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11 12, 2022

FlexRadio SmartSDR Mox (PTT) QuickMacros

By |2022-12-11T00:38:58+01:0011.12.2022|FlexRadio|

Trenger man egentlig fotpedal lenger når man bruker FlexRadio SmartSDR ? Jeg erfarer at en quickbutton på tastaturet er like effektiv som pedal.  Her er tips på macro/script som venter på en spesifikk tast (i dette tilfellet tilde “|”) og utføret ønsket sekvens med å trykke på MOX knappen i SmartSDR.

https://www.quickmacros.com/

Footswitch wiring:

Remote Footswitch – How to (LAN/ VPN solution) — FlexRadio Community

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9 12, 2022

DX-cluster visning i Node-RED Dashboard ?

By |2022-12-11T23:30:54+01:009.12.2022|FlexRadio|

I stedet for å implementere DX-cluster visning i eget Dashboard kan det være like greit å kjøre DXheat.com i egen fane i nettleser. DXHeat.com sin design og funksjonalitet er oversiktlig og trenger egentlig ikke så mye justering bortsett fra fargevalget som gjerne burde være mørk. En annen ting kan være at man ønsker å kun vise selve feeden,. til dette kan man benytte zoom funksjonen i nettleser. Autorefresh mot nettsiden fungerer greit uten noen utvidelser.

Tips : Enable dark mode i nettleser.
Microsoft Edge:

Skriv følgende i adresse feltet: edge://flags/#enable-force-dark
“Enabled with selective inversion on non-image elements”

Hurtigtast for å rotere mellom åpne faner i nettleseren om man befinner seg lokalt på maskinen som viser dashboard.
Keyboard shortcut : CONTROLL+TAB

Hurtig justere zoom Level : CONTROL + SCROLL PÅ MUS

Om maskinen som viser Dashboard er “ubemannet” kan man sette opp automatisk rotering mellom åpne faner.

Microsoft Edge utvidelse : Slideshow Tabs
Den kan rotere fanene med fast intervall. Finnes også noen mer avanserte utvidelser der man kan velge visningstid pr. fane

Løsning for “1-knapp-trykk” for visning av en fane i nettleser i XX sekunder ?
Ved hjelp av “Quick Macro” programmet (QuickMacros.com) kan man lage et enkelt script som utløses ved en spesifik tast eller tastekombinasjon som utfører :

  • Flytter fokus til ønsket nettleser
  • Bytter til en ønsket fane i nettleser,
  • Venter i x antall sekund (I mellomtiden kan du gjøre andre ting)
  • Flytter fokus til ønsket nettleser igjen
  • Bytter tilbake til opprinnelig fane.

//LA4XLA

7 12, 2022

Node Red, N1MM Contesting Dashboard

By |2022-12-10T15:30:18+01:007.12.2022|FlexRadio|

Project:

GitHub – kylekrieg/Node-Red-Contesting-Dashboard: Node Red Contesting Dashboard

Manual:

Node-Red-Contesting-Dashboard/Manual_INSTALL.md at master · kylekrieg/Node-Red-Contesting-Dashboard · GitHub

 

My experience and notes regarding deviation from the step-by-step manual:

Installed on a slow Rasp PI 2. Works OK, but a bit slow a few times. Reccommended PI would be a Rasp PI 4.

  • Did not duplicate GIThub project but downloaded and installed manually.
  • Contrib : node-red-node-sqlite failed.
  • Installed manually in console with :

npm i –unsafe-perm node-red-node-sqlite
Ref:
https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-node-sqlite

  • Flow reported mssing contrib node-red-contrib-simple-gate
    Installed successfully via Palette Manager
  • Minor errors in Design. Exchange had an extra space in the Value code

Mistakes done when installing:

  • Manged to import flows double, which made a mess. Easy way out to start over is to click the hamburger icon > Projects and make a new Project

 

Security:

If not using VPN tunnels, secure the incoming rules to limit source IP

 

LA1SDX Contest Dashboard screenshot:

Receiving data from N1MM (DX log, not real contest) and sending to remote location where the Node Red server at and radio is located. Second screnshot from N1MM multiuser.

 

//LA4XLA

 

 

7 12, 2022

Node-RED and FlexRadio

By |2022-12-11T23:31:57+01:007.12.2022|FlexRadio|

Node-RED is a flow-based development tool for visual programming developed originally by IBM for wiring together hardware devices, APIs and online services as part of the Internet of Things. Node-RED provides a web browser-based flow editor, which can be used to create JavaScript functions. Elements of applications can be saved or shared for re-use. The runtime is built on Node.js. The flows created in Node-RED are stored using JSON. Since version 0.14, MQTT nodes can make properly configured TLS connections. (Source : Wikipedia)

Node-RED Homepage:

https://nodered.org

FlexRadio and Node-RED.
https://www.flexradio.com/videos/intro-to-nodered-for-the-new-user/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqJxWzSCWLM&ab_channel=StephenHouser
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TXno7R7i2Y&list=PLFeSzqhDMutUQJwLXwDYo94M8RThH9I6U&index=3&ab_channel=StephenHouser

Groups.io:

https://groups.io/g/nodered-hamradio
https://groups.io/g/nodered-hamradio/wiki

This WiKi is for the 32 bit Raspberry operating system:
https://groups.io/g/nodered-hamradio/wiki/22502

Running Node-RED :on Raspberry Pi
https://nodered.org/docs/getting-started/raspberrypi

Secure it:
https://groups.io/g/nodered-hamradio/message/6398?p=%2C%2C%2C20%2C0%2C0%2C0%3A%3Acreated%2C0%2Csecuring+dashboard%2C20%2C2%2C0%2C89849672
https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/runtime/securing-node-red#editor–admin-api-security

Tips

For å redigere settings, kjør som root
sudo nano settings.js

sudo rm -f /etc/sudoers.d/010_pi-nopasswd
sudo chown root:root ~/.node-red/settings.js

Node-RED vidoes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AR432bguOY&ab_channel=OptoVideo
https://groups.io/g/nodered-hamradio/wiki/31263

FRSTACK
https://groups.io/g/nodered-hamradio/wiki/25987
Download .Net 6
https://iemma.it/blog/how-to-install-net6-on-raspberry-pi-4

https://www.mkcmsoftware.com/download/FRStackWebApiReadme.html

Sjekk siste versjon av .Net
https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/6.0

sudo wget https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/10cadabb-4cb4-4cca-94db-67cb31cb6f3a/5b3d102b4198da0a25ed12d83ae5633d/dotnet-sdk-6.0.403-linux-arm.tar.gz
sudo tar -zxf sudotnet-sdk-6.0.403-linux-arm.tar.gz -C /opt/dotnet

dotnet –info

Palette Manager, install:

node-red-contrib-msg-resend
node-red-contrib-ui-led
node-red-contrib-ui-level
node-red-contrib-ui-media
node-red-node-ui-list
node-red-dashboard
node-red-node-wol
node-red-contrib-string
node-red-contrib-ui-svg
node-red-contrib-simple-gate
node-red-node-ping
node-red-contrib-flexradio
node-red-contrib-convert
node-red-contrib-stoptimer3 <<<< FAILED
node-red-contrib-image-tools
node-red-contrib-startup-trigger
node-red-contrib-ui-digital-display

Eksempel Node-RED og FlexRadio. LA4XLA/LA1SDX

 

7 12, 2022

FlexRadio Documentation

By |2023-01-05T13:42:04+01:007.12.2022|FlexRadio|

FLEX-6400M / FLEX-6600M USER GUIDE

https://edge.flexradio.com/www/uploads/20200818185014/FLEX-6400M-and-FLEX-6600M-User-Guide-v3.x.pdf

SmartSDR Software User Guide v3.x

https://edge.flexradio.com/www/uploads/20200818184951/SmartSDR-Software-User-Guide.pdf

SmartSDR Spots Feature Description:

https://edge.flexradio.com/www/uploads/20200818184951/Spots-Feature-Description.pdf

Power Genius XL User Guide

https://edge.flexradio.com/www/uploads/20210811131900/Power-Genius-XL-User-Guide.pdf

Tuner Genius XL User Guide

https://edge.flexradio.com/www/uploads/20210607205305/Tuner-Genius-XL-User-Guide.pdf

403A Rotator Genius

https://4o3a.com/images/downloads/rotator_genius/documentation/RG_Instruction_Manual_1_4_3-rev7.pdf

Antenna Genius 8×2 (AG8x2)

https://4o3a.com/images/downloads/antenna_genius/documentation/AntennaGenius_User_Manual_v3.1.4.pdf

 

 

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