[pskmail] Re: jpskmail 0.3.8 server 0.9.20
- From: Per Crusefalk <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pskmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:23:36 +0200
Hi Eric,
Welcome to pskmail then, the more the merrier :-)
I'll try to embed my answers below:
mån 2009-10-12 klockan 11:09 -0400 skrev kz5ed:
> Good Morning,
>
> I finally had some time to work with jpskmail this weekend.
> Using the new FAQ instructions for tunning and DSP adjustments on my
> FT857 I was finally able to to connect to WB5CON.
> Well Done on the FAQ it was exactly right on.
> I still have some issues though since I every time I connect I get a
> message telling me to update my account which I have done a number of times.
> They appear to have gone through since another station saw them on his end.
> Still no change and no ability to send email.
>
Did you get a message from the server that said it had updated its user
record? If not then it did not get the complete update. If it did arrive
at the server and you got a message saying so then it should be in the
database. Only thing I can think of then is if the server sysop should
remove the database and reinstall the server.
> I then installed Server 0.9.20 on Ubuntu 9.04 with FLDIGI 3.12.4 since I
> figured out maybe I could understand this better if I was familiar with
> both ends.
Good thinking, that should help.
>
> The only issue after the installation is I got an Application Not Found
> Message when trying to start.
> I was able to resolve the issue by changing the rflinkserver.pl file to
> executable and just for good measure change the owner from root to the
> user.
> Server pops up and gives the routes not found error.
> Created routes and restarted and every thing looks good.
> I see my server on the site and I beacon every ten.
>
Think that is due to the alpha state of that server, this should not
happen of course.
> Question 1: It appears from the instruction that we are to update the
> data files manually. I cannot open either of the db files so I am
> missing something. I ran out of time so I was not able to debug that
> one. I read about using the template to create each of the accounts and
> I tried but I was not able to. I am trying to use a text editor to open
> the file I did not try vi or anything else.
> Am I going down the right track?
There is a database and a perl script to handle it. Go to the
rflinkusers directory by: cd .pskmail/rflinkusers/
When you are there you can edit the data by entering:
./user_db.pl
>
> Question 2: When I get this up and running for the time being I will be
> running on a spare radio that does not have cat control but works well
> with FLDIGI and a Rigblaster you just have to tune it manually. I
> figured that since I will not be scanning frequencies that will be fine
> and I can leave it on 10148.00. Does anyone see a problem with that?
Sounds ok to me.
>
> Question 3: Do I have to Register the Server with something / someone?
No, but it helps if you are available on the mailing list and updates
your server data on the wiki (under servers) so that users can find the
server.
>
> Question 4: Is there a setting to have the server Beacon on the Air or
> do we not want to do that? The only beacon now is via the internet. Is
> the Server supposed to key the radio when beaconing? Does it use FLDIGI
> for communicating with the radio? I am a bit confused since the Server
> Config file has a Radio Command Section. I thought server app worked as
> an application and fldigi as the modem / Interface. I have my doubts
> now because I was keying the radio and the beacon message went out so I
> think the server is not able to communicate with fldigi to tell it to key.
You can control the beacon within the file pskmailrc.pl (which you can
find in the .pskmail directory in your home folder). There is a
beaconarray there that controls the beacon behaviour. I commented that
as experimental a few years ago, guess its not experimental any more...
Anyway, the beaconarray looks like:
@Beaconarray = qw (0 1 0 1 1);
What it does is just an on/off switch for tranmission of beacons during
minute 0-4 at the top of the hour. Mine beacons during minute 1,3 and 4.
>
> Any advice is appreciated.
>
> Thanks to everyone who documented their efforts previously their work
> made this easier.
On behalf of all of us I thank you for that and I would just like to add
that I intend to write a user manual, soon...
73 de Per, sm0rwo
> 73
>
> Eric
> kz5ed
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