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pavel-demin / red-pitaya-notes

Notes on the Red Pitaya Open Source Instrument
http://pavel-demin.github.io/red-pitaya-notes/
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idiots guide #818

Closed jeffforber closed 5 years ago

jeffforber commented 5 years ago

Description of the setup

Windows 10 ....no linux pc

Description of the problem

i followed your instuctions but the green led is only on .... ...i get rp is ready for wspr message but no other leds light up ..... i hope this is enough info ......... i want to use wspr and ft8 rx.... i would really like a step by step idiots guide please regards jeff TA4/G8SCU

pavel-demin commented 5 years ago

when i tried to flash program it says no .img so i just copied and pasted the file to the sd card

All the files and directories should be copied from the .zip file to a SD card.

i put my call sign and grid location

What text editor are you using to edit decode-wspr.sh?

jeffforber commented 5 years ago

Windows note pad

jeffforber commented 5 years ago

Do you need to extract the files??

pavel-demin commented 5 years ago

Do you need to extract the files?

Yes, you need to extract all the files and directories from the .zip file to a SD card.

pavel-demin commented 5 years ago

I think that the editor that you used to edit decode-wspr.sh replaced the Unix end-of-line characters with the Windows end-of-line characters.

I'd suggest to use an editor that doesn't change the end-of-line characters. For example, Notepad++:

https://notepad-plus-plus.org

Since it starts to be a recurrent problem, I've just tried to add a workaround of this problem to my scripts. Here is a link to a .zip file that contains this workaround:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5fy49wae6xwxa8a/AADmGGMgiQrRUOAM1LYE41Mna/red-pitaya-alpine-3.9-armv7-20190323.zip?dl=1

Could you try to download and install this new version?

jeffforber commented 5 years ago

Ok thank you for getting back so quickly i will try this .advice

jeffforber commented 5 years ago

Hello Pavel.....i have tried that latest version. Plus i used a different sd card its not working just a solid green led.

jeffforber commented 5 years ago

I will try the note pad ++

pavel-demin commented 5 years ago

Plus i used a different sd card its not working just a solid green led.

I don't see any problem with the solid green LED. It was once requested to disable the blinking LEDs in my applications to reduce the noise level.

pavel-demin commented 5 years ago

I see that your multiband spots start to appear in the wsprnet.org database. So, the WSPR application works.

jeffforber commented 5 years ago

Yes i see now its working ...fantastic.

jeffforber commented 5 years ago

Tomorrow i will try Ft8 ...thank you very much ....rrgards jeff