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Reboot possible from a remote operation?
I've lost audio on my remote (VPN) 6500 both via my PC and my Maestro. My local 6500 via LAN works fine with both interfaces. Everything else works just fine.
This has happened before and typically a hardware reset fixes the problem (front panel pushbutton).
I'm still using 1.10.16 and haven't upgraded to 2.0 yet since previous upgrades required a HW restart but disabled the "Remote On" feature by default. That left me hanging remotely until I got back home (I'm 800 miles away) for a front panel restart.
So I have two questions:
1. Have you reconsidered adding the remote reboot feature now that many more of us are operating remotely? Previous official answers to this request have said you want to know about anything that requires a reboot so you haven't added it.
2. Can the upgrade to 2.0 be handled remotely without having to press the front panel button? In other words, have you corrected the "Remote On" feature being disabled by default when upgrading?
Sure, I'll send someone over to the house and press the magic button again, but if you've been operating remotely as long as I have you rapidly start running out of friends that will repeatedly do that :-)
73,
Fred
K9SO
This has happened before and typically a hardware reset fixes the problem (front panel pushbutton).
I'm still using 1.10.16 and haven't upgraded to 2.0 yet since previous upgrades required a HW restart but disabled the "Remote On" feature by default. That left me hanging remotely until I got back home (I'm 800 miles away) for a front panel restart.
So I have two questions:
1. Have you reconsidered adding the remote reboot feature now that many more of us are operating remotely? Previous official answers to this request have said you want to know about anything that requires a reboot so you haven't added it.
2. Can the upgrade to 2.0 be handled remotely without having to press the front panel button? In other words, have you corrected the "Remote On" feature being disabled by default when upgrading?
Sure, I'll send someone over to the house and press the magic button again, but if you've been operating remotely as long as I have you rapidly start running out of friends that will repeatedly do that :-)
73,
Fred
K9SO
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Ria
I have been at it for over 11 years and I am still finding gotchas.
Mike
1) You need a remote controlled relay to open and close the "remote" RCA plug contacts. This is easy to do with a remote controlled relay.
2) You need to be able to remove and restore 12 Volt power to the rig in order to do a "Cold Boot" or an emergency fail-safe shut down, in case the remote switch doesn't work.
There are both inexpensive and more expensive ways to do this.
Both methods have been the subject of multiple posts in the Community.
I use this for the "remote" RCA jack, which costs under $10:
https://www.amazon.com/Enclosed-AC-Protection-Bounce-Terminals/dp/B017743I7S?ie=UTF8&psc=1&r...
I turn it on and off with an Ankuoo NEO remote wifi AC switch (was about $24). Others use a WiMo (a little more). There are other brands out there now, and some may be even more effective and cost efficient. You can use a second NEO / WiMo to turn your power supply on and off.
Others use a more expensive labquality 8 position AC relay. Some of them also have internet ping testing that can regularly test if your router/modem is working properly and reboot it if necessary.
Having 8 poles is also handy for rebooting computers, and controlling power to amplifiers, etc.
Some of these units run $169-$299.
I even read of someone rigging a remote solenoid to press the rig's power button for various time periods (short-press & long-press) with spring dampeners to limit the amount of force applied to the button. I don't remember WHERE I read that one...
There are lots of possibilities! Remote with the 6000 series is fun!
Ken - NM9P
... and Ken, YES! I even thought about using a power solenoid! LOL
But going to the second point: in order to use the remote start feature, it must be enabled. On previous software upgrades, this feature was DISABLED by default and one lost control when a restart is required. Since the upgrade SW turns off the radio and the remote enable feature is disabled, re-applying DC power does nothing.
I have 3 different and redundant ways of turning it off (Internet ping testing, phone line DTMF control, and MOX timeouts), but with SDR software upgrades I would not have any way of turning it back on (since remote enable is now disabled and a restart is required after installation). You can only do this from the front panel pushbutton.
My second question was: has that default setting been fixed for the 2.0 upgrade?
73.
Fred
K9SO
I have been an alpha tester for a few years, all of it remote. Normally, we get an update about once/week. So, that is a LOT of radio updates.
I can both power cycle and remote restart (with the RCA connector). I have yet to get to the point where I actually had to touch the front button (knock on wood).
The risk is pretty low.
Mike
If you operate your radio remotely, please read this before upgrading. As a result of correcting defect #4046, where the power LED would incorrectly indicate the presence of a GPSDO, the setting for the Remote On feature has been reset to its default state (disabled). If you are using the Remote On feature of the radio, you will need to change it back to enabled once you have upgraded to SmartSDR v1.10.8. Upgrading the radio remotely may result in the radio not rebooting after the upgrade if the Remote On feature is required.