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Configuration, RRC 1258 / Trouble Maintaining HRD CAT Connection
« on: 2011-08-09, 01:17:57 »
Not sure if this discussion should be in the "Configuration, RRC 1258" section or in another section, so please correct me if this is the wrong area.
Equipment:
RRC1258 MkII (Firmware updated to v2.41 on Control and Radio RRC)
ICOM IC-746Pro
All running connected to internal network
HRD v5
First off, thanks to RemoteRig for a great product that has been fun to set up and will be a great experience to operate.
I've been trying to set this up in my internal network before testing remotely and have not had success with one aspect - maintaining a connection with HRD to the radio.
Here's what I mean: the configuration of the RRCs has been successful and connection from HRD to the radio can be successfully established. I have made and connected the CI-V cable (RJ11 port) and AUX/MIC cable (RJ45 port) from the Remote RRC to the radio. The speaker jack on the radio is connected to the Radio RRC speaker jack.
On the Control RRC end, I am using the USB connection as a virtual COM port. HRD reads the virtual COM port as COM5. BAUD rate from hardware to radio all set to 19200. A speaker is connected to the Control RRC speaker jack. The microphone is connected to the Control RRC via the RJ45 connection.
When logging into the Control RRC and establishing a connection with the Radio RRC, everything is flawless. Audio from the radio comes through the Control RRC end immediately and flawlessly. The microphone works great and push to talk works and keys the transmitter almost immediately (.5 second delay).
Launching HRD and establishing a connection via the virtual COM port works almost instantaneously. I have just been fiddling with changing frequencies on the HRD end and here's where the strange behavior comes in - everything works great for about 1 minute and then the HRD connection to the radio seems to experience super lag. A single frequency digit change takes 10 seconds to register on the radio and the HRD display refuses to update until the radio changes frequency. It seems that HRD is waiting on the radio to respond.
The other clue is that once I disconnect HRD from the radio, I can not re-establish a connection. Shutting down HRD and trying again fails every time. The only way to re-establish a connection with the radio is to restart the Control RRC. I don't need to restart HRD. Once the Control RRC restarts and I re-establish a connection with the Radio RRC, HRD connection is established immediately and everything is fine for about one minute. Repeat.
Lastly, once the frequency changes fail to track from HRD to the radio, the PTT no longer works. The receive audio never experiences any delay or hiccups.
This makes me believe there is something going on in the Control RRC, possibly with one of my settings.
I am very excited to get this to work and have been impressed to no end with the quality of audio and ease of setup. I am so close and have this last hurdle to overcome, so if there's any suggestions, please let me know!
Thanks so much in advance for your help!
If you need to see the RRC configurations, I have included them below.
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CONTROL RRC SETTINGS
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Info
Name Value
Company Microbit
Product 1258
PID 4
Hardware 6
Software 2.41
Bootloader 1.8
Compiler 4.1.1 (WinARM)
Build Jul 6 2011 08:36:48
ROM/RAM 357304/50520
ETH-RAM 2944 (max 3kB!)
ResetSrc 0 [3]
Uptime 24
Serial number 3178
MAC address 00:50:c2:11:94:3a
IP address 192.168.1.13
Netmask 255.255.255.0
Gateway 192.168.1.1
DNS 192.168.1.1
Settings
Unit ID (Banner) RRC Control
DHCP 1
IP 192.168.1.13
Netmask 255.255.255.0
Gateway 192.168.1.1
Dns server 192.168.1.1
Extern IP/Host
Eth-type 5
Web page user
Web page pwd
Program mode 1
Control panel 1
Sip password
Sip contact 192.168.1.10
Auto connect 0
Audio quality 2
Audio dual-rx 0
Codec out gain 255
Codec inp gain 18
Codec inp HPF Hz 3
Codec inp preamp 1
COM0 baudrate 19200
COM0 data bits 8
COM0 stop bits 1
COM0 parity 0
COM0 Program mode 3 char timeout 2
Use USB Com Port as COM0 0
COM1 mode 2
COM1 baudrate 19200
COM1 data bits 8
COM1 stop bits 1
COM1 parity 0
COM1 rts/cts 0
COM1 terminator (hex) 00
Use USB Com Port as COM1 1
COM2 mode 9
COM2 baudrate 19200
COM2 data bits 8
COM2 stop bits 1
COM2 parity 0
COM2 terminator (hex) 00
Use USB Com Port as COM2 1
UDP cmd port 12000
UDP audio port 11000
SIP port 5066
Web server port 80
Telnet server port 23
Rx jitter buffer size 4
Rx jitter delay 3
Audio packet size (ms) 20
Continuous RTP tx 0
Debug level 0
DynDNS check interval 0
Own host name
Username
Password
Enable 0
Speed wpm [0/10-40] 0
Iambic 1
Paddle reverse 0
Weight [25-40] 30
Side tone hz [0,500-1500] 800
Side tone -db [50-0] 20
Lf delay ms [0-500] 0
Key delay ms [0-250] 0
IN0 mode 0
OUT0 mode 0
OUT0 mode 0
OUT1 mode 0
OUT1 mode 0
OUT2 mode 0
OUT2 mode 0
USB RTS as PTT 0
USB DTR as CW 0
Enable ping watchdog 0
IP address to ping
Ping interval (seconds) 300
Startup delay (seconds) 300
Failure count to reboot 3
Status
Name Value
Control panel OFF
Radio OFF
SIP status Idle
Last SIP error None
RTP Timeout 0
SIP Timeout 0
Rx Jitter buffer size 4
Rx Jitter delay 3
Dual Rx 0
SIP Out port 5066
SIP In port 5066
Audio Out port 0
Audio In port 0
Command Out port 12000
Command In port 12000
External SIP In port 5066
External Audio In port 11000
External Cmd In port 12000
Other party 0.0.0.0
Input 0 High
Input 1 High
Input 2 High
Output 0 Low
Output 1 Low
Output 2 Low
DNS status Unknown
Active profile: Home Profile - Same Net
PTT status: OFF
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RADIO RRC SETTINGS
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Info
Name Value
Company Microbit
Product 1258
PID 4
Hardware 6
Software 2.41
Bootloader 1.8
Compiler 4.1.1 (WinARM)
Build Jul 6 2011 08:36:48
ROM/RAM 357304/50520
ETH-RAM 2944 (max 3kB!)
ResetSrc 0 [3]
Uptime 243
Serial number 3157
MAC address 00:50:c2:11:94:25
IP address 192.168.1.10
Netmask 255.255.255.0
Gateway 192.168.1.1
DNS 192.168.1.1
Settings
Unit ID (Banner) RRC Radio
DHCP 0
IP 192.168.1.10
Netmask 255.255.255.0
Gateway 192.168.1.1
Dns server 192.168.1.1
Extern IP/Host
Eth-type 5
Web page user
Web page pwd
Program mode 1
Control panel 0
Sip password
Sip contact
Auto connect 0
Audio quality 2
Audio dual-rx 0
Codec out gain 255
Codec inp gain 0
Codec inp HPF Hz 3
Codec inp preamp 1
COM0 baudrate 19200
COM0 data bits 8
COM0 stop bits 1
COM0 parity 0
COM0 Program mode 3 char timeout 2
Use USB Com Port as COM0 0
COM1 mode 2
COM1 baudrate 19200
COM1 data bits 8
COM1 stop bits 1
COM1 parity 0
COM1 rts/cts 0
COM1 terminator (hex) 00
Use USB Com Port as COM1 0
COM2 mode 9
COM2 baudrate 19200
COM2 data bits 8
COM2 stop bits 1
COM2 parity 0
COM2 terminator (hex) 00
Use USB Com Port as COM2 0
UDP cmd port 12000
UDP audio port 11000
SIP port 5066
Web server port 80
Telnet server port 23
Rx jitter buffer size 4
Rx jitter delay 3
Audio packet size (ms) 20
Continuous RTP tx 0
Debug level 0
DynDNS check interval 0
Own host name
Username
Password
Enable 0
Speed wpm [0/10-40] 0
Iambic 1
Paddle reverse 0
Weight [25-40] 30
Side tone hz [0,500-1500] 800
Side tone -db [50-0] 20
Lf delay ms [0-500] 0
Key delay ms [0-250] 0
IN0 mode 0
OUT0 mode 0
OUT0 mode 0
OUT1 mode 0
OUT1 mode 0
OUT2 mode 0
OUT2 mode 0
USB RTS as PTT 0
USB DTR as CW 0
Enable ping watchdog 0
IP address to ping
Ping interval (seconds) 300
Startup delay (seconds) 300
Failure count to reboot 3
Status
Name Value
Radio OFF
SIP status Idle
Last SIP error None
RTP Timeout 0
SIP Timeout 0
Rx Jitter buffer size 4
Rx Jitter delay 3
Dual Rx 0
SIP Out port 5066
SIP In port 5066
Audio Out port 11000
Audio In port 11000
Command Out port 12000
Command In port 12000
External SIP In port 5066
External Audio In port 11000
External Cmd In port 12000
Other party 192.168.1.13
Input 1 High
Input 2 High
Output 0 Low
Output 1 Low
Output 2 Low
DynDns status Unknown
Ping status (watchdog) Off
DNS status OK, remoterig.com = 193.202.110.185
Active profile: Default
PTT status: OFF
Equipment:
RRC1258 MkII (Firmware updated to v2.41 on Control and Radio RRC)
ICOM IC-746Pro
All running connected to internal network
HRD v5
First off, thanks to RemoteRig for a great product that has been fun to set up and will be a great experience to operate.
I've been trying to set this up in my internal network before testing remotely and have not had success with one aspect - maintaining a connection with HRD to the radio.
Here's what I mean: the configuration of the RRCs has been successful and connection from HRD to the radio can be successfully established. I have made and connected the CI-V cable (RJ11 port) and AUX/MIC cable (RJ45 port) from the Remote RRC to the radio. The speaker jack on the radio is connected to the Radio RRC speaker jack.
On the Control RRC end, I am using the USB connection as a virtual COM port. HRD reads the virtual COM port as COM5. BAUD rate from hardware to radio all set to 19200. A speaker is connected to the Control RRC speaker jack. The microphone is connected to the Control RRC via the RJ45 connection.
When logging into the Control RRC and establishing a connection with the Radio RRC, everything is flawless. Audio from the radio comes through the Control RRC end immediately and flawlessly. The microphone works great and push to talk works and keys the transmitter almost immediately (.5 second delay).
Launching HRD and establishing a connection via the virtual COM port works almost instantaneously. I have just been fiddling with changing frequencies on the HRD end and here's where the strange behavior comes in - everything works great for about 1 minute and then the HRD connection to the radio seems to experience super lag. A single frequency digit change takes 10 seconds to register on the radio and the HRD display refuses to update until the radio changes frequency. It seems that HRD is waiting on the radio to respond.
The other clue is that once I disconnect HRD from the radio, I can not re-establish a connection. Shutting down HRD and trying again fails every time. The only way to re-establish a connection with the radio is to restart the Control RRC. I don't need to restart HRD. Once the Control RRC restarts and I re-establish a connection with the Radio RRC, HRD connection is established immediately and everything is fine for about one minute. Repeat.
Lastly, once the frequency changes fail to track from HRD to the radio, the PTT no longer works. The receive audio never experiences any delay or hiccups.
This makes me believe there is something going on in the Control RRC, possibly with one of my settings.
I am very excited to get this to work and have been impressed to no end with the quality of audio and ease of setup. I am so close and have this last hurdle to overcome, so if there's any suggestions, please let me know!
Thanks so much in advance for your help!
If you need to see the RRC configurations, I have included them below.
--------------------------------------------------
CONTROL RRC SETTINGS
--------------------------------------------------
Info
Name Value
Company Microbit
Product 1258
PID 4
Hardware 6
Software 2.41
Bootloader 1.8
Compiler 4.1.1 (WinARM)
Build Jul 6 2011 08:36:48
ROM/RAM 357304/50520
ETH-RAM 2944 (max 3kB!)
ResetSrc 0 [3]
Uptime 24
Serial number 3178
MAC address 00:50:c2:11:94:3a
IP address 192.168.1.13
Netmask 255.255.255.0
Gateway 192.168.1.1
DNS 192.168.1.1
Settings
Unit ID (Banner) RRC Control
DHCP 1
IP 192.168.1.13
Netmask 255.255.255.0
Gateway 192.168.1.1
Dns server 192.168.1.1
Extern IP/Host
Eth-type 5
Web page user
Web page pwd
Program mode 1
Control panel 1
Sip password
Sip contact 192.168.1.10
Auto connect 0
Audio quality 2
Audio dual-rx 0
Codec out gain 255
Codec inp gain 18
Codec inp HPF Hz 3
Codec inp preamp 1
COM0 baudrate 19200
COM0 data bits 8
COM0 stop bits 1
COM0 parity 0
COM0 Program mode 3 char timeout 2
Use USB Com Port as COM0 0
COM1 mode 2
COM1 baudrate 19200
COM1 data bits 8
COM1 stop bits 1
COM1 parity 0
COM1 rts/cts 0
COM1 terminator (hex) 00
Use USB Com Port as COM1 1
COM2 mode 9
COM2 baudrate 19200
COM2 data bits 8
COM2 stop bits 1
COM2 parity 0
COM2 terminator (hex) 00
Use USB Com Port as COM2 1
UDP cmd port 12000
UDP audio port 11000
SIP port 5066
Web server port 80
Telnet server port 23
Rx jitter buffer size 4
Rx jitter delay 3
Audio packet size (ms) 20
Continuous RTP tx 0
Debug level 0
DynDNS check interval 0
Own host name
Username
Password
Enable 0
Speed wpm [0/10-40] 0
Iambic 1
Paddle reverse 0
Weight [25-40] 30
Side tone hz [0,500-1500] 800
Side tone -db [50-0] 20
Lf delay ms [0-500] 0
Key delay ms [0-250] 0
IN0 mode 0
OUT0 mode 0
OUT0 mode 0
OUT1 mode 0
OUT1 mode 0
OUT2 mode 0
OUT2 mode 0
USB RTS as PTT 0
USB DTR as CW 0
Enable ping watchdog 0
IP address to ping
Ping interval (seconds) 300
Startup delay (seconds) 300
Failure count to reboot 3
Status
Name Value
Control panel OFF
Radio OFF
SIP status Idle
Last SIP error None
RTP Timeout 0
SIP Timeout 0
Rx Jitter buffer size 4
Rx Jitter delay 3
Dual Rx 0
SIP Out port 5066
SIP In port 5066
Audio Out port 0
Audio In port 0
Command Out port 12000
Command In port 12000
External SIP In port 5066
External Audio In port 11000
External Cmd In port 12000
Other party 0.0.0.0
Input 0 High
Input 1 High
Input 2 High
Output 0 Low
Output 1 Low
Output 2 Low
DNS status Unknown
Active profile: Home Profile - Same Net
PTT status: OFF
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RADIO RRC SETTINGS
--------------------------------------------------
Info
Name Value
Company Microbit
Product 1258
PID 4
Hardware 6
Software 2.41
Bootloader 1.8
Compiler 4.1.1 (WinARM)
Build Jul 6 2011 08:36:48
ROM/RAM 357304/50520
ETH-RAM 2944 (max 3kB!)
ResetSrc 0 [3]
Uptime 243
Serial number 3157
MAC address 00:50:c2:11:94:25
IP address 192.168.1.10
Netmask 255.255.255.0
Gateway 192.168.1.1
DNS 192.168.1.1
Settings
Unit ID (Banner) RRC Radio
DHCP 0
IP 192.168.1.10
Netmask 255.255.255.0
Gateway 192.168.1.1
Dns server 192.168.1.1
Extern IP/Host
Eth-type 5
Web page user
Web page pwd
Program mode 1
Control panel 0
Sip password
Sip contact
Auto connect 0
Audio quality 2
Audio dual-rx 0
Codec out gain 255
Codec inp gain 0
Codec inp HPF Hz 3
Codec inp preamp 1
COM0 baudrate 19200
COM0 data bits 8
COM0 stop bits 1
COM0 parity 0
COM0 Program mode 3 char timeout 2
Use USB Com Port as COM0 0
COM1 mode 2
COM1 baudrate 19200
COM1 data bits 8
COM1 stop bits 1
COM1 parity 0
COM1 rts/cts 0
COM1 terminator (hex) 00
Use USB Com Port as COM1 0
COM2 mode 9
COM2 baudrate 19200
COM2 data bits 8
COM2 stop bits 1
COM2 parity 0
COM2 terminator (hex) 00
Use USB Com Port as COM2 0
UDP cmd port 12000
UDP audio port 11000
SIP port 5066
Web server port 80
Telnet server port 23
Rx jitter buffer size 4
Rx jitter delay 3
Audio packet size (ms) 20
Continuous RTP tx 0
Debug level 0
DynDNS check interval 0
Own host name
Username
Password
Enable 0
Speed wpm [0/10-40] 0
Iambic 1
Paddle reverse 0
Weight [25-40] 30
Side tone hz [0,500-1500] 800
Side tone -db [50-0] 20
Lf delay ms [0-500] 0
Key delay ms [0-250] 0
IN0 mode 0
OUT0 mode 0
OUT0 mode 0
OUT1 mode 0
OUT1 mode 0
OUT2 mode 0
OUT2 mode 0
USB RTS as PTT 0
USB DTR as CW 0
Enable ping watchdog 0
IP address to ping
Ping interval (seconds) 300
Startup delay (seconds) 300
Failure count to reboot 3
Status
Name Value
Radio OFF
SIP status Idle
Last SIP error None
RTP Timeout 0
SIP Timeout 0
Rx Jitter buffer size 4
Rx Jitter delay 3
Dual Rx 0
SIP Out port 5066
SIP In port 5066
Audio Out port 11000
Audio In port 11000
Command Out port 12000
Command In port 12000
External SIP In port 5066
External Audio In port 11000
External Cmd In port 12000
Other party 192.168.1.13
Input 1 High
Input 2 High
Output 0 Low
Output 1 Low
Output 2 Low
DynDns status Unknown
Ping status (watchdog) Off
DNS status OK, remoterig.com = 193.202.110.185
Active profile: Default
PTT status: OFF