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Latency Issues with SCS Modem
Kg5dwx
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If I quit using the wireless router and direct connected the Flex 6500 to my PC's NIC, would this reduce latency issues?
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Yes, direct connection to your network will in most cases give you much better performance.0
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I ment to say, a cable direct from the 6500 to the pc's NIC.0
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Oh, I don't think that would change anything that much but I'm sure someone will chime in. But I think a network of some kind is needed.0
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Yes. It's much better when directly connected to the NIC in the PC. I added another NIC card just for that. A wired connection to the LAN works well. WiFi is spotty unless you have a really good signal but nothing beats a direct connection.0
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From a networking perspective connecting to your radio directly should be identical to connecting via a switch. The network stack doesn't know that you're directly connected, to the best of my knowledge. Therefore, there should be no advantage or disadvantage to connecting directly (or via a switch). I would expect the protocol exchanges involved to be identical.0
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The only advantage a switch has is, depending on the architecture, additional packet buffering which may improve throughput performance.0
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I believe that in the case of the SCS modems they are usually wired through the ACC port on the 6000 series. In this case the way that PC is connected to the radio will have no real impact on the latency the modem sees.
Note that for low latency modes (PACTOR etc) you need to be in DIGU or DIGL with a filter skirt larger than 3kHz so that the radio uses low latency filters and bypasses the PROC and EQ.0 -
Since I have a scs modem P3 , P4 protocol I can tell you that I was not able to use my 6500 with this modem and running any forward error correcting mode ..
You are correct the latency does get in the way .
You need 8 MS or less .
Before you quit :
Try the robust mode on the scs program . It may be good enough for your use . Ed G is on the right track . However without being able to reduce the sample size less than the default for flex little relief is available. If you ever wondered why some of the legacy radios used in the marine industry work so well with the SGC modem it is because of the latency factor is way down . the filters are as wide as a barn door and they have fast T/R recovery . All a benefit to FEC but not for us .0 -
Steve,
I have a PCIe Gb NIC and a slot open in the PC.
How does it wire, Flex to one NIC, the other NIC to the LAN router?
I had thought about this before, would it really be worth the trouble?
Keep in mind that I am not on topic as I do not run the modem in this thread,
I am just taking about how it works to improve the SSDR / Flex relationship.
Thanks,
Clay N9IO0 -
Exactly Clay.1
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