Thanks. I double checked everything and had no luck. I even copied out my
callsign in Monitor mode to make sure there wasn't any whitespace. The
TeleDongle I have is running 1.3.2, serial number 1509.

On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 2:45 PM, Bdale Garbee <[email protected]> wrote:

> Rob Derstadt <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > I've been trying to setup my second Telemetrum and am not able to connect
> > in "idle" mode using the TeleDongle (RF connection). What's odd is that I
> > can connect when it's in pad/flight mode. Scanning also does not show the
> > Telemetrum when it's booted in idle mode.
>
> Working backwards:
>
> Scanning only works in 'pad' mode because it's listening for the
> TeleMetrum to transmit.  In 'idle' mode, TeleMetrum only speaks when
> spoken to.
>
> If you can't connect in idle mode, you need to make sure you're
> configured for the right frequency/channel, you must have an exact match
> in callsigns (including case sensitivity, trailing spaces, etc)
> configured in the flight computer and the ground station, and you need
> to be a suitable distance away... if you're within a few feet you may be
> overloading the receiver which causes it to not be able to copy the
> packets.
>
> If none of that helps, give me your TeleDongle serial number and I'll
> let you know if it's in the range that might have a flakey RF system on
> chip part thanks to what appears to have been a bad run of parts at TI.
>
> > I'm running AltOs 1.6 on OS X 10.10.3 (Yosemite) . Both units are flashed
> > with the latest Telemetrum 2.0 image as well.  All I can think of is that
> > there's some OS X upgrade that it causing issues with the TeleDongle or
> > AltoOS software. Any ideas here? I've tried on both  my desktop and
> laptop
> > with no luck.
>
> Callsigns not matching is the most common problem.  Doesn't affect the
> ability to monitor packets in pad mode, completely kills idle mode
> interaction.
>
> Bdale
>
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