This, and other required Pi-Star modules, are my personal forks, DO NOT report bugs, request features or anything like that, to the official Pi-Star developer, Andy Taylor (MW0MWZ), on the Pi-Star's Facebook page or on the forum.
How to install it
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You need a working Pi-Star, from here. Pi-Star 3 and 4 are supported.
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MAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR Pi-Star CONFIGURATION
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Connect your Pi-Star
- Grab the script that permits you to toggle between official repositories and my personnal ones.
sudo su
rpi-rw
cd
wget http:https://tinyurl.com/f1rmb-pistar-ng -O f1rmb-pistar
chmod +x f1rmb-pistar- Now you can execute this script with some arguments. For a complete list, use '-h' or '--help'
The easiest way:
- To install these forks repositories:
./f1rmb-pistar -ia
- To switch back to the official ones:
./f1rmb-pistar -ra
- Once you have installed this fork, you need to go in menu "Configuration" -> "Expert" -> "Tools" and select "CSS Tool" This will reset all the colors to their default value.
- You will need to launch "pistar-upgrade" multiple times, until it displays the "You are already running the latest version.." message.
What features this fork offers
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An enhanced POCSAG support. A service and network status indicators are there, You can send pages from the Admin web page. When you receive personnal pages, they are extracted from the Activity and displayed in a dedicated table. You can send a page to multiple callsigns and/or transmitter groups, separated with comma:
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A way to change the (default) YSF reflector on the fly, without restarting all the services:
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A new menu system, cleaner, nicer:
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An easy and extended way to change the color theme (using the farbtastic plugin):
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Gateway and DAPNet Activity (last heard) tables are extended to the 40 last entries, fitted in a scrolling window.
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Mobile GPS support.
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Lot of small modifications and tweaks that can't be enumerated here.
