We have 2 identical remote rig kenwood v71 systems, ones been running without fail for 12 months the other one was only commissioned a few weeks ago, the settings are identical. One remote is on the local lan (150 mtrs apart), the other is remote on a vpn still part of the local lan (5000KM apart).
The second system worked as configured from switch on although we had some problem with the vpn dropping off for the first week but the remote 5000km away was fine. After fixing the vpn keep alive the remote unit radio appeared to have died a day later. There is nothing to indicate a problem with configs or connection. Turning the head on starts the connection, no errors, a beep from the local unit the remote rigs connect but the head never comes on. We checked the radio on a another head and it was fine, we put another radio on the remote and it powered up normally. ONCE. why it worked once for the first switch on is a mystery.
Changing the ips and pointing the 2 head ends to opposite remotes makes no difference, neither head end can turn on the problem remote.
We have checked the ttl cables between the radio and the remote rig and all check ok. We suspected a problem with the remote rig ttl comm0 interface buffer (assuming there is one without a circuit diagram available)or the rj45 socket, and the debug on the remote comm0 would show it.
This is the "turn on" debug by telnet for the remote that works.
duplex: New Audiocoding 102 (8 KHz)
duplex: New Audiocoding 102 (8 KHz)
New UDP CmdTxPort=13002
duplex: New Audiocoding 102 (8 KHz)
duplex: New Audiocoding 102 (8 KHz)
duplex: New Audiocoding 102 (8 KHz)
New UDP CmdTxPort=13002
R-> Radio ON requested
rtp enable [192.168.2.227/13001 192.168.2.227/13001]
R-> Connection established, radio ON, audioQuality=2
duplex: New Audiocoding 102 (8 KHz)
R-> Sending 'radion on' 0x30 0x31 0x0D
COM0-RX: 0d [1]
COM0-RX: 0d [1]
COM0-TX: 80 41 0d [3]
COM0-TX: bf ff ff ff 0d [5]
COM0-RX: 30 31 0d [3]
COM0-TX: c0 30 44 0d [4]
COM0-TX: c2 30 36 0d [4]
COM0-RX: 37 0d [2]
COM0-RX: 32 30 0d [3]
COM0-RX: 33 38 0d [3]
COM0-RX: 34 48 45 4c 4c 4f 20 0d [8]
COM0-RX: 37 0d [2]
COM0-TX: c0 30 44 0d [4]
COM0-TX: c1 30 30 0d [4]
COM0-TX: c2 30 36 0d [4]
COM0-TX: c3 30 30 0d [4]
COM0-RX: 40 8a 80 0d [4]
COM0-RX: 5a 20 20 33 34COM0-RX: 5a 20 20 33 34 33 32 31 35 4f 4f 84 89 81 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 0d 5b 20 20 30 52 41 4e 47 45 52 20 80 91 81 82 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 0d [56]
30 30 0d [61]..................................................
This is the one that does not work.
duplex: New Audiocoding 102 (8 KHz)
duplex: New Audiocoding 102 (8 KHz)
New UDP CmdTxPort=13002
duplex: New Audiocoding 102 (8 KHz)
duplex: New Audiocoding 102 (8 KHz)
duplex: New Audiocoding 102 (8 KHz)
New UDP CmdTxPort=13002
R-> Radio ON requested
rtp enable [192.168.2.226/13001 192.168.2.226/13001]
R-> Connection established, radio ON, audioQuality=2
duplex: New Audiocoding 102 (8 KHz)
R-> Sending 'radion on' 0x30 0x31 0x0D
COM0-RX: 0d [1]
COM0-RX: 0d [1]
COM0-TX: 0d [1]
COM0-TX: 80 43 0d [3]
COM0-TX: 80 43 0d [3]
COM0-RX: 0d [1]
COM0-RX: 0d [1]
COM0-TX: 80 43 0d [3]
COM0-TX: ff 0d [2]
COM0-RX: 0d [1]
COM0-RX: 0d [1]
COM0-TX: 80 43 0d [3]
COM0-TX: 80 43 0d [3]
COM0-RX: 0d [1]
COM0-RX: 0d [1]
SO from this the good radio is sent COM0-TX: 80 41 0d [3] and COM0-TX: bf ff ff ff 0d [5] and responds with COM0-RX: 30 31 0d [3]. the bad one is sent COM0-TX: 80 43 0d [3] and COM0-TX: ff 0d [2]then responds with COM0-RX: 0d [1]. In fact it seems to be just sending 0d's.
The line COM0-RX: 34 48 45 4c 4c 4f 20 0d [8] is the HELLO which appears at switch on.
Assuming the 0d is an EOL as normal, it seems the radio is actually sending them. Or is the remote rig expecting a time constrained response and creating the empty string in debug. Considering the radio works on a head directly, both ttl cables we made measure out ok, is it fair to say the ttl out to the radio is not working ether component, socket or dry joint?
This is the remote status and config dump after restarting both units, and pressing the head on button.
Info
Name Value
Company Microbit
Product 1258
PID 4
Version 7
HW 8
Software 2.80
Bootloader 1.10
Compiler 4.6.2
Build Aug 14 2014 10:31:10
ROM/RAM 460316/41904
ETH-RAM 2944 (max 3kB)
USB-RAM 15348 (max 16kB)
Battery-RAM 4
ResetSrc 0 [3]
Last WD Reset 10
Uptime 0 Days, 1 Hours, 17 Mins, 4 Secs
Serial number 6684
MAC address 00:1e:fd:01:90:bc
IP address 192.168.140.160
Netmask 255.255.255.0
Gateway 192.168.140.1
DNS 192.168.140.1
Wi-Fi network module not present
Settings
Unit ID (Banner) Seaton radio
DHCP 0
IP 192.168.140.160
Netmask 255.255.255.0
Gateway 192.168.140.1
Dns server 192.168.140.1
Eth-type 5
IP-interface 0
Web page user
Web page pwd
Web page user(saving)
Web page pwd(saving)
Program mode 5
Control panel 0
Sip password xxxxx
Sip contact
Auto connect 0
Audio quality 2
Audio dual-rx 0
Codec out gain 255
Codec inp gain 0
Codec inp HPF Hz 3
Codec inp preamp 1
Codec inp attenuation 0
COM0 baudrate 57600
COM0 data bits 8
COM0 stop bits 1
COM0 parity 0
COM0 Program mode 3 char timeout 2
Use USB Com Port as COM0 0
COM1 mode 0
COM1 baudrate 9600
COM1 data bits 8
COM1 stop bits 1
COM1 parity 0
COM1 rts/cts 0
COM1 terminator (hex) 00
Use USB Com Port as COM1 0
COM2 mode 0
COM2 baudrate 9600
COM2 data bits 8
COM2 stop bits 1
COM2 parity 0
COM2 terminator (hex) 00
Use USB Com Port as COM2 0
COM3 mode (USB-COMFSK) 10
UDP cmd port 13002
UDP audio port 13001
SIP port 13000
Web server port 80
Telnet server port 23
Rx jitter buffer size 4
Rx jitter delay 3
Audio packet size (ms) 20
RTP tx mode 0
Disable audio tones 0
Audio tones -db [70-0] 30
IP identification (morse) 0
Full duplex 0
PTT-off mute delay 0
IP Type-of-Service (dec) 0
Yaesu power-on/off 0
UDP antenna-switch port 13010
UDP cmd min-data-size 0
Check interval 0
DDNS Host name 0
Own host name
Username
Password
Enable 0
Speed wpm [0/10-40] 0
Iambic 1
Paddle reverse 0
Weight [25-40] 30
Side tone hz [0,300-1500] 800
Side tone -db [50-0] 20
Lf delay ms [0-500] 0
Key delay ms [0-250] 50
PTT activated by Keyer 0
PTT tail delay ms [0-999] 0
Speed pot min wpm [5-99] 10
Speed pot max wpm [5-99] 40
IN0 mode 0
OUT0 mode 0
OUT0 mode 0
OUT1 mode 0
OUT1 mode 0
OUT2 mode 1
OUT2 mode 1
USB RTS as PTT 0
USB DTR as CW 0
Enable ping watchdog 0
IP address to ping
Ping interval (seconds) 300
Startup delay (seconds) 300
Failure count to reboot 3
1: Name (SSID)
1: Password (PSK)
2: Name (SSID)
2: Password (PSK)
3: Name (SSID)
3: Password (PSK)
4: Name (SSID)
4: Password (PSK)
5: Name (SSID)
5: Password (PSK)
6: Name (SSID)
6: Password (PSK)
7: Name (SSID)
7: Password (PSK)
8: Name (SSID)
8: Password (PSK)
Status
Name Value
Radio ON
Connection status OK
SIP status Connected/transfering
Last SIP error None
RTP status Excellent(59)
UDP cmd status OK(44)
SIP command timeout 0
Rx Jitter buffer size 4
Rx Jitter delay 3
Dual Rx 0
Current audio packet size 20
Current audio quality 2 - Linear 16 bits 8 kHz
SIP Out port 13000
SIP In port 13000
Audio Out port 13001
Audio In port 13001
Command Out port 13002
Command In port 13002
External SIP In port 13000
External Audio In port 13001
External Cmd In port 13002
Other party 192.168.2.226
Input 1 High
Input 2 High
Output 0 Low
Output 1 Low
Output 2 Low
Dynamic DNS status Unknown
Ping status (watchdog) Off
DNS status OK, remoterig.com = 193.202.110.185
Active profile: Default
PTT status: OFF
Antenna-Switch (IP) not connected
If any one can help shed some light on the debug result it would be great as I have to figure the next step. Probably sent it to their dealer in Australia who sourced the remote rig. He might be sympathetic, i plan on getting a couple more.
harry
