I have a little more info on this. I found the D-RATS repeater's log file (C:\D-RATS\repeater.log). This is what happens when I add AGWPE to the repeater app.

C:\Program Files\D-RATS\library.zip\d_rats\config.py:224: GtkW
ton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecat Changed to Serial Changed to AGWPE Repeater id is Pld-ARES Socket gwinnettares.dyndns.org 9000 () Host does not require authentication
Serial: COM42 9600
Software XON/XOFF control initialized
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "d-rats_repeater", line 737, in button_on
File "d-rats_repeater", line 407, in add_outgoing_paths
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: ''
Stopping



If I remove the AGWPE definition and restart the app this does not happen. Possible bug? I'm running D-RATS daily-02232012.

For N3TSZ, many thanks Pat. I had to search how to change the COM port
from 11 to 3 but was able to do so. And I found a setting for the ID-31A
under Function that is called Data Speed. The manual says for low-speed
data transmission it should be 4800 but for connected external devices
(e.g. GPS), it should be 9600. The default is 9600! So after setting 4800
and COM 3, we were successfully able to transmit low-speed data emails 100%
through two different repeaters (W5SF and W5MPZ).

Do you know if we can also use a linked reflector?

And thanks again, you helped us make another step forward in using D-RATS
together with D-STAR as a valuable EMCOMM tool.

73 de N4VIP, Don


On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 5:29 PM, n3tsz <n3tsz@...> wrote:

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Try setting warmup timeout to zero and warmup blocks to 16. This prefixes
empty data blocks to the D-RATS data, thus giving the repeater/gateway time
to open a path before the real data starts.

Also consider that the low speed data portion of the D-STAR stream does
not have forward error correction as the voice segment does. If you are
hearing R2D2, (it sounds like Cousin Itt to me) you may not have a good
enough signal into the repeater for a reliable connection.

If your radio transmits when you press send, you have it set right.

If you are using a USB data cable, try going to the device manager and
changing the port number to 4 or lower if possible. I have also heard that
manually entering the com port number rather than selecting it from the
list will cure the issue.

Hope this helps,
Patrick
(N3TSZ)


--- In d-rats_group@..., Donald Hinsman <dhinsman@> wrote:

Pat, what would be the setting on a 31A? DV Data TX? Mine is set to
auto.

I am having problems using a repeater to send low-speed data. If w use
simplex (N5BGC and N4VIP) then we have 100% success with the Test
Connectivity. However, if we go to a repeater (W5SF), then 0%. N5BGC has
a signal analyzer and can see the signals going into the repeater but

R2D2

coming out?


On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 5:20 PM, n3tsz <n3tsz@> wrote:

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My IC-91AD lets me select one of five TX messages, or none/off. I guess
the 2820 is the same. The TX message uses the same data frames as low

speed

data, so sending a TX message from your radio and transferring data

from

the serial port uses more data frames per transmission and therefore

takes

longer. With a transfer rate of 900 bps, every little bit helps.


--- In d-rats_group@..., "spikels6" <spikels6@> wrote:

On the File " Using_D-RATS_with_your_D-STAR_radio.pdf ", what is

meant

by the "Turn off the TX message on your DSTAR radio as it uses

bandwidth

that could be used to transmit DRATS

data."

Do I select a line with nothing in it, or is there an on/off switch

somewhere in the IC-2820's Menu? I am trying to send email via the

radio RF.

Spike

--
73 de N4VIP (SFARES EC, SANTA FE AND SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES DEC), Don

--
73 de N4VIP (SFARES EC, SANTA FE AND SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES DEC), Don

Pat, what would be the setting on a 31A? DV Data TX? Mine is set to
auto.

I am having problems using a repeater to send low-speed data. If w use
simplex (N5BGC and N4VIP) then we have 100% success with the Test
Connectivity. However, if we go to a repeater (W5SF), then 0%. N5BGC has
a signal analyzer and can see the signals going into the repeater but R2D2
coming out?


On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 5:20 PM, n3tsz <n3tsz@...> wrote:

**


My IC-91AD lets me select one of five TX messages, or none/off. I guess
the 2820 is the same. The TX message uses the same data frames as low speed
data, so sending a TX message from your radio and transferring data from
the serial port uses more data frames per transmission and therefore takes
longer. With a transfer rate of 900 bps, every little bit helps.


--- In d-rats_group@..., "spikels6" <spikels6@> wrote:

On the File " Using_D-RATS_with_your_D-STAR_radio.pdf ", what is meant

by the "Turn off the TX message on your DSTAR radio as it uses bandwidth
that could be used to transmit DRATS

data."

Do I select a line with nothing in it, or is there an on/off switch

somewhere in the IC-2820's Menu? I am trying to send email via the radio RF.

Spike

--
73 de N4VIP (SFARES EC, SANTA FE AND SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES DEC), Don

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My IC-91AD lets me select one of five TX messages, or none/off. I guess the 2820 is the same. The TX message uses the same data frames as low speed data, so sending a TX message from your radio and transferring data from the serial port uses more data frames per transmission and therefore takes longer. With a transfer rate of 900 bps, every little bit helps.

--- In d-rats_group@..., "spikels6" wrote:
>
> On the File " Using_D-RATS_with_your_D-STAR_radio.pdf ", what is meant by the "Turn off the TX message on your DSTAR radio as it uses bandwidth that could be used to transmit DRATS
> data."
>
> Do I select a line with nothing in it, or is there an on/off switch somewhere in the IC-2820's Menu? I am trying to send email via the radio RF.
>
> Spike
>

On the File " Using_D-RATS_with_your_D-STAR_radio.pdf ", what is meant by the "Turn off the TX message on your DSTAR radio as it uses bandwidth that could be used to transmit DRATS
data."

Do I select a line with nothing in it, or is there an on/off switch somewhere in the IC-2820's Menu? I am trying to send email via the radio RF.

Spike

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lzhuf_1.exe can be found in the file section of this group.

--- In d-rats_group@..., Donald Hinsman wrote:
>
> No, it means you need the 64 bit version of lzhuf_1.exe.
>
> 73 de N4VIP, Don
>
> I can't send an EXE through gmail. Perhaps someone else can provide the 64
> bit version.
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 12:00 PM, spikels6 wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > In the TO box I put WL2K:, then in the subject line I put
> > WL2K//Test via Telnet. After putting the email into the Outbox, I .
> > clicked the Send/Receive, Outbox to Send the email.
> >
> > It returned an error box of "Unsupported 16-Bit Application:
> > The program or feature "\??\C:\Program Files
> > (x86)\D-RATS\libexec\LZHUF_1.EXE" cannot start or run due to
> > incompatibility with 64-bit versions of Windows. Please contact the
> > software vendor to ask if a 64-bit Windows compatible version is available.
> >
> > Does this mean Windows 7 won't work?
> >
> > Spike
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> 73 de N4VIP (SFARES EC, SANTA FE AND SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES DEC), Don
>

No, it means you need the 64 bit version of lzhuf_1.exe.

73 de N4VIP, Don

I can't send an EXE through gmail. Perhaps someone else can provide the 64
bit version.


On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 12:00 PM, spikels6 <spikels6@...> wrote:

**


In the TO box I put WL2K:<callsigh>, then in the subject line I put
WL2K//Test via Telnet. After putting the email into the Outbox, I .
clicked the Send/Receive, Outbox to Send the email.

It returned an error box of "Unsupported 16-Bit Application:
The program or feature "&#92;??&#92;C:&#92;Program Files
(x86)&#92;D-RATS&#92;libexec&#92;LZHUF_1.EXE" cannot start or run due to
incompatibility with 64-bit versions of Windows. Please contact the
software vendor to ask if a 64-bit Windows compatible version is available.

Does this mean Windows 7 won't work?

Spike

--
73 de N4VIP (SFARES EC, SANTA FE AND SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES DEC), Don

In the TO box I put WL2K:<callsigh>, then in the subject line I put WL2K//Test via Telnet. After putting the email into the Outbox, I .
clicked the Send/Receive, Outbox to Send the email.

It returned an error box of "Unsupported 16-Bit Application:
The program or feature "&#92;??&#92;C:&#92;Program Files (x86)&#92;D-RATS&#92;libexec&#92;LZHUF_1.EXE" cannot start or run due to incompatibility with 64-bit versions of Windows. Please contact the software vendor to ask if a 64-bit Windows compatible version is available.

Does this mean Windows 7 won't work?

Spike

I posted this originally on the D-STAR group, and I'm moving it here to what seems like a more appropriate place. Sorry for the cross post.

I've got a ratflector set up on PC on my LAN, and have been playing around trying to learn more about D-RATS. The setup is as follows. PC #1 runs D-RATS with either an RF connection to the ratflector over my 92AD or a network connection. PC#2 is running the D-RATS repeater app and D-RATS. It is connected via RF and/or network. PC#2 has a check by "Connected to Internet".

SMTP turned off on PC#1. SMTP is set up correctly on PC#2 and it is set to forward messages. I am 100% confident that the SMTP server settings are correct, and I can connect to the SMTP server from this PC. I've confirmed that. I have an Email Access rule in place for my email and call sign.

I can connect from PC#1 to PC#2 over the local network, and I can chat and send files. I have I can send an email from PC#1, telling it to Send Via PC#2. The message shows up in the D-RATS inbox on PC#2, and the message at the bottom of the screen says it is forwarding it. However, it never hits the internet, and it never clears from the outbox on PC#2.

I also tried creating and sending an outbound email from PC#2. It is never delivered and sits in the outbox until I delete it.

I ran Wireshark on PC#2 watching for packets going to my mail server, and I never see anything attempt to connect to that IP or port.

Strange thing is I had this working a couple of days ago. I know I did something to break it, but can't "un-break" it.

Any thoughts on how to troubleshoot this further? What causes D-RATS to attempt a connection to a SMTP server via the internet instead of trying to pass mail through the radio links?

Dan
W4DTO

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