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SmartSDR iOS iPhone connection issue
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John - K3MA
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I rarely use the iPad version of Smartlink/SmartSDR and have never used the iPhone version. I had been looking for a DX sked with a rare country and he finally agreed to be available the next day. Unfortunately, it was at a time when I was going to be driving back home from being at a family get together for Christmas. I thought no big deal I could load SmartSDR onto my wife's iPhone and stop along the way and make the sked contact.
I loaded the app on her phone and tested it via wifi before we departed and it seemed to work fine. When the time came for the sked I asked to use her iPhone and started up the app and connected to Smartlink. The Flex showed and I connected to it. The SmartSDR user interface with the controls and waterfall/spectrum showed also. However, there was no RF activity on the spectrum or waterfall resulting in no audio. Not even the usual band noise. Just a SmartSDR user interface and control templates.
I disconnected and checked the internet connection was working and data flowing thru the T-Mobile 4G LTE network to the iPhone. That was all OK as I suspected it would be. Again I connected thru Smartlink to find the same problem. I tried a third time and still no activity on the SmartSDR user interface. At the time we were around a highly populated area north of New York city that has very good T-Mobile 4G LTE coverage so network bandwidth would not seem to be a issue.
Has anyone else experienced the same behavior?
Is there anything else I should check to fix this issue?
I want to get to the bottom of the issue so next time I need the iPhone in a pinch to make a DX contact that it will work properly.
John K3MA
I loaded the app on her phone and tested it via wifi before we departed and it seemed to work fine. When the time came for the sked I asked to use her iPhone and started up the app and connected to Smartlink. The Flex showed and I connected to it. The SmartSDR user interface with the controls and waterfall/spectrum showed also. However, there was no RF activity on the spectrum or waterfall resulting in no audio. Not even the usual band noise. Just a SmartSDR user interface and control templates.
I disconnected and checked the internet connection was working and data flowing thru the T-Mobile 4G LTE network to the iPhone. That was all OK as I suspected it would be. Again I connected thru Smartlink to find the same problem. I tried a third time and still no activity on the SmartSDR user interface. At the time we were around a highly populated area north of New York city that has very good T-Mobile 4G LTE coverage so network bandwidth would not seem to be a issue.
Has anyone else experienced the same behavior?
Is there anything else I should check to fix this issue?
I want to get to the bottom of the issue so next time I need the iPhone in a pinch to make a DX contact that it will work properly.
John K3MA
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I hadn't used my iPhone App in sometime. I tried to use it yesterday at work and had the same issue. I could connect via smartlink but I had no audio, no waterfall etc. Last time I used it it was fine but that's been several weeks ago. I was able to connect via my laptop just fine but not on my iPhone.
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As a backup try TeamViewer. It is not pretty but you can make the sled if all else is a problem. 73 Bill W9JJB0
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