[pskmail] Re: Time/Time zone in PSKmail
- From: Per Crusefalk <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pskmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:25:45 +0100
tis 2008-11-25 klockan 17:38 +0100 skrev Johan 123:
> 2008/11/25 Per Crusefalk <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> tis 2008-11-25 klockan 14:56 +0100 skrev Johan 123:
>
> > Is there any carrier detection in pskmail/fldigi ?.
> > When i did try to communicate with a IS0GRB-3 I notice that
> my set did
> > start transmitting during a frame that he received of
> IS0GRB-3
> > I had already a connection with IS0GRB-3 and did try to get
> a server
> > list.
> > Data was being received, but not finished yet and already
> > pskmail/fldigi did start transmitting.
> > My communication with IS0GRB-3 is a bit hard because i do
> only have a
> > QRP station with 1 watt and a suboptimal antenna.
> >
> > 73 PE1PRX Johan.
>
>
> Hi Johan,
>
> I'm afraid the answer is both yes and no...
> There is no DCD signal from fldigi to pskmail. Pskmail tries
> to overcome
> that by adding a (<US>) character at the start of every frame,
> when that
> is received it knows data is coming.
> This means that pskmail only knows about the incoming data
> after it has
> received the first character. So, there is room for a
> collision.
>
> Regarding ur troubles with IS0GRB my experience is that there
> may be
> some trouble at the start of the QSO and that may rectify
> itself later.
> One good word of advice is to make sure you have the clock on
> the client
> set by ntp or just as accurate as you can. Pskmail will use
> the time to
> help decide who should transmit.
>
> 73 de Per, sm0rwo
>
> Hi Per,
>
> I will check if pskmail did receive the (<US>) maybe the start of the
> receivings was damaged a few times.
> The solution for collision detection was smart, no need to have
> radio/signal link from fldigi , but still some collision avoidance.
>
> Regarding the timing, i did use the live cd and did notice that the
> time in pskmail was 8 hour off. The time zone was 8 hour off so i did
> set the timezone to Amsterdam (GMT+1), closed pskmail/fldigi restart
> the program but still the time in the program was 8 hours off.
> PSKmail problem of just a live cd issue that i should fix with a real
> linux installation ?.
>
> 73 de Johan, pe1prx
Hi Johan,
Right, Rein is correct abt the version dependencies. I'm looking at the
latest code here...
Regarding timing that is a live cd issue, I don't know how you altered
that time but it should of course have been ok in pskmail as well.
A real linux installation will make you very happy :-)
73 de Per, sm0rwo
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