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General discussion forum / RRC Micro Mic Gain and audio paths

« on: 2013-05-26, 15:22:24 »

I am using the latest RRC Micro, and it doesn't seem to retain mic gain settings.

Everytime I start it, the mic gain is in the middle.  My normal setting is at about 20%.  Is there anyway to have it remember the settings.  This is becoming a problem as the application keeps crashing (more on this  later), and when I restart it, my mic gains are off.

Also, is there anyway to change audio sources (speakers especially) while connected.  When  monitoring HF, I am on the speakers.  When on the air, I switch to headphones.  However, this requires me to disconnect, change the source and then reconnect.    As an example,  Skype allows me to do this on the fly.

I really don't want to set up Virtual Audio Cable to handle the audio streams if I don't have to.

Mike va3mw

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Hardware, Cabling, Installations / RRC Micro and foot switch

« on: 2013-05-22, 20:21:05 »

I am a foot switch person and I want to know if there is a 'hack' to add a foot switch to the RRC micro.

I opened it up and the switch is a 4 pin switch.  I can add my own pig tail to that, but I need to know if I need to deal with both sets of contacts or can I just parallel a single set of contacts.

Mike va3mw

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Configuration, RRC 1258 / No audio on RRC Micro

« on: 2013-05-20, 14:31:01 »

I am not getting audio on a local test ...

Both the RRC micro are on the same subnet.
RRC Micro is 1.66
RRC Control is 1.72
Radio is TS480
HRD is controlling the radio - working
RTP is green
The correct audio devices are working  and I have tried both the local speakers, a USB head  and the headset plugged into the 'fob'
SIP port is 7002 (configured on both ends).  I have to use a non-standard sip port as I have VOIP phones
The bar graph is green showing that I am receiving audio
32 Bit XP

Nothing is on Mute that I can see.

Could it be that my radio control head itself is still connected to the RRC at a remote location and when I tell HRD to power up, that RRC Radio is connecting, however on the INFO screen, it does show it connected to the computer with the Micro on it.

On the INFO screen, it does say Connection Status is faulty(see below), but there is no additional information.

Name   Value
Radio   ON
Connection status   Faulty(See below)
SIP status   Connected/transfering
Last SIP error   None
RTP status   Excellent(60)
UDP cmd status   Error(0)
SIP command timeout   0
Rx Jitter buffer size   6
Rx Jitter delay   4
Dual Rx   0
Current audio packet size   20
Current audio quality   0 - alaw 8 kHz
External IP   24.244.83.115
SIP Out port   7002
SIP In port   7002
Audio Out port   11000
Audio In port   11000
Command Out port   0
Command In port   12000
External SIP In port   7002
External Audio In port   11000
External Cmd In port   12000
Other party   192.168.1.109
Input 1   High
Input 2   High
Output 0   Low
Output 1   Low
Output 2   Low
Dynamic DNS status   OK
Ping status (watchdog)   OK [0 ms]
DNS status   OK, remoterig.com = 193.202.110.185
Active profile:   Internal Testing 113
PTT status:   OFF
Antenna-Switch (IP)   not connected

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General discussion forum / Remote base yahoo group (and JARTs RTTY remotely)

« on: 2012-10-23, 14:10:18 »

Hi All

I have created a Yahoo Group to discuss remote bases in general and I believe that many from this group can benefit from further integration of their Remote Rig to other tools that other hams use to make their station complete.

That group is more about the entire remote base solution, power management, antenna management, RS232 communication and much more.

If you are interested:

Group home page: http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ham_radio_remote_base
Group email address: Ham_radio_remote_base@yahoogroups.ca

I ran JARTs this weekend with RemoteRig and my TS480 and it ran wonderfully.  I did not use the RTTY interface on my RR, as I ran N1MM MMTTY on a remote computer (quad core atom - worked perfectly).   I have a Rig Expert TI5 on the remote computer connected to the TS480.

You can see a screen shot of my operating screen here:  http://files.qrz.com/w/va3mw/Capture.JPG

73 all, de mike va3mw

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General discussion / Micro 1.5.5 - no audio

« on: 2012-07-16, 20:25:27 »

I have RRC Micro on XP sp3, TS480, and HRD 5.23.

When you first start the Micro connection, there is no audio until you move the volume slider on HRD.

This took me a long time to figure out.  Should there not be audio once the radio starts?

Mike va3mw

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General discussion / Micro PC crashing on XP v1.5.5

« on: 2012-07-16, 20:22:03 »

I have RRCMicro crashing on XP sp3 32 bit.

It starts up fine, but after about 20-30 minutes, it crashes.  The current setup is on a local network the the Remote Rig.

The eventviewer shows an event type of clr20rs with a source of .Net 4.0 error.

Event ID is 5000.
FileName dw20.exe


Help!

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General discussion / Mico can't connect - timeout error

« on: 2011-10-30, 05:08:10 »

In the middle of CQWW I had to fly from Toronto to San Jose CA for a meeting. 

Now that I am in San Jose, I thought that it would be good to get use my RC Micro, however it is timing out  on the connection.

The IP address is correct as are all the port forwards on the router.  But, I keep getting timeout messages.  All 3 ports (SIP etc) are configured correctly.

The laptop is Win 7 64 Bit.  The firewall is off.

The log looks like :

Any ideas?  I doubt that it is outboud firewall issues as I can connect to the remote station and all the other non-standard ports I use.

10/30/2011 12:03:19 AM [RRC] Profile(va3mw2.homeip.net)
{
   SIP
      SipContact=va3mw2.homeip.net
      SipPort=5061
      SipPassword=xxxx
   RTP
      RtpCommandPort=12000
      RtpAudioPort=11000
      RtpJitterDelay=5
      RtpJitterSize=7
      RtpMultiplier=2
      RtpPacketSize=40
   DEBUG
      DebugEnable=True
      DebugCOM0=False
      DebugCOM1=False
      DebugCOM2=False
      DebugRTP=False
      DebugSIP=True
   COM0
      ComMode0=0
      ComPort0=Microbit RRCMicro (COM11)
      ComTerminator0=
      ComTimeout0=40
   COM1
      ComMode1=0
      ComPort1=Microbit RRCMicro (COM9)
      ComTerminator1=
      ComTimeout1=40
   COM2
      ComMode2=0
      ComPort2=Microbit RRCMicro (COM10)
      ComTerminator2=
      ComTimeout2=40
   AUDIO
      AudioSpeaker=Speakers / HP (IDT High Definit
      AudioMic=Integrated Microphone Array (ID
}

10/30/2011 12:03:19 AM [RRC] Started
10/30/2011 12:03:19 AM [RRC] Loading profiles ... Please wait
10/30/2011 12:03:20 AM [RRC] Saving sp=50, mic=50
10/30/2011 12:03:20 AM [RRC] UserAgent: Microbit-1274-88AE1DB4DF1F
10/30/2011 12:03:20 AM [RRC] AudioInit: Trying Integrated Microphone Array (ID
10/30/2011 12:03:20 AM [RRC] Vista Mic [1; 13.33521]
10/30/2011 12:03:20 AM [RRC] AudioInit: Trying Rec. Playback (IDT High Definit
10/30/2011 12:03:20 AM [RRC] AudioInit: Trying Microphone (IDT High Definition
10/30/2011 12:03:20 AM [RRC] AudioInit: Trying Line In (IDT High Definition Au
10/30/2011 12:03:20 AM [RRC] AudioInit: Trying Line (2- Microbit 1274A)
10/30/2011 12:03:21 AM [RRC] AudioInit: Trying Microphone (2- Microbit 1274A)
10/30/2011 12:03:21 AM [RRC] AudioInit: Trying Speakers / HP (IDT High Definit
10/30/2011 12:03:21 AM [RRC] Vista Speaker [1.727827E-05; 1]
10/30/2011 12:03:21 AM [RRC] Vista Mic SetMute=true
10/30/2011 12:03:21 AM [RRC] Vista Set Speaker Mute=false
10/30/2011 12:03:21 AM [RRC] Saving sp=50, mic=50
10/30/2011 12:03:21 AM [RRC] Idle.
10/30/2011 12:03:25 AM [RRC] Connecting to va3mw2.homeip.net
10/30/2011 12:03:25 AM [RRC] Initializing connection
10/30/2011 12:03:25 AM [RRC] Initializing connection
10/30/2011 12:03:26 AM [RRC] Telling RRCGateway that we are disconnected
10/30/2011 12:03:26 AM [RRC] AudioInit: Trying Integrated Microphone Array (ID
10/30/2011 12:03:26 AM [RRC] Vista Mic [1; 13.33521]
10/30/2011 12:03:26 AM [RRC] AudioInit: Trying Rec. Playback (IDT High Definit
10/30/2011 12:03:26 AM [RRC] AudioInit: Trying Microphone (IDT High Definition
10/30/2011 12:03:26 AM [RRC] AudioInit: Trying Line In (IDT High Definition Au
10/30/2011 12:03:26 AM [RRC] AudioInit: Trying Line (2- Microbit 1274A)
10/30/2011 12:03:26 AM [RRC] AudioInit: Trying Microphone (2- Microbit 1274A)
10/30/2011 12:03:26 AM [RRC] AudioInit: Trying Speakers / HP (IDT High Definit
10/30/2011 12:03:26 AM [RRC] Vista Speaker [1.727827E-05; 1]
10/30/2011 12:03:27 AM [RRC] Vista Mic SetMute=true
10/30/2011 12:03:27 AM [RRC] Vista Set Speaker Mute=false
10/30/2011 12:03:27 AM [RRC] Connecting to xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
10/30/2011 12:03:27 AM [RRC] SIP:Transaction [branch='z9hG4bK-2aa604eb3edb42d1bbd1b632d920de50';method='INVITE';IsServer=false] created.
10/30/2011 12:03:27 AM [RRC] SIP:Transaction [branch='z9hG4bK-2aa604eb3edb42d1bbd1b632d920de50';method='INVITE';IsServer=False] switched to 'WaitingToStart' state.
10/30/2011 12:03:27 AM [RRC] SIP:Transaction [branch='z9hG4bK-2aa604eb3edb42d1bbd1b632d920de50';method='INVITE';IsServer=False] switched to 'Calling' state.
10/30/2011 12:03:27 AM [RRC] SIP:Request [transactionID='z9hG4bK-2aa604eb3edb42d1bbd1b632d920de50';method='INVITE'; cseq='1'; transport='UDP'; size='688'; sent '10.199.96.179:5061' -> '24.244.84.112:5061'.<begin>INVITE sip:24.244.84.112 SIP/2.0
Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 10.199.96.179:5061;branch=z9hG4bK-2aa604eb3edb42d1bbd1b632d920de50;rport
To: <sip:24.244.84.112>
From: "microbit" <sip:10.199.96.179>;tag=17ef46049ec8cb1f50b1d2cf
Call-ID: d6a8645d85384e3ba1fa7d2282cb8c0c
CSeq: 1 INVITE
Max-Forwards: 70
Allow: INVITE,ACK,CANCEL,BYE,MESSAGE
User-Agent: Microbit-1274-88AE1DB4DF1F
Content-Type: application/sdp
Contact: <sip:@10.199.96.179:5061>
Content-Length: 226

v=0
o=- 63993496 0 IN IP4 xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
s=SIP Call
t=0 0
m=audio 11000 RTP/AVP 100 102
c=IN IP4 10.199.96.179:11000
a=rtpmap:100 PCMAMB/8000
a=rtpmap:102 L16MB/8000
a=ptime:40
a=jittersize:7
a=jitterdelay:5
a=dualrx:0
<end>
10/30/2011 12:03:27 AM [RRC] SIP:Transaction [branch='z9hG4bK-2aa604eb3edb42d1bbd1b632d920de50';method='INVITE';IsServer=false] timer A(INVITE request retransmission) started, will trigger after 500.
10/30/2011 12:03:27 AM [RRC] SIP:Transaction [branch='z9hG4bK-2aa604eb3edb42d1bbd1b632d920de50';method='INVITE';IsServer=false] timer B(INVITE calling state timeout) started, will trigger after 32000.
10/30/2011 12:03:27 AM [RRC] SIP:Transaction [branch='z9hG4bK-2aa604eb3edb42d1bbd1b632d920de50';method='INVITE';IsServer=false] timer A(INVITE request retransmission) triggered.
10/30/2011 12:03:28 AM [RRC] SIP:Request [transactionID='z9hG4bK-2aa604eb3edb42d1bbd1b632d920de50';method='INVITE'; cseq='1'; transport='UDP'; size='688'; sent '10.199.96.179:5061' -> '24.244.84.112:5061'.<begin>INVITE sip:24.244.84.112 SIP/2.0
Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 10.199.96.179:5061;branch=z9hG4bK-2aa604eb3edb42d1bbd1b632d920de50;rport
To: <sip:24.244.84.112>
From: "microbit" <sip:10.199.96.179>;tag=17ef46049ec8cb1f50b1d2cf
Call-ID: d6a8645d85384e3ba1fa7d2282cb8c0c
CSeq: 1 INVITE
Max-Forwards: 70
Allow: INVITE,ACK,CANCEL,BYE,MESSAGE
User-Agent: Microbit-1274-88AE1DB4DF1F
Content-Type: application/sdp
Contact: <sip:@10.199.96.179:5061>
Content-Length: 226

v=0
o=- 63993496 0 IN IP4 xxxxxxxxxxxx
s=SIP Call
t=0 0
m=audio 11000 RTP/AVP 100 102
c=IN IP4 10.199.96.179:11000
a=rtpmap:100 PCMAMB/8000
a=rtpmap:102 L16MB/8000
a=ptime:40
a=jittersize:7
a=jitterdelay:5
a=dualrx:0
<end>
10/30/2011 12:03:28 AM [RRC] SIP:Transaction [branch='z9hG4bK-2aa604eb3edb42d1bbd1b632d920de50';method='INVITE';IsServer=false] timer A(INVITE request retransmission) updated, will trigger after 1000.
10/30/2011 12:03:28 AM [RRC] SIP:Transaction [branch='z9hG4bK-2aa604eb3edb42d1bbd1b632d920de50';method='INVITE';IsServer=false] timer A(INVITE request retransmission) triggered.
10/30/2011 12:03:28 AM [RRC] SIP:Request [transactionID='z9hG4bK-2aa604eb3edb42d1bbd1b632d920de50';method='INVITE'; cseq='1'; transport='UDP'; size='688'; sent '10.199.96.179:5061' -> '24.244.84.112:5061'.<begin>INVITE sip:24.244.84.112 SIP/2.0
Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 10.199.96.179:5061;branch=z9hG4bK-2aa604eb3edb42d1bbd1b632d920de50;rport
To: <sip:24.244.84.112>
From: "microbit" <sip:10.199.96.179>;tag=17ef46049ec8cb1f50b1d2cf
Call-ID: d6a8645d85384e3ba1fa7d2282cb8c0c
CSeq: 1 INVITE
Max-Forwards: 70
Allow: INVITE,ACK,CANCEL,BYE,MESSAGE
User-Agent: Microbit-1274-88AE1DB4DF1F
Content-Type: application/sdp
Contact: <sip:@10.199.96.179:5061>
Content-Length: 226

v=0
o=- 63993496 0 IN IP4 xxxxxxxxxx
s=SIP Call
t=0 0
m=audio 11000 RTP/AVP 100 102
c=IN IP4 10.199.96.179:11000
a=rtpmap:100 PCMAMB/8000
a=rtpmap:102 L16MB/8000
a=ptime:40
a=jittersize:7
a=jitterdelay:5
a=dualrx:0
<end>
10/30/2011 12:03:28 AM [RRC] SIP:Transaction [branch='z9hG4bK-2aa604eb3edb42d1bbd1b632d920de50';method='INVITE';IsServer=false] timer A(INVITE request retransmission) updated, will trigger after 2000.
10/30/2011 12:03:29 AM [RRC] SIP:Transaction [branch='z9hG4bK-2aa604eb3edb42d1bbd1b632d920de50';method='INVITE';IsServer=false] timer A(INVITE request retransmission) triggered.
10/30/2011 12:03:29 AM [RRC] SIP:Request [transactionID='z9hG4bK-2aa604eb3edb42d1bbd1b632d920de50';method='INVITE'; cseq='1'; transport='UDP'; size='688'; sent '10.199.96.179:5061' -> '24.244.84.112:5061'.<begin>INVITE sip:24.244.84.112 SIP/2.0
Via: SIP/2.0/UDP 10.199.96.179:5061;branch=z9hG4bK-2aa604eb3edb42d1bbd1b632d920de50;rport
To: <sip:24.244.84.112>
From: "microbit" <sip:10.199.96.179>;tag=17ef46049ec8cb1f50b1d2cf
Call-ID: d6a8645d85384e3ba1fa7d2282cb8c0c
CSeq: 1 INVITE
Max-Forwards: 70
Allow: INVITE,ACK,CANCEL,BYE,MESSAGE
User-Agent: Microbit-1274-88AE1DB4DF1F
Content-Type: application/sdp
Contact: <sip:@10.199.96.179:5061>
Content-Length: 226

v=0
o=- 63993496 0 IN IP4 xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
s=SIP Call
t=0 0
m=audio 11000 RTP/AVP 100 102
c=IN IP4 10.199.96.

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General discussion forum / 2 Feature requests

« on: 2011-09-24, 01:55:29 »

I'm getting my setup really dialed in well.  I have 2 more weeks before I lock it up and I won't see it from mid October till mid April.

The very simple requests are:

1)  Can the disconnect tones be disabled?  The melody that is repeated 3 times should  you loose connect with the far end?  The reason I ask is that it is loud and if it happens late at night, it can wake up those that don't want to be woken (happened while I was working CW).

2)  In the case of the TS480 (maybe other radios as well), can we have the radio turn off, but the IP connection stay active?  I use the serial ports for some remote battery monitoring of my remote base.

Other than that, no complaints.

Thanks all

Mike va3mw

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General discussion / Com ports being used

« on: 2011-07-22, 02:59:03 »

How can I redo the com ports that the RRC Micro uses? 

I appreciate that it takes the 3 in a row it can find, but I need com 1 and com 2 to be less than com 9.

I can go into control panel and delete those not in use, but how can I then have RRC Micro move the com ports back down the list?

Thanks in advance

10

General discussion / Micro bit stealing default sound

« on: 2011-07-22, 02:57:21 »

Is there anyway to NOT have the Microbit box change the default sound device to itself?

Every time I plug it in, I have to go back into control panel and undo all the changes it makes.

This is on Win 7 64 bit v1.3.1

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General discussion forum / Feature Request

« on: 2011-06-11, 04:34:04 »

I often switch between being on the same subnet or being totally remote.  While this is easy to handle with the profiles by using fully qualified domain names and DHCP, it is a problem when I am on the same subnet at the cottage.

If I had a DNS server running at the cottage, then I could have the FQDN map to the local IP address, but I don't have a computer running just to do that.

My ask to Microbit -- Would it be possible to have a hardware switch to detect profile 1 or 2?  While I realize I might have to modify the Control box, this would be acceptable.  I could then add a small toggle switch (to 5v?) to tell it which profile to boot from.

However, I don't want to give up any of the current control lines to do this as I need them for CW Keying, etc.

Thanks!

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General discussion forum / Com0 Com1 and Com2

« on: 2011-05-30, 21:30:25 »

In my setup, I have the following.

TS-480
Com 1 is my Elecraft W2 Wattmeter
Com 2 is my LP-Remote control board for the remote site.

Am I correct in reading that at the control head end, that it is possible to connect the radio to the computer for HRD as example, but that I would have to give up Com 1 or Com 2 to do it?

73, Mike