What might be happening?

[EI4KF]

Hello Jordi

Please see video at https://youtu.be/7UjtpWRsfxk

This is not an email for help as its not a Swisslog error I believe. I do wonder though if you have any idea why it happens. Its on every station called / worked on JTDX. The callsign comes to the Entry of QSOs window and then switches in and out. Nothing actually goes wrong, the callsign is logged.

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Swisslog does not like this! My UDP link is only to JTDX (as far as I know) but somehow the WSJTx instance interferes. As soon as I close WSJTx or the second Slice, the problem stops. The UDP is solid and remains green.

It is not "end of the world" but I wonder if there might be a solution.

73 de Erik EI4KF

[EA3GCV]

Hello Erik,

You have set this video this video as private and I can't watch it.

Please send me screenshots of:

- Reports tab from JTDX and WSJT
- The WSJT-X UDP settings in Swisslog

I need to see the UDP routes and all settings to try to find out what's happening.

73

[EI4KF]

Hello Jordi

OK silly me. The video is now Public.

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I think I know what you might say: both are using UDP Port 2239? I hadn't thought of that. Because they are on different Slices with different DAX audio channels, I thought they would be independent but I have a feeling you are going to say they are not. 

Erik

[EA3GCV]

Hi Erik,

Effectively the problem is because you are using the same UDP Port either in JTDX and WSJT-X. Swisslog is receiving all traffic from both programs at once and that's why you see the QSO Entry window chaging callsign all the time.

I suggest you to use your main FT8 program (I believe in JTDX) as the Main instance in Swisslog (port 2239) and set another port in WSJT-X (i.e. 2240) and set this in Swisslog as a Log QSO instance. This way when you save QSOs from WSJT-X will be saved in Swisslog. It's the best way to use both programs at once and don't miss any saved QSO.

73

[EI4KF]

Hi Erik,

Effectively the problem is because you are using the same UDP Port either in JTDX and WSJT-X. Swisslog is receiving all traffic from both programs at once and that's why you see the QSO Entry window chaging callsign all the time.

I suggest you to use your main FT8 program (I believe in JTDX) as the Main instance in Swisslog (port 2239) and set another port in WSJT-X (i.e. 2240) and set this in Swisslog as a Log QSO instance. This way when you save QSOs from WSJT-X will be saved in Swisslog. It's the best way to use both programs at once and don't miss any saved QSO.

73

Yes thank you Jordi. I will do that. Its a bit annoying because with WSJTx it is only monitoring a KIWI RX and cannot make QSOs. Changing the port in this scenario means changing it back if I use it instead of JTDX. But still, a small price to pay to have total control of a KIWI RX and FT8 streaming in my SDR software and Flex Radio. 

Some software now overcome this by connecting to the Flex Radio Slice in the API

   

Not that I am advocating you should do this in Swisslog. I doubt there is any demand yet.

Thanks again, 73 de Erik.

[EA3GCV]

Just an idea... if you set another UDP Port to WSJT-X and selec it as a Log QSO instance, you could also use a WSJT-X Band Map in Swisslog to monitor only this instance for the statistics you want. You can select the data source (instance) on WSJT-X Band MAps. It's a very interesting way to monitor different instances within Swisslog.

73

[EI4KF]

Just an idea... if you set another UDP Port to WSJT-X and selec it as a Log QSO instance, you could also use a WSJT-X Band Map in Swisslog to monitor only this instance for the statistics you want. You can select the data source (instance) on WSJT-X Band MAps. It's a very interesting way to monitor different instances within Swisslog.

73

I need another monitor. The three I have are not enough....