Hello,
I am working on setting up NA for our Ccub for Field Day. We will be
operating a 3A this year, and we may move up to a 4A if there are enough
operators. We will be preparing NA to run a 4 computer loop network. The
laptops we are using only have one serial port.
I have set up the loop network cables as described in the manual, and
everything seems to be well, except..
When I am logging a contact on one of the computers (lets say #1, but you
could say #3 or #4 here also), computer #2, the problem computer, logs that
contact (You see #1's contact on the #2 logging window.) Then something is
very strange. Computer #2 switches to the band and mode that #1 was on
when it logged that contact. The other computers (#3 and #4) are fine ..
they log #1's contact and stay on the band and mode that they are set
to. The same thing happens to #2, when #3 or #4 log a contact, also. One
more little thing, if there is more than one contact showing in the logging
window of #2 when #1, #3 or #4 make a contact, the times of the contacts
showing in #2's loggin window change to: . . . . , and the callsigns and
exchanges of those contacts change to the last contact that was made.
We have tried re-installing NA on #2, we have switched around the cables,
and switched around #2's position in the network - the same thing happens
always. We have done enough testing to determine that the problem is the
computer #2.
Do you have any ideas on how to fix this strange problem?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
If you need more information about the problem, just ask!
Jeff Basham
W2JAB/6
w2jab@sonic.net
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