[App_rpt-users] Loosing TX

[Bob Roszkowski]

Hello,

In my case, the URI never seems to go dead.  I have seen that before but
the URI is able to receive audio.  After a few seconds, the red LED goes
out.  When the user unkeys, the repeater is able to TX again.

I had a problem with a PC that was acting up one time.  I needed to power
cycle the machine to get it to work properly.  My fix was to set a cron job
to power off the PC at 3:59am.  I set the BIOS to power on automatically
when power is restored (eliminating the need to press the power button when
power is applied).  I put a Raspberry Pi at the site with a relay
interface.  Made a script to ping the AllStar Box, if there was no reply,
it would cycle the relay off for 30 seconds, then back on.  If there was a
reply, it would wait 5 min and try once more.  Not the best way to resolve
the issue, but it was a way around it.  lol

With the Raspberry Pi in the cabinet, I had the ability to switch on and
off anything I wanted via relay.  I just needed to add more relays.  I had
SSH access to both boxes.  I also planned to put a DTMF decoder on the RX
of the repeater so I could hard boot the whole system if needed via RF.
Just didn't have time.  ;)



boB - W5EVH

On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 7:22 AM, REDBUTTON_CTRL <jrorke at cogeco.ca> wrote:

> I have had a couple of PC do this. The URI appears to be dead until you
> unplug and plug it in again then it comes back to life... until the next
> time it dies.
>
> Unfortunately that node is 2 hours away so I have to login remotely and
> reboot the box. This was happening almost daily. so we tried moving that
> URI cable to an other usb port on the PC and ran the radio tune save
> command.
>
> This may not be THE fix but it hasnt died yet and its been a month.
>
> YMMV.
> RQ
>
>
> On 2/8/2014 8:39 PM, Geoff wrote:
>
>>
>> On 02/07/2014 03:22 PM, Bob Roszkowski wrote:
>>
>>> Group,
>>>
>>> I have a site that is acting strange.  I have a server with a VHF(Mastr
>>> II) and UHF(TKR-850) repeater, each with a URI.  Both repeaters are linked
>>> together locally.  I noticed while someone is using the machine, the TX
>>> will just stop while they are talking.  If I switch to the other repeater,
>>> the TX is working fine.  The URIs Red LED goes out.  This happens to both
>>> machines.   I have swapped and changed URIs and cables with no change.  Any
>>> ideas?
>>>
>>
>> I've had that here before too, Bob.  Usually it takes a hard-boot (pull
>> the power till the caps discharge) to clear whatever issue occurs on the
>> USB buss.
>>
>> Typically, it happens after I'm on HF (Ts-2000) with the Amp (TL-922A)
>> but barefoot, I don't have an issue.  Even if I'm not on HF, this happens
>> about once every 5 days, or so.
>>
>> Machine is a Dell SCR Poweredge 4500, Motorola R-100 and TM-V7A on 2m
>> simplex.
>>
>> 73 = Best Regards,
>> -Geoff/W5OMR
>>
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