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I have configured several Kiwis for wifi access by attaching an inexpensive router configured as a Wifi client to the ethernet port of the Kiwi. This $25 TP Link has worked well for me:
https://smile.amazon.com/TP-Link-Wireless-Portable-Travel-Router/dp/B00TQEX8BO/ref=sr_1_14?keywords=tplink+wifi+router&qid=1548188019&sr=8-14
In principle one could enable the internal BB Wifi or attach a USB wifi adapter, but I am reluctant to fiddle with the Kiwi's OS.
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wsprdaemon - A Raspberry Pi WSPR decoding service
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wsprdaemon - A Raspberry Pi WSPR decoding service
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wsprdaemon - A Raspberry Pi WSPR decoding service
that kill line will generate that error printout as it kills itself, but it always kills all other WD tasks before printing the error.
you should have no problem changing conf files as long as you -z with the same conf file as you -a
WD logs to ~/wsprdaemon/watchdog.log. so "tail -f watchdog.log" to see error printouts.
For more logging verbosity, start WD with '-v -a', or for even more '-vv -a' -
wsprdaemon and kiwirecorder
I have posted the latest release V2.5a to https://github.com/rrobinett/wsprdaemon
Clint KA7OEI's blogspot installation instructions are for a much earlier version which required much more manual tweaking.
Still, installation and configuration requires some familiarity with Linux command line tools
I will add installation instructions on the github page. -
wsprdaemon noise graphs
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Location of wsprdaemon.conf
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wsprdaemon - A Raspberry Pi WSPR decoding service
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Connecting Kiwi via WiFi
Thanks to all of you on this thread I have been able to change all of my wired LAN connections to Wifi and remove one major source of crud.
I am using the $4.50 Zibo dongle from Amazon: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RBBUQLE/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I upgraded to the latest kernel and installed the driver packages and modified the file to make it come up as wan0.
No compiling was required.
Once you are rid of the LAN crud, if you are at a quiet site you may benefit from a preamp ahead of the Kiwi. I use a DXE Clifton modified to stop it from oscillating and can detect the noise from the black hole at the center of our Milky Way on 17M and above. -
Connecting Kiwi via WiFi
Thanks to all of you on this thread I have been able to change all of my wired LAN connections to Wifi and remove one major source of crud.
I am using the $4.50 Zibo dongle from Amazon: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RBBUQLE/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I upgraded to the latest kernel and installed the driver packages and modified the file to make it come up as wan0.
No compiling was required.
Once you are rid of the LAN crud, if you are at a quiet site you may benefit from a preamp ahead of the Kiwi. I use a DXE Clifton modified to stop it from oscillating and can detect the noise from the black hole at the center of our Milky Way on 17M and above. -
wsprdaemon - A Raspberry Pi WSPR decoding service
I have just enhanced graphs.wsprdaemon.org so that if you configure your wsprdaemon to upload graphs, you can view those graphs at http://graphs.wsprdaemon.org/SIGNAL_LEVEL_UPLOAD_ID/
It can take up to 10 minutes between setting up your configuration and the appearance of that link.
Sites with low noise levels (i.e. < -150 dBm) or 'top spotters' may appear on http://graphs.wsprdaemon.org/ unless you don't want your graphs there.