[pskmail] Re: TXdelay for server

  • From: John Douyere <vk2eta@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: pskmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:48:44 +1100

Hi Robert,

No problems. Please let us know how you go.

73, John

On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Robert J. Krasowski
<rkrasowski@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Thanks John for eplanaition. I do not knoe why I was thinking that TXdelay
> is the one responsible for the problem. Will ask my friend on the boat to
> make changes. We are talking daily on SSB.
>
> Thanks like always
> Robert
> KB2PNM
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Jan 15, 2012, at 9:51 PM, John Douyere <vk2eta@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Robert,
>
> I am not sure I understood you properly but let me make sure there is no
> confusion.
>
> The rxdelay parameter in the server is a delay added between the end of
> receiving and interpreting the received data from the client and its
> transition to TX.
>
> So it does not have any effect on the fact that the server is missing the
> beggining of the client's data.
>
> What I think you describe is a too small value of the txdelay of the
> client.
>
> I definitely recommend at least 1 or even 2 seconds to start with on the
> client. Especially if the client runs on a fast machine or Android device.
>
> Please leave the TX delay at 1 on the server, and get the client to
> increase its delay to 2 to start with.
>
> I am sure the exchange will be smoother. Timeouts on missed exchanges are
> much more costly in terms of lost time than a slightly too long TX delay.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> 73, John
>
> Robert Krasowski &lt;rkrasowski@xxxxxxxxx&gt; wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> we have been successfully exchanging email with my friend on sailing boat.
> One thing is problematic. With the setting of TXdelay=1, and modes
> TX=PSK250R and RX=PSK250, server switch to receive too late and is catching
> only the end of Client response. Not a killing problem but a problem that
> cause delays.
> Best Regards
> Robert
> KB2PNM
>
>

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