A couple of days back I decided to test the above dashboard a single page application written by VA3HDL It is free and open source in case you wanted to add it to a PC monitor in your radio room. This is absolutely the best software addition to my Shack.
The files are available on GitHub and it is super easy to install and get the application up and running. I am not going to go into detail regarding the installation and setup here as the following useful links will get you up and running. I am currently running the application on Linux Mint using the Mozilla FireFox Browser and have not experienced any issues. This program also runs on Windows using the Google Chrome Browser and also on a Raspberry Pi.
Here is a few useful links and a short instruction how to setup and run the application:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIdqMQTGNSc (My original YouTube video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZZXg60tN-o (KM4ACK channel video)
https://va3hdl.github.io/hamdash/ (Live Demo)
https://github.com/VA3HDL/hamdashboard (Download from here in Github)Instructions:
1. Just download the files from the Github repository (hamdash.html, config.js, and wheelzoom.js) and keep them together on the same folder.
2. Open hamdash.html with any browser of your preference and you done.
3. With any text editor (like Notepad) you can change the source images (can be more than one per box) or the menu options from the config.js file.
2. Open hamdash.html with any browser of your preference and you done.
3. With any text editor (like Notepad) you can change the source images (can be more than one per box) or the menu options from the config.js file.
I am currently using the following 12 Dashboard Windows ("source images") in my application:
1. VIS Satellite Image (WX Image for South Africa)
2. Seismic Activity (World Wide)
3. NOAA D-Rap (World Wide)
4. ISS Tracking (Mossel Bay KF15bt)
5. Rainfall Prediction (South Africa)
6. Hepburn Propagation Charts (South Africa)
7. Cyclone Probability (World Wide)
8. Airmass Satellite Image (WX Image for South Africa)
9. Grey Line Chart (World Wide)
10 Cape Town Web Cam (South Africa)
11. Mossel Bay Airfield Web Cam (South Africa)
12. HF Propagation Charts (World Wide)
2. Seismic Activity (World Wide)
3. NOAA D-Rap (World Wide)
4. ISS Tracking (Mossel Bay KF15bt)
5. Rainfall Prediction (South Africa)
6. Hepburn Propagation Charts (South Africa)
7. Cyclone Probability (World Wide)
8. Airmass Satellite Image (WX Image for South Africa)
9. Grey Line Chart (World Wide)
10 Cape Town Web Cam (South Africa)
11. Mossel Bay Airfield Web Cam (South Africa)
12. HF Propagation Charts (World Wide)
A few notes:
I saved Hamdashboard under my Bookmarks and this is how I open the application
To start Hamdashboard
Open Firefox Web Browser
Click 3 lines top right hand corner of Firefox
Select VA3HDL Ham Radio Dashboard under your Bookmarks
Another method to start Hamdashboard is to go to the Downloads Folder
Click on hamdashboard-main
Right click on hamdash.html
Select Open with Firefox Web Browser
Hamdashboard will open in your Firefox Web Browser
To edit any of the 12 Dashboard Windows ("source images")
Go to Downloads Folder
Click on hamdshboard-main
Right Click on JS - config.js
Select Open with Text Editor
File will open and you can now edit the file only after you made a backup of config.is. Remember backup!
Quick Help:
1. Double click on an image to expand to full screen.
2. Double click again to close full screen view.
3. Right click on an image to display the next one. (In the latest version is possible to add multiple images per box.)
4. The content refreshes automatically every 5 minutes.
1. Double click on an image to expand to full screen.
2. Double click again to close full screen view.
3. Right click on an image to display the next one. (In the latest version is possible to add multiple images per box.)
4. The content refreshes automatically every 5 minutes.
Finally: It is a great application and really of great assistance to me in the Shack as I do not have to open various tabs in my browser. Furthermore this is a "single page application" that runs on Mozilla Firefox independently of the operating system.
Images (Click on images for larger view.)
