[Skimmertalk] new aggregator

[W3OA]

CWSL_Tee works in a way that surprised me.  Here's how Petr explained it 
to me in 2014 when I was trying to get .ini rotation to work with CWSL_Tee:

    When you start the first SkimSrv, it's CWSL_Tee  becomes Master.
    When you then start the second SkimSrv, it's  CWSL_Tee becomes
    Slave. You can restart the second SkimSrv, but not  the first. Slave
    can't work without master.    So if you try to restart all "engine
    set", you must first stop the  second SkimSrv, restart the first and
    then start the second SkimSrv.

Something to keep in mind when running other programs, like HDSDR, with 
the Tee that Aggregator can't stop and start.

73 - Dick, W3OA

On 1/26/2017 7:25 AM, David Robbins wrote:
>
> Without cwsl_tee running it works now… I am sure I had tested that 
> before and it still locked up.  it wasn’t just from the aggregator 
> that locked it up, it would also lock up when using the edit settings 
> button on the rtty skimmer window.
>
> My thought was that if the aggregator shut off the rtty skimmer server 
> like it does for the cw skimmer server instead of trying to switch 
> bands on the fly that it would be safer and avoid any communications 
> problems like the cwsl_tee is apparently causing.  There really is 
> nothing gained by the rtty skimmer server on the fly switching since 
> it has to restart all the decoders for the new bands anyway.
>
> Just note, I never had hdsdr running when it was trying to change ini 
> files, I would only start that for a few minutes while I was testing 
> something then shut it off.
>
> David Robbins K1TTT
> e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
> web: http://wiki.k1ttt.net <http://wiki.k1ttt.net/>
> AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://k1ttt.net:7373
>
> *From:*W3OA [mailto:w3oa at roadrunner.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 26, 2017 11:48
> *To:* k1ttt at arrl.net; 'Pete Smith N4ZR'; skimmertalk at contesting.com
> *Subject:* Re: new aggregator
>
> Both your hardware and software configurations are unique to me.  
> Answers to the following questions may help me figure out what's going on.
>
> 1)  If you don't run HDSDR and don't use the tee will ini rotation 
> work with the the Hermes and/or Red Pitaya?
>
> 2)  If you do run HDSDR with the tee will ini rotation work with a QS1R?
>
> 73 - Dick, W3OA
>
> On 1/25/2017 4:26 PM, David Robbins wrote:
>
>     The rtty skimmer server is the primary, there is no other skimmer
>     running on that box.  I do have cwsl_tee running so I can use
>     hdsdr to look at the bands with that tool.  I have not set
>     anything on the combined skimmers, secondary skimmers, or
>     rttyskimserv tabs.
>
>     David Robbins K1TTT
>     e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
>     web: http://wiki.k1ttt.net <http://wiki.k1ttt.net/>
>     AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://k1ttt.net:7373
>
>     *From:*W3OA [mailto:w3oa at roadrunner.com]
>     *Sent:* Wednesday, January 25, 2017 20:42
>     *To:* Pete Smith N4ZR; k1ttt at arrl.net <mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net>;
>     skimmertalk at contesting.com <mailto:skimmertalk at contesting.com>
>     *Subject:* Re: new aggregator
>
>     Hi Dave -
>
>     Please tell us something about your configuration.  Is RTTY
>     SkimServ Agg's Primary Skimmer or a Secondary one?  If Secondary,
>     is it on Port 8?  Or maybe you are using the Tee and running both
>     CW and RTTY SkimServs.  If so, do you have a check in the check
>     box on Agg's RTTY SkimServ tab?
>
>     73 - Dick, W3OA
>
>     On 1/25/2017 11:18 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
>
>         Working on all of this, Dave.  Expect an announcement on the
>         new Agg (and a new 3-character prefix pattern file later
>         today.  Alex says that ini rotation "should" work with Hermes,
>         but Dick's looking into this.
>
>         73, Pete N4ZR
>
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>         On 1/24/2017 5:33 PM, David Robbins wrote:
>
>             I see there is a new version of the aggregator, any hints
>             on what has changed?
>
>             With rtty skimmer server I can not use the ini file
>             rotation stuff because it seems to hang the hermes or red
>             pitaya so the skimmer loses data.  Can we get an option to
>             do like the cw skimmer and have the aggregator stop the
>             server, change the file, then restart it?  or can I fool
>             it to do that now by telling it that it’s a cw skimmer, or
>             will that break something else??
>
>             David Robbins K1TTT
>             e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
>             web: http://wiki.k1ttt.net <http://wiki.k1ttt.net/>
>             AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://k1ttt.net:7373
>