[Dxspider-support] New build DXSpider

[Keith Maton]

It was tracked down to a very specific situation - If a HamClock was disconnected by the node then it would drop into a loop which would then trigger the HamClock 10 connections/hour loop and just repeat ad infinitum. 

We still don’t know how or why this manifested but it came to light last week when I updated my node and as I rebooted, I disconnected around 250 HamClocks.  When my node came back up, 220 of those were got stuck in this loop.

The stupid thing is that I’ve previously restarted my node and this situation didn’t occur and there hadn't been a HamClock update for over a month, during which I had restarted.

But with the help of Kin and Andrea, the issued was tracked down and the HamClock author rapidly put out a fix a couple of days ago.  I think we’re very lucky to have him on-side, as has been demonstrated many times over the last year, he’s very keen to work with us and I talk to him on pretty much a daily basis.  He’s a really nice chap.

I’ve rolled back to 536 and I’m just waiting until after CQ WW RTTY this weekend before going ahead with the update to 547 again.  

73 Keith



> On 24 Sep 2024, at 17:10, Stephen Carroll via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> I'm running the latest DXSpider v1.57 build 547 with the latest Hamclock v4.07 without any issues. Have your Hamclock users update to the latest software if you run into disconnect problems.
> 
> 73, Steve - AA4U
> 
> Samsung Galaxy S22+ on Verizon
> 
> On Mon, Sep 23, 2024, 7:48 AM Kin via Dxspider-support <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk <mailto:dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk>> wrote:
>> Good job!, Marin.
>> 
>> GL
>> Kin
>> 
>> -----Mensaje original-----
>> De: Martin Davies G0HDB <marting0hdb at gmail.com <mailto:marting0hdb at gmail.com>> 
>> Enviado el: lunes, 23 de septiembre de 2024 11:59
>> Para: The DXSpider Support list <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk <mailto:dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk>>
>> CC: Kin <ea3cv at cronux.net <mailto:ea3cv at cronux.net>>
>> Asunto: Re: [Dxspider-support] New build DXSpider
>> 
>> On 22 Sep 2024 at 12:28, Kin via Dxspider-support wrote:
>> 
>> > Hi,
>> > 
>> > For those who are concerned about the problems Keith is having with 
>> > the latest update, rest assured, it has nothing to do with dxspider or 
>> > the latest build.
>> > 
>> > In my opinion (and that of others), after analysing the HamClock 
>> > connections with DXSpider, the problem is limited to HamClock.
>> 
>> [Snipped]
>> 
>> Morning Kin (and all), just to let you know that earlier today I upgraded
>> the GB7DXC-5 node to mojo build 547; the upgrade appeared to go smoothly and
>> everything seems to be working as normal.
>> 
>> I don't know if any of the regular users of the node use HamClock but I'll
>> look out for possible issues.
>> 
>> --
>> 73, Martin G0HDB
>> 
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