Direct connection from Maestro to 6600

Pat KØPC

I am trying to track down some birdies in my receiver. I plan to cut all power to the house and then turn circuits on one by one to find the offender.

I am running the 6600 and Maestro off battery power and I planned to make a direct connection from the Maestro to the 6600, eliminating any router or switch which runs on house power.

I can't get the Maestro to see the 6600 when I use a direct connection. The Maestro comes up and asks me to choose a WiFi Network.

I have used the ethernet cable I normally use for the radio directly to the Maestro and made sure I was NOT in the mic connector. I've tried booting the radio and Maestro in different order without success.

What am I doing wrong?

73, Pat KØPC

Pat KØPC

I found the problem. I was running the Maestro on the internal batteries, not plugged into separate power. I now remember reading somewhere that the ethernet connection is off when running on batteries.

Mike-VA3MW

Yep, that is it. Glad you figured it out.

Martin AA6E

My phone's Ethernet is happy to run all day, and I get the option to shut if off if I want. Why can't Maestro match that?

73 DE AA6E

Geoff AB6BT

Out of curiosuty which phone do you have that connects to an Ethernet cable? Are you using an OTG adapter?

Martin AA6E

Misspoke - does a live Ethernet take so much power? Obviously it will shorten a battery session, but I could imagine wanting Ether on battery for testing, etc. Warn the user about discharge rate. Even better, show battery time remaining on a meter.

A normal laptop manages all this.