Professional Documents
Culture Documents
ZumSpot Pistar CONF PDF
ZumSpot Pistar CONF PDF
Install the ZUMspot onto the Raspberry Pi Make sure that your PC is on the same
Zero/W WiFi as your ZUMspot/Pi-Star HotSpot
Install The antenna. Open your browser (any browser) and
Install the µSD card you just prepared with point it to: http://pi-star
the image and the wpa_supplicant.conf You will get the initial Pi-Star information
file into the Raspberry Pi Zero/W screen indicating that Pi-Star is ready to
Power up the assembled contraption and be set up (see next page) momentarily
followed by a Log-In dialog.
boot sequence.
1. Enter the following:
User name: pi-star
Password: raspberry
-Star Configuration
The result will look something like this:
DSTAR.
There is a new block now that represents the capabilities
ZUMspot Raspberry Pi Hat (GPIO
ZUMspot Parked atop your Raspberry Pi Zero/W.
This area shows you what your WiFi is doing. You will WiFi
have already configured this with the wpa_suplicant up the add network dialogue. Add the additional SSID and
Step executed earlier. However, at this point you can PSK for the new network. Repeat as needed.
WiFi
Allow your ZUM/Pi to automatically find alternate WiFi
Access if available. You can set up for your home, your
available.
This dialog allows you to personalize your Pi-Star Now that you have everything set up,
Credentials by changing the password. Initially your it would be a good idea to back up
Credentials are: your configuration.
-
of the configuration page will bring up
the dialog shown on the right.
Here you can customize your password
switch to see your customized landing will need to provide your credentials to
page. get here:
defaults.
first, but will fill out as time There are various other options:
progresses. Live Logs: allows you to start a log
Power
- Update: initiates a SW refresh
page. Configuration: we already looked at
For DSTAR, you need to create a channel in the form of a DV Repeater with the
receive frequency being your ZUMspot frequency (439.025 MHz in this case), set
below. Add your RPT1 callsign (KC6N^^^B in my case) and your RPT2 callsign
(KC6N^^^G in my case). You should also fill out the remainder of the channel
information including the geographic coordinates which will allow your hot spot to
show up in your Near Repeater search.
Note that I also have an OpenSpot and a DVAP each of which can be set as a
simple simplex channel as shown. The ZUMspot/Pi-Star requires a duplex setup.
Duplicate a PAPA Zone in your radio Set up a channel in your radio that is
For each channel in the new Zone: simplex on the ZUMspot Frequency
Set TX and RX to the ZUMspot frequency
Note that the ZUMspot only supports YSF
reflectors at this time. If you want to do
FCS, you need an OpenSpot which will do
both.
Set the Talk Group (Group Call Code) to
the TGID you want. None of the HotSpots do Wires-X
Left as an Exercise for the reader
configuration page:
Dplus Dplus
protocol for the XRF reflectors). You will need to do an
page (note that it will run for a while get some coffee). The update window will open and it will
run for a while, depending on how long
it has been since the image was built.
Let it run until it says:
DPlus Do an Update
Thanks and back to Net Control.