diff --git a/blog/_posts/2023-11-13-software-dev-terminated.md b/blog/_posts/2023-11-13-software-dev-terminated.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2d7b4a4 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/_posts/2023-11-13-software-dev-terminated.md @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +--- +title: Software Dev Terminated +layout: post +date: 2023-11-13 15:32:46 +tags: Blog +excerpt_separator: +--- + +I have decided to stop any and all development of ham-related software. + +I will leave Log4OM up. That's it. The dev there has been very kind to me. + +I will not be picking up development. If you want to continue, you can buy my code. diff --git a/software/index.md b/software/index.md index c816a4b..2c08c31 100644 --- a/software/index.md +++ b/software/index.md @@ -5,30 +5,14 @@ sidebar: 1 order: 3 --- -
If a project does not have a link, it means I just haven't created a project specific page yet. However everything -has a Git repository.
+
I am no longer developing software for the ham community nor am allowing past projects to continue to be +distribted, with the exception of Log4OM UDP. Hamhead development has been canceled. All development has been terminated. Code +is no longer open-source and is available via restrictive usage agreements.
-I am by no means a software developer, that being said I've written some code that does things related to ham radio. -Some of it can fall under the category of "stupid tricks" that are geared toward web presence. Some of it is the -actual website itself since it uses Jekyll/Liquid/Ruby for static generation. +I refuse to continue to work with an "open hobby" that is anti-open source. I'm only leaving this here because people might still +use it; but once I'm sure usage has disappeared; it will turn to just a private project I work on. -- [Log4OM UDP Web Status](https://nq4t.com/software/log4omudp) · [Git Repository](https://git.pickmy.org/nq4t/Log4OM-WebStatus) - - Python script that accepts and parses Log4OM UDP messages to generate a real-time auto-refresh HTML page. - -- [PiScrape - Text-Only Hotspot Information](https://nq4t.com/software/piscrape) · [Git Repository](https://git.pickmy.org/nq4t/piscrape) - - This consists of a bash script and PHP page that will display a small box with Pi-Star reflector/talkgroup -information that you can iframe in to a webpage. (Will be) part of my QRZ profile when I can stop screwing around with -the main webpage long enough to update it. - -- PiStAPrS - Beacon Hotspot Information To APRS-IS · Git Repository - - Similar to PiScrape, except this runs on an external Pi with a GPS hat that will beacon location information +If no one wants my help...they're not getting it. If the ham community wants to be an asshole to me; well I am one right back. -- HamHead - Arduino Remote Head For CAT/CI-V Radios · Git Repository

- - Project with the goal of letting you add a remote head to any radio that uses CAT/CI-V. Development is dorment -but not entirely dead. Was originally a “memory controller” for an IC-725 to aid in tuning CB channels for monitoring on -the road. - -- PiFO - Pi VFO Controller/Head · Git Repository - - Abandoned. The original RPi based project before I switched to Arduino and called it HamHead. Started off using -HamLib before I abandoned it for being inadequate for my vision. Was later abandoned entirely because who wants to wait -for an OS to boot to control their rig. +- [Log4OM UDP Web Status](https://nq4t.com/software/log4omudp) · [Git Repository](https://git.pickmy.org/nq4t/Log4OM-WebStatus) + - Python script that accepts and parses Log4OM UDP messages to generate a real-time auto-refresh HTML page. diff --git a/software/piscrape.md b/software/piscrape.md deleted file mode 100644 index a6b366a..0000000 --- a/software/piscrape.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,129 +0,0 @@ ---- -layout: page2 -title: PiScrape - Text-Only Hotspot Information ---- - - -[Git Repository](https://git.pickmy.org/nq4t/piscrape) - -PiScrape allows you to display your connected reflectors/talkgroups in a small webpage you can embed, like this: - - - -It does this by scraping the Pi-Star dashboard for the information using a shell script and php page. It can be run -on any webserver with PHP and SSH access to your Pi-Star. It can also be run entirely on Pi-Star if you open web ports -or reverse proxy. The original version ran on a locally hosted web-server that could pull the dashboard directly. But -I also had success running it on remote web-servers that could SSH in to the Pi-Star. Remote SSH execution is not yet -included in the repository; but if you know how to do that, you probably can write that small script yourself. The -current implementation is running entirely on the PiStar via nginx reverse proxy. - -The PHP page itself largely just calls the shell script, which returns the HTML code containing your connection info. -When the script is executed; it pulls either the repeaterstatus frame from the dashboard or the Brandmeister API page. -Then using a series of awk and sed commands, the information is extracted and output. - -### Bash Script - -```bash -#!/bin/bash -#.013 alpha -# de NQ4T (nq4tango@gmail.com) - -# SET THE HOSTNAME OR IP OF YOUR HOTSPOT! -pidmr=192.168.1.10 -# I HAVE TWO SO I SET TWO -#pidstar=192.168.1.11 - -# grab copy of rendered bm_links.php from hotspot, convert HTML to newline, filter by "TG", remove timeslot info, convert to one line -# check contents to see if we need to display 'no groups' message -# if you are not using DMR, then comment these two lines out -# to comment out, just add a pound-sign to the start of the line, like these comments. - -dmr=$(curl -s http://$pidmr/mmdvmhost/bm_links.php| sed 's/<[^>]\+>/\n/g' | grep '^TG' | sed 's/TG/#/g'| sed 's/(.)//g' | sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n/ - /g') -[ -z "$dmr" ] && dmr="No Talkgroups Found" - -# do the same for dstar with repeaterinfo.php but just egrep for reflector prefix, strip HTML, keep the first 8 characters -# check to see if we need to display not linked -# if you are not using D-Star, comment these next two lines out. if you don't, the script will take longer to run. -# If you modify what egrep looks for, you may get other modes to work. - -#dstar=$(curl -s http://$pidstar/mmdvmhost/repeaterinfo.php | egrep "REF|XRF|DCS|XLX" | sed 's/<[^>]\+>//g' | cut -b 1-8) -#[ -z "$dstar" ] && dstar="Not Linked" - -# HTML for table cells on hotspot.php page. These are all one line even if they look like two in your editor. - -# This is for a 2x2 table using DMR and D-Star -#printf "BM TG:\n$dmr
\nD-Star:\n$dstar
\n" - -# This is for a DMR only display. -printf "BM TG:\n$dmr
\n" - -# This is for a D-STar Only Display -# printf "D-Star:\n$dstar
\n" -``` - - -The script iself is commented pretty well to explain how it works. Minimal modification is required for operation. The main requirement is you can either access the -dashboard from the system running the script, or can remotely execute the script on a machine that can. Since putting your Pi-Star's dashboard on the internet is risky -without reverse proxy; remote execution via SSH and key-based authentication is recommended. - -The script's output is literally pre-formatted HTML: - -``` -pi-star@pi-star(rw):~$ ./piscrape.sh -BM TG: -#3151 #98003
-``` - -The PHP executes the script, stuffs this information in the proper place, as well as adding a time-stamp: - -```php - - - - -NQ4T Hotspot Info - - -
-NQ4T Pi-Star Hotspot -Network
-
-Current -Connections:
- - - - - - -
- -
-Listed connections -do not mean I have a radio on or am at a radio.
This is especially true -for Brandmeister.
- For informational -purposes only. -
-
-73 de NQ4T -
- - -
- - -``` - -Most of this was actually based off of [Pi-StAPrS](https://nq4t.com/software/pistaprs) and was designed to be embedded in a QRZ profile page. - -Full source code is available in the [repository](https://git.pickmy.org/nq4t/piscrape).