Hello Steve, This article from the FlexRadio Knowledge Base explains where to post feature requests: http://kb.flex-radio.com/article.aspx?id=10069
73, Dale WA8SRA Steve Floyd wrote: > Looks so far like there is no PTT time-out-timer function in the PowerSDR > software. > > The PTT "hang" problem is always a sudden loss of Internet connectivity when > transmitting (operating PowerSDR remotely) through the wifi systems provided > in the business class hotels. Never had a PC or software failure in 3 years > of a TS-480 Internet remote op's. All of my equipment at home, including the > PC, radio, and the router and cable modem are on excellent UPS systems that > work great. > > Before the Flex radio I used a Kenwood TS-480SAT and the free (and > excellent!) Kenwood remote control software for Internet remote op's. The > Kenwood software does have a PTT Time-Out-Timer function that I set for 3 > minutes and it worked just great, and even kept long winded transmissions to > 3 min! > > How can I request that a PTT Time-Out-Timer function be added into an > appropriate area of PowerSDR?? My request would be for this function to be > enabled/disabled and a settable timer length of 1 to 10 minutes. This > feature would assist normal station operations (if desired) and of course > prevent a PTT "hang" situation when Internet connectivity is lost from a > remote situation as I have described. What is the procedure to request this > feature addition to PowerSDR?? > > Thanks All, > Steve > W4YHD > > --- On Thu, 7/17/08, Tom Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know, Jim. With the SDR-1000, the computer shuts down and does > a reboot, and I've been able to recover the hung PTT. When PowerSDR > comes back, you can either take it out of transmit or kill the > application. If the PTT is still activated, I guess you need a hardware > watchdog. In my homebrew telephone remote of my TS-450, the hangup > signal does a hardware reset and turns everything off including the AC > to the power supply. > > Tom > > > Jim Lux wrote: > > >> At 04:23 PM 7/17/2008, Tom Thompson wrote: >> >> >>> There is a freeware program that will do a timed shutdown. I have it >>> restart my computer. You can set an alarm before the time out pereiod >>> is up. When the alarm goes, abort and restart the application. I >>> > have > >>> used it when running remote. It can be found at >>> http://www.snapfiles.com/get/tshutdown.html >>> >>> Tom W0IVJ >>> >>> >> But, would this work if you get a BSOD, and the PTT is asserted? On >> the SDR1K, the PTT line comes from the printer port, and short of a >> hardware reset, it won't be deasserted. On the F5K, there may be an >> internal watchdog, since the PTT is handled by midi messages, and it >> would be straightforward for the firmware in the F5K to automatically >> generate the NOTE OFF message. >> >> Yes, if the computer freezes, you probably aren't getting any audio >> out, especially if the firewire stops, so you'll just be transmitting >> the leakage through the QSE, which is about 20-30dB down from full >> power. The SDR1K is AC coupled on the audio path, but if the F5K is >> DC coupled from DAC to QSE, the DAC could freeze at full scale, and >> you'd get a fair amount of power out at the DDS output frequency. >> >> Anyway.. it depends on how you want to manage the failure modes. The >> FCC rules allow a fair amount of latitude here.. It could be >> reasonable if you had to jump in your car and drive to the transmitter >> site. However, if your Tx is in New York, and you're operating from a >> > > >> hotel room in Los Angeles, that might not hack it. >> >> If you're radiating any significant power, and there's a human >> > safety > >> issue from the EM fields, then you've got a whole 'nother set of >> issues to deal with. (i.e. you have to deal with the possibility that >> someone is in an area where they shouldn't be.. just because >> > they're > >> trespassing and hopped the fence around the antenna doesn't mean that >> you can expose them to an unsafe level.) >> >> Back in the day, we used to use things like BSR X-10 phone responders >> to operate a master power switch for a remote computer site. You'd >> call the number, enter the magic code, and the power would be shut off. >> >> Jim, W6RMK >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flex-radio.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ > Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: > http://www.flex-radio.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/
