Public Beta (2021 09 05)

lu2efi
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Re: Public Beta (2021 09 05)

Post by lu2efi » Tue Sep 07, 2021 1:43 pm

F1RMB wrote:
Tue Sep 07, 2021 11:39 am
Hi,
lu2efi wrote:
Tue Sep 07, 2021 11:33 am
Thanks Roger, I missed that.
Testing this new firmware, I've found two other issues:
- Radio doesn't store date correctly when power off, after turning it on, year is 2621.
- When writing codeplug to radio, screen corrupts and back to normal after writing finishes, not seen before.
Kind of radio ?
Does Suspend is enabled ?


Cheers.
---
Daniel
Radioddity GD77
Suspend is disabled

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Re: Public Beta (2021 09 05)

Post by F1RMB » Tue Sep 07, 2021 2:43 pm

Hi,
lu2efi wrote:
Tue Sep 07, 2021 1:43 pm
F1RMB wrote:
Tue Sep 07, 2021 11:39 am
Hi,
lu2efi wrote:
Tue Sep 07, 2021 11:33 am
Thanks Roger, I missed that.
Testing this new firmware, I've found two other issues:
- Radio doesn't store date correctly when power off, after turning it on, year is 2621.
- When writing codeplug to radio, screen corrupts and back to normal after writing finishes, not seen before.
Kind of radio ?
Does Suspend is enabled ?


Cheers.
---
Daniel
Radioddity GD77
Suspend is disabled
Okay.
It's "normal", as the Timezome is retained, but since the GD-77 (or DM-1801 or RD-5R) don't have a battery backup (and no RTC chip), each time you power cycle, the date starts from epoch (1970-01-01), and since you set the time to "Local", the timezone is applied to the current datetime.
Hence, this is why "Suspend" has been added, as it don't power off the MCU, but set it in a minimal power consumption level, and all possible device are turned off.


Cheers.
---
Daniel

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Re: Public Beta (2021 09 05)

Post by VK3KYY » Tue Sep 07, 2021 9:00 pm

_fedor_ wrote:
Tue Sep 07, 2021 1:39 pm
Is it possible to use a subtone when communicating with a satellite?
CTCSS is included in the satellite data from the CPS , This is fully documented in the User Guide

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Re: Public Beta (2021 09 05)

Post by lu2efi » Wed Sep 08, 2021 12:29 pm

F1RMB wrote:
Tue Sep 07, 2021 2:43 pm
Hi,
lu2efi wrote:
Tue Sep 07, 2021 1:43 pm
F1RMB wrote:
Tue Sep 07, 2021 11:39 am
Hi,



Kind of radio ?
Does Suspend is enabled ?


Cheers.
---
Daniel
Radioddity GD77
Suspend is disabled
Okay.
It's "normal", as the Timezome is retained, but since the GD-77 (or DM-1801 or RD-5R) don't have a battery backup (and no RTC chip), each time you power cycle, the date starts from epoch (1970-01-01), and since you set the time to "Local", the timezone is applied to the current datetime.
Hence, this is why "Suspend" has been added, as it don't power off the MCU, but set it in a minimal power consumption level, and all possible device are turned off.


Cheers.
---
Daniel
Excellent, thanks Daniel!

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Re: Public Beta (2021 09 05)

Post by VK3KYY » Wed Sep 08, 2021 9:01 pm

There will be a partial fix to the crazy date thing in the next beta, so the date gets set to the year the version of the firmware was compiled, I.e 2021 at the moment.

But like Daniel says, the radio does not have a clock chip in it, so can only keep time while its turned on, or in suspend mode

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Re: Public Beta (2021 09 05)

Post by IK8JHL » Thu Sep 09, 2021 6:00 pm

VK3KYY wrote:
Mon Sep 06, 2021 9:08 pm
IK8JHL wrote:
Mon Sep 06, 2021 12:39 pm
Great Job Roger, will you implement the possibility to download NOOA satellites in the future?
You need to edit the satellites.txt file which is installed in the same folder as the exe of the CPS, and add extra satellites

Set the tx freq to 0, to prevent accidental transmission
All perfect Roger , Thank You
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Re: Public Beta (2021 09 05)

Post by VK3KYY » Thu Sep 09, 2021 8:38 pm

IK8JHL wrote:
Thu Sep 09, 2021 6:00 pm
VK3KYY wrote:
Mon Sep 06, 2021 9:08 pm
IK8JHL wrote:
Mon Sep 06, 2021 12:39 pm
Great Job Roger, will you implement the possibility to download NOOA satellites in the future?
You need to edit the satellites.txt file which is installed in the same folder as the exe of the CPS, and add extra satellites

Set the tx freq to 0, to prevent accidental transmission
All perfect Roger , Thank You
At the moment the satellites.txt file will be overwritten if an updated CPS is installed, bake sure you keep a backup of your modified version of that file

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Re: Public Beta (2021 09 05)

Post by VK3KYY » Thu Sep 09, 2021 11:49 pm


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Re: Public Beta (2021 09 05)

Post by IK8JHL » Fri Sep 10, 2021 7:39 am

VK3KYY wrote:
Thu Sep 09, 2021 8:38 pm
IK8JHL wrote:
Thu Sep 09, 2021 6:00 pm
VK3KYY wrote:
Mon Sep 06, 2021 9:08 pm


You need to edit the satellites.txt file which is installed in the same folder as the exe of the CPS, and add extra satellites

Set the tx freq to 0, to prevent accidental transmission
All perfect Roger , Thank You
At the moment the satellites.txt file will be overwritten if an updated CPS is installed, bake sure you keep a backup of your modified version of that file
yes I saw that I could load one database or the other, but I did a merge of NOOA.txt and amteurs.txt and then I loaded it from the PC

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Re: Public Beta (2021 09 05)

Post by VK3KYY » Fri Sep 10, 2021 7:59 am

IK8JHL wrote:
Fri Sep 10, 2021 7:39 am
VK3KYY wrote:
Thu Sep 09, 2021 8:38 pm
IK8JHL wrote:
Thu Sep 09, 2021 6:00 pm


All perfect Roger , Thank You
At the moment the satellites.txt file will be overwritten if an updated CPS is installed, bake sure you keep a backup of your modified version of that file
yes I saw that I could load one database or the other, but I did a merge of NOOA.txt and amteurs.txt and then I loaded it from the PC
Change the download URL to

https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/cu ... sabare.txt


Initially I used this URL, but there was a problem with the ISS keps for several days, where the time was incorrect by 2 minutes, so I changed to Celestrack

If you change the keps URL it will be remembered by the CPS even after you update

Cheers

Roger

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