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Re: Hotspot Mode Fails 3/15/2020 Firmware and new Loader
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 7:12 am
by F1CXG
Hi Daniel, with the last "pistar" update the GD77 hotspot often lost connection with the GD77 (the GD77 returned to its standard state).
I loaded your version of 29 and everything returned to normal ...
The hot spot is currently running with 1W of output power to test with more disturbance and it works well.
Re: Hotspot Mode Fails 3/15/2020 Firmware and new Loader
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 7:24 am
by F1RMB
Hi Thierry,
F1CXG wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 7:12 am
Hi Daniel, with the last "pistar" update the GD77 hotspot often lost connection with the GD77 (the GD77 returned to its standard state).
I loaded your version of 29 and everything returned to normal ...
The hot spot is currently running with 1W of output power to test with more disturbance and it works well.
Okay... About the "
version of 29", the version of what ?
About my fork, it uses the very last version of MMDVMHost, and one of the last merged PR was about termios (serial related). Hmmm, I should investigate this (I don't have any problem here, running HS v0.1.1).
Cheers.
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Daniel
Re: Hotspot Mode Fails 3/15/2020 Firmware and new Loader
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 7:46 am
by F1RMB
Okay, Marc, Thierry,
The same thing happens here. Why I didn't noticed is because my backlight is always off on my hotspot, and the current channel is the one of my hotspot, so with identical frequencies.
I will recompile MMDVMHost without the termios modification, just to be sure it's related to this latest change. Once it's confirmed, I will submit something to the G4KLX.
@Thierry, are you running the 4.1.0 fork ? I will just rebuilt for that one now, as it takes quite some time to compile on a Pi Zero.
Cheers.
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Daniel
Re: Hotspot Mode Fails 3/15/2020 Firmware and new Loader
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 8:24 am
by F1CXG
Pistar version displayed:
Pi-Star: 4.0.0-RC10 / Console: 20200317-f1rmb
Hotspot version:
OpenGD77:V 0.1.2
The hotspot crashed after 2:30 hours of operation: WiFi connection lost with the box ...
I restarted with the log on the way ....
Re: Hotspot Mode Fails 3/15/2020 Firmware and new Loader
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 8:38 am
by F1RMB
Okay, reverting the termios change doesn't fix this.
I will investigate what is causing this, it's something that changed between Jan 12 and now in one of the digital related software.
Cheers.
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Daniel
Re: Hotspot Mode Fails 3/15/2020 Firmware and new Loader
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 8:39 am
by F1RMB
F1RMB wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 8:38 am
Okay, reverting the termios change doesn't fix this.
I will investigate what is causing this, it's something that changed between Jan 12 and now in one of the digital related software, or in the hotspot code.
Cheers.
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Daniel
Re: Hotspot Mode Fails 3/15/2020 Firmware and new Loader
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 8:53 am
by F1RMB
F1CXG wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 8:24 am
Pistar version displayed:
Pi-Star: 4.0.0-RC10 / Console: 20200317-f1rmb
Hotspot version:
OpenGD77:V 0.1.2
The hotspot crashed after 2:30 hours of operation: WiFi connection lost with the box ...
I restarted with the log on the way ....
Okay Thierry.
BTW, you're using a Pi-Star which has been dropped long ago (and can cause some problems with current binaries). Please update to 4.1.x, or switch back to 3.4.x (yeah, you need to flash your SDCard for that. Make a backup first, you can restore it and have your hotspot up and running in a minute).
Cheers.
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Daniel
Re: Hotspot Mode Fails 3/15/2020 Firmware and new Loader
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 9:47 am
by F1CXG
i'm back with "Pi-Star:4.1.0-RMB / Console: 20200317-f1rmb"
Re: Hotspot Mode Fails 3/15/2020 Firmware and new Loader
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 9:54 am
by F1RMB
F1CXG wrote: ↑Mon Mar 30, 2020 9:47 am
i'm back with "Pi-Star:4.1.0-RMB / Console: 20200317-f1rmb"
Re: Hotspot Mode Fails 3/15/2020 Firmware and new Loader
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 5:04 pm
by kd2lh
Hi Daniel,
I've loaded the test firmware, and it does successfully bypass this problem.
Should I do more testing to try and determine if the behavior is related to a setting? (Perhaps CAST?)
The radio still goes into hotspot mode, drops out of hotspot mode for several seconds and then returns to hotspot mode. Now it has the correct hotspot frequency active.
Thanks,
Marc KD2LH