Re: New installation on Pi4 / FRStack and Documentation
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Bret You asked about what can be displaced with pi FRStack? Mark has opened up the sky in possibilities?for us Node-Red users by making his FRStack server available to Node-Red.? I now see it is possible to "separate" the FRStack "server" from the Node-Red flows because the server and each Flex API function can be accessed with FRStack HTTP commands directed to the ip:5025 address of the server, from any device.? You can see a list of the commands in Mark's instructions.? More on this in the future. I am going slow, testing out each new idea.? Mark's flows are informative, but I am using them as a template to design my own flows.? I have "disabled" all of Mark's flows?to ensure they do not interfere?with my Flex's operation in ways I may not understand yet. Since I operate my station in multiplex (two clients), I am waiting for Mark to make changes to the client selector, which is not working for me yet. I have written my own Node-Red flow for meters, which uses the web socket from Mark's flow.? Working well so far.? I just imported Mark's meter flow to my "production pi" and changed the ip address of the socket back to the FRStack pi. I also moved my HF-Auto frequency to pi FRStack,?using its UDP broadcasts. ? Mark's UDP broadcast delivers an "N1MM" format, which has all of the slices and their frequencies.? Here are the details to configure the pi FRStack; -In Mark's instructions, at the bottom, he shows the "configuration file". ? ? Using your terminal program to access the pi with FRStack, make changes to the "UDP Settings": ?-Enter the command, "sudo nano /user/local/frstack/appsettings.json" This will give you super user, nano text editor, pointed to the settings file. ?-Make the changes, then control (key) "o" to save the file. ?(see the list of commands on the bottom of the text editor) -Re-boot your pi. For reference, here is what the configuration looks like in Windows FRSTack: Be sure to "disable" the UDP broadcast node from Dave's flow?to HF-Auto, from Node-Red.? You can keep the Green Heron UDP broadcast to maintain that function. Here is what you will see in HF-Auto: ?Alan WA9WUD On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 11:00 AM Bret Mills <bret.wx7y@...> wrote:
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