I tracked down the hardware information for my Pi-Star:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MMDVM Display Type: OLED
Radio\/Modem Type: STM32-DVM\/MMDVM_HS – Raspberry Pi Hat(GPIO)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To upgrade I downloaded Pi-Star_RPi_V4.2.1_17-Feb-2024.zip<\/a>. The download included the image I would need to flash the new microSD card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then I downloaded a utility that allowed me to take the image and load it on the card: https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.com\/documentation\/computers\/getting-started.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Using the command sudo yum install rpi-imager<\/strong>, I installed the utility and ran it using the command sudo rpi-imager<\/strong>. The utility did the job. I put the freshly imaged microSD card into the Pi-Star, booted it up, and then went to the configuration page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I used screenshots from my previous configuration to make sure I had every set up properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I have had a MMDVM Hotspot (also called a Pi-Star) that I have been using to access YSFGateway with my Yaesu FT5DR HT. I purchased the Pi-Star hotspot about two years ago. The device came with a 16 GB microSD card that contained the OS that ran the Pi-Star. When I attempted to update the … Continue reading “Upgrading the Pi-Star”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[338],"tags":[351,352],"class_list":["post-5006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-amateur-radio","tag-ft5d","tag-pi-star"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9vUOZ-1iK","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.n0zb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.n0zb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.n0zb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.n0zb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.n0zb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5006"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.n0zb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5009,"href":"https:\/\/www.n0zb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5006\/revisions\/5009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.n0zb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.n0zb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.n0zb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/www.n0zb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Pi-Star_config_01.png\")
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