7LIK <KI7LIK.AZ@...> wrote:

The only other ports on the radio are for the external speaker and mic.

Using only the cord that came with the draws, i tried setting up js8 and js8 says it's transmitting but the radio does nothing.  I manually dialed the radio to the aprs frequency. 

Jordan says "There is GPIO support via an external PTT script. You can learn more in the "Radio (CAT and PTT control)" section of the documentation: https://docs.google.com/document/d/159S4wqMUVdMA7qBgaSWmU-iDI4C9wd4CuWnetN68O9U/edit#heading=h.5xqo9txkzgxf "

 

Best,

Jordan / KN4CRD"

The only other ports on the radio are for the external speaker and mic.

Using only the cord that came with the draws, i tried setting up js8 and js8 says it's transmitting but the radio does nothing.  I manually dialed the radio to the aprs frequency. 

Are you "hearing" any signals -- either over the air on the radio speaker... or seeing anything decoded in the software?

On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 1:32 PM Douglas KI7LIK <KI7LIK.AZ@...> wrote:

I am not sure if the software is setup properly.  I don't have an hf rig as of yet at least until i upgrade my license in july.

KI7LIK
Granada Estates Neighborhood Watch

On Wed, May 29, 2019, 11:28 Steve McGrane <temporarilyoffline@...> wrote:

Oh, you're on a 2m rig... I'm currently having lots of fun with that.  You've got a 6pin port on the front of that rig though... so does that port do PTT?  If not, you'll need to come up with either a VOX or PTT solution.

I'm also fooling with a Kenwood trying to solve this problem currently.  Your software is probably setup properly already.

On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 8:24 AM Douglas KI7LIK <KI7LIK.AZ@...> wrote:

The only other ports on the radio are for the external speaker and mic.

Using only the cord that came with the draws, i tried setting up js8 and js8 says it's transmitting but the radio does nothing.  I manually dialed the radio to the aprs frequency. 

On the systems I have tried to do the apt-get upgrade, the kernel
upgrade failed ... which is a good thing. The 4.14.98-v7+ kernel is
working fine for me on those systems.  What I'm saying is if you try to
do an apt-get upgrade it is not catastrophic. The kernel upgrade should
fail & you will be left with a working system.

I will let you know when an 'apt-get upgrade' is working as expected.
I am thinking this will be several months out. A patch must be accepted
in the Linux kernel (see kernel.org) and then Raspbian will choose a
kernel to include in their distribution.

/Basil
Steve, N9VW <steve@...> writes:

> Basil,
> It seems that I was bitten by the upgrade issue as well. Will a notice
> be sent out to all when it is safe to do an "apt-get upgrade" on the system?
>
> Thanks
> Steve, N9VW
>
> On 5/28/2019 10:02 PM, Basil Gunn wrote:
>> Bernard,
>>
>> The tlv320aic3204 driver in the 4.19.42 kernel will NOT work
>> reliably. You need to stick with the  4.14.98 kernel until all of Anna's
>> patches work their way into the main stream kernel.
>>
>>  From  Anna:
>>
>>> ALSA changed the API to some of their calls, and the old TLV320 driver
>>> doesn’t have the calls.  The new TLV320 driver is in the Raspbian
>>> kernel, but it won’t work reliably until I get the final patch pushed
>>> in the kernel.
>> Do NOT do an apt-get upgrade for a while until this gets fixed.
>> I have taken apt-get upgrade out of prog_refresh.sh script.
>>
>> /Basil
>>
>> f6bvp <f6bvp@...> writes:
>>
>>> Here are my Compass beta 13 current software versions:
>>>
>>> Linux compass-f6bvp 4.14.98-v7+ #1200 SMP Tue Feb 12 20:27:48 GMT 2019
>>> armv7l GNU/Linux
>>>
>>> Gnu C                  6.3.0
>>> Gnu make               4.1
>>> binutils               2.28
>>> util-linux             2.29.2
>>> mount                  debug
>>> module-init-tools      23
>>> e2fsprogs              1.43.4
>>> Linux C Library        2.24
>>> Dynamic linker (ldd)   2.24
>>> Net-tools              2.10-alpha
>>> Kbd                    2.0.3
>>> Sh-utils               8.26
>>> wireless-tools         30
>>> Modules Loaded         fuse rfcomm bnep hci_uart btbcm serdev bluetooth
>>> ecdh_generic pps_ldisc xt_tcpudp ip6table_filter ip6_tables
>>> iptable_filter joydev evdev ads1015 sg hwmon sc16is7xx tlv320aic32x4_i2c
>>> uas tlv320aic32x4 brcmfmac brcmutil cfg80211 rfkill udrc
>>> snd_soc_bcm2835_i2s snd_soc_core snd_compress snd_pcm_dmaengine snd_pcm
>>> snd_timer snd i2c_bcm2835 pps_gpio pps_core uio_pdrv_genirq fixed uio
>>> ax25 i2c_dev ip_tables x_tables ipv6
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>

I am not sure if the software is setup properly.  I don't have an hf rig as of yet at least until i upgrade my license in july.

KI7LIK
Granada Estates Neighborhood Watch

On Wed, May 29, 2019, 11:28 Steve McGrane <temporarilyoffline@...> wrote:

Oh, you're on a 2m rig... I'm currently having lots of fun with that.  You've got a 6pin port on the front of that rig though... so does that port do PTT?  If not, you'll need to come up with either a VOX or PTT solution.

I'm also fooling with a Kenwood trying to solve this problem currently.  Your software is probably setup properly already.

On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 8:24 AM Douglas KI7LIK <KI7LIK.AZ@...> wrote:

The only other ports on the radio are for the external speaker and mic.

Using only the cord that came with the draws, i tried setting up js8 and js8 says it's transmitting but the radio does nothing.  I manually dialed the radio to the aprs frequency. 

Oh, you're on a 2m rig... I'm currently having lots of fun with that.  You've got a 6pin port on the front of that rig though... so does that port do PTT?  If not, you'll need to come up with either a VOX or PTT solution.

I'm also fooling with a Kenwood trying to solve this problem currently.  Your software is probably setup properly already.

On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 8:24 AM Douglas KI7LIK <KI7LIK.AZ@...> wrote:

The only other ports on the radio are for the external speaker and mic.

Using only the cord that came with the draws, i tried setting up js8 and js8 says it's transmitting but the radio does nothing.  I manually dialed the radio to the aprs frequency. 

The only other ports on the radio are for the external speaker and mic.

Using only the cord that came with the draws, i tried setting up js8 and js8 says it's transmitting but the radio does nothing.  I manually dialed the radio to the aprs frequency. 

Bernard,

The tlv320aic3204 driver in the 4.19.42 kernel will NOT work
reliably. You need to stick with the  4.14.98 kernel until all of Anna's
patches work their way into the main stream kernel.

From  Anna:

> ALSA changed the API to some of their calls, and the old TLV320 driver
> doesn’t have the calls.  The new TLV320 driver is in the Raspbian
> kernel, but it won’t work reliably until I get the final patch pushed
> in the kernel.

Do NOT do an apt-get upgrade for a while until this gets fixed.
I have taken apt-get upgrade out of prog_refresh.sh script.

/Basil

f6bvp <f6bvp@...> writes:

> Here are my Compass beta 13 current software versions:
>
> Linux compass-f6bvp 4.14.98-v7+ #1200 SMP Tue Feb 12 20:27:48 GMT 2019
> armv7l GNU/Linux
>
> Gnu C                  6.3.0
> Gnu make               4.1
> binutils               2.28
> util-linux             2.29.2
> mount                  debug
> module-init-tools      23
> e2fsprogs              1.43.4
> Linux C Library        2.24
> Dynamic linker (ldd)   2.24
> Net-tools              2.10-alpha
> Kbd                    2.0.3
> Sh-utils               8.26
> wireless-tools         30
> Modules Loaded         fuse rfcomm bnep hci_uart btbcm serdev bluetooth
> ecdh_generic pps_ldisc xt_tcpudp ip6table_filter ip6_tables
> iptable_filter joydev evdev ads1015 sg hwmon sc16is7xx tlv320aic32x4_i2c
> uas tlv320aic32x4 brcmfmac brcmutil cfg80211 rfkill udrc
> snd_soc_bcm2835_i2s snd_soc_core snd_compress snd_pcm_dmaengine snd_pcm
> snd_timer snd i2c_bcm2835 pps_gpio pps_core uio_pdrv_genirq fixed uio
> ax25 i2c_dev ip_tables x_tables ipv6