Thanks to Bill, G4WJS and Laurie, VK3AMA for the answer on how to get Multicasting working and for the reason why the changes were made to the settings.
73, Rich - K1HTV On Sat, Jan 9, 2021 at 6:28 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > Send wsjt-devel mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of wsjt-devel digest..." > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Multicast with 2.3.0-rc3 (Laurie, VK3AMA) > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Laurie, VK3AMA" <[email protected]> > To: WSJT software development <[email protected]> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2021 10:08:11 +1100 > Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] Multicast with 2.3.0-rc3 > The WSJT-X 2.3.0-rc's introduced a new outgoing interface selector for > multicast UDP (Reporting tab of the WSJT-X Settings). You need to have a > loopback interface selected and then tell JTAlert that your using UDP > Multicast on the Loopback via the "Settings" menu , top most entry. This is > a departure from the traditional JTAlert automatic setting of the necessary > parameters as there is now no reliable way to determine the WSJT-X settings > and if the loopback interface is being used > > de Laurie VK3AMA > > > On 10/01/2021 9:46 am, Rich - K1HTV wrote: > > With WSJT-X version 2.2.2 I had been successfully using multicat with > WSJT-X passing UDP packets simultaneously to JTAlert, GridTracker and QLog, > a program developed for blind Hams to make FT8 & FT4 QSOs. I was using a > USP server address of 239.255.0.1 with port 2237. > > In version 2.3.0-rc3, using this address and port, multicasting does not > work with any of the programs. I tried the 224.0.0.1 with port 2237 as > described in the latest release notes, but that doesn't work either. > > After running for a few minutes, JTALert displayed this message box: > [image: image.png] > > Am I the only one experiencing this problem. Any clue why? Thanks. > > For now with WSJT-X version 2.3.0-rc3 I'm stuck with only using one add-on > program at a time to receive UDP packets using 127.0.0.1 Port 2237, which > still works fine. > > 73, > Rich - K1HTV > > > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel >
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