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  • New product accessories in our store: SDR protection circuit, MW filter

  • Register Kiwi SDR online

    Well, the complexity is a result of people asking for features over the years. That's the trade-off. I try and limit it as much as I can. It's a thankless task, as some people are always unhappy..

    studentkranitroengine
  • v1.801

    The next release will support multiple iframe definitions so you can have several custom entries in the extension menu.

    So I'd like to start a collection of iframe URLs that people have found and setup on their Kiwi's. We have the default SK6AW spot list now. And I'm aware of the Blitzortung.org lightning map that the VK3KHZ Kiwi's have. Someone must have one for solar conditions, right?

    Please drop a link below to a Kiwi that has an interesting iframe. Or email to support@kiwisdr.com

    Thanks!

    HolgerTremolat
  • Save SSTV image [added in v1.801]

    Found a trivial way to do it. So will be part of the v1.801 release.

    barneyukJPMCGINLEY
  • SWBC Lookup / adding both http and https to the URL. [fixed in v1.801]

    Okay, I see what's wrong. Will be fixed in v1.801

    HB9TMCsmg
  • Admin connections reloading/crashing? Read here! (v1.708,709,710 => v1.800)

    Okay, these 5 have been fixed. Others are in the queue.

    Anyone else, assuming your Kiwi has Internet access, email the link/URL and admin password to support@kiwisdr.com. It can take a couple hours to fix the build depending on various factors.

    Some people have asked if they can try fixing this themselves. If you have ssh access to your Kiwi (NB: different from Kiwi admin access) you can try fixing it. Don't ask about the browser procedure to restore admin page access. It's complicated and I don't have time to walk people through it.

    Follow the instructions given in the first post of this thread.

    rz3dvpstudentkra
  • Admin connections reloading/crashing? Read here! (v1.708,709,710 => v1.800)

    Today we're enabling an auto update to v1.711, and thereby on to v1.800, for Debian 8 Kiwi's with admin passwords starting with the letter "i" through "l". If this is successful the next update will be applied to all D8 systems.

    What's different with v1.711 is that it preemptively attempts to repair the Debian package system to lessen the chance of the build/update failing. This is based on the experience gained repairing D8 systems by hand over the last several days.

    This update will of course not affect systems already updated to v1.8xx.

    studentkrabarneyuk
  • Admin connections reloading/crashing? Read here! (v1.708,709,710 => v1.800)

    Today we're going to try rebasing all Kiwis (except those running Debian 8) to v1.800.

    Please be patient. This is a long update as the file cache has to complete a one-time load which takes extra time if your Internet connection to kiwisdr.com happens to be slow.

    Debian 8 Kiwis will update to v1.710 which has no other changes except the version number change.

    If your non-Debian 8 Kiwi ends up running v1.710 that means the transition to v1.800 failed and I need to look at it.

    Starting with v1.801 we can resume with binary updates and get rid of these ridiculous update times.

    HB9TMCrz3dvp
  • Kiwisdr1 doesn’t boot up (solved)

    This appears to mean a problem in the FPGA initializing process

    No, that's not what LED #1 double-flashing every second means. That is the standard Debian/Linux heartbeat pattern, i.e. what Debian shows before the Kiwi software starts running (or fails to start). This should be clearly described in the operating info: http://kiwisdr.com/info/#id-leds

    I haven't even released v1.696 yet that implements the new LED pattern that indicates FPGA initialization failure: http://kiwisdr.com/info/#id-fpga (update: v1.696 has been released).

    Glad it's running again for you though.

    studentkraPennkichi2
  • v1.702 binary updates

    From the CHANGE_LOG file:

    v1.702 October 23, 2024

      Binary updates:

        After this release is installed Kiwis become eligible to receive binary updates.

        That is, a full recompile from source code will not be required each time an update occurs.

        So an update should take a few minutes instead of 20-30.

       

        This will only occur if a binary file in the bin/ directory exists with the correct

        Debian version number (e.g. 8.5, 11.9) and platform name (e.g. BBG_BBB, BBAI, BBAI_64).

        For example, bin/kiwid_v1.702_D11.9_BBG_BBB.bin will be copied to /usr/local/bin/kiwid

        if validated. Otherwise recompilation from source will occur as a fallback.

         

        As a first test, for this release binaries will be installed for the default Kiwi-2

        configuration: Debian 11.9 and BBG/BBB. This will also apply to BBG/BBB-based Kiwi-1s that

        run D11.9. Setups with other characteristics will build from sources as usual.


      In the frequency entry field fixed "set waterfall frequency" notation, e.g. #7020

      Type the "H" key (capital H) for more information about "#". (thanks stan)

       

      FSK extension:

        Added 50 Hz to shift menu.

        Added HFGCC VLF freqs to DX community database.

          (thanks NEET INTEL via x.com/neetintel/status/1837600716644389113)


      Admin page:

        Update tab: Don't update after a restart, wait for overnight update window.

          Only applies to default set by first time software installs, i.e. won't disturb any

          manual change you may have made. (requested by KiwiSDR NZ manufacturing team)

        DX tab: Fixed missing entry in "Default DX label database" menu. (thanks ukoda)


    HB9TMCnitroengine