[drats_users] Node adapter support

[Mark Phillips]

OK,

Thanks to some help from the KB9KHM (HotSpot author) I've been able to
make a TCP connection from D-RATS to the HotSpot software running on my
<sterile_trousers> Windows </sterile_trousers> machine. 

However, I don't yet have any data flowing in either direction to or
from my node adapter. I have attached GPS data to my U82 but whilst I
can see it with DPRS via the node I cannot see it in D-RATS.

Also, Mark has said by email that he'll open up the amount of concurrent
TCP connections to port 20003 after he's finished with the DV injection
on port 20001 and finished his TAPR conference paper and finished ...

I told him to stop farting about on email and get on with it.

I can leave my HotSpot setup running if you'd like. In theory you should
see the data appear on whatever reflector I'm connected to (currently
REF001C).

Mark



On Tue, 2009-06-02 at 15:20 -0400, Mark Phillips wrote:
> Yep that's exactly what's happening. 
> 
> There is a bug in the V4.28 and V4.29 firmware that drops the PTT before
> the buffer has emptied. Rolling back to V4.26 fixes that issue.
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2009-06-02 at 11:26 -0700, Dan Smith wrote:
> > > Dan and I successfully used D-Rats on the Sparta Hot Spot today. The
> > > problem is in the latency. I would not work if his end was not
> > > manually keyed longer than the actual packet. Worked fine in
> > > manual. D-Rats would have to add TX extend to trasnsmission.
> > 
> > I don't think it's latency-related, but rather that the hotspot seems
> > to be dropping the transmission early, before the last bit of data
> > gets flushed out.  To make it work, I would have to get a chat message
> > ready and then manually key the radio while hitting the send button,
> > leaving it keyed for a few seconds after.  This obviously wouldn't
> > work for a file transfer.
> > 
> > I can add a trailer similar to the warmup, but I'd rather not waste
> > bandwidth in this way if the hotspot software can be fixed :)
> > 
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Mark Phillips, G7LTT/NI2O
Randolph, NJ