[Mldxcc] Murphy report re: remote control from Mountain Mike's

[Richard Hill]

Thanks, Rick.  We look forward to an August presentation.
Rich
NU6T

Rick Karlquist wrote:
> I discovered that I had checked "obtain an IP address automatically"
> but forgot to also check "obtain a DNS server automatically" (I
> previously had a static address which was necessary to test IPSound).
> It is now obvious why I got a message saying I was connected to
> the internet but I couldn't reach Google.  I subsequently got the
> useless message that I was not in fact connected to the internet
> or Google is offline (nothing about couldn't connect to DNS server,
> go figure).
>
> After fixing that, I went back to Mountain Mike's and plugged into
> their network.  I was able to connect to the internet after 10
> seconds or so. I suspect the delay is due to a PPPOE connection.
> After that, the net was fast.  I fired up IPSound and immediately
> heard static from the radio.  I fired up TRX Manager and started
> tuning around.  TRX Manager worked for a minute or so then the
> Kenwood TS-570 got into a rare condition where the serial port
> hangs.  I have only seen this happen maybe a half a dozen times.
> This can only be fixed by power cycling the radio.
> Although TRX Manager can turn the radio on and off over the serial
> port, recovery from this obviously requires an independent means
> of power cycling.  I don't have this means now, so no way to
> fix remotely.  I went back to Galt and power cycled the '570
> using the front panel power switch and everything went back to normal.
>
> I will plan to add a way of power cycling the '570 and also the
> confuzer.  The confuzer can be remotely rebooted if I can
> get remote control of it in the first place, but if it is just
> out to lunch or turned off, I again need an independent means
> of power cycling.
>
> Hope to have a better remote control presentation for August.
> It will just be an overview and demo.  You can see that to cover all
> the issues in detail would require an all day workshop.
>
> Rick N6RK
>
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