[drats_users] D-Rats Using The DV-Dongle

[Ron Wenig]

Dan Smith wrote:
>> Thanks for you help Dan.  The group here has been talking about it and
>> we think it's some kind of a timing issue.  I guess when you think about
>> it the packets are making the trip from the PC to the dongle, back in
>> the PC, through the network, to the gateway, through the stack, out to
>> RF, to the radio, serial port to the other PC.  I can imagine how
>> critical the timing is in that string.  Somewhere in there the packets
>> are getting clobbered.
>>     
>
> Well, speaking from a completely uninformed position, I think it's
> actually more likely a timing and DV stream construction issue
> completely within DVTool, but I'm not sure.
>
>   
>> Attached is bits and pieces of what the packets look like in the chat
>> window of D-Rats.  It's cut and pasted from the Main Text log.  When I
>> can I'll send you the log on the RF side when we do that test.
>>     
>
> Thanks, this is good.  I actually just got out my dongle (er, DVDongle
> that is) and did some testing.  I was surprised that it seems even more
> broken than you describe :)
>
> Anyway, I sent off an email to Robin so we'll see what he says.
>
> Thanks!
>
>   
Thanks Dan,

I thought for sure it was me :-)

Dongle is a cool word.  I cracked up the first time I heard someone call 
a little interface cable from a display a Dongle.

73, Ron ny3j