[amsat-bb] rasbarry pi

[Dmitry Mizin]

Yes, it does have CAT support. Just need to make sure USB on D74 is not in
Mass Storage mode. Hamlib, like I said, most likely will need to be built
from source. The support is marked as Alpha. Don't have my raspberry up and
running at this time, but i believe it is 291 (or somewhere close - just
run "rigctl -l | grep TH-D74" to see if you have it) in Hamlib library. If
you have to rebuild Hamlib from source - you would need to enable build
option for ALL radios.

On Fri, Feb 14, 2020, 3:01 PM John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:

> The TH-D74 has CAT?
>
> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
>
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2020, 15:42 Dmitry Mizin via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Also installed Gpredict for Buster. Went beyond just opening it up - this
>> RPi is at heart of my portable setup - using it with TH-D74A for downlink
>> and IC-706MKIIG for uplink controlled with Gpredict, Hamlib and via USB.
>> At
>> some point i also did the build of the most recent Gpredict (there were
>> couple additions to the program not yet in the deb file) - once all
>> prerequisites were installed, built out went without any issues.
>>
>> Just for those curious - TH-D74 required me to build Hamlib from source on
>> RPi as the one in the repository did not have support for this radio.
>>
>> Gpredict is great program and in some way I like it even more than
>> SatPC32.
>> The only feature it is missing is fine adjustments for VFO on the radio.
>> But I figured out how to work it.
>>
>> Dmitry, N6DNM
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 7:48 AM Burns Fisher via AMSAT-BB <
>> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>>
>> > Gpredict is very easy to install on a Raspberry Pi.  I did so on the
>> > "Buster" version of Raspbian.  There is a .deb file to download and it
>> just
>> > installs and runs.  Disclaimer:  I have not tried to use it more than
>> just
>> > to see that it started up ok and displayed satellites.
>> >
>> > 73,
>> >
>> > Burns WB1FJ
>> >
>> > On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 7:49 PM Joseph Armbruster via AMSAT-BB <
>> > amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > > James,
>> > >
>> > > Look into up-board.org, should suite you better than a RPi.  It's not
>> > > cheap
>> > > but it's not expensive either, considering what you're getting for the
>> > > size...
>> > >
>> > > 73's,
>> > > Joseph Armbruster
>> > >
>> > > On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 7:12 PM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB <
>> > > amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>> > > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > You could install Ubuntu instead of Raspian, I guess. Gpredict is in
>> > the
>> > > > repositories.
>> > > >
>> > > > At any rate: GIYF.
>> > > >
>> > > > Hans
>> > > >
>> > > > BX2ABT
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > P.S. I always think it is funny that people want something cheap,
>> small
>> > > > and lean like an RPi and still expect something like the whole
>> clunky
>> > > > Windows system with its software to work on it. The RPi was designed
>> > > > with the maker/educator in mind and that almost automatically means
>> > > > using a Linux based distro.
>> > > >
>> > > > So please, if you want to start tinkering with RPis or other single
>> > > > board computers (SBCs) then start changing your thinking and that
>> means
>> > > > no more Windows. If you don't want to change, then don't consider
>> low
>> > > > cost SBCs an option.
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > On 2/14/20 2:52 AM, Paul Stoetzer via AMSAT-BB wrote:
>> > > > > I answered you when you asked this on January 29th, but will
>> provide
>> > > more
>> > > > > detail as to why this isn't possible without quite a bit of
>> effort.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > The Raspberry Pi uses an ARM-based processor, generally running
>> some
>> > > > > distribution of Linux. SatPC32 is written for computers using
>> > x86-based
>> > > > > processors running Windows. There is a possibility you could get
>> it
>> > > > > running, slowly, with a lot of effort through use of x86 emulation
>> > and
>> > > > the
>> > > > > Wine compatibility layer, but it would require quite a bit of
>> rather
>> > > > > advanced work.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Gpredict is the software you want to use for satellite tracking
>> and
>> > it
>> > > > > works great on the Raspberry Pi. Unfortunately it's not in the
>> > Raspbian
>> > > > > repository, so it does require some work to get it installed.
>> Without
>> > > > > knowing what operating system or what version of the Raspberry Pi
>> you
>> > > are
>> > > > > using, I can't direct you to the proper guide.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > 73,
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Paul, N8HM
>> > > > >
>> > > > > On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 1:37 PM James Brown via AMSAT-BB <
>> > > > amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>> > > > > wrote:
>> > > > >
>> > > > >> Is anyone running sat 32  on a raspberry computer? If so how
>> would I
>> > > set
>> > > > >> it up?
>> > > > >> Jim KI6WJ
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