Dan:<div>- The two radios are right next to each other, so will separate them and then give a test.</div><div>- Just installed ASPELL as you requested with 2b6 and everything seems to work well. I agree with the other guy that the speed does not seem to be reduced using the spell checker (with XP).</div>
<div>- Was surprised to see a DOS window for "C:\Program Files\Aspell\bin\aspell.exe" come up and stay up. I guess this is normal, right? It appears the only options are "window" or "full screen". I made it smaller...but, no way to get rid of it, right? Thanks.</div>
<div>Brent w9dbe<br><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 12:49 PM, Dan Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dsmith@danplanet.com">dsmith@danplanet.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">> - Where is the D-RATS profile stored? I did a system search and could<br>
> not find it.<br>
<br>
</div>Go to Start->Run and type %APPDATA%\D-RATS. That is D-RATS' persistent<br>
data storage for configuration and messages and such. You should not<br>
have to go into that directory and do anything under normal use, so use<br>
caution.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> - With the WL2K SSIDs, to check email from an internet connected<br>
> station...if the receiving station has no SSID, I should just leave the<br>
> SSID option of 1-10 off, with none selected, right?<br>
<br>
</div>Correct.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> - Also, the problem I mentioned the other day about email from one<br>
> D-Rats station not going to another is still happening. The attached<br>
> debug from the station that is to receive the emails shows broken<br>
> blocks, that there were two queued emails, and then received block but<br>
> then unconverted data messages... Any ideas? Want the debug log from<br>
> the sending station as well?<br>
<br>
</div>Yes, I know exactly what the problem is, like I said last time: you're<br>
getting RF corruption between the two nodes. You can tell by these<br>
lines in the log file:<br>
<br>
Checksum failed: 38748 != 6636<br>
Found a broken block (S:0 E:666 len(buf):50<br>
<br>
It saw a whole block, but the data inside was corrupted so it discarded<br>
the data. This can happen because of one or more of the following:<br>
<br>
1. A less-than-solid connection between the two radios (voice being good<br>
doesn't count, and just because short chat messages go through<br>
doesn't mean it's solid enough for a big transfer)<br>
2. Multipath between your radios (which can happen even if they're in<br>
the same room by your signal bouncing off of things)<br>
3. Corruption between the radio and the computer (RF can get into USB<br>
adapters and serial cables very easily and cause trouble, most<br>
common when testing with a handheld because of the proximity of the<br>
antenna to the cable)<br>
4. A low battery on a handheld or insufficient voltage to a mobile<br>
<br>
Try setting your block size very small (like 128 or so) and see if that<br>
helps. If so, your connection is not solid and the smaller blocks are<br>
able to fit between bits of corruption. Also, make sure your power save<br>
is disabled on any handhelds being used.<br>
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