Hi All,
While out of work on medical leave I have been playing with software called
Node Red which runs on Linux. I currently have a Raspberry Pi 3B running
Raspbian and Node Red. This allows control and monitoring of equipment in
the shack, including the KPA1500 amp. This allows easy remote operating.
Node Red acts as a web server and accessing from any browser allows control
and monitoring of the station equipment. I currently have it set up with the
following:
KPA1500 via Ethernet
Yaesu G1000dxa rotor with Idiom Press card and communicating via PST Rotator
Flex Radio 6600
Data Loggers Web Switch Pro 8 outlet power strip to turn equipment on & off
This is a work in progress and for the KPA1500 I only included the functions
I need remotely. I only use the tuner on 75 meters and I preset the tuner
programming across the band so when the radio QSYs it will have the tuner
preset. I also only use antenna port 1 as I have an external antenna switch.
You can always add more functions.
Node Red also allows for connection of USB to serial cables so you can
control devices with serial ports too.
I thought this may be of interest to some on the mailing list. Since the
mailing list does not allow attachments I have uploaded a screenshot of my
Node Red as viewed in a web browser. On a Smartphone each column appear
vertically with left column on top so you just need to scroll down on phone.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/01ip9df6fotumw4/AABYNL7cy06mwfY5Jw1BektAa?dl=0I have also created a folder for each "Flow" in Node Red (KPA1500, Rotor,
Vita49 and FlexRadio, and WebSwitch. I have uploaded the actual export from
my programming in case anyone wants to play. You would install Raspbian on a
Pi then install Node Red. Once installed you can import each flows content
into a new tab in Node Red.
See below for links
For the KPA1500 I set it to a fixed IP address on my network. Same with the
radio and DLI Web Switch and PC running PST Rotator.
Here are some links
Node Red
https://nodered.org/My Flows for Node Red
KPA1500
https://www.dropbox.com/s/shhe6zhq3p3zszq/KPA1500.txt?dl=0DLI Web Switch Pro
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3og6ip94m836huy/DLI%20Webswitch.txt?dl=0PST Rotator
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mdefmcm1qkgjq12/rotor.txt?dl=0FlexRadio
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mhlz782f759lqjz/Flexradio.txt?dl=0Vita49
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nwhay3mysvjrqpw/Vita49.txt?dl=0DLI Web Switch Pro website
https://www.digital-loggers.com/lpc.htmlI hope this is of use to those who run their station remotely or are
planning to. Feel free to use and change my programming to suit your needs
and share with others.
73
Dave wo2x
Sent from my iPad
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