[arm-allstar] One of two USB URIs dropping off

Fri Jan 11 19:53:46 EST 2019

2 Hours without USB Flash drive. Repeaters/USB interfaces (2 URIs) still
up...

The USB Thumb Drive was a Verbatim Metal Cased "executive" series.
https://www.verbatim.com/prod/usb-drives/everyday-usb-drives/metal-executive-usb-drive/

Randy

On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 4:45 PM Randy Neals <randy at neals.ca> wrote:

> My “remote-hands” Ham friend made a trip up the hill to the transmitter
> building, powered down the Pi, pulled the 32 GB Thumb Drive and powered the
> Pi back up.
>
> I’ll report back to list what the results are in a few hours. (It was
> between 10 minutes and 2 hours to fail previously)
>
> *If this solves the problem, I will be shocked. (No pun intended).  But
> certainly appreciative of the collective list wisdom.
>
> Randy, W3RWN
>
> On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 2:56 PM Justin Reed <celltech161 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It’s possible. The Pi 3B+ by itself is pushing the upper limit of micro
>> USB’s continuous current handling capability. It’s going to be interesting
>> to see how they address this in the next gen which we assume will be even
>> more hungry.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Jan 11, 2019, at 1:48 PM, Randy Neals <randy at neals.ca> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I added a USB thumb drive for backing up the Pi when I
>> reinstalled/rebuilt.
>>
>> Making a leap here, but possibly the USB Flash drive is drawing enough
>> extra load, along with two DML URIs to exceed 5VDC capability of RPI USB
>> power capability.
>>
>> Will remove USB flash and reboot.
>>
>> Randy
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 2:04 PM Randy Neals <randy at neals.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks to both..
>>>
>>> Are you familiar with any Pi/Linux debug for power or  USB?
>>>
>>> Something I could send to a terminal or file to provide some clues?
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 12:34 PM "Doug Crompton via ARM-allstar" <
>>> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I would agree with that but he did say he tried a different supply.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *73 Doug*
>>>>
>>>> *WA3DSP*
>>>>
>>>> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 12:00 PM Justin Reed <celltech161 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > I’m going to take a stab and suggest that your Pi power supply is
>>>> > under-sized for two fobs. You’ll need a minimum of 3000 mAh at 5.1
>>>> VDC. Any
>>>> > time I see random issues with a Pi it’s power supply related 100% of
>>>> the
>>>> > time, every time.
>>>> >
>>>> > Sent from my iPhone
>>>> >
>>>> > > On Jan 11, 2019, at 10:40 AM, Doug Crompton via ARM-allstar <
>>>> > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Randy,
>>>> > >
>>>> > >   I run very few if any Pi's here with more than one USB FOB so I
>>>> have
>>>> > > never experienced that but I know many others are using multiple
>>>> ports.
>>>> > > Have you tried a different Pi? What error messages are you getting
>>>> in the
>>>> > > client when this happens?
>>>> > >
>>>> > >
>>>> > > *73 Doug*
>>>> > >
>>>> > > *WA3DSP*
>>>> > >
>>>> > > *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio
>>>> >*
>>>> > >
>>>> > > On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 10:08 AM "Randy Neals via ARM-allstar" <
>>>> > > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>>>> > >
>>>> > >> Hi All,
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> I have a fresh HamVoip install on a RPi3.
>>>> > >> I started with one node configured, then plugged in a second USB
>>>> URI and
>>>> > >> configured the second node.
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> After about 15-20 minutes, one of the two USB URIs will stop
>>>> working.
>>>> > >> (It could be either one, not consistent) ie: Heartbeat led stops
>>>> > blinking
>>>> > >> on URI.
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> I've tried a couple of different power supplies on the RPi.
>>>> > >> Same results.
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> I've verified my config files.
>>>> > >> I'm using usb / usb1 as the reference names for each node.
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> I've done the simpleusb-tune-menu and wrote the config.
>>>> > >> Verified that the simple usb files have the USB hardware address.
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> It feel like this is a USB subsystem issue in the Rpi/Linux.
>>>> > >> Not really sure what I might do next to test/isolate.
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> [root at VE3RTR etc]# lsusb
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> Bus 001 Device 006: ID 18a5:0251 Verbatim, Ltd
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0d8c:013a C-Media Electronics, Inc.
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0d8c:013a C-Media Electronics, Inc.
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp.
>>>> > SMSC9512/9514
>>>> > >> Fast Ethernet Adapter
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9514 Standard Microsystems Corp.
>>>> SMC9514 Hub
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> simpleusb_tune_usb.conf
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> [usb]
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> ; name=usb
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> ; devicenum=1
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> devstr=1-1.3:1.0
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> rxmixerset=140
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> txmixaset=290
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> txmixbset=0
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> simpleusb_tune_usb1.conf
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> [usb1]
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> ; name=usb1
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> ; devicenum=0
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> devstr=1-1.2:1.0
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> rxmixerset=140
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> txmixaset=290
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> txmixbset=0
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> Thanks,
>>>> > >> Randy W3RWN
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>>>> > >>
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>>>> > >>
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>>>
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