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Re: VARA Error & Port stays attached


 

Thanks John. So far is has not happened again, but if/when it does, I'll check the TNC state.

73,
Lee K5DAT

On Sat, Oct 19, 2024 at 1:57?PM John G8BPQ via <john.wiseman=[email protected]> wrote:
This is rather odd. CLEANTXBUFFER should only be sent when a session times out and this is happening within a second of the connect attempt. I suppose it is possible that the CLEANTXBUFFER is from a previous session, but it is still odd. I'll see if I can work out what could be happening.

When this happens what does the TNC state show in the VARA driver window?

73,
John

On 19/10/2024 15:25, Lee Bengston wrote:
Greetings.

I've been finding the radio stuck on the same frequency lately. It's always the VARA port that is considered to be still in use.? It happened again this morning, and below is what's in the BBS log.? The radio is a Yaesu FTdx10.

241019 13:34:19 |N3MEL ? ? Connecting to BBS N3MEL
241019 13:34:19 <N3MEL ? ? *** CONNECTED
241019 13:34:19 ?N3MEL ? ? Script MSGTYPES PTBR
241019 13:34:19 >N3MEL ? ? ATT 7
241019 13:34:19 <N3MEL ? ? SHAWNO:K5DAT-7} Ok
241019 13:34:19 >N3MEL ? ? BW500
241019 13:34:20 <N3MEL ? ? VARA} OK
241019 13:34:20 >N3MEL ? ? RADIO 14.1065 USB
241019 13:34:20 <N3MEL ? ? Mode and Frequency Set OK
241019 13:34:20 >N3MEL ? ? C N3MEL-2
241019 13:34:21 <N3MEL ? ? VARA} CLEANTXBUFFER BUFFEREMPTY
241019 13:35:06 <N3MEL ? ? VARA} Failure with K5DAT-1 N3MEL--
241019 13:35:06 |N3MEL ? ? N3MEL Disconnected

Subsequent attempts to forward via VARA fail because the port is not released.

241019 13:36:56 |N9LYA ? ? Connecting to BBS N9LYA
241019 13:36:56 <N9LYA ? ? *** CONNECTED
241019 13:36:56 ?N9LYA ? ? Script MSGTYPES PTBR
241019 13:36:56 >N9LYA ? ? ATT 7
241019 13:36:56 <N9LYA ? ? SHAWNO:K5DAT-7} Error - Port in use

241019 13:47:00 |K7EK ? ? ?Connecting to BBS K7EK
241019 13:47:00 <K7EK ? ? ?*** CONNECTED
241019 13:47:00 ?K7EK ? ? ?Script MSGTYPES PTBR
241019 13:47:00 >K7EK ? ? ?ATT 7
241019 13:47:00 <K7EK ? ? ?SHAWNO:K5DAT-7} Error - Port in use
241019 13:47:00 |K7EK ? ? ?K7EK Disconnected

Searching through the log for " CLEANTXBUFFER BUFFEREMPTY", found an older instance where the same thing happened.

241019 02:04:54 |W7EES ? ? Connecting to BBS W7EES
241019 02:04:54 <W7EES ? ? *** CONNECTED
241019 02:04:54 >W7EES ? ? ATT 7
241019 02:04:54 <W7EES ? ? SHAWNO:K5DAT-7} Ok
241019 02:04:54 >W7EES ? ? BW2300
241019 02:04:55 <W7EES ? ? VARA} OK
241019 02:04:55 >W7EES ? ? RADIO 7.100 USB
241019 02:04:55 <W7EES ? ? Mode and Frequency Set OK
241019 02:04:55 >W7EES ? ? C W7EES
241019 02:04:56 <W7EES ? ? VARA} CLEANTXBUFFER BUFFEREMPTY
241019 02:05:06 <W7EES ? ? Sorry, Can't Connect - Channel is busy
241019 02:05:06 |W7EES ? ? W7EES Disconnected

Sure enough, the next attempt to use VARA port 7 (14 minutes later) failed:

241019 02:19:19 |K1AJD ? ? Connecting to BBS K1AJD
241019 02:19:20 <K1AJD ? ? *** CONNECTED
241019 02:19:20 ?K1AJD ? ? Script MSGTYPES PTBR
241019 02:19:20 >K1AJD ? ? ATT 7
241019 02:19:20 <K1AJD ? ? SHAWNO:K5DAT-7} Error - Port in use
241019 02:19:20 |K1AJD ? ? K1AJD Disconnected

This looks like it's at least partially a VARA issue, but it seems BPQ should still de-attach the port.

73,
Lee K5DAT

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