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THIS INSTRUCTION IS NOT UPDATED!
NOTE If you want to install SvxLink on a RaspberryPi, use this instruction instead: Install from source on RaspberryPi ←-- NOTE
Instruction below was written for an older vesrion of Raspbian
These instructions explain how to install SvxLink on a Raspberry Pi, with pre-compiled packages from the official Raspbian software repository. It does not cover all parts of the installation and configuration in detail, but it should be easy to understand, even for someone with limited Linux knowledge and experience.
Note: Please browse through the instruction quickly, before you begin.
Download the image, Raspbian Stretch: https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/
Details: The official Raspbian installation instruction can be found here. https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/installing-images/README.md
Download the image installation program "Etcher" and install the image on the card: https://etcher.io/
Before inserting the SD-card in the Raspberry, enable ssh. Add a file named "ssh" in the root of the SD-card. https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/remote-access/ssh/
Insert the SD-card and boot the Raspberry. The Raspberry PI will start with DHCP enabled (automatically request an ip-address from your local router). Find the ip-address of the raspberry pi, and logon. Details: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/remote-access/ip-address.md
If you have a monitor and keyboard connected to your Raspberry, just logon at the prompt after it has started. You can also connect via ssh, without a monitor and keyboard connected. Good tools for SSH on Windows are: Putty or MobaXterm
username: pi
password: raspberry
Change the default password "raspberry" to something else, the command passwd will change the password:
passwd
Optionally set a static ip address by editing the dhcpcd.conf file. See the example in the bottom of the file. You can use "nano" editor. To save and exit the editor, press ctrl-x and answer Y to save:
sudo nano /etc/dhcpcd.conf
# Example static IP configuration: interface eth0 static ip_address=192.168.0.10/24 #static ip6_address=fd51:42f8:caae:d92e::ff/64 static routers=192.168.0.1 static domain_name_servers=192.168.0.1 8.8.8.8
Now is a good time to reboot your Raspberry.
sudo reboot
If you can not reconnect to the new static ip address, something is wrong. Try power off/on, or connect a monitor.
The most current version of the SvxLink packages for Raspbian is called 17.12.1-2. The packages is not available directly in in the Raspbian Stretch image, but in the "testing" software repository (Buster release). To install this release, we temporarily add the Buster software repository and install SvxLink.
echo 'deb http://mirrordirector.raspbian.org/raspbian/ buster main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/svxlink.list sudo apt-get update
Note: Do NOT upgrade your complete system. We only want the SvxLink applications from the "buster" release!
Now install the svxlink-server package. The apt-get command will automatically select other packages needed for SvxLink to run.
sudo apt-get -t buster install svxlink-server
Now remove the buster repository again.
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/svxlink.list
Next install the English sounds for SvxLink with the following commands.
cd /usr/share/svxlink/sounds/ sudo wget https://github.com/sm0svx/svxlink-sounds-en_US-heather/releases/download/14.08/svxlink-sounds-en_US-heather-16k-13.12.tar.bz2 sudo tar xvjf svxlink-sounds-en_US-heather-16k-13.12.tar.bz2 sudo ln -s en_US-heather-16k en_US
It is now time to do some basic tests of the SvxLink installation. Do NOT connect any extra USB-sound card, just connect a speaker to the 3.5mm audio output. The Speaker will be our TX. Since the Raspberry does not have a Microphone input, we need to disable the default RX (RX=NONE).
Edit the main SvxLink configuration file:
sudo nano /etc/svxlink/svxlink.conf
In the SimplexLogic section, change the RX to NONE, and set your CALLSIGN.
[SimplexLogic] TYPE=Simplex RX=NONE TX=Tx1 MODULES=ModuleHelp,ModuleParrot,ModuleEchoLink,ModuleTclVoiceMail CALLSIGN=SK3W
SvxLink is normally started from the a start script, but as a test it can be started on the command prompt. We start the program as the svxlink user. You will see some errors on missing configuration for echolink, this can be configured later.
sudo -u svxlink svxlink
pi@raspberrypi:/usr/share/svxlink/sounds $ sudo -u svxlink svxlink
SvxLink v1.5.99.17 Copyright (C) 2003-2017 Tobias Blomberg / SM0SVX
SvxLink comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are
welcome to redistribute it in accordance with the terms and conditions in the
GNU GPL (General Public License) version 2 or later.
Using configuration file: /etc/svxlink/svxlink.conf
--- Using sample rate 48000Hz
Starting logic: SimplexLogic
Loading RX: NONE
Loading TX: Tx1
Loading module "ModuleHelp" into logic "SimplexLogic"
Found /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/svxlink/ModuleHelp.so
Module Help v1.0.0 starting...
Loading module "ModuleParrot" into logic "SimplexLogic"
Found /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/svxlink/ModuleParrot.so
Module Parrot v1.1.1 starting...
Loading module "ModuleEchoLink" into logic "SimplexLogic"
Found /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/svxlink/ModuleEchoLink.so
Module EchoLink v1.3.99.1 starting...
*** ERROR: Please set the EchoLink callsign (ModuleEchoLink/CALLSIGN) to a real callsign
*** ERROR: Initialization failed for module ModuleEchoLink in logic SimplexLogic
Loading module "ModuleTclVoiceMail" into logic "SimplexLogic"
Found /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/svxlink/ModuleTcl.so
Module Tcl v1.0.1 starting...
SimplexLogic: Event handler script successfully loaded.
Enter *# on the keyboard, and you should hear your SimplexLogic identify itself in the speakers.
SimplexLogic: digit=* SimplexLogic: digit=# Tx1: Turning the transmitter ON Tx1: Turning the transmitter OFF
Stop SvxLink by pressing ctrl-c. If the volume is too low, use alsamixer to increase the volume.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed SvxLink! Now the fun begins. You will need to configure svxlink to match your system setup.
You should read the Post installation stuff chapter.
Below are some specific settings related to Raspbian and this current package 17.12.1-2.
If you use GPIO pins, add the svxlink user to the gpio group:
sudo gpasswd -a svxlink gpio
Before you make changes to the /etc/svxlink/gpio.conf, you should stop svxlink and stop the gpio setup.
sudo systemctl stop svxlink sudo systemctl stop svxlink_gpio_setup
Below is an example how to configure gpio4 for PTT in /etc/svxlink/gpio.conf
Note: Also comment the three rows for GPIO_USER, GPIO_GROUP and GPIO_MODE.
# Space separated list of GPIO pins that point OUT and have an # Active HIGH state (3.3v = ON, 0v = OFF) GPIO_OUT_HIGH="gpio4" # User that should own the GPIO device files #GPIO_USER="svxlink" # Group for the GPIO device files #GPIO_GROUP="daemon" # File access mode for the GPIO device files #GPIO_MODE="0664"
In the /etc/svxlink/svxlink.conf you should change the following lines in the [Tx1] section:
[Tx1] PTT_TYPE=GPIO PTT_PIN=gpio4
When ready, start svxlink (the svxlink_gpio_setup will be started automatically).
sudo systemctl start svxlink