Ahh, didn't know about that! I just used Jason's BAP. Where do I find them, how to install? Paul

Tried again. I checked VARA.ini and found that the connections to the radio (COM1) were missing, so set speed 19200 and address 0x94. Started VarAC.exe again. VARA modem starts, the disappears after about 2 seconds. Meanwhile screens of error messages while VarAC starts up. VARA modem comes back, now with GREEN TCP indicator, but VarAC screen doesn't fill in, just dies after a second or two. The process keeps running for a while then times out.

Hi Gene, I have just tried again on the Pi. VARA modem starts, the TCPIP indicator is RED. VarAC.exe starts and immediatley shuts down so I can't stop and restart the modem. The Pi only has 2GB, maybe not enough?

Tried again after setting the ENV for WINEDEBUG. This seems new in VarAC.log 26/12/2022 23:03:49 - PSKReporter: logging enabled 26/12/2022 23:03:49 - PSKReporter: Connected 26/12/2022 23:03:50 - Opening DB connection 26/12/2022 23:03:50 - Current VarAC DB version: 2 26/12/2022 23:03:53 - Error: Setting port of main VARA HF modem: Path cannot be the empty string or all whitespace. Parameter name: path at System.IO.Directory.GetParent (System.String path) [0x00016] in :0 at VarAC.VarAC.Run_varahf_modems () [0x00057] in <4670b369b320454d8d9d9f07650a c81d>:0 26/12/2022 23:03:53 - Error: Starting VARAHF modem: Cannot start process because a file name has not been provided. at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start () [0x00024] in <55ce033b43204763a015d4156 4e2639e>:0 at (wrapper remoting-invoke-with-check) System.Diagnostics.Process.Start() at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start (System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo start Info) [0x0001b] in <55ce033b43204763a015d41564e2639e>:0 at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start (System.String fileName) [0x00006] in <55c e033b43204763a015d41564e2639e>:0 VARAHF modem did start. VarAC.exe was running but no CPU used.

I have VARA HF and VarAC running fine on the W8.1 laptop. Now have the latest and greatest running well. So I thought I'd give the Pi another go. Same result as above. HF Modem appears once, disappears then comes back. VarAC.exe starts then disappears. THis is from the VarAC.log 25/12/2022 23:52:06 - VarAC base directory: C:\Varac\ 26/12/2022 00:02:11 - Starting VarAC (V6.4.15) 26/12/2022 00:02:11 - OS: Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601.65536 26/12/2022 00:02:22 - Debug mode disabled 26/12/2022 00:02:23 - FREQ Schedule off 26/12/2022 00:02:25 - PSKReporter: logging enabled 26/12/2022 00:02:25 - PSKReporter: Connected 26/12/2022 00:02:27 - Opening DB connection 26/12/2022 00:02:27 - Current VarAC DB version: 2 26/12/2022 00:02:34 - Connecting VARA Main Modem Command interface... 26/12/2022 00:02:35 - Connecting VARA Main Modem data stream... 26/12/2022 00:02:35 - Connecting VARA Main Modem KISS Command interface... 26/12/2022 00:02:35 - Connecting VARA Monitor Modem Command interface... 26/12/2022 00:02:35 - Connecting VARA Monitor Modem data stream... 26/12/2022 00:02:35 - Connected to VARA modem 26/12/2022 00:02:35 - Error: Unable to send command to VARA modem. Disconnecitng modem. 26/12/2022 00:02:35 - The operation is not allowed on non-connected sockets. at System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient.GetStream () [0x00036] in <55ce033b43204763a015d41564e2639e>:0 at VarAC.VarAC.command_varahf (System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient conn, System.String command) [0x00018] in <4670b369b320454d8d9d9f07650ac81d>:0 26/12/2022 00:02:35 - Restarting VARA modem 1/2 26/12/2022 00:02:36 - Disconnecting VARA modem... 26/12/2022 00:02:36 - Error: Unable to read data from command stream of VARA modem. Disconnecitng modem command stream. 26/12/2022 00:02:36 - Unable to read data from the transport connection: Thread was being aborted.. at System.Net.Sockets.NetworkStream.Read (System.Byte[] buffer, System.Int32 offset, System.Int32 size) [0x000ac] in <55ce033b43204763a015d41564e2639e>:0 at VarAC.VarAC.b__629_0 () [0x00041] in <4670b369b320454d8d9d9f07650ac81d>:0 26/12/2022 00:02:37 - Disconnected! 26/12/2022 00:02:47 - Connecting VARA Main Modem Command interface... 26/12/2022 00:02:47 - Connecting VARA Main Modem data stream... Note: This is running the Pi 4 via VNC which might explain the hundreds of error messages i get about X11 and display.

This is what I get for VARA Chat:

Is that version above running on Linux/ Ubuntu or on a Raspberry Pi. I don't see it on the Pi. Paul VK2AHB

When I run VARA Chat, Settings, I don't get this screen. I get a much smaller screen for Callsign, Port numbers, etc. There is also an option for PTT, either CAT, Serial or VOX. So, what is the command to get the screen above? Paul VK2AHB

Hi Irad, I ran the script which re-installed box86, wine, and VARA, new install of RMS. When I ran wine 'RMS Express.exe' I got the same errors 0024:err:x11settings:X11DRV_EnumDisplaySettingsEx Failed to get L"\\\\.\\DISPLAY1" current display settings. After a l-o-n-g wait, RMS Express started up. I filled in the required data for Winlink and connection. In the native raspianOS, I used /dev/ttyuSB0 to connect to the IC-7300, and /dev/ttyUSB1 to connect to the PTC-IIe modem when using PAT Menu. The 7300 setting is Connectors/Data Mod/ACC. Somewhere, I saw that wine links COM1 to USB1 and COM2 to USB2 so I used COM2 for the modem but it didn't connect. Is there a Device Manager for wine? Please ignore the Poll, I can't get rid of it. Typing on Chromium on the PI is so s-l-o-w! I started this some time ago, then tried running different apps. VARA Chat just froze everything, so I left it for a couple of hours. Paul VK2AHB