How to set up Pi* for PROCSAC (DAPNET) with MMDVM_HS_HAT or MMDVM_DUAL_HAT
Already have a working installation of Pi-Star (Pi*)?
Yes, I have already a running Pi-Star:
Update and Upgrade Pi*’s base system services and packages
Login to your Pi* Installation via SSH using Terminal,cmd-Promt or putty (Standard is „ssh pi-star@pi-star“ (you can miss the :22 at the end, because it is the standard port)
ssh pi-star@pi-star [Enter]
Now you will be asked for the Password – Standard-Password is „raspberry“ without „“ or take the password you have changed in Pi-Star Dashboard.
You will see the Welcome Message in ASCII-Signs
Now you have to Enter the following commands:
1. PI* uses a write protection so the command to unlock the filesystem for editing is:
rpi-rw [Enter]
2. Now get the latest Version of Pi* and all needed software components:
sudo pistar-update [Enter]
3. Upgrade the Pi* Installation to the next following Version:
sudo pistar-upgrade [Enter]
Repeat the last command (sudo pistar-upgrade) till you get a message „you have installed the latest Version of Pi* – No update needed“ or a similar message.
It is not possible to directly Upgrade to the newest Version! So you have to repeat the pistar-upgrade several times.
For example: You have installed Pi* Version 3.4.13 and want to get onto Version 3.4.16
You have to use the command „sudo pistar-upgrade“ 3 times to get from 3.4.13 to 3.4.14, than from 3.4.14 to 3.4.15 and 3rd time to get from 3.4.15 to 3.4.16.
The last output in terminal should be:
You are already running the latest version…
Sleeping a few seconds before making the disk Read-Only…
Finished
Upgrade the firmware of your MMDVM-Hardware
for Upgrading MMDVM_HS_Hat board conected to GPIO you have to enter the command:
sudo pistar-mmdvmhshatflash hs_hat [Enter]
for upgrading the original MMDVM-HS_DUAL_HAT board (made by Andy, Florian (DF2ET) and DB9HAT) conected to GPIO you have to enter the command:
sudo pistar-mmdvmhshatflash hs_dual_hat
If you get a message that the flashing process was successfull, the hardest part is done. If not, repeat flashing or ask for help in the „MMDVM-BM“ or „DAPNET User“ Telegram-Messenger Groups.
You will get a „DAPNET AuthKey“ by email if your ticket is arranged by a Team-Member.
Now it`s time to Login into the Pi*-Dashboard!
On a Windows, Mac, or Linux-based computer (not the hotspot itself) that has WiFi enabled, open a browser window and navigate to (trailing slash needed):
Windows: http://pi-star/
macOS, iOS, etc.: http://pi-star.local/
On some mobile devices, the url won't work. In that case, try the Auto AP IP address: 192.168.50.1
Go to Admin Area and hit „Apply Changes“ somewhere, like if you would save any changes – even if you did not change anything. This will reload the page and force Pi* to reload store and reload the Configuration. During this process all missing or by update added sections will be loaded and shown correctly.
Now you should still see the Configuration view and in the „MMDVMHost Configuration“ section, switch on „PROCSAC“ and then click „apply changes“.
The Page will reload – now search for the „POCSAG Configuration“ section and fill out the needed values:
Node Callsign POCSAG – Enter the POCSAG node callsign.
Radio Frequency POCSAG – Enter the POCSAG radio frequency. Per Andy Taylor in the Pi-Star User Forum : „If we get good buy in from repeater keepers, we could have a really good paging network with great coverage, especially if we all use the same standard frequency.“ In Germany, where are already a lot of repeaters we use 439.987.500MHz, which will be the deafault entry in Pi*!
DAPNET AuthKey – Enter your authorization key for the Decentralized Amateur Paging Network. Which you got by Mail after you registered a New Transmitter as I told you on the Beginning of Configure Pi-Star and enable DAPNET
As a chinese user, I ordered an Apple HomePod via Apple officially website. After three weeks, I got my HomePod. There are some problems for using of HomePod in China.
I try servery times on this thing with my Chinese (region) account. It couldn’t work. Always noticed me the error 301009. Right after, I connected with my American (region) account. The Error 301014. I check my itunes ID and change the pay method to Paypal. It works immediately.
I have all my apply music and iCloud subscription on my Chinese account. My solution is to switch to Chinese Account after using the US account finishing the initialization.
Another solution for Error 301014. DO NOT select “Enable Personal Requests” (this is off by default so do not toggle it on)
To shut down Cortana in Windows 10 Pro simply type gpedit.msc in the search box to open the Group Policy Editor. Navigate to Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Search. Double-click the policy named Allow Cortana.
You can kill Cortana easily in Windows 10 Pro via the Group Policy Editor.
When the policy window appears just click Disable. You’re done!
Here’s where you disable her; feels a bit like killing the Terminator.
If you’re using Windows 10 Home, you’ll need to edit the registry. Do not tackle this step unless you have experience editing the registry. Additionally, you should set a restore point now in case things go sideways. To do that just follow these tips.
It bears repeating: This is dangerous. That said, here’s what you do. Type Regedit into the search box in Windows, and open the Registry Editor. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search.
Here’s where it gets tricky: That final key (Windows Search) might not be present, as it wasn’t on my machine. In that case you’ll need to right-click the Windows directory and select New > Key. Name it Windows Search.
The key Windows Search wasn’t present on our machine, so we had to create it (we did this after for this screenshot).
Now select that new key. In the righthand pane, right-click and select new DWORD and name it AllowCortana. Then right-click that value and make sure it’s set to 0.
allowcortana
Once you’ve created this DWORD value just set it to “0,” which translates to “off.”
Sign out, sign back in and you should notice that Cortana has been replaced with a generic search box—woohoo!
One final note: After all this is done, it’s possible that you’ll look in the Task Manager and find Cortana still sitting there, mocking you. Travis told me he was able to kill the process. When I tried it myself it was not only difficult, but once I did I wasn’t able to search at all on my PC, for anything. Clearly Cortana is a tough cookie. She only consumes 39MB, so consider whether she’s more trouble to kill than she’s worth.
