Portsdown software - Revision history

G8GKQ at 10:12, 26 January 2019

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-'''Important note - the Portsdown transmitter has been designed to "work out of the box" - You do not need to do anything other than read this page and then follow the [[Initial setup|initial set up guide.]]
+'''Important note - the Portsdown transmitter has been designed to "work out of the box" - You do not need to do anything other than read this page and then follow the [[Initial setup 2019|initial set up guide.]]
 *'''Do not''' connect a mouse, keyboard or monitor to the RPi
 *'''Do not''' load any device drivers including the Waveshare screen drivers

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 The software will be supported by the BATC for as long as possible, as stated in the [[BATC Portsdown Transmitter Support Statement]].
-This page describes how to program a blank SD card with the Portsdown software - the process is not difficult but there are a few operations that require the use of the Linux Command Line.  Do not be alarmed – these are simple cut and paste exercises, and full instructions are provided.
+From late-2016 until-mid 2018 the Portsdown software was based on the Jessie Lite operating System.  Since mid-2018 this has been superceded by the Stretch Lite operating system and all new builds and new features are based on the new system.  Portsdowns based on Jessie Lite software will continue to operate but will not be capable of being updated with new capabilities.
 '' Note - We DO NOT recommend using Samsung Evo cards as we have seen problems where they are not compatible with the Rpi 3 due to timing errors.''

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	*You will need a computer with a means of writing an image to a Micro-SD Card. The use of [https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/ Win32DiskImager] is recommended for writing to the card.		*You will need a computer with a means of writing an image to a Micro-SD Card. The use of [https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/ Win32DiskImager] is recommended for writing to the card.

−	*Then follow the instructions at https://github.com/BritishAmateurTelevisionClub/~~rpidatv~~/blob/master/README.md . This will lead through the steps to install the software and when complete, you are now at the same stage as if you had purchased a Micro-SD card from the BATC Shop.	+	*Then follow the instructions at https://github.com/BritishAmateurTelevisionClub/portsdown/blob/master/README.md . This will lead through the steps to install the software and when complete, you are now at the same stage as if you had purchased a Micro-SD card from the BATC Shop.

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 '' Note - We DO NOT recommend using Samsung Evo cards as we have seen problems where they are not compatible with the Rpi 3 due to timing errors.''
-The detail is available on the BATC GitHub (Git Hub is an open-source software collaboration website) along with the latest version of software at https://github.com/BritishAmateurTelevisionClub/rpidatv
+The detail is available on the BATC GitHub (Git Hub is an open-source software collaboration website) along with the latest version of software at https://github.com/BritishAmateurTelevisionClub/portsdown
 '''Downloading and Installing the Latest Software'''

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	The software will be supported by the BATC for as long as possible, as stated in the [[BATC Portsdown Transmitter Support Statement]].		The software will be supported by the BATC for as long as possible, as stated in the [[BATC Portsdown Transmitter Support Statement]].
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−	'''Micro-SD cards with the latest software are available from the BATC Shop, and if you buy one of the cards you can skip the rest of this page and go straight to the [[Initial setup\|initial setup section of the user guide]].'''
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	This page describes how to program a blank SD card with the Portsdown software - the process is not difficult but there are a few operations that require the use of the Linux Command Line. Do not be alarmed – these are simple cut and paste exercises, and full instructions are provided.		This page describes how to program a blank SD card with the Portsdown software - the process is not difficult but there are a few operations that require the use of the Linux Command Line. Do not be alarmed – these are simple cut and paste exercises, and full instructions are provided.

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-The core software for the [[Portsdown Transmitter User guide|Portsdown transmitter]] has been written by Evariste, F5OEO.  Other contributions have been made by numerous developers and it is a great example of an open-source project.  Most of the source code is available on the BATC GitHub repository, [https://github.com/BritishAmateurTelevisionClub] but some of the code is downloaded from other sources.
+The core software for the [[Portsdown Transmitter User guide|Portsdown transmitter]] has been written by Evariste, F5OEO.  Other contributions have been made by numerous developers and it is a great example of an open-source project.  Most of the source code is available on the [https://github.com/BritishAmateurTelevisionClub BATC GitHub repository] but some of the code is downloaded from other sources.
 The potential capabilities of the hardware and software combination are very diverse and maintenance of the totality of the software is beyond the resources of the project team, so only a subset of capabilities will be actively supported.  As most of us are TV enthusiasts rather than software enthusiasts, every effort has been made to make the configuration menu-driven.

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−	~~'''Latest News: Software Update 201707221 soon to be available: This is a major update - please read the Release Note here [[201707221 Release Note]]~~
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	'''Important note - the Portsdown transmitter has been designed to "work out of the box" - You do not need to do anything other than read this page and then follow the [[Initial setup\|initial set up guide.]]		'''Important note - the Portsdown transmitter has been designed to "work out of the box" - You do not need to do anything other than read this page and then follow the [[Initial setup\|initial set up guide.]]
	*'''Do not''' connect a mouse, keyboard or monitor to the RPi		*'''Do not''' connect a mouse, keyboard or monitor to the RPi

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		+	'''Latest News: Software Update 201707221 soon to be available: This is a major update - please read the Release Note here [[201707221 Release Note]]

	'''Important note - the Portsdown transmitter has been designed to "work out of the box" - You do not need to do anything other than read this page and then follow the [[Initial setup\|initial set up guide.]]		'''Important note - the Portsdown transmitter has been designed to "work out of the box" - You do not need to do anything other than read this page and then follow the [[Initial setup\|initial set up guide.]]