Remote RSS Programming
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 6:34 pm
I would like to be able to program my GR1225 repeater remotely. One option is to simply place a laptop at the repeater site and do screen sharing. That works, but is not really my first choice as it ties up a laptop full time.
The second option, which I have working in a prototype, is to place a small CPU (Raspberry-Pi in this case) on site and connect that to the repeater. I can then "share" the serial connection (I am using a ribless USB cable) over the network. There are several programs to do that, but right now I am using ser2sock. At the remote end, I can create a virtual COM port that connects to the server on the R-Pi. The Windows end was harder as most products that do this virtual connection are quite expensive. However, I found one, HW Virtual Serial Port, that is free for personal use and works, mostly.
Right now I can read and write to a radio about 50% of the time. The other half of the attempts fail. I suspect the problem is in the serial configuration on the R-Pi, which is now set for 7, even and 2. I have tried 1200 baud, but 9600 seems more reliable. On the PC end, the virtual COM software says the RSS is asking for 1200, 7, even and 2.
So... has anyone tried this, and if so, what were your results? And, any tips or ideas?
Thanks.
The second option, which I have working in a prototype, is to place a small CPU (Raspberry-Pi in this case) on site and connect that to the repeater. I can then "share" the serial connection (I am using a ribless USB cable) over the network. There are several programs to do that, but right now I am using ser2sock. At the remote end, I can create a virtual COM port that connects to the server on the R-Pi. The Windows end was harder as most products that do this virtual connection are quite expensive. However, I found one, HW Virtual Serial Port, that is free for personal use and works, mostly.
Right now I can read and write to a radio about 50% of the time. The other half of the attempts fail. I suspect the problem is in the serial configuration on the R-Pi, which is now set for 7, even and 2. I have tried 1200 baud, but 9600 seems more reliable. On the PC end, the virtual COM software says the RSS is asking for 1200, 7, even and 2.
So... has anyone tried this, and if so, what were your results? And, any tips or ideas?
Thanks.