Category: Status

As a keeper I have to make choices of what nodes to allow to connect. I belive amateur radio should be free for those to pick what bands and networks they communicate with. However I have decided not to include Freestar in the approved lists. This is due to when they had a falling out and we had Extended Freedom network born. The way it was handled I could not agree with. Also one or two amateurs like to tell me how to run the nodes. If you send DTMF tones to change to their nodes it will not move them. There is a block list in place to control management.

If a node network is missing you can get in touch with keeper@efsc.co.uk and we can review.

Lately behind the scenes a new dashboard has been born. Working with across a range of different nodes and devices a unified approach was needed. The unnamed project brings the status of all of the nodes in to one place. Also allowing a lot of management of nodes to happen. One of the biggest changes is each node will have its own control dashboard. This will allow some tests to be carried out and massively to be able to change what network the node is connected to.

A few back end bits like alerting to the keeper will improve down time. Also with each node having a web front end they will be using 44.31.X.X addresses. The admin side of the portal handles a lot more than just the simplex nodes. It can interact with the core router to control addresses given to the nodes. In time more images will come out of for this.

Two new Cat5 runs are in place to where the simplex nodes meet the house internet. However these are in place a new fault was located in the power control so this is being worked on. New plan for end of June for nodes to return back to service with dashboards and better functionality.

Currently awaiting new fibre and good weather to be replaced. Very likely be swapped to Cat5 as a bit more suited. This will be when the keeper is back from holiday. We did try and improve the connection over the mesh but no joy.

We have noticed all of the nodes are currently dropping offline regularly. This from a very quick test appeared to be passing over the mesh wifi at the location. No fibre activity on the port so will be a bit of time to fix. This is due to Both M9TTL and M7ORN are due to get married so focus is else where.