agw_onlinekiss_plus.exe on Linux with Wine
Banging my head against the wall right now. Help me!!!!
Have been trying to get DK3WN's software to work on my Linux systems. The decoders start up, only AGW Onlinekiss Plus refuses to start. Using a win32 setup on a 64 bit Linux install. VB6run is installed with winetricks, all the OCX requirements are met. When running "$wine agw_onlinekiss_plus.exe I get a "Runtime error '9' Subscript out of range" error screen. The command line doesn't give me any hints on what might be wrong. And to be complete: different computers, different Kubuntu versions, still the same error message.
What is the problem here and more important, what is the solution? Anyone....please........
Cheers and 73
Hans
BX2ABT
On 11-06-2019 17:15, Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB wrote:
Banging my head against the wall right now. Help me!!!!
Hi Hans,
Please stop banging and have a look at:
https://twitter.com/pe0sat/status/1082004410258071552
Have been trying to get DK3WN's software to work on my Linux systems. The decoders start up, only AGW Onlinekiss Plus refuses to start. Using a win32 setup on a 64 bit Linux install. VB6run is installed with winetricks, all the OCX requirements are met. When running "$wine agw_onlinekiss_plus.exe I get a "Runtime error '9' Subscript out of range" error screen. The command line doesn't give me any hints on what might be wrong. And to be complete: different computers, different Kubuntu versions, still the same error message.
What is the problem here and more important, what is the solution? Anyone....please........
Cheers and 73
Hans
BX2ABT
73 Jan
Good morning Hans,
On 11-06-2019 17:15, Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB wrote:
Banging my head against the wall right now. Help me!!!!
Have been trying to get DK3WN's software to work on my Linux systems. The decoders start up, only AGW Onlinekiss Plus refuses to start. Using a win32 setup on a 64 bit Linux install. VB6run is installed with winetricks, all the OCX requirements are met. When running "$wine agw_onlinekiss_plus.exe I get a "Runtime error '9' Subscript out of range" error screen. The command line doesn't give me any hints on what might be wrong. And to be complete: different computers, different Kubuntu versions, still the same error message.
What is the problem here and more important, what is the solution? Anyone....please........
I have updated the following link with wine specific installation and configuration information.
https://www.pe0sat.vgnet.nl/decoding/tlm-decoding-software/dk3wn/
Cheers and 73
Hans
BX2ABT
73 Jan - PE0SAT
Hello Jan,
Still banging my head. Tried everything that was suggested (thanks JE9PEL) and more, but still the "Runtime error '9'" that comes up. I also checked your updated page on this and downloaded getkiss.exe, but guess what........"Runtime error '9'".
Strange as it is, all the other software/decoders/tlm forwarder are working. With regards to hs_soundmodem I saw a mention that this can also save .kss files. If so, how? If this is possible, then this could be an alternative. And to be complete: my goal is to get some KISS-files from Athenoxat-1 to upload to them.
73 de Hans
BX2ABT
On 06/12/2019 03:55 PM, PE0SAT | Amateur Radio wrote:
Good morning Hans,
On 11-06-2019 17:15, Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB wrote:
Banging my head against the wall right now. Help me!!!!
Have been trying to get DK3WN's software to work on my Linux systems. The decoders start up, only AGW Onlinekiss Plus refuses to start. Using a win32 setup on a 64 bit Linux install. VB6run is installed with winetricks, all the OCX requirements are met. When running "$wine agw_onlinekiss_plus.exe I get a "Runtime error '9' Subscript out of range" error screen. The command line doesn't give me any hints on what might be wrong. And to be complete: different computers, different Kubuntu versions, still the same error message.
What is the problem here and more important, what is the solution? Anyone....please........
I have updated the following link with wine specific installation and configuration information.
https://www.pe0sat.vgnet.nl/decoding/tlm-decoding-software/dk3wn/
Cheers and 73
Hans
BX2ABT
73 Jan - PE0SAT
On 12-06-2019 15:51, Hans BX2ABT wrote:
Hello Jan,
Hi Hans,
Still banging my head. Tried everything that was suggested (thanks JE9PEL) and more, but still the "Runtime error '9'" that comes up. I also checked your updated page on this and downloaded getkiss.exe, but guess what........"Runtime error '9'".
Make sure the settings that are part off the *.ini file are correct.
For example FILE_PATH= and TLEFILE=
Strange as it is, all the other software/decoders/tlm forwarder are working. With regards to hs_soundmodem I saw a mention that this can also save .kss files. If so, how? If this is possible, then this could be an alternative. And to be complete: my goal is to get some KISS-files from Athenoxat-1 to upload to them.
73 de Hans
BX2ABT
73 Jan PE0SAT
You have to trust me on that one: checked everything thrice. Besides, if the paths are not correct it will give a different warning.
Don't you think it's strange that both AGW_kissonline_plus.exe and getkiss.exe give me the same "Runtime error '9' message?
73 de Hans
BX2ABT
On 06/12/2019 10:10 PM, PE0SAT | Amateur Radio wrote:
On 12-06-2019 15:51, Hans BX2ABT wrote:
Hello Jan,
Hi Hans,
Still banging my head. Tried everything that was suggested (thanks JE9PEL) and more, but still the "Runtime error '9'" that comes up. I also checked your updated page on this and downloaded getkiss.exe, but guess what........"Runtime error '9'".
Make sure the settings that are part off the *.ini file are correct.
For example FILE_PATH= and TLEFILE=
Strange as it is, all the other software/decoders/tlm forwarder are working. With regards to hs_soundmodem I saw a mention that this can also save .kss files. If so, how? If this is possible, then this could be an alternative. And to be complete: my goal is to get some KISS-files from Athenoxat-1 to upload to them.
73 de Hans
BX2ABT
73 Jan PE0SAT
I had not previously attempted this particular combination on linux, but have a working setup if you would like to try it.
As you have found, the "plus" version of AGW_Online_Kiss does indeed generate some errors that are difficult to resolve. But that version of the utility provides more functionality than you really need just to generate .KSS files.
In fact, I normally use the original non-plus AGW_Online_Kiss on Windows and have copied it over to linux for use under Wine.
By placing one dependency file in the same folder where the .EXE is located, it runs very nicely. Of course, the .INI file needs to be edited for each person.
Lastly, this utility simply listens on the specified AGW port for packets from your software soundmodem of choice. On linux, Direwolf is by far the best tool to use. I have included an appropriate direwolf .CONF file at the URL I'll list below. So the Direwolf command would be:
direwolf -c direwolf-1200.conf
... and after that is running, start AGW_Online_Kiss.exe. Click the "Connect AGW" button and you should see confirmation of a connection to Direwolf. When packets are heard over the audio path that Direwolf is monitoring, if all the settings match (baud rate, etc.) you'll see the decodes in AGW_Online_Kiss and a .KSS file (and optionally .LOG file) will be created for you.
I have placed this version of AGW_Online_Kiss, the .OCX dependency, and that sample Direwolf .CONF file at:
https://www.qsl.net/k/k4kdr//downloads/agw-kss-linux/
... please review the .INI and .CONF file to verify that they are suitable to your configuration. If you need to decode packets other than 1200 baud, I recommend copying that .CONF file to a new file and editing it appropriately.
-Scott, K4KDR
============================
On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 10:49 AM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB < [email protected]> wrote:
You have to trust me on that one: checked everything thrice. Besides, if the paths are not correct it will give a different warning.
Don't you think it's strange that both AGW_kissonline_plus.exe and getkiss.exe give me the same "Runtime error '9' message?
73 de Hans
BX2ABT
On 06/12/2019 10:10 PM, PE0SAT | Amateur Radio wrote:
On 12-06-2019 15:51, Hans BX2ABT wrote:
Hello Jan,
Hi Hans,
Still banging my head. Tried everything that was suggested (thanks JE9PEL) and more, but still the "Runtime error '9'" that comes up. I also checked your updated page on this and downloaded getkiss.exe, but guess what........"Runtime error '9'".
Make sure the settings that are part off the *.ini file are correct.
For example FILE_PATH= and TLEFILE=
Strange as it is, all the other software/decoders/tlm forwarder are working. With regards to hs_soundmodem I saw a mention that this can also save .kss files. If so, how? If this is possible, then this could be an alternative. And to be complete: my goal is to get some KISS-files from Athenoxat-1 to upload to them.
73 de Hans
BX2ABT
73 Jan PE0SAT
Scott to the rescue! This older version does start up and I'm waiting for some telemetry to come in right now. And it does indeed connect to Direwolf, which is much better than HS_soundmodem in the sense that it doesn't use the soundcard to route audio from GQRX, but UDP instead. Great! Thanks Scott.
@JE9PEL: all OCX files were registered, checked not once, not twice, but thrice. So what I suspected already is that the recent versions of AGW_onlinekiss_plus and getKiss share a similar code base, which is different from the previous AGW_onlinekiss.
Now Jan, your instructions on how to install on Linux are very clear, but if they can't be reproduced by an innocent passerby then they are of little use. Have you tried it on a clean install, like Ubuntu 19.04?
Final request: can someone post or email me an example .kss file from any current sat (like the XW, CAS, etc.) for me to test the decoder?
Cheers,
Hans
BX2ABT
On 06/13/2019 12:16 AM, Scott via AMSAT-BB wrote:
I had not previously attempted this particular combination on linux, but have a working setup if you would like to try it.
As you have found, the "plus" version of AGW_Online_Kiss does indeed generate some errors that are difficult to resolve. But that version of the utility provides more functionality than you really need just to generate .KSS files.
In fact, I normally use the original non-plus AGW_Online_Kiss on Windows and have copied it over to linux for use under Wine.
By placing one dependency file in the same folder where the .EXE is located, it runs very nicely. Of course, the .INI file needs to be edited for each person.
Lastly, this utility simply listens on the specified AGW port for packets from your software soundmodem of choice. On linux, Direwolf is by far the best tool to use. I have included an appropriate direwolf .CONF file at the URL I'll list below. So the Direwolf command would be:
direwolf -c direwolf-1200.conf
... and after that is running, start AGW_Online_Kiss.exe. Click the "Connect AGW" button and you should see confirmation of a connection to Direwolf. When packets are heard over the audio path that Direwolf is monitoring, if all the settings match (baud rate, etc.) you'll see the decodes in AGW_Online_Kiss and a .KSS file (and optionally .LOG file) will be created for you.
I have placed this version of AGW_Online_Kiss, the .OCX dependency, and that sample Direwolf .CONF file at:
https://www.qsl.net/k/k4kdr//downloads/agw-kss-linux/
... please review the .INI and .CONF file to verify that they are suitable to your configuration. If you need to decode packets other than 1200 baud, I recommend copying that .CONF file to a new file and editing it appropriately.
-Scott, K4KDR
============================
On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 10:49 AM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB < [email protected]> wrote:
You have to trust me on that one: checked everything thrice. Besides, if the paths are not correct it will give a different warning.
Don't you think it's strange that both AGW_kissonline_plus.exe and getkiss.exe give me the same "Runtime error '9' message?
73 de Hans
BX2ABT
On 06/12/2019 10:10 PM, PE0SAT | Amateur Radio wrote:
On 12-06-2019 15:51, Hans BX2ABT wrote:
Hello Jan,
Hi Hans,
Still banging my head. Tried everything that was suggested (thanks JE9PEL) and more, but still the "Runtime error '9'" that comes up. I also checked your updated page on this and downloaded getkiss.exe, but guess what........"Runtime error '9'".
Make sure the settings that are part off the *.ini file are correct.
For example FILE_PATH= and TLEFILE=
Strange as it is, all the other software/decoders/tlm forwarder are working. With regards to hs_soundmodem I saw a mention that this can also save .kss files. If so, how? If this is possible, then this could be an alternative. And to be complete: my goal is to get some KISS-files from Athenoxat-1 to upload to them.
73 de Hans
BX2ABT
73 Jan PE0SAT
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Glad to help.
I happened to already have the Astrocast DK3WN decoder on the linux computer so I could verify that it worked properly with a .KSS file input if you'd like to test with that.
The decoder and a .KSS file that I had previously collected can be found at:
https://www.qsl.net/k/k4kdr//downloads/astrocast/
-Scott, K4KDR
=====================
On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 10:11 PM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB < [email protected]> wrote:
Scott to the rescue! This older version does start up and I'm waiting for some telemetry to come in right now. And it does indeed connect to Direwolf, which is much better than HS_soundmodem in the sense that it doesn't use the soundcard to route audio from GQRX, but UDP instead. Great! Thanks Scott.
@JE9PEL: all OCX files were registered, checked not once, not twice, but thrice. So what I suspected already is that the recent versions of AGW_onlinekiss_plus and getKiss share a similar code base, which is different from the previous AGW_onlinekiss.
Now Jan, your instructions on how to install on Linux are very clear, but if they can't be reproduced by an innocent passerby then they are of little use. Have you tried it on a clean install, like Ubuntu 19.04?
Final request: can someone post or email me an example .kss file from any current sat (like the XW, CAS, etc.) for me to test the decoder?
Cheers,
Hans
BX2ABT
On 06/13/2019 12:16 AM, Scott via AMSAT-BB wrote:
I had not previously attempted this particular combination on linux, but have a working setup if you would like to try it.
As you have found, the "plus" version of AGW_Online_Kiss does indeed generate some errors that are difficult to resolve. But that version of the utility provides more functionality than you really need just to generate .KSS files.
In fact, I normally use the original non-plus AGW_Online_Kiss on Windows and have copied it over to linux for use under Wine.
By placing one dependency file in the same folder where the .EXE is located, it runs very nicely. Of course, the .INI file needs to be
edited
for each person.
Lastly, this utility simply listens on the specified AGW port for packets from your software soundmodem of choice. On linux, Direwolf is by far
the
best tool to use. I have included an appropriate direwolf .CONF file at the URL I'll list below. So the Direwolf command would be:
direwolf -c direwolf-1200.conf
... and after that is running, start AGW_Online_Kiss.exe. Click the "Connect AGW" button and you should see confirmation of a connection to Direwolf. When packets are heard over the audio path that Direwolf is monitoring, if all the settings match (baud rate, etc.) you'll see the decodes in AGW_Online_Kiss and a .KSS file (and optionally .LOG file)
will
be created for you.
I have placed this version of AGW_Online_Kiss, the .OCX dependency, and that sample Direwolf .CONF file at:
https://www.qsl.net/k/k4kdr//downloads/agw-kss-linux/
... please review the .INI and .CONF file to verify that they are
suitable
to your configuration. If you need to decode packets other than 1200
baud,
I recommend copying that .CONF file to a new file and editing it appropriately.
-Scott, K4KDR
============================
On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 10:49 AM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB < [email protected]> wrote:
You have to trust me on that one: checked everything thrice. Besides, if the paths are not correct it will give a different warning.
Don't you think it's strange that both AGW_kissonline_plus.exe and getkiss.exe give me the same "Runtime error '9' message?
73 de Hans
BX2ABT
On 06/12/2019 10:10 PM, PE0SAT | Amateur Radio wrote:
On 12-06-2019 15:51, Hans BX2ABT wrote:
Hello Jan,
Hi Hans,
Still banging my head. Tried everything that was suggested (thanks JE9PEL) and more, but still the "Runtime error '9'" that comes up. I also checked your updated page on this and downloaded getkiss.exe, but guess what........"Runtime error '9'".
Make sure the settings that are part off the *.ini file are correct.
For example FILE_PATH= and TLEFILE=
Strange as it is, all the other software/decoders/tlm forwarder are working. With regards to hs_soundmodem I saw a mention that this can also save .kss files. If so, how? If this is possible, then this could be an alternative. And to be complete: my goal is to get some KISS-files from Athenoxat-1 to upload to them.
73 de Hans
BX2ABT
73 Jan PE0SAT
On 13-06-2019 04:08, Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB wrote:
Good morning Hans,
Scott to the rescue! This older version does start up and I'm waiting for some telemetry to come in right now. And it does indeed connect to Direwolf, which is much better than HS_soundmodem in the sense that it doesn't use the soundcard to route audio from GQRX, but UDP instead. Great! Thanks Scott.
Good to hear that you finally got it running. You can also have a look at https://www.pe0sat.vgnet.nl/decoding/unix-tlm-decoding/ for some overview.
@JE9PEL: all OCX files were registered, checked not once, not twice, but thrice. So what I suspected already is that the recent versions of AGW_onlinekiss_plus and getKiss share a similar code base, which is different from the previous AGW_onlinekiss.
Both AGW version will work with the config that I shared.
Now Jan, your instructions on how to install on Linux are very clear, but if they can't be reproduced by an innocent passerby then they are of little use. Have you tried it on a clean install, like Ubuntu 19.04?
And yes I have installed it on multiple systems. Debian testing, uBuntu 16.04 TLS. When you doubt the install, move the Ham specific directories to a temporary location and remove rm -rf ~/.wine and start again with the winetricks step and the rest.
Final request: can someone post or email me an example .kss file from any current sat (like the XW, CAS, etc.) for me to test the decoder?
On this location you can find example .kss files https://www.pe0sat.vgnet.nl/download/
Hans
BX2ABT
73 Jan - PE0SAT
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