Starting out

vk3jma · Post by **vk3jma** » Mon Nov 16, 2020 11:56 pm

Made a little more progress...........

Screen still blank

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login as: pi
pi@10.1.1.222's password:
Linux raspberrypi 5.4.72-v7+ #1356 SMP Thu Oct 22 13:56:54 BST 2020 armv7l

The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.

Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.
Last login: Tue Nov 17 10:53:40 2020 from 10.1.1.244

SSH is enabled and the default password for the 'pi' user has not been changed.
This is a security risk - please login as the 'pi' user and type 'passwd' to set a new password.

Wi-Fi is currently blocked by rfkill.
Use raspi-config to set the country before use.

Webcam device name is none
Video capture device name is nil
Input device name: "ADS7846 Touchscreen"
Supported events:
Event type 0 (Sync)
Event type 1 (Key)
Event code 330 (Touch)
Event type 3 (Absolute)
Event code 0 (X)
Value 0
Min 0
Max 4095
Event code 1 (Y)
Value 0
Min 0
Max 4095
Event code 24 (Pressure)
Value 0
Min 0
Max 255
X Scale Factor = 5.687500
Y Scale Factor = 7.109375
Starting with CalfactorX = 1.000000
Starting with CalfactorY = 1.000000
Starting with CalShiftX = 0.000000
Starting with CalShiftY = 0.000000
Read in the presets from the Config file
Mode Output in ReadModeInput() is QPSKRF
Config file not found
Transmit Stop
Receive Stop
Terminate
pi@raspberrypi:~ $

vk3jma · Post by **vk3jma** » Tue Nov 17, 2020 1:55 am

Success!!!!!!

After the 4th OS install and portsdown install??????

I'm sure there will be a billion questions..........

Thanks Dave.

Regards

Mark

vk3jma · Post by **vk3jma** » Tue Nov 17, 2020 7:16 am

Even more success.......great project Dave.

Post by **G8GKQ** » Tue Nov 17, 2020 11:08 pm

Well done Mark

Do you have any idea why it failed before? it would be good to know.

SD Card builds are normally about 99% reliable. I have done hundreds (literally) and the only failures have been due to internet dropouts and GitHub downtime. I know that poor power supplies or USB supply cables can also cause issues. Also SD Card type is important - hence the recommendation for SANDISK Ultra cards.

Dave

vk3jma · Post by **vk3jma** » Thu Nov 19, 2020 7:00 am

Can’t answer that. I was probably in the 1%?

Appreciate your help and suggestions.

My next question is video source......

I not a big videophile so for me a webcam would be my first choice of input.

Is there a specific model or what are the criteria for webcam suitability.

Regards

Mark

g8gtz · Post by **g8gtz** » Thu Nov 19, 2020 9:32 am

Lots of information on both the wiki and forums posts on this one - try this page to start with https://wiki.batc.org.uk/Webcam_Support

Also this thread has some answers: viewtopic.php?f=103&t=6702

The search facility on the forum is not the best but if you type something like "BATC forum webcam" in to Google you will get all the info you need without using up more of Dave's time which is better spent writing code!

73

Noel - G8GTZ

vk3jma · Post by **vk3jma** » Thu Nov 19, 2020 10:54 pm

Thanks Noel

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