[ct-user] Trouble with FD network

[k2qmf@juno.com]

We had same problem on FD.  
We were using 2 networked computers.  We were using regular com ports
and COMTSR's.
(Not RF related).  I tried it without transmitting.  Same problem...

Ted  K2QMF

On Mon, 26 Jun 2000 09:58:50 -0400 "Robert J. Curci" <n2xr@home.com>
writes:
>
>We had this same problem.  It wasn't evident on all the 'puters but 3 
>out of
>4.  Same version as Joe.
>4 stations:
>386~486 Dos 6.2 4~8mb Ram.
>nettsr over com4.
>
>
>2 Magitronic ez2000 nic's, 1 3c509, 1 Etherexpress 16 over rg58 
>network.
>Sometimes it would disable entering anything unless you exited out of 
>CT and
>restarted.  If you had entered a call and moved to the next field the 
>call
>would stay but if you were moving to the next field as the log got 
>updated
>from the other stations, it was fine.
>
>The 4th station that didn't exhibit the problem was the Novice 
>station.
>They only made 30 or so contacts anyway so maybe they didn't see the 
>problem
>due to lack of activity.
>
>73 de Bob
>n2xr
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <Potbellyc@aol.com>
>To: <ct-user@contesting.com>
>Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2000 11:24 PM
>Subject: [ct-user] Trouble with FD network
>
>
>>
>> Had trouble with the software today. (9.50.001)  We used it 2 weeks 
>ago
>for
>> the VHF contest with no problems at all.  Today, we used fiber 
>modems,
>with
>> only 2 connectors(not full handshaking), and this had worked OK last 
>year
>> with 9.4x... However, today, when we typed in a call, but didn't yet 
>move
>> fields (or hadn't typed in the full call yet) and two contacts were 
>logged
>by
>> other stations on the network, the call(or partial call) 
>disappeared.
>>
>> No two stations have the same ID, the multi.cfg is identical, the 
>latest
>> fd.dat and sec.dat are on all machines.  We found this happened with 
>ANY
>two
>> machines connected.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>    73,
>>    Joe WB2VVS
>>
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