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General discussion forum / Re: AUDIO HAS LOTS OF CUT
« on: 2012-09-29, 22:57:02 »
Hi Guys,

Could it be he is using IP addresses and not DNS names? If he is connecting this would explain it, and the blinking LED means his DNS server for the RRC is not happy.

Just thinking.

Lee
WW2DX

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General discussion forum / Re: Satellite Internet config
« on: 2012-09-19, 14:51:45 »
Hi Bryan,

My experience with satellite is between 300-400ms of latency. So figure a half a second delay. I have had successful skype and other voip comms via satellite but it can be trying. I have not done any remoterig comms via satellite. On the other hand, we use 3g/4g quite often with remote rig and have great success. If you have cell network then definitely use that over the satellite. Also, you can use long range point to point microwave or wifi.

73 Lee
WW2DX

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OK another question, I just called HRO, they claim they just got a shipment of RRC's yesterday and I asked if they could tell if the man date was June 2012 or newer. They said the only thing they see is version 6.0. Will these have the PIN headers already soldered on?

73 Lee
WW2DX

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Thanks guys for the reply.

I just revisited the first RRC that I modified. I tried another laptop and client and it works. I went back to the original laptop and it works! I have no idea why it works now but it does. I will check the other RRC later tonight or tomorrow and let you know what I find out.

73!
Lee
WW2DX

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Mike, another question, are the RRC's that are ordered today already have the pin header soldered on the board? IE, can we order RRC's with WIFI option from factory?

73 Lee
WW2DX

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REALLY good advice.

Been testing RRC in many hotels around the globe and found more than 50% block the SIP port. We now use alternate port and having much better success rates.

73 Lee
WW2DX

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Thanks Mike for the quick reply.

I have attached a pic of my connecting wire.



73,

Lee
WW2DX

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Greetings,

Received two WIFI kits and attempted to install one. I first used solder wick to "pull" the solder out of the pin holes. Both of my RRC's are "Old style" and only have 10 PINS. After I used solder wick I then used a "Solder Sucker" to pull the rest of the solder from the holes so I could visibly see through the board. The only two pins I could not see through were pins 3 and 4. For these pins I tried both wick and the sucker and with difficulty I was able to pull some solder out of pins 3/4 with the sucker but only enough to make an "indent". I then inserted the 10 pin header and continued to heat the holes and set the header into the board. Since pins 3/4 are very difficult to deal with I left a fair amount of space between the pin header and the board so I could solder pins 3/4 from the top as well as the bottom of the board to make sure they have contact. I then installed the wire jumper from pin 8 for the reset signal.

My RRC's have firmware 2.60, installed. I powered up the unit and used the Microbit Manager to connect to the RRC.

Upon power on I get the RED LED on the WIFI board. Success so far.

From the Microbit manager, I then open the WIFI console, when I click scan I can successfully see a couple WIFI networks in the area. If I hit SCAN a second time I then receive the error message "WIFI module not installed". If I power cycle the RRC sometimes I am successful with scanning and other times I still get "WIFI module not installed".

I then attempted to duplicate this process with my 2nd RRC and I also get the exact same results. I am able to scan and see WIFI networks on the first power up then "WIFI module not installed" error after the initial power on.

Conclusion, with two separate RRC's and WIFI modules I get the same exact behavior.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks, 73
Lee
WW2DX

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Hi Dave,

Sounds like there could be a number of possibilities but you will need to do some more testing experimenting to try and narrow it down.

1. You say "radio was heavily loaded with other traffic" what exactly is your pipe and how much saturation do you typically have? Do you have any traffic shaping ability to dedicate a chunk of bandwidth to your RRC(s)?

2. Display dropping out - Positive there is not a power supply or power issue if some kind at the radio site?

3. Its been a long time since I played with 706 configs but can the baud rate be adjusted? If so I would try a slower baud rate like 9600 or 4800 and see if things are more stable.

73 and keep us posted,

Lee
WW2DX

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General discussion / Re: HRD
« on: 2012-07-19, 02:26:46 »
Hi Lloyd,

Correct, baud rate was referring to your CAT speed. If you want to test something change your CAT (baud rate) to a lower setting like 9600 and see if that improves your reliability. Not sure it will help since you seem to have a pipe large enough to handle it but higher the CAT speed requires more bandwidth, so cranking that down might be a good test.

Please post your results if happen to try it.

73 Lee
WW2DX



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 "Move the "Profiles" out of the password restricted area of the menu system. Pretty please with sugar on top."

After thinking about this some more and going back and forth, it may be prudent to keep this authenticated. Scenario being a user has the RRC on the "DMZ" or allows http to the interface without configuring access rules to restrict access to "trusted" hosts. If this was left open then a "big bad internet person" could change profiles and worse reboot the device.

73 Lee
WW2DX

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Something else that I think may be important:

A 3 minute timer on the PTT status. If the RRC sees the PTT set to the ON status for more than 180sec do a auto reboot or disconnect.

73 Lee
WW2DX

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General discussion / Re: HRD
« on: 2012-07-13, 14:05:16 »
Hi Lloyd,

Quick question, what is your baud rate set to?

I don't have much experience using software based solution but I am curious what you find.

73 Lee
WW2DX



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Hi Guys, I know this post is dated but I figured this would be useful for others asking the same questions.

Mitch is right on.


from the book>  "Remote Operating for Amateur Radio" published by ARRL

"As far as the FCC is concerned, the Internet is just a very long cable.  In this situation the FCC´s concern is limited to the issue of who controls the host station and how they identify themselves on the air.  It doesn´t matter where the operator is located; he  could be across the street or on the opposite side of the world"


73!
Lee
WW2DX

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Hi Pete,

What hotel/motels are sometimes doing is what is called a "Captive Portal", you connect to the wifi or ethernet in your room and when you attempt to surf the web you are immediately given the hotel's webpage where you have to "login" to use the internet access. Once you successfully authenticate with their service then your MAC address is allowed access to the internet. This sounds like the RRC gets an IP address but the captive portal system is not allowing the device access to the internet. This can be a big PITA for some devices like the RRC.

73 Lee
WW2DX

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