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I found I could no longer run Zello on the PC "Windows" but I have downloaded the new Windows version of Zello to run on a PC.

I already have a Zello account on Android and works on Android.

When I try to set up Zello on my PC it asks me for a network name or SSO... I don't think I have those. It wont let me log in with just my username and password.

I want to get a thin client as it will be more practical to run Zello for a Zello cross link I will be setting up with a UHF transceiver rather than using an Android phone so it would be nice to get Zello on a Windows machine running that I can have on 24/7 for the Zello cross link.

How do I get around the SSO business?

I use the legacy free version of Zello on my Windows laptop for Tetra RoIP comms which is an old account I used over a decade ago.
I think it's no longer free for PC and forces you to use Zello Workplace now with this SSO carry on.
I've had no issues setting up new accounts on Android O/S though (mobile and tablet) versions.
This isn't to host a server though, only as I user on an RoIP server.

Thats too bad. I will have to just get another Android phone for the Zello crosslink which isn't practical as I will have to keep charging the phone up so it don't disconnect. If I had it running on a Windows thin client I would be able to leave it running 24/7.

StormShadow wrote: 30 Jan 2026, 16:03 Thats too bad. I will have to just get another Android phone for the Zello crosslink which isn't practical as I will have to keep charging the phone up so it don't disconnect. If I had it running on a Windows thin client I would be able to leave it running 24/7.

Easy enough to leave a phone plugged in 24/7 and uses less power than a pc.
Or run android on your pc. Plenty of emulators or if windowss 11 you probably don't need an emulator.

milly wrote: 30 Jan 2026, 20:16

StormShadow wrote: 30 Jan 2026, 16:03 Thats too bad. I will have to just get another Android phone for the Zello crosslink which isn't practical as I will have to keep charging the phone up so it don't disconnect. If I had it running on a Windows thin client I would be able to leave it running 24/7.

Easy enough to leave a phone plugged in 24/7 and uses less power than a pc.
Or run android on your pc. Plenty of emulators or if windowss 11 you probably don't need an emulator.

Wont that knacker the battery?

I got no time for emulators. I'll just buy a cheap Android phone, it only has to be good enough to run Zello. Its a shame Android can't run properly on a Raspberry Pi.

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My plan so far is this...

Boafeng 888
Voltage converter
Audio leads
Zello device
External antenna
a box to mount stuff into.

Its a shame there isn't any Raspberry Pi Zello OS. Of course I can run Android on a Pi but the Play Store never works and is a bit useless if you can't run Android apps. Using emulators just seems like a scrappy way of doing things.

The Boafeng 888 seems to have good VOX function, those buck converter boards are dirt cheap so I can run it from a PSU and I will only really need a couple of channels, its all pretty straight forward, 4 watts out into something like an x30. I have a spare x30 antenna knocking about... A cheap Android phone to run Zello otherwise I would have used a thin client PC to run Zello which would have been more ideal than using an Android phone.

With a thin client I could have set the Zello cross link up in the attic out the way and left it running 24/7 but with having to use an Android phone, its a pain in the rear having to faff about with charging it and making sure Zello is always running.

I will then program my UHF analog Tait T2000 and it then becomes a crude network radio to talk on Zello except its a radio

I dug out an old DualCore 2 HP PC last night as I was doing some Debian installs to some of my systems and I needed an extra PC for a another project but I had forgot I has installed Chrome OS Flex to that one so I thought that maybe this one could run the Android app Zello under Chrome OS Flex so I did some google searches and with some extra software you can apparently run Android apps like Zello on Chrome OS Flex. I haven't actually done this yet but when I get around to it, this would be perfect if the Android Zello App works under Chrome OS Flex.

Edit: yes Android Zello app works fine without any emulators in Chrome OS Flex.