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qmx SSB Firmware beta 1_01_004 release + WSJT-X

 

Hello ...
After installing 004, successfully, I've got 3 new com ports, 3, 9, & 10.
All of them allow CAT control of the WSJT software.
Decodes are happening and I have made a number of US and DX contacts today.
But, and there almost always is one, after about 8-10 minutes, the new com ports "go away" and WSJT stops working and wants connections repaired.
Shutting off the QMX+ and turning it back on restores the ports, for another 8-10 minutes.
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Anybody else seen this behavior after updating to 004ssb?
The radio plays nicely with WSJT for hours at a time with 003ssb.
Thanks,
Dick, K5AND
 

Same here.
 

On Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at 03:41 PM, Dick Hanson wrote:
after about 8-10 minutes, the new com ports "go away" and WSJT stops working and wants connections repaired
I have just been operating FT8 with lots of contacts on 40m for over an hour now, with no com port problems.? For the last half-hour, I also connected to the QMX terminal and started the "Input analysis" screen - so it was actively using two of the com ports with no issues.
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So I'm not seeing this behavior.?? What do you have your wsjt-x 'poll interval' set to?? Mine is at 60sec; I changed it to 5sec for the past 15 min to see if that made a difference, but so far OK, including a fun QRP contact to the VP2VI expedition, and another the opposite way to Hawaii, so QMX is doing well on 5W!.

Stan KC7XE
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Hi Dick and Richard,?

You reported COM ports got dropped in the new firmware - I have not seen any problems. But I am using Linux.?

It would be very helpful if you can provide more details. What is your OS (most important question)? But also, did you connect ONLY WSJT-X via CAT, or were you also using the other two ports for something? I ask, because quite possibly there is some kind of unwanted interaction between ports; it's quite tricky to create a multi-session system and I may have neglected something, something that doesn't provide perfect isolation between the different connections.?

73 Hans G0UPL



On Thu, Apr 24, 2025 at 9:33?AM Stan Dye via <standye=[email protected]> wrote:
On Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at 03:41 PM, Dick Hanson wrote:
after about 8-10 minutes, the new com ports "go away" and WSJT stops working and wants connections repaired
I have just been operating FT8 with lots of contacts on 40m for over an hour now, with no com port problems.? For the last half-hour, I also connected to the QMX terminal and started the "Input analysis" screen - so it was actively using two of the com ports with no issues.
?
So I'm not seeing this behavior.?? What do you have your wsjt-x 'poll interval' set to?? Mine is at 60sec; I changed it to 5sec for the past 15 min to see if that made a difference, but so far OK, including a fun QRP contact to the VP2VI expedition, and another the opposite way to Hawaii, so QMX is doing well on 5W!.

Stan KC7XE
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Good morning, Hans ¡­

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I am using Windows 11, 64 bit.

Only WSJT is connected and other two ports unused.

The system plays nicely for a short time and then drops the ports.

After turning radio off and then back on, the ports are back.

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Just to be clear, this issue is NOT present with 003 version.

73

Dick, K5AND

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Hans Summers via groups.io
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2025 1:44 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [QRPLabs] qmx SSB Firmware beta 1_01_004 release + WSJT-X

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Hi Dick and Richard,?

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You reported COM ports got dropped in the new firmware - I have not seen any problems. But I am using Linux.?


It would be very helpful if you can provide more details. What is your OS (most important question)? But also, did you connect ONLY WSJT-X via CAT, or were you also using the other two ports for something? I ask, because quite possibly there is some kind of unwanted interaction between ports; it's quite tricky to create a multi-session system and I may have neglected something, something that doesn't provide perfect isolation between the different connections.?

?

73 Hans G0UPL

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On Thu, Apr 24, 2025 at 9:33?AM Stan Dye via <standye=[email protected]> wrote:

On Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at 03:41 PM, Dick Hanson wrote:

after about 8-10 minutes, the new com ports "go away" and WSJT stops working and wants connections repaired

I have just been operating FT8 with lots of contacts on 40m for over an hour now, with no com port problems.? For the last half-hour, I also connected to the QMX terminal and started the "Input analysis" screen - so it was actively using two of the com ports with no issues.

?

So I'm not seeing this behavior.?? What do you have your wsjt-x 'poll interval' set to?? Mine is at 60sec; I changed it to 5sec for the past 15 min to see if that made a difference, but so far OK, including a fun QRP contact to the VP2VI expedition, and another the opposite way to Hawaii, so QMX is doing well on 5W!.


Stan KC7XE

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Hi Stan ¡­

I had set my polling to 10sec as Hans had suggested.

Thanks for your input.

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Dick, K5AND

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Stan Dye via groups.io
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2025 1:34 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [QRPLabs] qmx SSB Firmware beta 1_01_004 release + WSJT-X

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On Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at 03:41 PM, Dick Hanson wrote:

after about 8-10 minutes, the new com ports "go away" and WSJT stops working and wants connections repaired

I have just been operating FT8 with lots of contacts on 40m for over an hour now, with no com port problems.? For the last half-hour, I also connected to the QMX terminal and started the "Input analysis" screen - so it was actively using two of the com ports with no issues.

?

So I'm not seeing this behavior.?? What do you have your wsjt-x 'poll interval' set to?? Mine is at 60sec; I changed it to 5sec for the past 15 min to see if that made a difference, but so far OK, including a fun QRP contact to the VP2VI expedition, and another the opposite way to Hawaii, so QMX is doing well on 5W!.


Stan KC7XE

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WSJTX via cat, win 11 latest, using single or two ports (putty on 2nd cat mon) does not matter. Turned off USB power management on all "hubs" in Device manager no change. Repeatable.

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