OP25 terminal.py

[krutzy]

This might be silly question but I see the terminal.py in my directory but for the life of me I cannot figure out it's use. Is it a developer / debugging tool? Is it useful for normal use? Just wondering.

Kevin

 

[lwvmobile]

Per the README file:

REMOTE TERMINAL
===============
Adding (for example) "-l 56111" to the rx.py command starts rx.py but does
not attach a curses terminal. Instead the program runs as normal in the
foreground (hit CTRL-C to end rx.py as desired). To connect to a running
instance of rx.py, (in this example)
./terminal.py 127.0.0.1 56111
NOTE: rx.py and terminal.py need not run on the same machine. The machine
where terminal.py is running need not have an SDR device directly attached;
but GNU Radio (and OP25) must be available.

WARNING: there is no security or encryption on the UDP port.

 

[krutzy]

Thank you very much! That is what I wanted to know.

Kevin

 

[boatbod]

Under normal conditions op25 will start the terminal automatically, so for 99% of users you'd never need to run it manually. The only circumstance where this is not the case is if you want to run the terminal remotely over a UDP connection. For most people the http terminal is going to be a better option for remote connectivity, and this can be invoked by starting op25 with the "-l http:0.0.0.0:8080" command line option.

 

[krutzy]

Thank you boatbod - I realized that now.