I’ve have Winscp and Putty installed. Having trouble figuring out how to install Supermon2. I have looked at several youtube videos and still having trouble. Really need someone to help me, maybe even log in to my PC and click what needs to be done. I have had Echolink running for several years and even have my Allstar Node number. I’m 75 years old and my mind is not as sharp as it used to be, even though for 18 years I was the IT director at the courhouse here.
Butch Bridges KC5JVT
Ardmore OK
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From what I understand, you have a windows 10 machine on which you want to install ASL3/Supermon 2, is that correct?
As far as I know, Allstar works on Linux only (Raspberry Pi or Debian) but you can use virtualization software to emulate a Debian PC on a Windows PC.
I, too, had a Windows PC for one of my nodes and what I did was install VirtualBox and then load a Debian 12 Linux image onto it. I used it as a radio-less node for a while, connecting to it via my phone.
Later, I passed through my modified Baofeng connected via a CM108 USB sound card.
VirtualBox is a software which can be installed on Windows and it allows you to create virtual machines of any operating system such as Linux. It will basically be like a Linux computer running within your main computer. VirtualBox will allow you to share your PC’s resources with the virtual machine.
If this is what you are looking for, i.e. running allstar ASL3 from a windows machine, I can guide you with it.
For this to work, you will need to have virtualization enabled in your BIOS and a version of Windows 10 that supports virtualization. This can be checked in the task manager which you can open by right-clicking on your task bar at the bottom. I have attached a screenshot with highlights.
You can run ur node on VirtualBox inside those windows machines you mentioned.
It will be a breeze for you since you have IT experience. I can guide with the VM networking portion so you dont face the same hurdles that I did and get up and running in no time.
Using a GUI-less Debian will reduce resources used as well, in fact my whole image in less than 5GB and takes less than 1GB RAM.
