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Can't get PAT to communicate with a station #pat-mail

 

I'm so frustrated I'm ready to toss all my ham gear in the trash!
Over the last couple updates, something happened with my setup and now I can't communicate with an RMS in PAT.? I get the message "contacting station" and "connected" and then the communication seems to stop.
I've reinstalled BAP multiple times
I've purchased a new signalink
I've even tried connecting on my windows laptop with no luck.
I know the Pi is functioning.? I know the signalink is functioning (I can use my mobilink for APRS and echolink with my signalink)
I'm using a Kenwood TM-G707 through the dataport.
Any suggestions???
 

What does your ARDOP logs say? Maybe some info there.


On Wed, Aug 18, 2021, 17:21 Scott <scott.stys@...> wrote:
I'm so frustrated I'm ready to toss all my ham gear in the trash!
Over the last couple updates, something happened with my setup and now I can't communicate with an RMS in PAT.? I get the message "contacting station" and "connected" and then the communication seems to stop.
I've reinstalled BAP multiple times
I've purchased a new signalink
I've even tried connecting on my windows laptop with no luck.
I know the Pi is functioning.? I know the signalink is functioning (I can use my mobilink for APRS and echolink with my signalink)
I'm using a Kenwood TM-G707 through the dataport.
Any suggestions???

 

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This does not sound like hardware to me, at least not on the surface.? A couple of things....

1.? Just to verify you are using PAT GUI?? Or the PAT Command line?
2.? Can you download from the RMS using Telnet?
3.? You are using ARDOP?
4.? If so, as Brian suggested, can you upload a log snippet of the connection and conversation from ARDOP??

Not an expert here by any stretch and it is hardware i do not use but I am happy to give it a once over.

Thanks,
Terry K4HNT




---- On Wed, 18 Aug 2021 17:33:32 -0400 Brian Dale <bdale.droid@...> wrote ----

What does your ARDOP logs say? Maybe some info there.

On Wed, Aug 18, 2021, 17:21 Scott <scott.stys@...> wrote:
I'm so frustrated I'm ready to toss all my ham gear in the trash!
Over the last couple updates, something happened with my setup and now I can't communicate with an RMS in PAT.? I get the message "contacting station" and "connected" and then the communication seems to stop.
I've reinstalled BAP multiple times
I've purchased a new signalink
I've even tried connecting on my windows laptop with no luck.
I know the Pi is functioning.? I know the signalink is functioning (I can use my mobilink for APRS and echolink with my signalink)
I'm using a Kenwood TM-G707 through the dataport.
Any suggestions???
 

This is a VHF only setup. Would there still be an is still ardop log?
 

No. Not sure about ax25 logs...there's no vhf within range here so never done it.?


On Wed, Aug 18, 2021, 20:04 Scott <scott.stys@...> wrote:
This is a VHF only setup. Would there still be an is still ardop log?
 

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upload the ax25 log anyway.? I have never used it but there may be a needle in it to find

Thanks,
Terry K4HNT




---- On Wed, 18 Aug 2021 20:10:13 -0400 Brian Dale <bdale.droid@...> wrote ----

No. Not sure about ax25 logs...there's no vhf within range here so never done it.?

On Wed, Aug 18, 2021, 20:04 Scott <scott.stys@...> wrote:
This is a VHF only setup. Would there still be an is still ardop log?
 

Since you have tried on both the pi and a windows box with no luck, it is possible that the gateway itself is experiencing issues. It's happened to me in the past.
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I had to look up TM-G707 as I had not heard of this radio. I remember Jason mentioned adding a -t -0 or -o in the dierwolf?settings. (I don't have access to that info ) . I could hear and see the tnc connect and then disconnect. It was not until I added the -o.?

I hope this helps. If not file under D for delete.

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On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 2:21 PM Scott <scott.stys@...> wrote:
I'm so frustrated I'm ready to toss all my ham gear in the trash!
Over the last couple updates, something happened with my setup and now I can't communicate with an RMS in PAT.? I get the message "contacting station" and "connected" and then the communication seems to stop.
I've reinstalled BAP multiple times
I've purchased a new signalink
I've even tried connecting on my windows laptop with no luck.
I know the Pi is functioning.? I know the signalink is functioning (I can use my mobilink for APRS and echolink with my signalink)
I'm using a Kenwood TM-G707 through the dataport.
Any suggestions???

 

I've been talking to the gateway owner and was told it's not down and no changes have been made.
 

1.? Pat GUI
2.? Yes, telnet works fine.
3.? ?AX25 only.? No ardop, no HF, just my VHF/UHF radios.
4.? I'll look for my AX25 logs.
 

other than the volume settings on the signalink, which I had pretty dialed in when everything was working, are there any volume controls in the PI that I should look at?? I don't remember having to do anything before, but just a thought.

Also, I have a new cable coming for the signalink to radio....just in case.

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Here's some info from the connection log on my windows machine.? Maybe there is something there that is helpful since I'm having the same problem on the Pi

From Soundmodem
1:Fm KG6LJY To KK6SMD-10 <SABM C P> [14:14:23T]
1:Fm KK6SMD-10 To KG6LJY <UA R F> [14:14:25R] [+++]
1:Fm N6ROE To ID <UI C Pid=F0 Len=123> [14:14:49R] [++-]
N6ROE Internet Gateway and BBS
QSO - Linked Conference Bridge
 145.050<-->223.580<-->439.025
Whittier:  33.9794N -118.0289W
1:Fm KG6LJY To KK6SMD-10 <RR C P R0> [14:14:58T]
1:Fm KK6SMD-10 To KG6LJY <RR R F R0> [14:15:00R] [+++]


This is from winlink
*** Starting to call KK6SMD-10
*** Opening KISS over TCP Host 127.0.0.1 Port 8100
*** Connecting to KK6SMD-10
*** Connected to KK6SMD-10 at 2021/08/19 21:14:25
 

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So Scott, I did find this in the winlink forums

The items these folks had were simple
1.? A potentially corrupted whitelist
2.? Email address not on the white list
3.? A forgotten forward setup in the winlink settings

I know its a long shot but thought i would put it out just in case

Thanks,
Terry K4HNT




---- On Thu, 19 Aug 2021 17:23:27 -0400 Scott <scott.stys@...> wrote ----

Here's some info from the connection log on my windows machine.? Maybe there is something there that is helpful since I'm having the same problem on the Pi

From Soundmodem
1:Fm KG6LJY To KK6SMD-10 <SABM C P> [14:14:23T]
1:Fm KK6SMD-10 To KG6LJY <UA R F> [14:14:25R] [+++]
1:Fm N6ROE To ID <UI C Pid=F0 Len=123> [14:14:49R] [++-]
N6ROE Internet Gateway and BBS
QSO - Linked Conference Bridge
 145.050<-->223.580<-->439.025
Whittier:  33.9794N -118.0289W
1:Fm KG6LJY To KK6SMD-10 <RR C P R0> [14:14:58T]
1:Fm KK6SMD-10 To KG6LJY <RR R F R0> [14:15:00R] [+++]


This is from winlink
*** Starting to call KK6SMD-10
*** Opening KISS over TCP Host 127.0.0.1 Port 8100
*** Connecting to KK6SMD-10
*** Connected to KK6SMD-10 at 2021/08/19 21:14:25
 

I'll take a look at that.? Thanks!
 

Well, the saga continues.
I was successfully able to pass P2P messages between two window machines running winlink, to signalinks to identical kenwood TM-g707's.? I was also able to pass traffic between the windows machine and the RPi running PAT in P2P

Still can't connect to ANY gateways.
 

If you can connect P2P then you should be able to connect to a gateway. Be advised that if either compose a message as a P2P message or try to connect to a gateway?as a P2P, what you are saying is happening will happen. You need to make sure the message is composed as a regular winlink message (not a P2P), and you need to make sure the connection type is for a Gateway (not P2P) when connecting to a gateway.


On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 4:51 PM Scott <scott.stys@...> wrote:
Well, the saga continues.
I was successfully able to pass P2P messages between two window machines running winlink, to signalinks to identical kenwood TM-g707's.? I was also able to pass traffic between the windows machine and the RPi running PAT in P2P

Still can't connect to ANY gateways.

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