It was possible to enable digipeating in a PACSAT protocol satellite. I
wonder if it should be considered?
I know I'd like it... ;-)
Live Real-time satellite operations.
I remember 20 years ago, I worked for a month and finally got a PACSAT
ground station to work. Did one pass. Once I saw that it was a hands off,
automatic process, with nothing to do during the pass but just watch it
work, I lost interest and never went back...
I wanted something live...
Bob, WB4APR.
On Sat, Sep 30, 2017 at 3:09 PM, Douglas Quagliana <dquagliana(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
All,
I'd like to get pbpg running with a soundcard modem on Linux. First, I'm
just trying to get pbpg running.
I was able to download pbpg-2.2.1.tar.gz from the AMSAT website, and
after a little work I got it to compile and got it installed, but it
doesn't seem to run properly on my Linux box. I have kernel version 4.4.75
on this machine, but I could try another kernel version or a completely
different distro quite easily.
I strongly suspect I'm "doing it wrong" and there's some more
missing
setup and config (for example, the "configure/make/make install" didn't
create the control FIFO (/etc/pbpg/pb-fifo) nor any of the
/var/spool/pbpg/satellite-name directories.
I think I'm missing a required step. Is there more install/config
documentation somewhere besides what comes with pbpg-2.2.1.tar.gz ?
Douglas KA2UPW/5
On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 11:23 AM, Edson W. R. Pereira <ewpereira(a)gmail.com
wrote:
The Linux version of PB and PG talks to a pseudo
TNC using the native
Linux
AX.25 sockets. It has been more than two decades
since I have last used
the
> native AX.25 sockets and, as far as I can remember, it was not trivial. I
> suggest modifying the PB and PB software to speak the AX.25 KISS over TCP
> protocol and talk with DireWolf, a software TNC that implements the G3RUH
> GFSK 9600 bps modem. DireWolf can be found here:
>
https://github.com/wb2osz/direwolf
> I will try modifying PB and PG to use
the KISS protocol as soon as I can
> spare some time.
> DireWolf could be used with a classic
transceiver via soundcard and also
to
a SDR receiver such as GQRX or GNURadio and a
classic (or SDR)
transmitter.
The software modem could also be implemented
directly in GNUradio as
well.
> It will be a blast to operate a
PACSAT BBS again.
> 73, Edson PY2SDR
> On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 12:55 PM, Paul Stoetzer <n8hm(a)arrl.net> wrote:
> > The Linux tools (PacSatTools and
PB/PG) are distributed as source
> > code. That code could potentially serve as a guide for how to encode
> > files and interface with a KISS TNC.
>
> > See
https://www.amsat.org/falconsat-3/
>
> > 73,
>
> > Paul, N8HM
>
> > On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at
11:18 AM, Robert Switzer via AMSAT-BB
> > <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote:
> > > Don't know if this is opensource ( a quick search only found the old
> > WiSP32 download setup.exe), but this as well as other old programs (I'm
> > thinking Nova, but perhaps others?) would be best
> > > served by getting it out there in the public domain.
> > > The other option is to reverse engineer if someone has a working
copy.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> > > On Thursday,
September 28, 2017 9:19 AM, Andrew Glasbrenner <
> > glasbrenner(a)mindspring.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > For all our talented coders out there, a
replacement for the
venerable
> > WISP
> > > software would be well received, and allow much more utilization of
> this
> > > satellite resource. Anyone interested?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 73, Drew KO4MA
> >
> > >
_______________________________________________
> > > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum
available
to all interested persons worldwide without requiring
membership.
Opinions expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views
of
> AMSAT-NA.
> > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
> program!
> > Subscription settings:
http://www.amsat.org/mailman/ listinfo/amsat-bb
> >
> >
> >
> >
> _______________________________________________
> > > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum
available
to all interested persons worldwide without requiring
membership.
Opinions expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views
of
> AMSAT-NA.
> > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
> program!
> > Subscription settings:
http://www.amsat.org/mailman/ listinfo/amsat-bb
_______________________________________________
Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views
of
> > AMSAT-NA.
> > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
> program!
> > Subscription settings:
http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>
>
_______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
Opinions
expressed
are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
AMSAT-NA.
Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
program!
> Subscription settings:
http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
_______________________________________________
Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
expressed
are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
AMSAT-NA.
Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
Subscription settings:
http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb