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Errata and a call for help :)

- Hugo generates my w0chp.radio website; Sphinx generates the WPSD user manual.

- “File hashes for recent Pi-Star releases”. Uhm…those are for WPSD. Not Pi-Star. Heh.

- “An A-to-Z recipe would be helpful”. That is covered in the user manual - as it’s essentially the same process as installing from scratch.

Additionally, the user manual as well as the WPSD project, are community projects, where others really can and should help. I’m just one guy, and I don’t have enough consistent help. I can’t do this alone, and I pretty much do, unfortunately.

The more people want things and don’t contribute, the more it leads to project leader and developer burnout. I simply can’t keep up with the project coupled with all of the demands and wishlist items PLUS the support; All of which is free and open source. I need help :-)

I built all of this myself to scratch my itches. If people have itches, it sure would be nice if they scratched them and contributed rather than “wishing.”

Unfortunately, it’s unsustainable; and securing talented and consistent contributors and project volunteers/members is very challenging. Instead, the wishes continue. ;-)

WPSD is the only open source software for amateur radio digital voice of its kind with an official user manual, and I’m proud of it. But it needs others to help.

- Presets/memories: WPSD will remember all of your startup reflectors in every profile as well as your backup. “Admin —> YSF Manager”, etc. are for temporary, on-the-fly instantaneous changes and are not permanent. Permanent startup reflectors, etc. are saved in the configuration page which are also saved in profiles and backups.

- DVMEGA CAST: The WPSD project, or I, worked with DVMEGA personally to develop a custom disk image, which actually does support CAST memories and presets. This is due to the special mainboard and microprocessor in the unit itself. To do true presets and memories, that is a function that can really only be achieved by hardware and not hotspot software.

- Have you clicked the “Appearance” button at the top of the WPSD dashboard navbar? If not, you’ll be pleased. No need to look up hex codes or anything like that. Try it out. And for OLED users, you can completely shut the display off for true night mode operation in the Appearance page.

Last but not least! <https://w0chp.radio/articles/how-to-contribute-to-wpsd/>

73, W0CHP

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Steve Stroh N8GNJ's avatar

Interesting issue as always Tom! You run rings around me about Amateur Radio over Internet! I always learn something new in each issue. I'm also a fan of the Cobalt Qube (I've acquired two of them) and they'll probably get a brain transplant of a Raspberry Pi 5 (if I live long enough to tackle such non-radio projects)... or by then perhaps Raspberry Pi 6 or 7. Also the Cobalt Raq's are similarly cute for a 1U rack mount unit.

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