[pskmail] Re: Upgrated server version

  • From: John Douyere <vk2eta@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: pskmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:03:00 +1100

Hi Robert,

No problems. Good to hear it's working.

73, John

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Robert Krasowski <rkrasowski@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> uff, I am not in jail, and since now my server is working in PSK250 I
> should be safe hi hi
> Thanks John, I used second technique to correct the problem, I modyfied
> arq.pm and now I am fine
> Here are the line that I changed:
> "
> my @Bmodes = qw(default THOR8 MFSK16 THOR22 MFSK32 PSK250R PSK500R PSK500);
> my @Amodes = qw(default THOR8 MFSK16 THOR22 MFSK32 PSK125R PSK250R PSK250);
> my @currentmodes = @Amodes;
>
> "
>
> Thanks for help ,
> Robert
> KB2PNM
>
> Scanning in PSK250 .......
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* John Douyere <vk2eta@xxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* pskmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 20, 2011 2:16 AM
> *Subject:* [pskmail] Re: Upgrated server version
>
> Hi Per,
>
> That makes sense. Then the code should use that defmode table rather than
> the Amode when checking the mode we pass to Fldigi (follow the logic from
> the scanner section in ARQ.PM).
>
> Only issue then becomes how a server's OP restricts the modes his station
> can TX in since this is a problem in the USA?
>
> Just an idea: two defmodes tables depending on the server's call sign could
> fix that issue.
>
> 73, John
>
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Pär Crusefalk <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Hi John,
>
> The amodes and bmodes was the problem before, some modes could not be used.
> I wanted both PSK500R and PSK250 and they were in different tables to
> defmodes was introduced. That says:
> my @defmodes = qw(default THOR8 PSK31 THOR11 MFSK16 PSK63 THOR22 MFSK32
> PSK125R PSK125 PSK250R PSK250 PSK500R PSK500);
>
> So it should be enough and it works here...
> But, I'll look further.
>
> 73 de Per
>
> 2011-10-20 07:15, John Douyere skrev:
>
> Hi Per,
>
>  Thanks. You will see the server call sign dependant choice of mode table
> has been removed and therefore only table @Amodes gets loaded.
>
>  There may have been some logic in regards to moving away from the fixed
> table concept we had before, but the call to getmodenum (if I remember the
> subroutine name correctly) returns zero for PSK250 since it is not in the
> list and therefore the new mode never gets sent to the modem (and the
> warning has been commented out too).
>
> Regards,
>
>  John
>
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Pär Crusefalk <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  Hi,
>
> The mode limitation is definitely there in servers before 1.4.12 but that
> was one of the things that was changed in 1.4.12. For instance my freqs.txt
> file looks like:
>
> 1,1,1,20,20,
> 1,1,1,20,20,
> 1,1,1,20,20,
> 1,1,1,20,20,
> 1,1,1,20,20,
> 1,1,1,20,20,
> 1,1,1,20,20,
> 1,1,1,20,20,
> 1,1,1,20,20,
> 1,1,1,20,20,
> 1,1,1,20,20,
> 1,1,1,20,20,
> 1,1,1,20,20,
> 1,1,1,20,20,
> 1,1,1,20,20,
> 1,1,1,20,20,
> 1,1,1,20,20,
> 1,1,1,20,20,
> 1,1,1,20,20,
> 1,1,1,20,20,
> 1,1,1,20,20,
> 1,1,1,20,20,
> 1,1,1,20,20,
> 1,1,1,20,20,
> PSK500R,PSK500R,PSK500R,PSK250,PSK500R,
>
> Yes, I use memory channels instead of frequencies but the important part is
> at the bottom where I use PSK500R AND PSK250 that used to be impossible at
> the same time. But, it works fine.
> I'll have another look at that code today anyway.
>
> 73 de Per, sm0rwo
>
>
> 2011-10-20 05:54, John Douyere skrev:
>
> Hi Robert,
>
>  There is an issue in the code with the handling of modes where it is
> limited to PSK250 and PSK250R.
>
>  Some part of the code that handles this has been disabled and needs to be
> re-instated, probably during testing.
>
>  In the mean time if you need a quick resolutions here are two options:
>
>  1. Easy: use PSK250R instead of PSK250 and it will work as is.
>
>  2. A bit more involved: edit the arq.pm file in
> /usr/local/share/pskmail_server, using the root account (use sudo if under
> Ubuntu/Debian or su otherwise) and around line 216/217 ther should be the
> following lines of code:
>
>  my @Amodes = qw(default THOR8 MFSK16 THOR22 MFSK32 PSK250R PSK500R
> PSK500);
> my @Bmodes = qw(default THOR8 MFSK16 THOR22 MFSK32 PSK125R PSK250R PSK250);
>
>  Just swap the names around (@Amodes becomes @Bmodes and vice versa), save
> and restart the server and voila...
>
>  Hope this helps.
>
>  Regards,
>
>  John
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 2:30 PM, John Douyere <vk2eta@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Robert,
>
>  I hope we don't have to get you out of jail. Bail can be expensive..hihi
>
>  The latest server is on www.pskmail.org, in the stable part of the
> download section.
>
>  Here is the direct link for the download:
>
>  http://www.pskmail.org/downloads/pskmail_server-1.4.12.tar.gz
>
>  Your configuration file looks good.
>
>  I have tried you table and I get the same issue with 1.4.12.
>
>  I am looking at the code right now and there is an issue with PSK250 not
> being in the table of allowable modes. Maybe it has not switched to the
> alternate table..I need to do some more forensic work, but I am getting
> there. Bear with me...
>
>   73, John
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Robert Krasowski <rkrasowski@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>  Hi ,
>  I  upgraded my server today and here are some issue:
>
>  1. Which is the latest server version ?? where is it?? The latest I was
> able to find is 1.4.6 is that the correct one??
>
>  2. I updated my freq.txt to new one that reflect 24h schedule for
> frequencies  to this:
>
>  10148000,10148000,10148000,14111000,14111000,
> 10148000,10148000,10148000,14111000,14111000,
> 10148000,10148000,10148000,14111000,14111000,
> 10148000,10148000,10148000,14111000,14111000,
> 10148000,10148000,10148000,14111000,14111000,
> 10148000,10148000,10148000,14111000,14111000,
> 10148000,10148000,10148000,14111000,14111000,
> 10148000,10148000,10148000,14111000,14111000,
> 10148000,10148000,10148000,14111000,14111000,
> 10148000,10148000,10148000,14111000,14111000,
> 10148000,10148000,10148000,14111000,14111000,
> 10148000,10148000,10148000,14111000,14111000,
> 10148000,10148000,10148000,14111000,14111000,
> 10148000,10148000,10148000,14111000,14111000,
> 10148000,10148000,10148000,14111000,14111000,
> 10148000,10148000,10148000,14111000,14111000,
> 10148000,10148000,10148000,14111000,14111000,
> 10148000,10148000,10148000,14111000,14111000,
> 10148000,10148000,10148000,14111000,14111000,
> 10148000, 10148000,10148000,14111000,14111000,
> 10148000,10148000,10148000,14111000,14111000,
> 10148000,10148000,10148000,14111000,14111000,
> 10148000,10148000,10148000,14111000,14111000,
> 10148000,10148000,10148000,14111000,14111000,
> PSK250,PSK250,PSK250,PSK250,PSK250,
> USB,USB,USB,USB,USB,
> KB2PNM,KB2PNM,KB2PNM,KB2PNM,KB2PNM,
>
> Now when I am scanning frequency change the way it should but my mode is
> PSK500R, hmm, any way to correct this??
> In pskmailrc.pl my default is PSK250 as well.
>
> So for now I am scanning in illegal mode, If you hear nothing from me
> within next few days that will indicate that I was arrested..... hi hi
>
> Robert
> KB2PNM
>
> PS: This is what I see in terminal :
>
> ### Server v. Pskmail_server 1.4.6. (C) 2011 PA0R
> 02:11 UTC Oct-20-2011: Program start
> 02:11 UTC Oct-20-2011: Connected to netherlands.aprs2.net port 1314
> POS=35N:079W
> Outside BigEar geo area...
> BigEar serverport:10148
> BigEar not available
> Scanning: 10148000,10148000,10148000,14111000,14111000,
> Offset = 0 minute(s)
> 02:11 UTC Oct-20-2011:
> Listening to the radio
> initialized
> I: ParseMode: ARQ new modem set to PSK500R
> 10148000,10148000,10148000,14111000,14111000,
> 10148000,10148000,10148000,14111000,14111000,
>
> 02:12 UTC Oct-20-2011: Send>APRS-IS:KB2PNM>
> PSKAPR:@200212z3543.59NP07948.71W&PSKmail 1.4.6  Server & BoatLink
> 10.148MHz & 14.111MHz
>
> I: ParseMode: ARQ new modem set to PSK500R
> 02:13 UTC Oct-20-2011: Sending beacon
> Message_out:
> 00uKB2PNM:26 !3543.59NP07948.71W&D00B
> -
> I: ParseMode: ARQ new modem set to PSK500R
> I: ParseMode: ARQ new modem set to PSK500R
> I: ParseMode: ARQ new modem set to PSK500R
> I: ParseMode: ARQ new modem set to PSK500R
> I: ParseMode: ARQ new modem set to PSK500R
> 02:20 UTC Oct-20-2011: Sending beacon
> Message_out:
> 00uKB2PNM:26 !3543.59NP07948.71W&D00B
> -
> I: ParseMode: ARQ new modem set to PSK500R
> I: ParseMode: ARQ new modem set to PSK500R
> I: ParseMode: ARQ new modem set to PSK500R
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