[App_rpt-users] RTCM voter problem - try 2

Tue Apr 5 23:21:25 UTC 2016

Just clear this up for me as your wording confuses me. Is the GPS LED or
the host LED you have a problem with?

On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 4:13 PM, James Cizek <james.m.cizek at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for that note Tim.  That was suggested to me earlier as well. I
> have since changed them but it didn't make a difference.
>
> On a side note, with the RTCM as a mix client, it seemed to work just fine
> with same password for both.  I realize that seems not to be a best
> practice and have rectified that, but it did work ok!
>
> Still hoping to uncover the problem.  Just don't know where to go from
> here...
>
> James
>
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 5:10 PM, Tim Sawyer <tisawyer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The system password and the client password settings in voter.conf should
>> be different from each other. The corresponding settings in the RTCM should
>> match voter.conf.
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 11:56 AM, James Cizek <james.m.cizek at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I posted this problem many months ago and I came to the conclusion at
>>> that time that it was my 1PPS signal from the GPS into the RTCM that was
>>> the problem.  I have changed hardware now to fix that and I still have the
>>> problem so I am suspecting a config issue and hope someone will have an
>>> idea.
>>> This is on a stock DIAL box.
>>>
>>> RTCM is setup and working great as a standard node.
>>> Everything is working great on the repeater as long as RTCM is in
>>> non-voter mode.
>>>
>>> I have the chan_voter module loading in modules.conf.
>>>
>>> Here is my voter.conf:
>>>
>>> [general]
>>> port = 667
>>> buflen = 200
>>> password = blah
>>>
>>> [1115]
>>> Horsetooth = blah,transmit
>>> plfilter = y
>>> txtoctype = none
>>>
>>>
>>> I am happy to share any other config if requested.
>>>
>>> In the RTCM menus, I have a static IP, I have the voter server IP, all
>>> the approriate IP fields filled out. As mentioned, the RTCM works fine with
>>> the asterisk server when it's in non-voter mode.
>>>
>>> Here's the way I am testing:
>>> Verify RTCM menu item 10 is set to (2) None.
>>>
>>> Boot server, then boot RTCM.  RTCM console says:
>>>
>>> GPS Receiver Active, waiting for aquisition
>>> GPS signal acquired, number of satellites in view = 9
>>> 04/05/2016 17:58:17.560  Time now syncronized to GPS
>>> 04/05/2016 18:13:18.580  Host Connection established (Pri) (10.16.1.240)
>>>
>>>  I have a very nice, clean, 5Volt 1PPS signal going to pin 7 on the
>>> DB15.  Verfied with o-scope.
>>>
>>> as soon as I change menu item 10 on the RTCM to either a (1) or a (0)
>>> instead of (2),  I *instantly* get this on the RTCM console:
>>>
>>> 04/05/2016 18:44:13.660  Lost GPS Time synchronization
>>> 04/05/2016 18:44:13.660  Host Connection Lost (Pri) (10.16.1.240)
>>>
>>> and it sits there forever and never re-establishes connection to the
>>> host.
>>>
>>> Here is a snippet of the GPS output:
>>>
>>>
>>> $PFEC,GPtps,160405181603,1,0,1,150701000000,00,17,160405165607,1891,238580
>>> $GPGGA,181603,4020.9810,N,10506.4515,W,0,07,00.00,001566.7,M,-020.0,M,,
>>> $GPGSV,2,1,08,03,53,215,46,07,09,253,37,09,28,305,39,16,63,126,43
>>> $GPGSV,2,2,08,22,26,178,44,23,60,316,43,26,52,066,41,31,17,061,34
>>> $GPRMC,181603,V,4020.9810,N,10506.4515,W,,,050416,008.9,E,N*1A
>>>
>>> $PFEC,GPtps,160405181603,3,0,1,150701000000,00,17,160405165607,1891,238580
>>> $GPGGA,181604,4020.9810,N,10506.4515,W,0,03,00.00,001566.7,M,-020.0,M,,
>>> $GPRMC,181604,V,4020.9810,N,10506.4515,W,,,050416,008.9,E,N*1D
>>>
>>> $PFEC,GPtps,160405181604,3,0,1,150701000000,00,17,160405165607,1891,238581
>>> $GPGGA,181605,4020.9812,N,10506.4495,W,1,07,01.73,001573.3,M,-020.0,M,,
>>> $GPRMC,181605,A,4020.9812,N,10506.4495,W,,,050416,008.9,E,A*0F
>>>
>>> $PFEC,GPtps,160405181605,3,0,1,150701000000,00,17,160405165607,1891,238582
>>> $GPGGA,181606,4020.9812,N,10506.4494,W,1,07,01.73,001573.2,M,-020.0,M,,
>>> $GPRMC,181606,A,4020.9812,N,10506.4494,W,000.0,283.2,050416,008.9,E,A*06
>>>
>>>
>>> I am just not sure where to go from here.  I can't seem to find anyone
>>> that's had any problem like this or what might be causing it.
>>>
>>> I have tried 5 different RTCMs and 5 different GPSs from 3 different
>>> manufacturers.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions on what I might be missing?
>>>
>>> Many thanks for any help anyone can offer!
>>>
>>> James
>>> KI0KN
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> --
>> Tim
>>
>
>

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Tim
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