You Will Want this Ham Dashboard

[@KM4ACK]

github.com/VA3HDL/hamdashboard radar.weather.gov/ridge/standard

[@kennylovettshow]

What link do you use for live traffic cam?

[@JoeW7BWA]

@@kennylovettshow I searched my state DOT and then selected a local camera.

[@kg4tri]

All I get is a music file

[@bwade7342]

PLEASE HELP ME find the correct string of text to use to make Cincinnati cam work for me. I've been trying for 4 days. Can't figure it out. PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME

[@dbeach4044]

This is a fabulous Dashboard. I had no issues getting it up and running (Using Safari on a Mac) and then put it permanently on a Raspi with its own monitor (a retired TV monitor.) I was able to modify several of the individual items to reflect my current location, and I've been adding a couple of local cameras as well, substituting for weather info that was redundant. The screen that results was an infinitely modifiable 12-item display, easily set up in the Config file. One of the most useful programs I have. A great job putting it together.

[@VA3HDL]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@Charlie-Bee]

How did you get the camera feeds to refresh?

[@VA3HDL]

@@Charlie-Bee The dashboard supports mpeg, mp4, etc. video formats that will show live video. Some cameras offer only stills shots that the source refreshes every number of seconds. You can configure the refreshing time to match the source in the configuration section variable constDelay. The values are in milliseconds.

[@TimDowell]

Excellent video and a cool dashboard. I had no issues setting it up and I have embedded live video from KZbin from two live streams with no issues. Thank you!

[@skyhighridge]

I changed from port 8080 to 8081 and it now works. This is windows 10 pro. Although I used port 8080 up to this point. Works as you say...live!

[@ronbarbeito6118]

Thanks for the tutorial. Got it downloaded and tweaked in no time.

[@geraldcollins5684]

I ran across this a couple weeks ago and set it up. One thing I've run into is I can't seem to find a local lightning map for Missouri. Closest I've come is Minnesota, which doesn't show Missouri at all. ANyone have a suggestion for a work around? I saw the note earlier in this comment list, but it doesn't work for Missouri. I can only find 5 or 6 localized maps.

[@KN4MDE]

Now I have something to do while it is raining. Actually probably happen tonight once i get home. Great Video, thanks

[@nonlocalitykat]

Great info! Thanks for highlighting this dashboard. Working on it now!

[@ansientwun]

This is some great HTML. Thanks for sharing VA3HDL's work. A great gift to the ham community!

[@oldgeekster1]

Need to remember to add the aforementioned link(s) in the description. EXCELLENT find/video!

[@KM4ACK]

They are there but I just added a pinned comment to make them a bit easier to locate. Thanks for the reminder. Glad you enjoyed the video 🙂

[@PaulBigwood]

I set it up after seeing Pablo's video a couple weeks ago. It is great!

[@berndkonemann5049]

Brilliant application - thank you to bring it to our attention

[@KM4ACK]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Sparkfly88]

This is super cool! I've added PSK reporter, and MUF to mine. along with all the local versions of the pages. Thanks for the heads up!

[@calvinkutemeier393]

Add it to a square or a side tab?

[@kylefreemason]

How did you add psk reporter?

[@VA3HDL]

@@calvinkutemeier393 Side tab. It will not work on a tile. Tiles are only for images or videos, not websites. 73

[@N0RMJ]

Your additional instructions definitely were helpful. Now to figure out how to host this to the Pi so it can be viewed on any device on the network.

[@W2JLDRoc-ham]

tried on a windows machine...did not work worked on a pi 4

[@KM4ACK]

You could load it on the Pi and run the 10 second web server kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4TKiWZ5rNacb7M in the same directory which would serve it to your local network.

[@VA3HDL]

Hi Jason, thank you for featuring the dashboard. You do a much better job explaining how to set it up. I will add a link to your video from mine. 73, Pablo

[@KM4ACK]

You are more than welcome. Thank you for a fantastic project! 👍

[@kapplerphoto]

I am trying to set this up, customizing the squares and I find if I use a website it says "Fail to Load Image", It seems that these squares can only display an image as opposed to an actual website, is this correct? I can change websites on the button on the side tho and it works properly

[@bartcalder2791]

Very, very nice explanation Jason! Even a noob with Linux like me got it set up.

[@woody2727]

Well Done. Outstanding walk-through. Thank you...

[@rufusrizzo78]

Thanks for sharing! I have wanted a main page for Field Day. This will be great!

[@KM4ACK]

You're right. This would be great at Field Day

[@rufusrizzo78]

@@KM4ACK I've seen a little bit of Field Day setups. Do you have anywhere on your forums that people share info on their Field day setups? We have an aerial map, and I can share our network topologies. We keep each of our 4 stations about 200ft apart. That keeps interference down.

[@michaelmeyer2725]

I just tried this on my windows 11 system and it works great. I don't have a hamclock yet so I couldn't do that, or that other program (last box middle row), but everything else. Latest download sets everything to 24h time as default. One less thing to do. Only burp I ran into was the SW Broadcast image doesn't want to open on Firefox for Windows. Opens fine on Chrome or Edge though. 73s, KC3AIL

[@jarnauskas]

This has been a lot of fun, and learned something new! Thanks!!!

[@Scaliad]

This is pretty neat! Being browser based, it even works on android! Thanks!!

[@KM4ACK]

Pretty awesome that it works on the mobile browser!

[@RobertVinet]

Thank you to Dave N2MXX the inspiration and also Pablo VA3HDL for making his version open source and my next rainy day project.

[@daveN2MXX]

Thank you for mentioning my work. I'm glad everyone is enjoying this adaptation of my original hamshack dashboard. 73 Dave N2MXX

[@ThomasK4SWL]

Jason, your videos are always so informative. This is a brilliant tool--thanks for making an instructional video. Cheers, Thomas (K4SWL)

[@EricSolomon-op8ti]

Very VERY HELPFUL!! New Ham - So Appreciated !! Thank You

[@KM4ACK]

Welcome. Glad it was helpful!

[@Dusty_Ham]

This is very cool, thank you Jason!

[@SheepdogPreparedness]

This is slicker than snot! I would love to set one up just like this, only with 4 panes instead of 12. I may experiment.

[@KM4ACK]

It's open source so you are free to mod the code to suit your needs 😀

[@SheepdogPreparedness]

@@KM4ACK I had success. Made some changes in the code and made a 2x2 display. 4 equal size panels. Love it!

[@jayreid2522]

@@SheepdogPreparedness how? what did you change to make a 2x2? inquiring minds want to know... :)

[@1953Greyfox]

This is awesome, I've been wanted to install something like this. Thank you so much. 73

[@cmarchi128]

Is there a site for HF beacons that can be used?

[@jensenjames7444]

Is there a way to make the whole dashboard automatically refresh?

[@kg4gav]

Very cool. I'd imagine you could also add security cameras that are on your network, local weather cameras, or local DOT traffic cameras...anything with an autorefreshing web address.

[@KM4ACK]

I added a local DOT camera for my area. Other cameras should work the same.

[@bwade7342]

So which is the exact line of script to copy from a LIVE Cam to add to my HamDashboard? Thats what im having problems with

[@HamTechRadioScannerDrones]

Thanks Loads i will try this .

[@AP-QuickCons]

Great video/tutorial ..... Question and suggestion. Do you have to have 12 small windows, or can you delete 6 entries and have the remaking 6 be larger? Or will there be 6 blank windows showing? And it looks like you could put any web link as one of the windows, one could be very creative with that.

[@KM4ACK]

It's open source so you are free to mod the code so it's only 6 windows.

[@snowhack8903]

I put my hamclock on a tab because it wouldn't load the bmp image. It's there and interactive and kind of prefer that over a pane, but it doesn't fit the screen, it's to big. Is there a way to shrink it to fit?

[@martinbowman1993]

That looks cool thanks

[@davemichaeli5339]

Another great video! I really appreciate you sharing all these cool & helpful tools. 👍👍

[@Disastercommunications]

Very nice!!! You fixed a couple issues I was having so that helped out a bunch. Also, didn’t realize hamclock had that option as well great find there. I’m running xastir for the igate so I’ll see if it happens to have the web feature. I am hung up on pistar on the left tab. When I add my local pistar I get a not authorized error. Not that crucial but was trying to add the dashboard to the full screen tabs. Thanks for sharing!! 73

[@KM4ACK]

Haven't tried to add PiStar yet. Maybe someone else will chime in with an answer.

[@KM4ACK]

From the developer: It took me a while to retrace back my steps but this is what I did: 1. login via ssh to the pi-star then run this command to switch to Read/Write mode: rpi-rw 2. In the file /etc/nginx/default.d/security.conf comment the line below with a "#" in front, like this: # add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN"; 3. run this command to switch back to Read Only mode: rpi-ro 4. then reboot the pi-star That enables the pi-star embedding on . 73

[@Disastercommunications]

@@KM4ACK that worked perfectly. Thanks so much!!

[@steveradloff3499]

Great tool... 2 things both Hamclock related. To get Hamclock on the right side menu pull out to work, I had to use ip address plus :8081/live.html vs. :8080. Hamclock had to be running to get it to display in one of the 12 windows.

[@KM4ACK]

Sounds like your hamclock was configured for a different port. Hamclock does have to be running to get the image on the 12 pane display.

[@stargazer73490]

Thanks for this, I had to do the same thing

[@RNMSC]

Hamclock is on 8081, however it also uses 8080 to provide you with related content and settings that you can perform. If you want to force a reload of Hamclock, or an upgrade, you push those to 8080. But the live is on 8081. (*at least that's what I see on my setup, and I didn't reconfigure Hamclock on my setup at all.)

[@nb2a1]

Thanks as always for the fantastic work you share. I am having a bit of issue with saving the settings in my Pi3 for some odd reason. I cannot even seem to change the call and grid square and save it. I also cannot seem to find the loop for MLB office for weather in Florida on the ridge page. 73 de NB2A Tom

[@VA3HDL]

Edit the confij.js file with your preferred text editor and replace mine with yours. 73

[@MrBubba123bubba]

I've been trying to find an earthquake mapper but I don't see anything that has continuous updating photos like sat and radar. Any ideas?

[@jackK5FIT]

I like it. Thanks for the setup video!!

[@KM4ACK]

Glad you liked it!

[@oobihdahboobeeboppah]

Question: You set up a live link to Hamclock on the left panel; Can't the same link be used to display it live in one of the panes?

[@KM4ACK]

I couldn't get the same link to work in the pane display. I believe the panes need to be either an image file or a gif file.

[@KJ7SVM]

Are you able to get the Hamclock window to refresh automatically? I've got Ham Dashboard configured to refresh the 4th windows (top right) every 60 seconds. No go. I can only get it to refresh when I refresh the entire page. Thanks for the great video. Very helpful.

[@KM4ACK]

Yes but I am running the original version of his code. I need to update it soon. I don't have the option to schedule individual pane refreshes. That feature was added in a later release.

[@KJ7SVM]

@@KM4ACK To solve the problem, I added the original line of code that refreshed the entire screen every 5 minutes. He took this out in the latest version.

[@TheAlexd51]

If you havent run into this problem yet let me put it out there. On the side tabs if you change them that most of us will. You have to be aware that when clicking on those tabs at will open whatever shortcut you put there on an internal webpage inside the dashboard like in a . Not many websites will let you do that so you will either get an error that the page cant open or if it opens it will be completely out of proportion. I had to modified this so whatever I put on the tabs open in a separate tab on the browser. That way it works. Customization is a bit restricted as I wanted to get rid of the tabs and I broke the dashboard. Still working on it. Also wanted to use the tab to just open another instance of dashboard to have more windows but so far haven't been able to get it to work but only been working on it on and off so soon I will hopefully get some results. Dont take me wrong great project and works well if you don't modify it much except just the images.

[@VA3HDL]

To fix the proportion issue there is a value, normally "1" and it is the last value on the setting line. You can change it to a higher value to make it bigger or smaller to reduce the size. Works like a "zoom" value 1 being original size. 73

[@cmarchi128]

I can't get the SW image to load. Also can the 10m display be changed to 20m? Thanks

[@d.l.dahlberg8408]

If you want to change the Lightning Local to include your area in the config.js file, try this. To center on florida, change the portion of the URL that reads .../image_b_ny.png to ...image_b_fl.png. The same will work for Minnesota (ny changed to mn) or California (ny changes to ca). Want to center on the Dominican Republic? change those two letters from ny to dr.

[@bwade7342]

I tried ky itn not working

[@bwade7342]

I've tried tn, oh, il, wv none of these work or my home state ky

[@Hank_W6IR]

I had watched Pablo's video earlier this week. Thanks for the more detailed explanation Jason. How come you are so far behind in updating Hamclock?

[@KM4ACK]

If it ain't broke and does what you need, why update? lol. Honestly just never think to update it.

[@stargazer73490]

Do you know if it would be possible to have both Hamclock and this dashboard running on the same machine? I have the Inovato, and wondered if I could just minimize the Hamclock and display this as well (just didn't know if I could pull the Hamclock data from the same device)

[@KM4ACK]

It should be possible if you can minimize hamclock. Use the local address of 127.0.0.1 and the port number of Hamclock in the Dashboard.

[@cbrown7318]

Great video the only problem I'm having is getting the Hamclock image to load, just gives me a little broken file image on that pane.

[@KM4ACK]

make sure you load the bmp image in the panes. the live image will only work from the side tabs.

[@cbrown7318]

@@KM4ACK thought I did, I’ll go back and try it again after some pizza and beer. Gotta figure out what happened to the 10 meter propagation pane too. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@calvinkutemeier393]

Hamclock install uses 8081 not 8080. Try 8081

[@Kd4jwf2024]

Already installed

[@KM4ACK]

The question is how long to you spend finding the perfect layout? lol

[@stargazer73490]

Great video, thanks!

[@aa3konthego]

Wow, some super handy information! Just getting the live HamClock display is great.

[@KM4ACK]

Thanks!

[@blaircawston]

After I did call sign and grid square then saved, I right clicked to open with edge and chrome but will not load maps, am I doing something wrong, I have windows 11

[@KM4ACK]

Double check for syntax/spelling errors. If that doesn't resolve it, create an issue ticket on GitHub so the dev can fix if it's a bug. Others have reported it works great on Windows. github.com/VA3HDL/hamdashboard

[@ArthurHerronW6HER]

How would I enter a live cam of a local traffic cam like I've seen on others dashboard?

[@KM4ACK]

For mine, I found this page smartway.tn.gov/traffic/text/region/0/cameras/route/I-840/id/1938 On the image, I right clicked and chose "Copy Image URL" and then pasted that link into the dashboard.

[@n8sandx177]

Anyone have a fix for the SW broadcast? or what it's even suppose to display?

[@bwade7342]

Do you know how to get traffic cam to show up? I can't figure out which string to copy and paste. Any help much appreciated KF4IZP- KY

[@rv6amark]

Do I need to install HamClock web server version rather than the usual display version?

[@KM4ACK]

I used the regular display version for build since I already had it up and running.

[@G0USL]

I don't appear to have the tabs to customise it with??

[@jamesrick7474]

How do u figure out what your local weather station identifier is? is?

[@KM4ACK]

www.weather.gov/srh/nwsoffices

[@WilliamRHowell-f5l]

Need to make this as a functioning desktop background and/or main screen or as a screen saver..... without having to have Firefox web browser open to see it... Just a thought...

[@RNMSC]

I'm not sure about Fiorefox, but on Chrome on Linux, pressing 'F11" will turn it into a full screen display, w/o the tabs (if you have them across the top) or the URL bar. 'Esc'ape to get out of that mode (or F11 again)

[@user.A9]

Is there a list of four letter location codes for the weather gov ridge standard web page?

[@user.A9]

Answering my own question, I had to google "nexrad network sites" to find the list.

[@KM4ACK]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_National_Weather_Service_Weather_forecast_offices

[@user.A9]

@@KM4ACK I had to use KBBX, which isn't on that list. I had to google "Nexrad weather network stations"

[@billbolen8115]

I'm running the latest version of Mint Cinnamon and the only thing I see when opening the dashboard is Day, Date, and Time. Any thoughts?

[@KM4ACK]

Didn't run into that myself. Was this before or after you modded the code? If after, you might have deleted something critical. You could always delete the folder and download again.

[@billbolen8115]

@@KM4ACK it was before. I never got the initial screen. I will delete everything and start fresh tomorrow. Thank you for responding. 73 de W4YAH

[@joefish6091]

Try Firefox not Chromium.

[@WG5Xradio]

Jason, would this run on a Rasberry Pi? Related question and I’m not sure this is the right place to ask,but what are you recommending as an alternative to Real VNC now that they are doing away with the free version. Thanks for the video.

[@KM4ACK]

It should run on a Pi 4 or 5. Might even run on a Pi 3 but I haven't tested it yet. I plan to move this project to a Pi 4 in the future and hook it up to a large TV in the shack. As for VNC, there's a discussion happening in the forum. groups.io/g/KM4ACK-Pi/topics

[@WG5Xradio]

@@KM4ACK Thanks. Not sure how I wasn't already in that group, but I just joined.

[@VA3HDL]

I tested today. It runs perfectly fine on a RPi3 (the same one I'm running Hamclock)

[@mcgrath16511]

Awesome video!! I assume you can run this on the same computer/Pi that is running 'Ham clock!?

[@KM4ACK]

I haven't tested but I don't see why not.

[@mcgrath16511]

@@KM4ACK well then I shall give it a go..I'll let you know if it works! Keep up the great work!

[@RNMSC]

"this" is an HTML file and a couple of javascript files. The only thing that's "Running" is a web browser for this to come up. You can set up a VM on a server with this in a web browser being auto-loaded at boot, and nothing else on it except Firefox or other browser, or you can install everything on an RPi at your desk.

[@needle415]

Does anyone know how he got the live highway cam on there? Or if I'm able to put a youtube livestream that is on 24/7 in one of the slots? I'm looking to put a live view of Chicago Midway airport that is 24/7 live on youtube, as well as a 24/7 live of the view from the ISS

[@W2JLDRoc-ham]

will raspian work as the operating system?

[@VA3HDL]

The dashboard is a single webpage application. It works on any computer regardless of the operating system. Only needs a modern browser. 73

[@darylnd]

I'm having trouble getting this to work in KDE Plasma 6: nothing displays other than date and time in upper left corner. It does work in Gnome. Both desktop environments are running on openSUSE's microOS variant. It also works fine on Windows 11. I've tried it in both Firefox and Brave: no problem with either on Gnome. I don't know if it's down to something in Plasma, or if it's due to microOS Plasma (aka Kalpa) being in alpha stage, while microOS Gnome (aka Aeon) is at release candidate stage. I'll keep plugging away at it. If anyone knows why this is happening, please let me know so I'm not spending time reinventing the wheel. 73 de Daryl, AE6DD

[@SignalsEverywhere]

Saw your call sign on a ham vention flyer here in Ohio, are you going to be there?

[@KM4ACK]

I was at Hamvention a couple of weeks ago.

[@SignalsEverywhere]

@@KM4ACK There's a hamvention out here in a month with your callsign on the flyer. They're doing giveaways with your antenna kit.

[@ubergeek318]

Just a FYI this is working great in Windows

[@KM4ACK]

Good to know. Thanks for the report :-)

[@N2AIE]

Awesome! thanks

[@murphybrown32216]

will this work with windows 10?

[@VA3HDL]

Yes. This is a "single page application" that runs in any modern browser independently of the operating system. 73, VA3HDL

[@murphybrown32216]

Thanks

[@calvinkutemeier393]

Just installed on W10 using files I modified on a Ubuntu laptop. I put the entire folder on the W10 Desktop. Did not work on Chromebook with Firefox or chrome.

[@KM4ACK]

Wonder if the chromebook has JS installed?

[@calvinkutemeier393]

@@KM4ACK JS was installed. Can only use Brave Browser when I right click on the .html file. Top row of the dashboard pops up.

[@KM4ACK]

Maybe post that to the GitHub page. That might be something the developer can tweak so it would work. It would at least give him a heads up.

[@Kd9bpy]

True wizardry...

[@VA3HDL]

LOL

[@Larryn7luf]

You replaced the tab of "Contest" to HamClock. Could you just add another tab for HamClock?

[@KM4ACK]

Probably so but I didn't dig that far into the code.

[@Larryn7luf]

@@KM4ACK It was easy, I just did a cut and paste and just added the same below what was there and it can be on either side also. Then I put the data I wanted and it all was good.

[@davidKD9WTA]

I have download this but i don't get a config file, any ideas?

[@KM4ACK]

you should get the config file once you download the zip from github but you can always download the config as an individual file as well from github.

[@ryank5tar]

OutStanding!!!

[@angelscomputers]

now I wonder how it can be made where I have it installed on headless Pi and access it by IP as the way in this installation is not with a webserver. That will be cool because it can be access it from any computer in the network, tablets and who know if TV's with a browser. Maybe there is an easier way.

[@KM4ACK]

Something like the "10 second" webserver might work. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4TKiWZ5rNacb7M

[@angelscomputers]

@@KM4ACK hah, that’s awesome, I’m going to try it. Thanks Sr!

[@DE-ke2rf]

Does it work on an iPad?

[@KM4ACK]

It's browser based so it might

[@thuff3207]

Thank you this is too cool not to use. I will have to get ham clock woking on my RPI 4 then make this a page.

[@KM4ACK]

That's exactly what I plan to do soon 👍

[@BigGPlace]

This is a bad A setup. I have been tinkering with it for hours getting it customized for me. I am having issues with the Pi-Star tab though, can’t get it to load. (Windows machine)

[@KM4ACK]

Take a look at the read me on his GitHub page. The developer added notes on configuration for the pi star

[@ATR_Mid-TN-WX]

Hey jason. I have tried this on windows. Didn’t work. I have tried it on chrome book it’s kinda worked. When I changed my html code for my callsign and new screens and Crlt-S it didn’t change anything from the original 12 panels. If anybody has any advise or do a video explaining what do you please leave it in a comment thank you

[@KM4ACK]

I haven't personally tested the Chromebook or Windows. From other reports it won't work on the Chromebook but will work on Windows.

[@ATR_Mid-TN-WX]

@@KM4ACK thank you for replying sir. Much appreciated. So I have made it work on chrome book. Make a few folder and save everything in that 1 folder. When you make changes jjst replace that file. So it works with chrome book

[@caseyanderson9169]

Does this work with google chrome?

[@KM4ACK]

Yes. Any browser should run it.

[@joel6221]

hamclock keeps saying FAILED TO LOAD IMAGE

[@KM4ACK]

Are both the dashboard and hamclock on the same network? Is hamclock running? Do you have the right IP address?

[@ebazz1]

Great video. I've recommended it to my local HR Club. Ernie KC1LKB

[@brianfields4479]

Don't need a display to work dx everyday.

[@barryinn1778]

Very complicated to install, not for me.

[@DivergentDroid]

What is the point of this when you can get such set ups over the internet without ham?

[@VA3HDL]

Having everything together in one place, visible, at the same time.

[@pakeck1]

Trying to setup in Windows 10. When I try to open chrome dig.js I get a script error. Anyone found a workaround???

[@MIAMIC70]

Where is link to software for Apple Silicon macOS?

[@KM4ACK]

Same link. It's just an HTML file that runs the dashboard

[@VA3HDL]

I wrote it as an SPA (Single-page application.) Is a web app implementation that loads only a single web document, and then updates the body content of that single document via JavaScript. It should run in any modern browser regardless of the operating system.

[@BigGPlace]

@@VA3HDL very nice work sir! Super neat!

[@skyhighridge]

When installing Ham Clock myADDR:8080/live.html does not bring me to Ham Clock it brings me to same page as myADDR:8080/live-ws.html

[@VA3HDL]

try 8081, this is the one I use. 73

[@bartcalder2791]

Very, very nice explanation Jason! Even a noob with Linux like me got it set up.

[@BigGPlace]

This is a bad A setup. I have been tinkering with it for hours getting it customized for me. I am having issues with the Pi-Star tab though, can’t get it to load. (Windows machine)

[@KM4ACK]

Checkout the notes on GitHub where you downloaded the file. The dev added a section on how to get Pi Star working.

[@BigGPlace]

@@KM4ACKthank you sir and thanks as well for the awesome content!