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RigPi accommodates multiple user accounts. Each account must have a unique username and can control one radio. Each account can have the same callsign as other accounts. Two accounts can control two radios. The maximum number of accounts/radios is limited by the computing resources of RSS. Tests have shown this limit to be 4 or 5 accounts/radios active at one time.

 

Each account is like a separate logging/control program. Accounts have the following independent functions:

 

▪Log in and Out

▪Allow multiple users to access that account

▪Personal call sign

▪Assigned security level to limit access

▪Control a single radio

▪Control a single rotor

▪Programmable set of macros

▪Frequency/mode band memories

▪Key CW for the radio for that account

▪Maintain a log

▪Receive spots from a unique source

▪Search call books and display results

 

Log In and Out

 

The user name and password are entered in the Log In window to access an RSS account. (Usernames can be any combination of upper and lower case characters, but no space characters are allowed.) Click the Log Out button in the top right corner of any RSS window to log out. Once logged out you can then log back in to the same account or a different account using the user name and password (if any) for that new account.

 

When you create an account a password is not required. This is useful if you will not be accessing RSS from outside your local network. Once you create a password for an account you can edit but not remove a password through the Account Settings window.

 

Access Level Assignment

 

Access levels are assigned for each account.

 

 

 

Allow Multiple Users to Access that Account

 

By sharing the account username and password, multiple users can log in and use that account. This is useful if you want to access your account through multiple devices or have multiple RigPi windows open at the same time. All users signed in to an account control the same radio, rotor, CW Keyer and call book database.  (It is also possible to share a radio from different accounts.)

 

Personal Call Sign

 

Each account has an assigned call sign. The call sign is used in CW Keyer macros and Telnet Spot access. An account can have the same or different call sign from that used in other accounts.

 

Control a Single Radio per Account

 

One radio can be controlled in each account. If you have more than one radio, set up an equal number of accounts, one for each radio. RSS uses the Hamlib library to provide a wide selection of manufacturers and radio models. A particular radio may not be fully supported by Hamlib even though it is listed. See the Technical Help Topic to learn more about determining what radio features are supported.

 

Each account and external programs can share an account's radio using a Hamlib radio called NET rigctl. See the Technical Help Topic for information on sharing radios.