ON7LDS NextionDriver Installer and Checker

This is installer version 1.06 ( 31 dec 2020 )

12/2020 : warning that the display should already work + option to stop if not

08/2020 : extra choices added

03/2019 : changed NextionDriver config options / minor corrections

04/2019 : changed startup scripts. NextionDriver will start later in the process, but wil less likely give problems when using modem connected displays

This repository brings you 3 helper programs for the installation of NextionDriver when you do not want to do it by hand:

• a program to install NextionDriver
• a program to convert an existing MMDVMHost configuration file for using NextionDriver (this is called by the installer program)
• a program to check the installation

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Pi-Star users : Please use this installer to update your system if your installation is older than 09 feb 2019. Even if the NextionDriver was recently updated

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install.sh

This is the installer program for NextionDriver.

I (and others) have tested it on some hotspots, but there are always much more situations and combinations than the ones we tested :-) (special thanks to Rob PD0DIB and Jason KE7FNS their feedback)

The installer runs the configuration convertor program for automatically converting the MMDVM.ini file to incorporate NextionDriver.

NextionDriver_ConvertConfig

You could just run it (NextionDriver_ConvertConfig) if you installed NextionDriver by hand, but it also will be called when you run the installer !

check_installation.sh

When you have installed the NextionDriver, this programs tries to check the MMDVMHost and NextionDriver configuration.
The program then gives a lot of information about the installation of the NextionDriver and if it seems to be OK or not.

Installing NextionDriver (on Pi-Star)

log in to your Pi-Star with SSH

• use PuTTY
• or go to your dashboard -> configuration -> expert -> SSH access (http://pi-star.local/admin/expert/ssh_access.php)

go to the /tmp directory

cd /tmp

get the software

git clone https://github.com/on7lds/NextionDriverInstaller.git

go !

sudo NextionDriverInstaller/install.sh

Checking the installing (on Pi-Star)

log in to your Pi-Star with SSH

• use PuTTY
• or go to your dashboard -> configuration -> expert -> SSH access (http://pi-star.local/admin/expert/ssh_access.php)

go to the /tmp directory

cd /tmp

get the software

git clone https://github.com/on7lds/NextionDriverInstaller.git

NOTE: if you get an error that the destionation path exists, you already downloaded the software. The just go to the next step.

go !

sudo NextionDriverInstaller/check_installation.sh