HamClock

Inovato Quadra · convert

Convert your Inovato Quadra

Already have a Quadra running HamClock? One script repoints it at hamclock.com and pulls the latest frontend — no reflashing, no rebuilding, nothing erased.

Inovato Quadras ship with HamClock pre-installed, pointed at the old Clear Sky Institute server. With that server gone, your Quadra's display may have frozen or stopped updating. This script finds your existing install, repoints every launcher at hamclock.com, and offers to relaunch HamClock so it saves the new backend and updates itself.

Run the conversion

Open a terminal on your Quadra (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run these three lines:

$ curl -OL https://hamclock.com/convert-inovato
$ chmod u+x convert-inovato
$ ./convert-inovato

Answer y to proceed. When it offers to launch HamClock, say yes — and when HamClock offers a frontend update on screen, accept it and let it finish. Reboot when it's done.

Nothing is deleted. The script backs up your HamClock settings and every launcher it changes, tagged with a timestamp. If anything looks wrong, your originals are right beside the new files.

What it actually does

  • Finds your HamClock install and confirms it's there.
  • Backs up ~/.hamclock and any launcher it edits.
  • Repoints every HamClock launcher at hamclock.com:80 (it only touches the lines that actually start HamClock — never anything else).
  • Guarantees an autostart entry so it comes back up on its own.
  • Optionally launches HamClock once so the new backend is saved and the latest frontend downloads.

Prefer to do it by hand?

You don't need the script at all. The core of the change is one flag. Right-click your HamClock desktop icon → Properties → Desktop Entry, and set the command to:

/usr/local/bin/hamclock -b hamclock.com:80

Launch it, accept the on-screen update, and your Quadra is converted. The script just does this for every launcher at once and backs things up along the way.

Did it work? Inovato setups vary by model and image age. If the conversion worked — or didn't — please let us know so we can make it bulletproof for the next operator.
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Running HamClock on the Inovato Quadra was pioneered by the wider ham community — with thanks to those who documented the way. This conversion script is original work by W4BAE.