[Dxbase] Internet Packet Disconnects

Fri Dec 29 14:18:21 EST 2017

An FYI for everyone: Larry Strasser suggested I set the "Keep Alive" 
timer to 3 min instead of the default 15 min. During a period of about 5 
h using the 15 min interval, I had three disconnects. Around 4 PM I set 
the keep alive timer to 3 min and let everything run overnight 
(something I never do). DXBase has remained connected to the the 
Internet Cluster I've been using (W4NJA) overnight and is still active.
HNY,
Kim N5OP
On 12/28/2017 4:28 PM, RIchard Williams wrote:
> Kim,
>> This has been a "bug" in DXBase for years; the one sure fix is to 
> download  VE7CC www.bcdxc.org/ve7cc/Ver3/V3Help.htm  Get that up and 
> running and then connect DXBase to it.
>> Once you have it up and running, in the Config tab, go to 
> Ports/logging program.  Set the node to Telnet. In the top middle, 
> check "Enable Telnet".  In "data sent to logging program, I have all 
> checked
> but two of them  (DX Tab format for live spots and DX Orginators QTH.  
> Also have the Dat sent to cluster checked to Ignore BYE from loging 
> program.  Make sure you fill in user information (just leave Usual
> DX Cluster blank (you are using VE7CC-1)..
>> IN DXBase in the Internet window, set IP Host to 
> 127.0.0.1:7300#localhost CC User    That should be in the list of 
> hosts,  just scowl down to it.  In the interface block in the same 
> window, I have
> Connect Interface at program startup checkied, and keep alive timer 
> checked and set to 15 mins.  Other checks are up to you.
>> Never had a disconnect since I started using it.
>> Good luck,
>> Dick, K8ZTT
>> On Thursday, December 28, 2017, 1:54:50 PM MST, Kim Elmore 
> <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>> I'm finding that after a while my Internet Packet windows is losing it's
> connection and I have to restart it. The Keep Alive timer is set for 15
> min. I've shortened that to 10 min, but I'm not convinced that's the
> problem I'm seeing. When this happens, I simply see lines of "Keep Alive
> Sent" (or something like that). If I check the connection with a SH/DX,
> nothing happens, so I know the connection is no longer active.  This has
> happened from time to time in the past, but it's getting more frequent
> and annoying. What else might I set on my end to keep the connection
> from being dropped or simply becoming what amounts to dormant? I've been
> using the W4NJA node, so I suppose it's also possible the problem is on
> that end,  someplace.
>> MX & HNY,
>> Kim N5OP
>>> -- 
>> Kim Elmore, Ph.D. (Adj. Assoc. Prof., OU School of Meteorology, CCM, PP
> SEL/MEL/Glider, N5OP, 2nd Class Radiotelegraph, GROL)
>> /"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in
> practice, there is." //– Attributed to many people; it’s so true that it
> doesn’t matter who said it./
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Kim Elmore, Ph.D. (Adj. Assoc. Prof., OU School of Meteorology, CCM, PP 
SEL/MEL/Glider, N5OP, 2nd Class Radiotelegraph, GROL)
/"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in 
practice, there is." //– Attributed to many people; it’s so true that it 
doesn’t matter who said it./