[arm-allstar] Portable Node

[Doug Crompton]

Chris,

 Two things. Either power supply issue as already pointed out or RF getting
into something. Having the antenna near the radio even at the 1 watt level
can be a problem at times. I suggest you use an external away from the node
antenna or in a mobile situation where you don't need range put the node
radio on a dummy load. A couple of 1W 100 ohm carbon resistors in parallel
work fine.


*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*
*http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*

On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 3:35 PM, Chris Viningre <chrisviningre at gmail.com>
wrote:

> After unplugging the fob it comes back on but stops as soon as I key the
> radio. I have reimaged the SD card so I'll check the voltage next. Thanks.
>
> On Dec 22, 2017 1:28 PM, Doug Crompton via arm-allstar <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
>> Chris,
>>
>>  I think I am reading this right. The hotspot should always be available
>> before you start your node. Although it should start with it being turned
>> on after there is no guarantee that will happen.
>>
>> That being said there is no correlation between the FOB LED's and the
>> internet connection whether it be wifi  or wired. As was mentioned if the
>> FOB is not coming up correctly it could be a power issue or bad hardware
>> or
>> SW. The FOB should always come up and stay up with blinking status no
>> matter what the Ethernet connection is doing.
>>
>> The FOB is also hot pluggable. So in the event it stopped showing status
>> blink you could pull out the FOB USB connection and plug it back in and it
>> should reset and go to status blink. If it does not you have other issues.
>>
>>
>> *73 Doug*
>>
>> *WA3DSP*
>>
>> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 2:43 PM, "Chris Viningre via arm-allstar" <
>> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>>
>> > Portable node is a 888, DMK soundfob and AT&T hotspot on my cellphone. I
>> > have an issue that I'm hoping someone might have a insite on. If I
>> start my
>> > node without WiFi and then turn the hotspot on. The soundfob will go
>> dead
>> > after trying to transmit (no lights). It will continue even after I
>> restart
>> > Asterisk. Rebooting will not work either. Even if I unpower the system
>> for
>> > 10 seconds it will not work. I found if I leave it off for awhile and
>> turn
>> > it on with WiFi on first. Everything works find. Ok, the simple answer
>> is
>> > to not turn it on without WiFi, and I do when I'm still at home. But
>> > sometimes I forget. Thanks
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