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1666

Configuration of Routers, Firewalls, etc / Re: unable to connect to remote via internet

« on: 2012-12-17, 19:25:20 »

John,

Same goes for you....drop me a short mail and I will send you my checklist. There is often only
one or two items that are wrong and this will help you find it/them. I have helped over 100 remotes
to get working using my list.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1667

Configuration, RRC 1258 / Re: DESPERATE!

« on: 2012-12-16, 18:48:08 »

Dave,

Drop me a short mail at dj0qn (at) darc.de and I will send you my networking checklist
to walk you through the process.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1668

Configuration, RRC 1258 / Re: RRC Setup problems - no usb connect

« on: 2012-12-16, 12:47:32 »

Drop me a mail at dj0qn (at) darc.de and we can arrange a Teamviewer session. Maybe I can
find the problem that way.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1669

Configuration of Routers, Firewalls, etc / Re: unable to connect to remote via internet

« on: 2012-12-14, 18:50:06 »

Carl,

I already offered to send you my checklist, which is essentially what you are asking for.

If you send me a short mail, I will reply with the checklist. That may solve your problem.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1670

General discussion forum / Re: Winkeyer Function

« on: 2012-12-13, 20:41:30 »

COM2 is generally used for CAT in RemoteRig installations. This can be used
at the control end either by standard serial cable, or by turning USB support
on and using a USB cable instead. The radio side only uses a serial cable, the
control side is flexible. One of my checklists that I send on request walks users
through the process of setting CAT up over the RRC's.

An exception is the "Twin" products, which use the CAT port to communicate
with each other. Therefore, one must use COM1 in mode-6 or 7 for CAT
instead, but you can choose to use either USB or serial on the control side. In
the case of the "Twin" products, the "Winkeyer" function can therefore not be
used if you are using CAT on the control side, you are correct. A solution would
be a virtual port as you suggest.

Otherwise, I installed serial servers in several installations to control serial devices,
since you only have one port plus CAT, or no ports on "Twin" products, available on
the RRC's. I therefore tend not to use RRC's to control amplifiers, rotors, wattmeters,
etc. The Webswitch can also be used to control some devices, I even use them to raise
and lower masts.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1671

General discussion forum / Re: Winkeyer Function

« on: 2012-12-13, 09:00:37 »

One of our guys tested the Winkeyer function as well. We had similar results to what you report:

- If you change COM1 to use USB, then you can do both rig control (CAT over COM2)
  and CW over Winkeyer with COM1. It doesn't seem to work with a normal serial cable,
  only over USB. Not sure if this is a feature or a bug.

- The speed appears to be fixed to the pot setting on the RRC. It should be switchable to be
   independent.

- No sidetone, which should be fixed.

- When using Win-Test and the alt-V function key, the CW sent is garbled. This needs to be
   fixed. We had the keyer delay set to 100 ms and still had the problem.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1672

Configuration, RRC 1258 / Re: New RRC/Wifi set arrived

« on: 2012-12-11, 19:50:46 »

I sent you some information back, Paul. I hope it helps.

The control panel always on is a "feature" of the TS-480, just ignore it 

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7Dx

1673

Configuration, RRC 1258 / Re: New RRC/Wifi set arrived

« on: 2012-12-11, 19:03:33 »

Hi Paul,

Sounds like you did it correctly. The control RRC should use the (in this case internal) IP address
of the radio RRC for the "SIP contact". No need to tell the radio RRC anything about another RRC,
it receives that automatically.

Drop me a short mail at dj0qn (at) darc.de and I will send you my checklist.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1674

Configuration, RRC 1258 / Re: New RRC/Wifi set arrived

« on: 2012-12-11, 18:46:40 »

Hi Paul,

You mentioned that this is your second set -- You need to make sure that you are
using different port numbers for each set, otherwise they will get in each other's way.

Otherwise, I can send you my networking checklist if you want. It usually helps solve
these types of problems.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1675

General discussion forum / Winkeyer Function

« on: 2012-12-11, 18:43:02 »

I noticed that there is now a "mode-8, winkeyer" mode available in the serial settings.
I find no reference to this in the manual. Could you please enlighten us on what this
can be used for?

Since I extensively use Winkeyer for CW, this may be of interest.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1676

Hardware, Cabling, Installations / Re: Help needed to set up a remote station.

« on: 2012-12-11, 00:46:14 »

Hi Mike,

This can be a complex question that everyone would have a different opinion on.

A couple of inputs from my side:

- The IC-PW1 does not look remotable. I looked at the manual, and the connection from
the head to the amp is through what appears to be a proprietary connection. You need a
standard serial connection for this to work. I use SPE 1K and 2K's and Acom 2000a's as
remotable amps.

- You can remote the 706 and rotor with one set of RRC's.

- You may be able to use one of the COM ports of the RRC's for the SteppIR over the RRC.
However, the RC-1216H solution from RemoteRig is much better:
http://www.remoterig.com/wp/?page_id=636

- Get a WLAN bridge for the shack to provide ethernet and allow flexibility.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1677

General discussion forum / Re: USB Over IP for control RRC

« on: 2012-12-04, 17:21:54 »

Hi Mike,

Yes, but it doesn't work.

I have used serial over IP servers for several years, then tried to used USB over IP servers,
but it just won't work. Not only that, but the bandwidth would make it often worthless, even
if it could be made to work.

Guy, ON4AOI, can verify this, as he has also tried multiple USB to IP servers and can't get it
to work, either.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1678

General discussion forum / Re: Hughesnet VS. Century Tel (QWEST) as Internet Provider

« on: 2012-12-03, 18:10:15 »

Unfortunately, the speed of light is a limiting factor, sorry to be the bringer of bad news.
I have seen RemoteRig do strange things at a latency of 100+ ms (like partially blank TS-480
displays on startup or CW being useless), so a 7x worse latency won't help much 

Here is my low bandwidth checklist. I have posted it on the forum several times and mailed it to
50+ persons, so no problem posting it again:

3G Checklist
------------------
Try reducing your bandwidth to a minimum and changing some parameters to compensate
for a poor line. Here are some tips:

1) These two are important:
- audio quality to 0 (half the bandwidth of codec 2 and more than adequate for SSB & CW)
- turn continuous RTP on or set RTP to continuous (depending upon firmware version)

2) Play around with these 3 until you are satisfied:
- increase rx jitter buffer to min 10
- increase rx jitter delay to min 12
- audio packet size 20 or 40

3) Also, make sure that serial ports COM1 and COM2 are turned off if not used,
or that either being used is set to the minimum bps necessary to handle the serial
communication. For example, use 4800 for CAT on a rig like the TS-480 and not
a high speed like 57600, since the higher speed is completely unnecessary.

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1679

General discussion forum / Re: Hughesnet VS. Century Tel (QWEST) as Internet Provider

« on: 2012-12-03, 15:33:14 »

Ken,

I still think the latency will be a killer in any case, but let us know how it goes.

Note that 200k bps up is very tight for RemoteRig, because it uses the same bandwidth
in both directions. Make sure that you optimize for a low bandwidth (I think I already gave
you my low bandwidth settings).

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX

1680

General discussion forum / Re: Hughesnet VS. Century Tel (QWEST) as Internet Provider

« on: 2012-12-02, 13:43:47 »

Does this answer your question?:
http://www.remoterig.com/forum/index.php?topic=1529.msg6431#msg6431

73,
Mitch DJ0QN / K7DX