My node seems to have stopped working. I can still connect to the network and transmit to the network through the node but the node does not seem to be sending audio back to my radio. I noted the yellow "HB" led is no longer illuminating. Any thoughts or ideas? I did reach out to N3XCC for his input.
Here is a link to the video of the RIM-Maxtrax board.
I see the RIM will disable PTT when a 'heartbeat'/'pulse' is missing from the computer. It makes sense to me that the yellow LED on the RIM labeled "HB" is Heart Beat. Now I need to figure out why that has gone missing. When I look back at the Raspberry Pii itself I can see it is getting power as the red LED is stable. The green activity led weakly flashes about once every second.
2nd EDIT:
After spending hours today I went to clean the USB port with some alcohol and noted the heartbeat returned. It went away a few minutes later. I thought it was the USB connection but that tested good. I found that heart beat returns if alcohol is applied to the chip in the center of the board. It appears to be a hardware issue at this point.
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My node seems to have stopped working. I can still connect to the network and transmit to the network through the node but the node does not seem to be sending audio back to my radio. I noted the yellow "HB" led is no longer illuminating. Any thoughts or ideas? I did reach out to N3XCC for his input.
Here is a link to the video of the RIM-Maxtrax board.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/114iSiAqRuKGnFIBIf-R0Zz4nZt-Acb7e/view?usp=sharing
EDIT:
I see the RIM will disable PTT when a 'heartbeat'/'pulse' is missing from the computer. It makes sense to me that the yellow LED on the RIM labeled "HB" is Heart Beat. Now I need to figure out why that has gone missing. When I look back at the Raspberry Pii itself I can see it is getting power as the red LED is stable. The green activity led weakly flashes about once every second.
2nd EDIT:
After spending hours today I went to clean the USB port with some alcohol and noted the heartbeat returned. It went away a few minutes later. I thought it was the USB connection but that tested good. I found that heart beat returns if alcohol is applied to the chip in the center of the board. It appears to be a hardware issue at this point.
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