[WT-support] Problem with wtDxTelnet V2.0

Sun Nov 5 10:18:59 CET 2006

We also had problems. 7 laptops linked to a netgear wireless router, 6 for
radio positions and 1 support laptop with wtDXTelnet running and gprs card
connected to a dxspider cluster. At several times during the contest I tried
Alt+T and entered 'sh/dx on 10m' or similar, with no response from the
cluster. In all occasions I went over to the support laptop and typed the
same command and got a response. Inbound spots worked seamlessly for the
whole contest. I assumed at the time that we should have given all laptops
internet access and had 7 separate cluster connections.
This was the first time we have used wintest in CQWW ssb and we all felt it
was a definite improvement over CT (no contest!). We had some RFI problems
with 2 laptops locking up simultaneously once during the contest and on
another occasion the bandmap going berserk on TX but returning to normal on
RX. These problems were cured by attaching snap-on filters to the
mouse/keyboard/cat control cables.

TNX for WinTest!

Doug GM0ELP

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Duffy K3LR" <k3lr at k3lr.com>
To: <support at win-test.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 1:18 AM
Subject: Re: [WT-support] Problem with wtDxTelnet V2.0

> Not only were OUTBOUND spots from WT ALT-F3 not going out, no other
requests to
> the DX cluster were going out from any of the 11 stations on the network.
>
> We like to help other DX cluster users during the contest by spotting DX,
so
> this issue caused a significant reduction in K3LR DX spots.
>
> The Cable modem connection at K3LR has lots of bandwidth and is super
fast. It
> is not sharing bandwidth with any other PC systems. Contesting only!
>
> I'd like to hear from other multi ops that had no problems with OUTBOUND
> spotting. Maybe there is a setting we are missing? But why does it work
for some
> time and then stop? Then we must reboot wtDXTelnet to make it work again.
We
> rebooted wtDXTelnet about 30 times during the weekend.
>
> I am scared for CQWW CW as W9ZRX will not be with us to troubleshoot any
> problems.
>
> 73,
> Tim K3LR
>
> Dave Zeph wrote:
>
> > The Internet Connection is High Speed Cable.  Tim's Cable Company offers
> > Service Plans at three different bandwidths and Tim has the higher.
> >
> > Per my previous message, the Router is a Linksys RV-042 - a higher
quality
> > Router than their BEFSR/BEFSX Series and packaged in a metal case.
> >
> > We never looked for the problem before.  The first time I detected the
> > problem was when we were trying to use the Spot Sucker.  That's when I
> > abandoned the Spot Sucker and instead ran wtDxTelnet on our "Hot Spare."
We
> > did not test for this before when we were setting up the PC's, or the
day
> > before the Contest when I was updating the software.
> >
> > Previously all we checked was to see if the Spots were coming in and
> > populating the BandMap.  The only test of the OUTBOUND Capability was to
see
> > if it worked after bringing up the LAN.  I never considered needing to
check
> > wtDxTelnet CONTINUOUSLY to see if it only worked one direction.
> >
> > As far as duplicating the problem, the SAME problem occurred on two
vastly
> > different PC's - first the 1Ghz Pentium-III Win-Test Status PC & Spot
> > Sucker, and later on the 160 Multiplier PC - an AMD 64 4000+.  The q160
> > Multiplier PC is a "hot spare" - it is not connected to any radio
equipment.
> >
> > The problem started before the Contest, and every several hours someone
> > would try to send a SPOT and notice wtDxTelnet OUTBOUND was down.  Then
I
> > would LOGOFF the CONTEST_USER, and then LOG BACK INTO this account to
> > restart Win-Test and let Win-Test Auto-Start wtDXTelnet.
> >
> > 73 ---> Dave, W9ZRX
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: support-bounces at win-test.com [mailto:support-bounces at win-test.com]
On
> > Behalf Of Olivier F5MZN
> > Sent: Saturday, 04 November, 2006 04:10
> > To: support at win-test.com
> > Subject: Re: [WT-support] Problem with wtDxTelnet V2.0
> >
> > Ciao Alessio,
> >
> > >> This happened at random intervals .. perhaps every couple of hours?
> > >> It's impossible to give an exact interval because the problem would
> > >> only be discovered when one of the op's tried to send a Spot and
> > >> HAPPENED to note that it hadn't been added to the BandMap, or didn't
> > >> show up in the ALT-O display. Not everyone had the Packet Window open
> > >> or was looking for the problem.
> > >>
> > >> 73 -à Dave, W9ZRX
> > >>
> > > Thanks Dave, you reminded me that also this issue occurred at IO4T.
> > >
> > > Just to give some other infos to our guys: over here it _never_ worked
> > > during the contest, that's why I nocided that it seemed uncorrelated
to
> > > gestures or PCs.
> >
> > Do you meen that you never get the cluster working during the contest,
> > Alessio??
> >
> > BTW, Dave, what kind of connection do you have at K3LR? Is it a DSL one?
> > Have you got a computer acting as a router or is it a dedicated box? Are
> > you able to repeat the problem at any time, or only when you are
> > battling in a contest?
> >
> > 73 de Olivier / f5mzn
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