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QST Internet Issue


 

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Hi Chuck . . .?

Apply for a new API number &? setup again? (suggestion)

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On 11/24/2020 8:48 AM, Chuck Farrell, W3AFV wrote:

Hopefully I can explain this clearly enough that it triggers some suggestions from this astute group. I have an OpenWeather QST set up and it stopped working. Here's my theory: My laptop has two "internet" connections - the normal WiFi to my Comcast Router / modem and an Ethernet cable connected to my MESH Node. All was well until I set up a Radio setting? to go through the Mesh Node. The QST stopped working at that time and I disabled the Mesh one and went back to the normal internet setting. Now I get these errors whenever I trigger the QST request.?

IOError: [Errno 2] The system cannot find the path specified: 'api.openweathermap.org\\data\\2.5\\weather?q=Radnor,PA,US&appid=a5cc21b6c18e3a0921144fb09877xxxx'

If I copy the piece in quotes to a browser it returns the information from OpenWeater. So my theory is that D-Rats QST is trying to find the internet through the Mesh Node and no longer knows about the real internet through my laptop's WiFi connection. The regular chat function works correctly, just having issues with the QST function.



I even tried deleting everything D-Rats and doing a fresh install / configure to no avail. Anybody have any suggestions on how to force the QST function to use the real internet connection?

Thanks,

Chuck, W3AFV


 

Chuck,

Kindly provide a screen capture of the Preferences -> Chat

I am wondering what is in the OpenWeather URI field. That may shed some light on your situation.

You may obscure the OpenWeather appid for security.

73,

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Dave Slotter,


On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 8:48 AM Chuck Farrell, W3AFV <chuckffarrell@...> wrote:
Hopefully I can explain this clearly enough that it triggers some suggestions from this astute group. I have an OpenWeather QST set up and it stopped working. Here's my theory: My laptop has two "internet" connections - the normal WiFi to my Comcast Router / modem and an Ethernet cable connected to my MESH Node. All was well until I set up a Radio setting? to go through the Mesh Node. The QST stopped working at that time and I disabled the Mesh one and went back to the normal internet setting. Now I get these errors whenever I trigger the QST request.?

IOError: [Errno 2] The system cannot find the path specified: 'api.openweathermap.org\\data\\2.5\\weather?q=Radnor,PA,US&appid=a5cc21b6c18e3a0921144fb09877xxxx'

If I copy the piece in quotes to a browser it returns the information from OpenWeater. So my theory is that D-Rats QST is trying to find the internet through the Mesh Node and no longer knows about the real internet through my laptop's WiFi connection. The regular chat function works correctly, just having issues with the QST function.



I even tried deleting everything D-Rats and doing a fresh install / configure to no avail. Anybody have any suggestions on how to force the QST function to use the real internet connection?

Thanks,

Chuck, W3AFV


Chuck Farrell, W3AFV
 

Turns out I was wildly off base. I applied for a new APPID and then I started getting an invalid certificate error. So I changed the URL from https to http and everything is working now.

Thanks for the suggestions and help.