config

@@ -1188,25 +1188,24 @@ elif [ "$1" = "-F" ]; then
 		rx="$8"
 		echo "Keeping value of" $rx
 	fi
-	echo -e "\nCubeSatSim configuration sim.cfg file updated to: \n"
-
-	echo $1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $tx $rx $9 ${10} ${11} ${12} ${13}
-	echo $1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $tx $rx $9 ${10} ${11} ${12} ${13} > /home/pi/CubeSatSim/sim.cfg
-
-	echo
-	echo "Restarting CubeSatSim with new configuration file"
+#	else
+	
+		echo -e "\nCubeSatSim configuration sim.cfg file updated to: \n"
 
-	if [[ $(sudo systemctl is-active gpsd.socket | grep inactive) ]]; then
-		sudo systemctl restart transmit
-	else
+		echo $1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $tx $rx $9 ${10} ${11} ${12} ${13}
+		echo $1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $tx $rx $9 ${10} ${11} ${12} ${13} > /home/pi/CubeSatSim/sim.cfg
+#	fi
+	
+#	if [ "$norestart" = "1" ]; then
+#		echo 
+#	else
 		echo
-		echo "temporarily disabling gpsd and rebooting to program FM module"
-		echo "this will take about 40 seconds"
-		sudo systemctl stop gpsd.socket
+		echo "Restarting CubeSatSim with new configuration file"
+##		echo
+#		reboot=1
+##		sudo reboot now
 		sudo systemctl restart transmit
-		sleep 10
-		reboot=1
-	fi
+#	fi
 
 elif [ "$1" = "-o" ]; then
 
@@ -1772,47 +1771,7 @@ elif [ "$1" = "-U" ]; then
 	if [ "${12}" != "$sim" ] || [ "${13}" != "$time" ] ; then
 		reboot=1
 	fi
-
-elif [ "$1" = "-u" ]; then
-
-	echo	
-	echo "Change gpsd state"
-	echo 
-
-	if [[ $(sudo systemctl is-active gpsd.socket | grep inactive) ]]; then
-    	echo "gpsd is inactive"
-		echo
-		echo "Do you want to turn gpsd to ON (y/n) "
-		read reset
-		echo
-
-		if [ "$reset" = "y" ] || [ "$reset" = "yes" ]  ; then
-			echo "gpsd set to ON"
-			sudo systemctl enable gpsd
-			sudo systemctl enable gpsd.socket
-			echo
-			echo "Unless you configure gpsd otherwise, the gps is connected to serial0 on the Pi."
-			echo "To monitor your gps device, use the command gpsmon"
-			echo
-			reboot=1
-		fi
-
-	else 
-    	echo "gpsd is active"
-		echo
-		echo "Do you want to turn gpsd to OFF (y/n) "
-		read reset
-		echo
-
-		if [ "$reset" = "y" ] || [ "$reset" = "yes" ]  ; then
-			echo "gpsd set to OFF"
-			sudo systemctl disable gpsd
-			sudo systemctl disable gpsd.socket
-reboot=1
-		fi
-
-	fi
-
+	
 elif [ "$1" = "-h" ]; then
 
 	echo "config OPTION"

install

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y
 sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio -y
 
 # removed wiringpi and python-picamera python3-picamera 
-sudo apt-get install -y git libasound2-dev i2c-tools build-essential libgd-dev libmagic-dev minicom gpsd gpsd-clients libgps-dev python3-gps
+sudo apt-get install -y git libasound2-dev i2c-tools build-essential libgd-dev libmagic-dev minicom
 
 cd /tmp
 
@@ -270,8 +270,6 @@ sudo raspi-config nonint do_legacy 0
 
 sudo sh -c 'echo "\n" >> /boot/config.txt'
 
-sudo sed -i 's/DEVICES=""/DEVICES="\/dev\/serial0"/g' /etc/default/gpsd
-
 changed=0
 value=`cat /home/pi/CubeSatSim/sim.cfg`
 echo "$value" > /dev/null

transmit.py

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ from os import system
 from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont, ImageColor
 import serial	
 import random
-import subprocess
 
 def sim_failure_check():
 	try:
@@ -396,20 +395,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 	card = "Headphones"  # default using pcm audio output of Pi Zero
 #	card = "Device" # using USB sound card for audio output	
 
-	query = ["sudo", "systemctl", "is-active", "gpsd.socket"]
-	try:
-		result = subprocess.run(query, capture_output=True, text=True, check=True)
-		print(f"Command run was: {query}")
-		gpsd_status = result.stdout.strip()
-		print(f"Output of the command (stdout): {gpsd_status}")
-	except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-#		print(f"Command failed with return code: {e.returncode}")
-		print(f"Command run was: {e.cmd}")
-		gpsd_status = e.stdout.strip()
-		print(f"Output of the command (stdout): {e.stdout}")
-#		print(f"Error output of the command (stderr): {e.stderr}")
-  	
-	if (mode != 'e') and (gpsd_status != "active"):
+	if (mode != 'e'):
 		print("Programming FM module!\n");	
 		output(pd, 1)
 		output (ptt, 1)

update

@@ -31,12 +31,10 @@ if [ "$1" = "u" ]; then
 #  sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y
   sudo apt-get update -y
 
-  sudo apt-get install -y git libasound2-dev i2c-tools build-essential libgd-dev libmagic-dev python3-pip minicom gpsd gpsd-clients libgps-dev python3-gps
+  sudo apt-get install -y git libasound2-dev i2c-tools build-essential libgd-dev libmagic-dev python3-pip minicom gpsd gpsd-clients libgps-dev
 
 fi
 
-sudo apt-get install -y gpsd gpsd-clients libgps-dev python3-gps
-
 # sudo apt-get install -y python3-smbus libusb-1.0
 
 sudo sed -i 's/update.sh/update /g' /etc/motd
@@ -51,10 +49,7 @@ sudo sed -i 's/console=tty1 r/console=tty1 maxcpus=1 r/g' /boot/cmdline.txt # si
 
 sudo sed -i 's/maxcpus=2/maxcpus=1/g' /boot/cmdline.txt # single core if Pi Zero 2
 
-sudo sed -i 's/DEVICES=""/DEVICES="\/dev\/serial0"/g' /etc/default/gpsd
-
-sudo systemctl disable gpsd > /dev/null 2>&1 
-sudo systemctl disable gpsd.socket > /dev/null 2>&1 
+sudo sed -i 's/DEVICES=""/DEVICES="/dev/serial0"/g' /etc/default/gpsd
 
 cd /home/pi/CubeSatSim