Scenarios where radio will not power up remotley

Bugs
1

Wfview runs fairly reliably remotely but I have had occasions when I have been unable to reconnect\power up when away from home and returning home I find the radio still powered off. While testing I found I two scenarios that may be related to my problem.

I run an Invato Quadra as a server and can recycle power remotely . Using ver 1.64 and latest nightly build.

Scenario 1:
Radio is switched OFF (using its button)
Kill DC power to radio and Quadra as a power outage would.
Power outage over 12VDC comes up again
Wfview remote will NOT turn radio back ON. (Wfview remote “radio status” show red not green)
Wfview server will turn radio back ON and remote can then reconnect fine.
If I leave the radio ON I can turn it ON again remotely after a power outage.

Scenario 2
Radio is switched OFF (using its button)
Server power is recycled
Wfview remote will NOT turn radio back ON.

2

I think the overall issue is that if the server is running and the radio is off, and then a new client connects, the new client cannot figure out what kind of radio or any other details is connected and thus fails to issue the power on command.

That’s my guess. I’m not sure if I’m seeing that too or not, I’ll have to set up a test.

–E
de W6EL

3

The server though will power up the radio in this scenario suggesting it knows the correct command.

4

Yep. But not the client.

5

I wonder if I have a similar problem. Server and client are on Raspberry cards, the radio is a 7300. If I power down the radio from the client, it will most of the time not power on from the client, although the client shows an active connection. Rebooting the client will not resolve the problem, but rebooting the server with Windows Remote Desktop will.

If the radio is powered down for just a few hours it will usually power up again, but seldon if powered off till the next day or longer.

Regards, Jan

6

The last line in the log of the client when requesting power on without success is:
INF UDP: CIV Watchdog: No CIV data received for 2 s, requesting data start

Regards, Jan

7

Figures. There’s no CIV traffic when the rig is off.

We’ll check this out as we work on version 2.0, which is in progress.

For now you may have to work around jr by using the server side to power on and off.

—E
de W6EL

8

I have a problem which seems to be similar to this. We are using a IC-7300 and Windows 10 on the server PC for a club station, application 2.03. The server PC starts the wfview application as a server, does not power the radio on. To use the radio remotely the Power On button on the server PC must be activated once by mouse click on remote desktop on the server PC before it is possible to connect remotely. It does not matter if the server Power Off button is pressed or not before remote connection. After this everything works just fine, including remote power on/off. The version 2.03 is absolutely excellent. Anything I missed, or is there a workaround? This problem occurs only when Windows update or power cut forces a PC reboot.

9

This is an issue that we are aware of, the radio must be powered-on at least once before a client can successfully connect to the radio (until it is, wfview has no way of knowing what radio is connected to it!)

As a workaround, we are thinking of adding a feature that will force the radio ‘on’ when wfview first starts.