[WT-support] network problem

[Pete Smith]

Is RFI on the network a possibility?

73, Pete N4ZR

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On 3/22/2011 3:04 PM, Tõnno Vähk wrote:
>
> This can't be it.
>
> I had every station named from STN1 to STN5. And to my knowledge if 
> they have the same name then the network is disabled at the moment of 
> loading the log file.
>
> But in my cases there could have been hours of operation when this 
> came on and network was disabled. I was thinking that maybe two 
> stations entered QSO at the same time, thus the unique QSO indentifier 
> concept... But in times I think the RUN station was the only one 
> entering a QSO when this happened.
>
> I guess I have to do more testing...
>
> *From:*rawilson at gmail.com [mailto:rawilson at gmail.com] *On Behalf Of 
> *Bob Wilson, N6TV
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 22, 2011 7:42 PM
> *To:* support at win-test.com
> *Cc:* Tõnno Vähk
> *Subject:* Re: [WT-support] network problem
>
> This sounds almost exactly like the message you get when you have two 
> computers on the network using exactly the same station name (e.g., 
> "STN1").  Every computer on the Win-Test LAN must have a unique 
> network name.  This must be configured at the bottom of the Contest 
> Configuration Screen (shortcut text command:  REOPEN).  An easy way to 
> create this problem is to copy the active .WT4 file from one computer 
> to another without changing the station name in the file.
>
> The station recording the QSO is also in the .WT4 file.  You can dump 
> this information to a text file using the WRITELOG text command.  Just 
> check "Text File" and click the Options button.  Then select "Station 
> name" as one of the fields to be written to the text file.
>
> Remember that /every/ computer on the Win-Test LAN that is running 
> Win-Test must have a unique name, including "support" or "backup" 
> stations that are not logging any QSOs, and remote computers wired 
> through some type of private VPN.
>
> 73,
>
> Bob, N6TV
>
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 4:57 AM, Tõnno Vähk <Tonno.Vahk at gafm.ee 
> <mailto:Tonno.Vahk at gafm.ee>> wrote:
>
> We had one serious issue with WT 4.7 (XP on all 5 machines) in RDXC. 
> One station out of 5 in the network kept announcing "Bad QSO 
> identifier and network will be disabled" or similar. It was a longer 
> message and unfortunately I did not copy it. Also said something about 
> conflict with some other station I guess. This was a RUN station. So 
> we had to RELOAD some 20+ times I guess to get the network back up. 
> This has not happened before. Any reason this is happening in MS 
> configuration in MIXED mode serial number contest?
>
> Tonno
>
>
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