[GreenKeys] Raspberry pi

John, W9DDD w9ddd at tapr.org
Mon Jan 11 14:51:23 EST 2021


I've done this with a Linux PC and I have several Pies, so I was just 
looking to see is anyone has been able to either use the Volpe board or 
other way of getting actual serial bits out of the Pi.

John, W9DDD

On 1/11/2021 1:42 PM, Paul Heller wrote:
> In my case, because I wanted to use the TU, the Raspberry PI captures 
> the ITTY stream, decodes it and sends it out its audio port (jack). That 
> is then fed into a TU.
> 
> When I set mine up, I used MPD (music player daemon) and daemontools-run 
> to automatically start PMD each time the Raspberry PI was plugged in.
> 
> As Duncan said, it can be set up with your wifi credentials or just used 
> a wired Ethernet connection.
> 
> If there is interest, I could make a few SD cards available for sale at 
> cost, set up and ready to go. You would have to furnish the raspberry PI 
> and case. I could set things up so the default stream is ITTY, and if 
> you want to invest in a momentary push button and an LED you could 
> switch to the other streams. I won’t be able to work on this until late 
> February, however, due to other commitments.
> 
> Someday I am going to try using one of those small LCD screens on the PI 
> to display what feed is being played.
> 
> Paul
> W2TTY
> 
> ITTY: HTTP://INTERNET-TTY.NET:8000/ITTY <HTTP://internet-tty.net:8000/ITTY>
> AUTOSTART: HTTP://INTERNET-TTY.NET:8030/AUTOSTART 
> <HTTP://internet-tty.net:8030/AUTOSTART>
> EUROPE: HTTP://INTERNET-TTY.NET:8040/EUROPE 
> <HTTP://internet-tty.net:8040/EUROPE>
> 
>> On Jan 11, 2021, at 8:17 PM, John, W9DDD <w9ddd at tapr.org> wrote:
>>
>> So are you these to get audio out to a TU, or some other way to drive 
>> the printer.  Possibly fldigi and running into a Volpe board and 
>> skipping audio out.
>>
>> I can certainly see using a Pi separate from the PC, since anytime I 
>> bump the mouse on the PC, the printer skips a beat.
>>
>> John, W9DDD
>>
>> On 1/11/2021 9:20 AM, Paul Heller wrote:
>>> I have a made and given away a few raspberry PIs to receive the 
>>> various ITTY stations. Over time they began to work better, but all 
>>> versions (the first ones were pretty crude) have the same basic 
>>> features: a momentary push button to change the channels among the 
>>> ITTY channels and a flashing LED that indicates what channel is being 
>>> listened to. It was all driven by python and gave me a chance to 
>>> experiment with the PI and provide something useful.
>>> They all run headless without the need for a keyboard or display.
>>> If you only want one ITTY channel, you don’t need the push button nor 
>>> the LED.
>>> Have fun!
>>> Paul
>>> W2TTY
>>>> On Jan 11, 2021, at 3:51 PM, Duncan Brown <duncanancy at earthlink.net> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> RasPi works great for bringing in ITTY for your TTYs!
>>>>
>>>> The AWA Museum has one (thanks to Paul, W2TTY) for copying the main 
>>>> ITTY stream. It powers up when we turn on the TTY display, connects 
>>>> to our WIFI, and in a few seconds is providing AFSK background 
>>>> "music". It also drives a Dovetron (with real CRT display). Whenever 
>>>> we want to show a TTY in action, we just take the Dovetron out of 
>>>> standby and start printing ITTY.
>>>>
>>>> At the end of the day, we just kill all the power to the display. It 
>>>> does not seem to bother the RasPi to be shut down that way.
>>>>
>>>> Have fun,
>>>>
>>>> Duncan
>>>> K2OEQ
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On 10-Jan-21 18:58, Daniel Jones wrote:
>>>>> I have just acquired a RPi that is set up to feed my machine the 
>>>>> autostart channel.  It’s a heck of a lot easier then leaving my 
>>>>> computer hooked up all the time.
>>>>>
>>>>> Gary Lopes WA6MEM set it up.  We are planning on using the same 
>>>>> thing at the battleship Iowa to have allow the teletypes to 
>>>>> occasionally operate while tours are going on.
>>>>>
>>>>> Daniel
>>>>>
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