® RigPi Station Server USER MANUAL © 2019 Howard Nurse, W6HN Howard Nurse, W6HN This page is intentionally left blank. Remove this text from the manual template if you want it completely blank. Table of Contents 3 1. Introduction 5 1.1 Welcome to RSS .................................................................................................................. 8 1.2 Quick Start Guide .............................................................................................................. 10 1.3 What's New ....................................................................................................................... 15 1.4 Raspberry Pi Desktop ........................................................................................................ 15 1.5 Universal Functions ........................................................................................................... 17 1.6 RSS on Mobile Devices ...................................................................................................... 19 1.7 Passwords .......................................................................................................................... 25 1.8 Accounts ............................................................................................................................ 26 1.9 Acknowlegements ............................................................................................................. 28 2. RSS Connections 29 2.1 Radio Control ..... ................................................................................................................ 31 2.2 Rotor Control ..................................................................................................................... 31 2.3 RigPi Audio ........................................................................................................................ 32 2.4 RigPi Keyer ......................................................................................................................... 36 2.5 Internet Connections ........................................................................................................ 36 2.6 Remote Connections ......................................................................................................... 37 2.7 Using a Dynamic DNS Service ........................................................................................... 40 3. Views 41 3.1 Tun er .................................................................................................................................. 43 3.2 Keyer .................................................................................................................................. 49 3.3 Log ...................................................................................................................................... 51 3.3.1 Log Editor .................................................................................................................... 54 3.4 Spots ................................................................................................................................... 55 3.5 Web .................................................................................................................................... 59 4. Settings 63 4.1 Accou nt .............................................................................................................................. 64 4.1.1 Account Editor ............................................................................................................. 65 4.2 Basic Radio ......................................................................................................................... 67 4.3 Advanced Radio ................................................................................................................ 70 4.4 Rotor .................................................................................................................................. 74 4.5 Keyer .................................................................................................................................. 76 4.6 Log Designer ...................................................................................................................... 82 RigPi Station Server © 2019 Howard Nurse, W6HN Table of Contents 4 4.7 Spots ................................................................................................................................... 85 4.8 Macros ................................................................................................................................ 87 4.9 System ................................................................................................................................ 91 5. Other Programs 93 5.1 Overview ......... ................................................................................................................... 95 5.2 WSJT-X ................................................................................................................................ 95 5.3 JS8Call ................................................................................................................................. 96 5.4 Fldigi ................................................................................................................................... 97 5.5 Flarq .................................................................................................................................... 98 5.6 Message Aggregator ......................................................................................................... 98 5.7 TrustedQSL ......................................................................................................................... 98 5.8 USB ID ................................................................................................................................. 98 5.9 Mumble .............................................................................................................................. 99 5.10 Mumble Autostart .......................................................................................................... 105 5.11 Alsamixer .......................................................................................................................... 106 5.12 Update RSS Files .............................................................................................................. 107 5.13 Connecting to RSS with External Programs .................................................................. 107 5.14 Panadapter ...................................................................................................................... 108 6. Technical 109 6.1 Trouble shooting .............................................................................................................. 110 6.2 Raspberri Pi Settings ....................................................................................................... 116 6.3 Rigpi.local on Windows computers ............................................................................... 116 6.4 RigPi Keyer PTT ................................................................................................................ 116 6.5 Sharing Radios, Rotors and Keyers ................................................................................ 118 6.6 Supported Radio Features .............................................................................................. 119 6.7 Programming ................................................................................................................... 121 6.8 System .............................................................................................................................. 123 6.9 Panels ............................................................................................................................... 124 6.10 Schematics ....................................................................................................................... 130 6.11 Glossary ............................................................................................................................ 132 Index 0 RigPi Station Server © 2019 Howard Nurse, W6HN Introduction Introduction 6 1 Introduction MFJ-1234 RigPi™ Station Server v 1.0 RigPi Station Server © 2019 Howard Nurse, W6HN Introduction 7 RigPi Station Server (RSS) is a computer system designed to control your station and facilitate on-the-air activities. RSS introduces a radically new way of station control by using a server model for allowing multiple users and radios to be accommodated simultaneously through standard Internet browsers. RSS Block Diagram Account Controlled Radio Controlled By Account 1 Radio 1 iPad and iPhone Account 2 Radio 1 through Account 1 Google Nexus Account 3 Radio 3 iPhone using CommCat Mobile RigPi Station Server © 2019 Howard Nurse, W6HN Introduction 8 Account Controlled Radio Controlled By Account 4 Not used None RigPi is a Trademark of Howard L. Nurse, W6HN 1.1 Welcome to RSS Welcome to RigPi Station Server! RigPi Station Server (RSS) is an easy-to-use multi-operator, multi-radio (MOMR) amateur radio control, logging, CW keying, spot management and call lookup system. RSS is based on a Raspberry Pi computer running Linux plus RigPi Keyer and RigPi Audio boards. RigPi Keyer uses the popular K1EL WinKeyer chip for keyboard or paddle input. RigPi Audio is used for Voice-Over IP (VoIP) and remote operations, or for digital modes