System Information

All system information relevant to the operator is displayed on the right-side of the desktop using the Conky system monitor.

The system information is broken into several buckets:

• Date / Time
• System
• Network
• Interfaces
• Operator
• Mode
• Build number

Date / Time

This section presents the current date and time.

• Local - The current local time using the timezone selected during the installation.
• UTC - The current time in UTC.
• GPS Time - Yes if the time is currently synchronized via GPS, and No otherwise. The et-time command is used to drive this data point. If an Internet connection is available, GPS will not be used as a time source.

System

• Uptime - The amount of time that the system has been running.
• CPU Util - The average CPU utilization across all cores.
• Disk Free - The remaining disk space on the root (/) filesystem.

Network

• IP - The main IP address of the system if networking is configured.

Interfaces

The Interfaces section shows the current-state of the plug-and-play system.

• Radio - The current radio configured by et-radio. (Does not mean the radio is connected)
• CAT - Connected if the system can communicate with the radio via CAT control or PTT control, and Not connected otherwise.
• GPS - lat/lon if GPS is connected and has a 3D fix, No fix if connected but trying to get a GPS fix, and Not connected otherwise.
• Audio - Shows the currently detected sound card, and Not connected otherwise.
• SDR - Shown only if a supported SDR is plugged in and detected.

Operator

• Callsign - The current callsign configured by et-user.
• Grid - The current maidenhead grid configured by et-user.

Mode

Shows the current mode set by et-mode.

JS8Call and fldigi are valid modes, but are never displayed here.

Known Issues

If the system information (i.e. Conky) does not start up automatically upon login, press the Windows key and type in conky. Click the conky application icon.

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