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ZUMspot USB Quick Start Guide
The ZUMspot USB has all of the capabilities of the regular ZUMspot all packaged up in a nice clear USB
dongle case. Because of the USB interface it takes up less space. It is made to work with a PC but it can
also interface with a Raspberry Pi through a USB port.

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  • Page 1 ZUMspot USB Quick Start Guide The ZUMspot USB has all of the capabilities of the regular ZUMspot all packaged up in a nice clear USB dongle case. Because of the USB interface it takes up less space. It is made to work with a PC but it can also interface with a Raspberry Pi through a USB port.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Windows Setup: ............................3 Power Up: ............................. 3 Device drivers: ............................3 Windows Software ..........................3 Configuring BlueDV ..........................4 Installing device drivers ........................7 macOS Setup: .............................. 12 Installing Crossover ..........................12 Installing BlueDV Prerequisites ......................13 Installing BlueDV ..........................

  • Page 3: Windows Setup

    Windows Setup: Power Up: ● Install the antenna into the RF connector. ● Insert the ZUMspot USB into any of the USB ports on your Windows machine. All of the LEDs will flash when first powered on and the PWR LED will remain on. Also, if you have the sound enabled on your computer, you should hear the USB device enumerate twice.

  • Page 4: Configuring Bluedv

    Configuring BlueDV 1. Launch the software and turn off “SERIAL” if it is already enabled. 2. Next select “Menu” -> “Setup”. As a minimum, set “Your Call”, the “Serial Port Radio”, “DMR ID” and “Frequency”. Next select “Save” 3. NOTE: If you reconnect the ZUMspot to another USB port, it may enumerate under a different COM port.
  • Page 5 4. Next turn “SERIAL” back on. 5. If the USB connection to the ZUMspot USB is functional, the software should display the “Firmware” version of the ZUMspot.
  • Page 6 6. For DSTAR, turn on the DSTAR button, select the reflector (“REF”) you wish to connect to and then select “Link” 7. Once connected to the reflector, the software will display info when others are transmitting.

  • Page 7: Installing Device Drivers

    Installing device drivers 1. If there is a yellow exclamation point next to the “Maple” device, the device drivers need to be manually installed. 2. Download the drivers from GitHub: https://github.com/rogerclarkmelbourne/Arduino_STM32/archive/master.zip 4. Extract the files from the zip file and go to the “drivers\win” folder. 5.
  • Page 8 6. Click “Yes” to allow the driver installer to run. 7. You will see the “installing driver(s)” message.
  • Page 9 8. Click “Yes” to allow the second driver installer to run. 9. You will see the “installing driver(s)” message.
  • Page 10 10. When the installation is done, “Press any key to continue”. 11. The drivers will now load for the ZUMspot USB. When done, you should see the “Device driver software installed successfully” message.
  • Page 11 12. Now you should see a “Maple Serial” com port with no yellow exclamation point.

  • Page 12: Macos Setup

    macOS Setup: Installing Crossover To get BlueDV running on macOS, a Windows emulator is needed first. Download Crossover from here: https://www.codeweavers.com/products/crossover-mac/ 2. Use free trial or enter purchase info 3. Open folder where Crossover was downloaded into (Usually it’s the Downloads folder) 4.

  • Page 13: Installing Bluedv Prerequisites

    Installing BlueDV Prerequisites 1. Open Crossover a. Click on “Finder” b. Go to the “Applications” folder c. Double click on the Crossover app 2. Click on “Install a Windows Application”...
  • Page 14 3. Under the “Select Application” tab, type in “NET 4.5” and select “Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5”. Then press “Continue” 4. Select “New Windows 7 64-bit Bottle…”. Then change bottle name to something like “NET for BlueDV” or whatever you would like to call it. Then press “Continue”...
  • Page 15 5. Press “Install” 6. Click “Next”...
  • Page 16 7. Click check box to accept license agreement, and then click “Install” 8. Click “Finish”...
  • Page 17 9. Click check box to accept license agreement, and then click “Install” 10. Press “Exit”...
  • Page 18 11. Click “Restart Now” 12. Click check box to accept license agreement, and then click “Install” 13. Click “Finish”...
  • Page 19 14. Click “Restart Now” 15. Click “Continue” 16. Click check box to accept license agreement, and then click “Install”...
  • Page 20 17. Click “Finish” 18. Click “Restart Now” 19. Click “Done” to conclude the installation...
  • Page 21 20. You should see something like this. If so, then you have successfully installed .NET 4.5...

  • Page 22: Installing Bluedv

    Installing BlueDV 1. Download the latest version of BlueDV for Windows from this page: http://software.pa7lim.nl/BlueDV/BETA/Windows 2. Extract the .MSI from the .zip file (Double click on BlueDV-09548-preBETA.zip so that Archive Utility can unzip it) 3. Click on “Install a Windows Application” 4.
  • Page 23 5. Click on “Choose Installer File…” 6. Navigate to where you downloaded BlueDV. Select the BlueDV MSI file and press “Use this Installer”. Then press “Continue”.
  • Page 24 7. Go to the “Select Bottle” tab. Select the “NET for BlueDV” bottle from previous steps. Then press “Continue” 8. Press “Install”...
  • Page 25 9. Click on “Next” 10. Select “Just me” and then press “Continue”...
  • Page 26 11. Click on “Next” 12. Press “Close” on the last pop up window...

  • Page 27: Modifying Com Port

    13. Once installation is finished press “Done” 14. You can add the BlueDV icon to the taskbar by dragging and dropping it there. 15. To run BlueDV just click on the icon in the taskbar or double-click from within Crossover Modifying COM Port 1.
  • Page 28 3. Double-click on “Run Command” 4. Type in “Regedit” into the Command section. Then click on “Run”...
  • Page 29 5. Within Regedit, navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> Software -> Wine -> Ports 6. Right-click (For trackpad users press down with two fingers) on “Ports”. Then go to New -> String Value...
  • Page 30 7. Type in “com1” into the string value 8. Open the Terminal app. Easiest way to do it is by clicking on the Spotlight icon on the top right corner of your screen. Then type “Terminal” and then press Enter...
  • Page 31 9. Go back to Regedit and right-click on “com1” and select “Modify…” 10. Plug in the ZUMspot USB into one of the USB ports on your Mac. 11. Go back to Terminal and type in ls /dev/tty.usb* and press Enter. The following line will show you the full name macOS gives to your ZUMspot.

  • Page 32: Finishing The Setup Of Bluedv

    12. Now you should see something like this: a. NOTE!! - If you remove the ZUMspot and insert it into a different USB port on the same computer, it will enumerate under a different name. So always insert it into the same USB port or you will have to go through the previous steps all over again to set it up with a different name.
  • Page 33 3. Next select “Menu” -> “Setup”. As a minimum, set “Your Call”, the “Serial Port Radio”, “DMR ID” and “Frequency”. Next select “Save” NOTE: If you reconnect the ZUMspot to another USB port, it may enumerate under a different COM port. If so you will need to update the settings. 4.
  • Page 34 5. If the USB connection to the ZUMspot USB is functional, the software should display the “Firmware” version of the ZUMspot. 6. As an example, for DSTAR, turn on the DSTAR button, select the reflector (“REF”) you wish to connect to and then select “Link” 7.

  • Page 35: Setup Pi-Star

    Setup Pi-Star: WiFi: ● Plug in the ZUMspot USB, to one of the USB ports on the Raspberry Pi. ● Power up the Raspberry Pi ● After 3 minutes, scan for WiFi access points from your phone or laptop. One should appear with the name “Pi-Star-Setup”...
  • Page 36 ○ Select “Configure WiFi” and then click on “Scan for Networks (10 secs)” ● Select your WiFi SSID and enter your password.
  • Page 37 ● Click on “Save (and connect)” to save the WiFi configuration ● Reboot your Raspberry Pi ● Now you can continue on the “Configuration” section below.

  • Page 38: Ethernet

    Ethernet: ● Plug in the ZUMspot USB, to one of the USB ports on the Raspberry Pi. ● Connect an Ethernet cable to the Raspberry Pi and then turn on the power. ● After 3 minutes, go to your web browser (Chrome, Firefox, etc.) and connect to the website: http://pi-star (for Windows, Linux and Android devices http://pi-star.local...

  • Page 39: Configuration (Example To Enable D-Star)

    Configuration (example to enable D-Star): ● Now you can turn on D-Star by selecting the “D-Star Mode” switch and clicking “Apply Changes”...

  • Page 40: Finished

    D-Star, DMR and other networks. There is more information on configuring and using Pi-Star in this document. https://amateurradionotes.com/images/1-Playing_with_Pi-Star.pdf Support: MMDVM Yahoo group: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mmdvm/conversations/messages Pi-Star support forum: https://forum.pistar.uk/ Pi-Star Facebook support group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pistar/ Pi-Star Wiki: http://wiki.pistar.uk ZUM Radio Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/249802742395450/...

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