Re: [sparksdr] Digest for sparksdr@googlegroups.com - 3 updates in 1 topic

[Hank Wolfla]

Thanks to everyone on getting the software installed.  My next question is how you connect the radio to the pie. Can you use a serial to USB cable or can you just or use the CAT network connection between the two devices?  The literature is not very clear.  

I hope to make a nice small qrp rig.   

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Hank

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Install software on Raspberry PI4 for SparksSDR and Hermes

Hank Wolfla <hwo...@gmail.com>: Aug 23 01:26PM -0700 Could someone give me guidance on how to install the necessary software on my Raspberry Pi to run SparkSDR with my Hermes Lite2. I have very little knowledge of how to program a Pi. Any help or direction to a link giving me clear instructions would be wonderful. I been a ham for 63 years and still willing to learn. THANK YOU!   Hank Wolfla K9LZJ & W9VW hwo...@gmail.com

Boudewijn (Bob) Tenty <b...@tenty.ca>: Aug 23 04:57PM -0400 Hi Hank,   You will find deb packages for the 32 bit and 64 bit PI at https://www.sparksdr.com/downloads   Open a command shell at the PI and install with,  sudo dpkg -i package_ name   Example: sudo dpkg -i SparkSDR.2.0.992.linux-arm64.deb  for the 64 bit version of version 2.0.992.   73,   Boudewijn VE3TOK   On 8/23/25 16:26, Hank Wolfla wrote:   -- There is nothing permanent except change Heraclitus

Heath Petty <hpe...@gmail.com>: Aug 23 04:08PM -0700 You can go to the spark sdr website on the raspberry pi. When you download the file that Bob mentions above, it will end up in the /home/<user>/Downloads directory. When you open a terminal on the pi desktop, it will automatically be in your home dir. So, you just probably need to run:   sudo dpkg -i Downloads/SparkSDR.2.0.992.linux-arm64.deb   If it asks for a password, its the same as your regular user login.   Once that is done, you should see SparkSDR somewhere in the menus. I don't have my Pi handy at the moment, so I don't remember exactly where it gets put. Have a look around.   -Heath NQ7T On Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 1:57:48 PM UTC-7 Boudewijn (Bob) Tenty wrote:

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[Boudewijn (Bob) Tenty]

With the HL-2 you connect an Ethernet cable between the HL2 and and the Ethernet port of your router.  If you want to connect the HL2 directly to the Ethernet port of your computer like a laptop, without the involvement of a router you need to use an Ethernet  patch cable (this cable cross-connects)

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Boudewijn VE3TOK

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[Boudewijn (Bob) Tenty]

An Ethernet patch cable what cross connects is also called a crossover Ethernet cable.

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With the HL-2 you connect an Ethernet cable between the HL2 and and the Ethernet port of your router.  If you want to connect the HL2 directly to the Ethernet port of your computer like a laptop, without the involvement of a router you need to use an Ethernet  patch cable (this cable cross-connects)

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