openwebrx and HL2

[devon...@gmail.com]

I see openwebrx is now supporting HL2 (and HPSDR)

https://github.com/jketterl/openwebrx/wiki/HPSDR-%28including-Hermes-Lite-2%29-device-notes

as listed here

https://groups.io/g/openwebrx/topic/has_anyone_used_a_hermes_or/73949128?p=,,,20,0,0,0::recentpostdate%2Fsticky,,,20,2,0,73949128

Might be a job for the weekend...?

Nigel

G4ZAL

[Matthew]

Thanks for letting us know about this. Very much looking forward to trying this.

73 Matthew M5EVT.

[Jim Ancona]

Hi,

I'm the developer of the HL2 support. I was going to post an announcement email here today, but now I don't have to! It would be great if folks can give it a try. Note that the OpenWebRX code was just merged yesterday. Until Jakob releases a new version you'll have to do a manual install to use it. The wiki page that Nigel linked should have the information you need. If you run into problems, I'm happy to answer questions here or on the OpenWebRX list.

73,

Jim N1ADJ

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[devon...@gmail.com]

Hi Jim,

I didn't mean to steal your thunder - sorry ;-)

I spotted it on the openwebrx group and I know some were interested in it on here, so posted the alert.

I'll try to setup mine in openwebrx in the next few days (I think I still have OWRX on a Pi SD card as I helpd a bit in getting the HackRF setup/configured in OWRX).

If I get issues, I'll post on OWRX as it make the most sense posting in there regarding issues.

Anyway, thanks for your efforts Jim.

73

Nigel

G4ZAL

[Jim Ancona]

Not a problem at all! I'm looking forward to getting feedback from folks trying it out.

Jim N1ADJ

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[Steve Haynal]

Hi Jim,

Thanks for this very pleasant surprise! I hope to try out openwebrx with a Hermes-Lite soon.

73,

Steve

kf7o

[Steve Haynal]

Hi Jim,

I did install openwebrx with your HL2 support on my remote station. I was able to access it locally. For external access, I tried to register on receiverbook but it could not detect my radio. I assume I have to open port 8073 for TCP on my sister's router? Also, what are the default filter settings? I want to make sure that the HPF is not disabled as there is quite a bit of low frequency noise at this QTH. Thanks again for your work on this.

73,

Steve

kf7o

[Chris Gerber]

Hi

Is there any body who can help me installing Quisk and later
Hermeslite.py on my

windows system. I have installed Python and downloaded  a quisk.whl file
from net

but dont know how to mount or install it, as I am not familiar with
those files types or

Python? All instructions I was reading, failed.

73 Chris

[James Ahlstrom]

Helo Chris,

Please follow the instructions here http://james.ahlstrom.name/quisk/docs.html#Installation and report any error messages if you have problems.

Jim

N2ADR

[Evan Hand]

Chris

Most of my issues with installing Quisk on Windows 10 came down to path problems.  Be sure to install as administrator and allow the path to be updated.

73

Evan

AC9TU

[Jim Ancona]

I replied to Steve by mistake, resending to the list.

On your receiverbook question, I'm not an expert, but I assume you would need to make OpenWebRX internet-accessible by opening up port 8073. If that doesn't work, the folks at https://groups.io/g/openwebrx are pretty helpful.

I haven't done anything to implement filter support yet, so 0x00 [23:17] are all zero and I assume all the filters are disabled. Reading the "Filter Selection" section on the protocol page, it looks like I can use standard mode (manual mode off). Would having a simple rule for filter configuration based on frequency be sufficient for the time being? I could just enable the HPF if the frequency is greater than 3 MHz. Given that OpenWebRX is RX-only, is there any reason to use the HPF? It's not clear to me how I would pass user-specified filter configuration from OpenWebRX to the HL2, but I could work on that in the future.

Jim N1ADJ

On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 4:38 PM Jim Ancona <j...@anconafamily.com> wrote:

Thanks for the feedback!

On your receiverbook question, I'm not an expert, but I assume you would need to make OpenWebRX internet-accessible by opening up port 8073. If that doesn't work, the folks at https://groups.io/g/openwebrx are pretty helpful.

I haven't done anything to implement filter support yet, so 0x00 [23:17] are all zero and I assume all the filters are disabled. Reading the "Filter Selection" section on the protocol page, it looks like I can use standard mode (manual mode off). Would having a simple rule for filter configuration based on frequency be sufficient for the time being? I could just enable the HPF if the frequency is greater than 3 MHz. Given that OpenWebRX is RX-only, is there any reason to use the HPF? It's not clear to me how I would pass user-specified filter configuration from OpenWebRX to the HL2, but I could work on that in the future.

Jim N1ADJ

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[Steve Haynal]

Hi Jim,

Unfortunately I have to physically be at my sister's house to open the port and that won't be happening soon given the pandemic. 

I think all zeros for the filter is okay. The HPF and all LPF will be disengaged for full RX. I need a way to engage the HPF given the noise at my sister's house, but maybe I can do that once with hermeslite.py. Do you continuously send data at address 0x00 to the HL2? That contains the filter select.

73,

Steve

kf7o

[devon...@gmail.com]

Hi Steve,

Why not use Teamviewer to make a connection to a computer at your sisters home? (there is a Teamviewer that's free for non comercial use).

https://www.teamviewer.com/en/

Then you can connect to her router to make the changes required.

Only problem I can see is that you are then remote Tech Support for your sisters home computers !!

HTH

Nigel

G4ZAL

[Jim Ancona]

Hi Steve,

Because of the watchdog timer, I do send data continuously. Can you see any downside to always engaging the HPF for frequencies higher than 3 MHz? If not, I will go ahead and do that.

I do router configuration remotely using ssh port forwarding to get access to the router web UI. Of course if you mess it up...

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[Steve Haynal]

Hi Jim,

I think it would be better if you engage the HPF if any frequency is higher than 3MHz. I and I think others often have a lot of AM and other low frequency noise.

My sister's port settings are actually managed by the provider's central server outside of her house. It is the first time I've encountered this. I need to jump through several hoops with several authentications just to open up a port. I did it once before for ssh and port 22. Reception with my home antenna is not really worth sharing.

73,

Steve

kf7o

[Mats Sundin]

Hi !

I'm not an Linux genius 

I have tried install Openwebrx on an RPI3 .. the hpsdrconnector conecting to my HL2 but reporting missing hardware.

I have followed all the instructions in the connector and openwebrx.. 

Do I need to install it as a superuser ??

//Mats SM0FPR

[Jim Ancona]

The HPF is now engaged for center frequencies above 3 MHz. I'm also using Github Actions to build executables for common platforms (Windows, Linux amd64, Linux ARM/Raspberry Pi and MacOS amd64). I haven't actually tested the Raspberry Pi version, so I'd appreciate feedback on whether it works. You can still build from source if you prefer.

The latest release is https://github.com/jancona/hpsdrconnector/releases/tag/v0.3.3

The README describes the new installation procedure: https://github.com/jancona/hpsdrconnector/releases/tag/v0.3.3

Jim

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[Jim Ancona]

Hi Mats,

I'm not sure what you mean by "the hpsdrconnector conecting to my HL2 but reporting missing hardware." Could you capture the OpenWebRX logs when this happens and reply here?

Thanks,

Jim N1ADJ

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[Jim Ancona]

Hi Mats,

I'm replying to the list so others can benefit. (Steve, let me know if you'd prefer this kind of thing be kept off-list.)

The "missing hardware" message from OWRX means that it was unable to run the hpsdrconnector executable. If you used "go install" to create the hpsdrconnector executable, by default it places it in $HOME/go/bin, which will only work if OWRX is running as the same user. If it is running as a different user, you need to put the executable in that user's PATH or a system PATH like /usr/local/bin with the proper permissions. The details of doing this depend a bit on which OS you're using. On Linux, something like "sudo cp /home/<your user>/go/bin/hpsdrconnector /usr/local/bin/" should do it.

If you need more help, please let me know which OS you are using and which user OpenWebRX is running as.

Thanks,

Jim N1ADJ

On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 10:48 PM Mats Sundin <mat...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Jim, yeah I see what you mean... (did a little fast typing there)

I can connect to the HL2 with only the hpsdrconnector (with correct switches/parameters)

When I open the webpage (http:/openwebrx), and the web-page reports missing hardware.

The "config_webrx.py" are edited as your instructions.

All was built from source.. I will recheck again and get back.

Thanks

Mats - SM0FPR

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Better "ln -s /home/<your user>/go/bin/hpsdrconnector /usr/local/bin/"
so it is always in step with any later upgrades.
73 ... Sid.

On 23/11/2020 12:38, Jim Ancona wrote:
> Hi Mats,
>
> I'm replying to the list so others can benefit. (Steve, let me know

> if you'd prefer this kind of thing be kept off-list.)
>
> The "missing hardware" message from OWRX means that it was unable to

> run the hpsdrconnector executable. If you used "go install" to create
> the hpsdrconnector executable, by default it places it in

> $HOME/go/bin, which will only work if OWRX is running as the same
> user. If it is running as a different user, you need to put the
> executable in that user's PATH or a system PATH like /usr/local/bin
> with the proper permissions. The details of doing this depend a bit on

> which OS you're using. On Linux, something like "sudo cp /home/<your

> user>/go/bin/hpsdrconnector /usr/local/bin/" should do it.
>
> If you need more help, please let me know which OS you are using and

> which user OpenWebRX is running as.

>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim N1ADJ
>
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 10:48 PM Mats Sundin <mat...@gmail.com
> <mailto:mat...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi Jim, yeah I see what you mean... (did a little fast typing there)
>

> I can connect to the HL2 with only the hpsdrconnector (with

> correct switches/parameters)
> When I open the webpage (http:/openwebrx), and the web-page
> reports missing hardware.
> The "config_webrx.py" are edited as your instructions.
>
> All was built from source.. I will recheck again and get back.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mats - SM0FPR
>
>

> Den sön 22 nov. 2020 kl 22:57 skrev Jim Ancona
> <j...@anconafamily.com <mailto:j...@anconafamily.com>>:

>
> Hi Mats,
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by "the hpsdrconnector conecting to
> my HL2 but reporting missing hardware." Could you capture the
> OpenWebRX logs when this happens and reply here?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim N1ADJ
>
> On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 6:33 AM Mats Sundin <mat...@gmail.com
> <mailto:mat...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi !

> I'm not an Linux geniusÂ

> I have tried install Openwebrx on an RPI3 .. the
> hpsdrconnector conecting to my HL2 but reporting missing
> hardware.
> I have followed all the instructions in the connector and

> openwebrx..Â

> Do I need to install it as a superuser ??
>
> //Mats SM0FPR
>
>

> lördag 21 november 2020 kl. 07:23:11 UTC+1 skrev
> softerh...@gmail.com <mailto:softerh...@gmail.com>:

>
> Hi Jim,
>
> I think it would be better if you engage the HPF if
> any frequency is higher than 3MHz. I and I think
> others often have a lot of AM and other low frequency
> noise.
>
> My sister's port settings are actually managed by the
> provider's central server outside of her house. It is
> the first time I've encountered this. I need to jump
> through several hoops with several authentications
> just to open up a port. I did it once before for ssh
> and port 22. Reception with my home antenna is not
> really worth sharing.
>
> 73,
>
> Steve
> kf7o

> Â

>
> On Friday, November 20, 2020 at 3:28:35 AM UTC-8 Jim
> Ancona N1ADJ wrote:
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> Because of the watchdog timer, I do send data
> continuously. Can you see any downside to always
> engaging the HPF for frequencies higher than 3
> MHz? If not, I will go ahead and do that.
>
> I do router configuration remotely using ssh port
> forwarding to get access to the router web UI. Of
> course if you mess it up...
>
> Jim N1ADJ
>
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 11:46 PM Steve Haynal
> <softerh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> Unfortunately I have to physically be at my
> sister's house to open the port and that won't

> be happening soon given the pandemic.Â

>
> I think all zeros for the filter is okay. The
> HPF and all LPF will be disengaged for full
> RX. I need a way to engage the HPF given the
> noise at my sister's house, but maybe I can do
> that once with hermeslite.py. Do you
> continuously send data at address 0x00 to the
> HL2? That contains the filter select.
>
> 73,
>
> Steve
> kf7o
>
> On Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at 1:40:42 PM
> UTC-8 Jim Ancona N1ADJ wrote:
>
> I replied to Steve by mistake, resending
> to the list.
>
> On your receiverbook question, I'm not an
> expert, but I assume you would need to
> make OpenWebRX internet-accessible by
> opening up port 8073. If that doesn't

> work, the folks atÂ
> https://groups.io/g/openwebrx
> <https://groups.io/g/openwebrx> are

> pretty helpful.
>
> I haven't done anything to implement

> filter support yet, so 0x00 [23:17] are
> all zero and I assume all the filters are

> disabled. Reading the "Filter Selection"
> section on the protocol page, it looks
> like I can use standard mode (manual mode
> off). Would having a simple rule for
> filter configuration based on frequency be
> sufficient for the time being? I could
> just enable the HPF if the frequency is
> greater than 3 MHz. Given that OpenWebRX
> is RX-only, is there any reason to use the
> HPF? It's not clear to me how I would pass
> user-specified filter configuration

> from OpenWebRX to the HL2, but I could

> work on that in the future.
>
> Jim N1ADJ
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 4:38 PM Jim Ancona
> <j...@anconafamily.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the feedback!
>
> On your receiverbook question, I'm not
> an expert, but I assume you would need
> to make OpenWebRX internet-accessible
> by opening up port 8073. If that

> doesn't work, the folks atÂ
> https://groups.io/g/openwebrx

> <https://groups.io/g/openwebrx> are
> pretty helpful.
>
> I haven't done anything to implement

> filter support yet, so 0x00 [23:17]

> are all zero and I assume all

> the filters are disabled. Reading the

> "Filter Selection" section on the
> protocol page, it looks like I can use
> standard mode (manual mode off). Would
> having a simple rule for filter
> configuration based on frequency be
> sufficient for the time being? I could
> just enable the HPF if the frequency
> is greater than 3 MHz. Given that
> OpenWebRX is RX-only, is there any
> reason to use the HPF? It's not clear
> to me how I would pass user-specified

> filter configuration from OpenWebRX

> into problems,

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[Jim Ancona]

I agree that a symbolic link is a better solution when building from source. I'm now hosting released builds on Github: https://github.com/jancona/hpsdrconnector/releases/latest 

Users can download those and either copy them or use a symbolic link to get them into a directory in their PATH.

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[Mats Sundin]

Very thank's for the help and directions

I Will take a new shot on this next weekend. 

(this weekend is occupided by CQWW CW :-) )

//Mats SM0FPR