Portsdown firmware Pluto

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PA0AKV
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Portsdown firmware Pluto

Post by PA0AKV » Tue Jan 02, 2024 6:43 pm

Happy new year to you all!
AS a newbie I cannot get the right firmware into the Pluto.
I dit copy the Pluto.frm file from the BATC wiki
I managed to load it into the Pluto and the Pluto starts the firmware update correct as discribed at the Analog divices webpage.
Still I get on the Langstone screen M3 this warning!
THIS may not work with Portsdown
PLease update to v0.31-4-g9ceb-dirty

But where can I find this version?

73 André pa0akv

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Re: Portsdown firmware Pluto

Post by radiogareth » Tue Jan 02, 2024 8:21 pm

Have you looked here: https://wiki.batc.org.uk/Portsdown_4_Pluto
Good luck
Gareth

PA0AKV
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Re: Portsdown firmware Pluto

Post by PA0AKV » Tue Jan 02, 2024 9:23 pm

I did Gareth, after a lot of reading and resetting the firmware it works after changing the IP adres to 192.168.2.1.
I donot understand why for Langstone to work it needs 192.168.2.10.
And also the warning on the M3 screen wrong firmware dit put me on the wrong track.

Anyway it seems to work, later this week I hope to send my first ATV signal on 70cm.....

73 André pa0akv

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Re: Portsdown firmware Pluto

Post by G3GJA » Wed Jan 03, 2024 1:23 pm

It can work on any address assigned. For instance, I have my Portsdown on 192.168.1.100 and the Pluto is on 192.168.1.101

73

Clive

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Re: Portsdown firmware Pluto

Post by PA0AKV » Wed Jan 03, 2024 5:32 pm

So it looks like both need a different IP adress. I did both assigned to the same adress!

:(

73 André

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Re: Portsdown firmware Pluto

Post by G3GJA » Thu Jan 04, 2024 1:36 pm

The addresses have to be in the same subnet but different.

73

Clive

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Re: Portsdown firmware Pluto

Post by Pa3fbx » Thu Feb 01, 2024 7:37 am

Hi Andre,
Nice to see another Dutchmen.

The 2 Ip adresses you mentioned are the 2 adresses a pluto creates on USB connection.
2.1 is the pluto and 2.10 is the default connected device (in your case the raspberry)

Both Portsdown and Langstone uses the 2.10 as its the raspberry and the pluto is the 2.1 as its the "router" of this network.
Be very aware your home network is not using this range eg 192.168.2.x...
If so you need to modify the pluto..

Feel free to PM me direct if you want to continue in Dutch...

Benno, PA3FBX

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