Summary

RF407 troubleshooting - Douglas Alden

Details

  1. CR1000 enclosure: Connected RF407 to field laptop with USB cable and used Device Coniguration Utility to reset RF407 to defaults.  Set hopping channel to 2 and network to 4186.  Applied settings.
  2. LiDAR enclosure: connected RF407 to field laptop with USB cable. Used Device Configuration Utility to reset RF407 to defaults. Set hopping channel to 2, network to 4186, and ComPort to RS-232. Applied settings. Unplugged USB cable from field laptop and reconnected it to rugged computer.
  3. Connected RF407 RS-232 port to field laptop using USB to serial adapter.  Reliably connected to CR1000 using LoggerNet Admin > Connect.  Was able to download data but canceled download after several minutes due to limited time available at field site.
  4. Unplugged DB9 serial cable from field laptop. Added null modem adapter and plugged it into RV55.
  5. Changed port settings to allow LoggerNet Admin connections through RV55.
    6785 forwarded to 192.168.15.100
    80 forwarded to 192.168.15.100
  6. Attempted to connect from pottervalley-srv.  Connection unsuccessful.
  7. Unplugged DB9 serial cable from RV55. Removed null modem adapter. Plugged DB9 serial cable into COM0 (ttyS4).
  8. Changed port settings to allow LoggerNet Admin on pottervalley-srv to connect through rugged computer.
    6785 forwarded to 192.168.13.100
    deleted port 80.
  9. Attempted to connect from pottervalley-srv. Connection unsuccessful. This setup had been working prior to 18 Oct.

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