[drats_users] How to remember the RatFlector?

[Nate Duehr]

I like it too, because I can't figure out how to do both RF and
Ratflector at the same time, anyway -- right now. 

But that's because I'm a moron.  LOL!

Nate WY0X

On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:17:48 -0500, "Gene Coldwell"
<coldwell at csptexas.com> said:
> Dan, I like the multiple port idea _very_ much.
> 
> On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:58:15 -0700
> Dan Smith <dsmith at danplanet.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Andy,
> > 
> > > I've been experimenting with D-Rats and both my IC-92 and the
> > > Ratflector.  At the moment I have a problem in that when I do things
> > > with D-Rats and the radio, it never seems to transmit so I've been
> > > trying to switch between the two devices (radio and Ratflector).
> > >
> > > Is there any way to either (a) get D-Rats to remember the Ratflector
> > > setting in its drop-down for the serial port (in Config -> Radio)
> > > like it does for the serial port or (b) have two pre-configured
> > > configurations with a way to switch between them?  It would seem to
> > > me to be a useful thing for EMCOMM so maybe it's there and I'm not
> > > using it properly.
> > 
> > It is not currently there, and yes, it would be very nice.  The reason
> > I've been punting on the easy fix to this is that I have something
> > else planned.  I guess I'll go ahead and reveal it here and maybe stir
> > up some discussion :)
> > 
> > The plan is to do away with the single serial port and baudrate
> > setting in favor of a list.  The list will not be just a set of
> > exclusive configurations, but rather a set of ports or data paths that
> > can be activated and deactivated.
> > 
> > This idea came out of a drill we did locally a few months ago.  We
> > realized that there is almost no need to communicate between (for
> > example) two fire stations.  Rather, all the peripheral nodes need to
> > send messages and data to a central point, the county EOC.  That
> > station also needs to get things out to the other nodes, which makes
> > the frequency that the EOC is on hotly contended.
> > 
> > So, the above plan will allow you to have (for example) a 2-meter
> > radio connected, a 70cm radio connected, and a ratflector connected.
> > 
> > One configuration would be that you tell all of your peripheral
> > stations that your incoming port is on 440 and if they have to send
> > you anything, do it there.  Otherwise, they stay on 2-meters and wait
> > for you to send things (or perhaps they have two radios as well).
> > This allows the EOC to receive traffic in the background while he's
> > processing and sending responses out of his primary radio.
> > 
> > Another configuration may be that east uses 2-meters and west uses
> > 70cm to avoid the switching around.
> > 
> > The software components deep in the stack won't have a problem with
> > this at all, it's just a matter of drawing up the GUI to allow you to
> > configure it as such, and then of course, providing a way to allow you
> > to select which port a particular piece of traffic, ping, etc goes out
> > on.
> > 
> > This will address your concern by allowing you to configure a
> > ratflector path and a radio path and just enable/disable them when you
> > switch.  Make sense?
> > 
> > Any comments (from anyone) on the above?
> > 
> > > Secondly, anyone else connecting an IC-92 (using the RS-92 cable) and seeing
> > > problems getting the radio to Tx?
> > 
> > No problems here.  Is GPS turned off?  Is Auto Data TX turned on?  See
> > here for more on that:
> > 
> >   http://www.d-rats.com/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#notx
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > -- 
> > Dan Smith
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