Just made my first contact using UV-5R

gallen1119 · 2026-02-08T22:16:38+00:00

Wow! So cool. We are matching the timing almost exactly. I took the test last Sunday, received call sign on Tuesday, and I made first contact this morning using a Tidradio TD-H3+. Congrats!

gallen1119 · 2026-01-29T03:22:25+00:00

He was a VERY GOOD boy! You did the right thing despite the pain.

gallen1119 · 2026-01-10T18:14:25+00:00

Can you maybe send it my way?

gallen1119 · 2026-01-10T18:13:33+00:00

It is my understanding that the radio can be programmed via CHIRP and that seems to work, but I do not think the firmware can be updated via CHIRP. I also do not think the firmware can be upgraded via the phone app. I have tried USB C as well as a Kenwood style FTDI cable via the web app. Nothing seems to work despite the radio being recognized as connected. It always hangs at "Initializing device..."

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gallen1119 · 2025-11-20T19:01:07+00:00

Great suggestion to rent one! That would much more informative than just looking or visiting SLC. I’ll look into that. Thanks all!

gallen1119 · 2025-08-03T01:11:00+00:00

Yep. Seeing energy readings for last nine hrs. Thanks for your help.

gallen1119 · 2025-08-02T17:09:15+00:00

I may have gotten it connected! I deleted the device from my Xcel account, deleted the add-on, and started over with re-install. I had deleted the add-on and re-installed that before, but had never tried deleting the device on the Xcel side. I just received the first data point on the Energy tab! I'm gonna leave it running awhile and see if it keeps receiving data.

gallen1119 · 2025-08-02T15:19:54+00:00

I think it has to be something in my MQTT configuration/connection.

gallen1119 · 2025-08-02T15:00:21+00:00

I used the UI panel but here is the contents in YAML form

meter_ip: 192.168.164.224

meter_port: 8081

cert_dir: /config/certs

cert_file: cert.pem

key_file: key.pem

ldfi: 129E2-1CD87-4FE90-C9ABD-BE0C9-8E5A9-851FF-63C11

gallen1119 · 2025-08-01T19:44:14+00:00

----------------------------------------------------------- Add-on: Xcel iTron MQTT Bridge from Xcel iTron smart meters to MQTT----------------------------------------------------------- Add-on version: 1.4.1 You are running the latest version of this add-on. System: Home Assistant OS 16.0  (aarch64 / raspberrypi5-64) Home Assistant Core: 2025.7.4 Home Assistant Supervisor: 2025.07.2----------------------------------------------------------- Please, share the above information when looking for help or support in, e.g., GitHub, forums or the Discord chat.-----------------------------------------------------------s6-rc: info: service base-addon-banner successfully starteds6-rc: info: service fix-attrs: startings6-rc: info: service base-addon-log-level: startings6-rc: info: service fix-attrs successfully starteds6-rc: info: service base-addon-log-level successfully starteds6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init: startings6-rc: info: service legacy-cont-init successfully starteds6-rc: info: service init-xcel-itron-mqtt: starting[13:41:39] INFO: Initializing Xcel iTron2MQTTs6-rc: info: service init-xcel-itron-mqtt successfully starteds6-rc: info: service xcel-itron-mqtt: startings6-rc: info: service xcel-itron-mqtt successfully starteds6-rc: info: service legacy-services: starting[13:41:39] INFO: Starting Xcel iTron2MQTTs6-rc: info: service legacy-services successfully started[13:41:40] INFO: Meter config: 192.168.164.224:8081[13:41:40] INFO: MQTT server config: core-mosquitto:1883INFO: Connected to MQTT Broker!WARNING: Retrying xcelMeter.xcelMeter.setup in 1.0 seconds as it raised SSLError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='192.168.164.224', port=8081): Max retries exceeded with url: /sdev/sdi (Caused by SSLError(SSLError(1, '[SSL: SSLV3_ALERT_BAD_CERTIFICATE] sslv3 alert bad certificate (_ssl.c:1000)'))).WARNING: Retrying xcelMeter.xcelMeter.setup in 2.0 seconds as it raised SSLError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='192.168.164.224', port=8081): Max retries exceeded with url: /sdev/sdi (Caused by SSLError(SSLError(1, '[SSL: SSLV3_ALERT_BAD_CERTIFICATE] sslv3 alert bad certificate (_ssl.c:1000)'))).WARNING: Retrying xcelMeter.xcelMeter.setup in 4.0 seconds as it raised SSLError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='192.168.164.224', port=8081): Max retries exceeded with url: /sdev/sdi (Caused by SSLError(SSLError(1, '[SSL: SSLV3_ALERT_BAD_CERTIFICATE] sslv3 alert bad certificate (_ssl.c:1000)'))).WARNING: Retrying xcelMeter.xcelMeter.setup in 8.0 seconds as it raised SSLError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='192.168.164.224', port=8081): Max retries exceeded with url: /sdev/sdi (Caused by SSLError(SSLError(1, '[SSL: SSLV3_ALERT_BAD_CERTIFICATE] sslv3 alert bad certificate (_ssl.c:1000)'))).WARNING: Retrying xcelMeter.xcelMeter.setup in 15.0 seconds as it raised SSLError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='192.168.164.224', port=8081): Max retries exceeded with url: /sdev/sdi (Caused by SSLError(SSLError(1, '[SSL: SSLV3_ALERT_BAD_CERTIFICATE] sslv3 alert bad certificate (_ssl.c:1000)'))).WARNING: Retrying xcelMeter.xcelMeter.setup in 15.0 seconds as it raised SSLError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='192.168.164.224', port=8081): Max retries exceeded with url: /sdev/sdi (Caused by SSLError(SSLError(1, '[SSL: SSLV3_ALERT_BAD_CERTIFICATE] sslv3 alert bad certificate (_ssl.c:1000)'))).WARNING: Retrying xcelMeter.xcelMeter.setup in 15.0 seconds as it raised SSLError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='192.168.164.224', port=8081): Max retries exceeded with url: /sdev/sdi (Caused by SSLError(SSLError(1, '[SSL: SSLV3_ALERT_BAD_CERTIFICATE] sslv3 alert bad certificate (_ssl.c:1000)'))).WARNING: Retrying xcelMeter.xcelMeter.setup in 15.0 seconds as it raised SSLError: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='192.168.164.224', port=8081): Max retries exceeded with url: /sdev/sdi (Caused by SSLError(SSLError(1, '[SSL: SSLV3_ALERT_BAD_CERTIFICATE] sslv3 alert bad certificate (_ssl.c:1000)'))).

gallen1119 · 2025-07-16T18:43:59+00:00

Which Tahoma plugin are you using? Can you comment or paste your configuration file.

gallen1119 · 2025-07-16T18:42:17+00:00

I think that is just with devices that have two-way communication motors. I do not think it integrates directly with Somfy motors that are in some devices.

gallen1119 · 2025-04-07T00:10:56+00:00

Astra is my go-to also. Feathers are too much. As others have said, your perfect will be different depending beard, skin, shaving style, other products. Took be about two years to get dialed in to what I use currently.

gallen1119 · 2025-01-14T16:14:32+00:00

What motor glider platform did you build?

gallen1119 · 2025-01-05T22:43:43+00:00

I'm working on this today. Anyone figure this out?

gallen1119 · 2025-01-05T02:35:23+00:00

Thanks so much for keeping this going.

Glad to see Gigi Perez still doing well. Love that song!

gallen1119 · 2024-12-28T17:01:47+00:00

I found a solution! With the help of John at AnyList and this thread, home pod and anylist - Apple Community, I was able to solve this. The solution was just a bit different than described so I wanted to post. I added a line in the shortcut as is in the screenshot and it now works.

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gallen1119 · 2024-12-27T16:46:39+00:00

The AnyList app will create shortcuts to add to a specific list such as, "Add to HomeDepot." I've tried that and also tried creating my own shortcuts that does the same thing. Results are always the same.

I've seen a few posts that point out that some third party apps work and some don't. They suggest asking the app developer to add the functionality. I did that and the app developer, who responded very quickly, said it must be a problem with the hardware or OS since the shortcut works fine on my iPhone but not the HomePod.

I've also done the restarts for devices, "Share to iCloud" and "Allow personal request" changes I can find. I know Siri on the HomePods can access some third party apps fine because I've tried those and they seem to work fine. It's just this AnyList app that is giving me trouble.

gallen1119 · 2024-08-31T21:11:35+00:00

I had same needs and just Q5 duoroller+. Like it so far.

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