@kenbarbi wrote:
The latest User’s Guide for the Dreamcatcher V 3.03 with Skylark 5.2 is available on the Outernet web site at: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0770/0935/files/Dreamcatcher_V_3.03_User_Manual.pdf?9083765056299946232 Ken
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@theunoticeable wrote:
So, I noticed that my rooftop CHIP+passive antenna+SDRx is no longer connecting to anything. Came here for answers and found that I spent money on this for a few months of really neat outernet.
Since I don’t have $160USD to just toss at a fancy new reciever, I’m left with an SDRx and an antenna. What can I do with this? I’ve checked through the forums but the amount of words I don’t understand was immeasurable.
So can I use this thing for any other content or am I just going to salvage the CHIP for retro games and bin the SDRx and antenna?
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@macclad wrote:
Can a direcTV antenna be used (as it is Ku-band, or at least part) and me just install the LNB (and of course steer it) or is there some reason why it’s better to just point directly at the satellite with the LNB and add a bit of a conductive cone if needed?
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@Pipsqueak wrote:
Is there still the intention to make the Dreamcatcher available in the U.K.? There are all sorts of things I want to try, but if its not coming here I’ll have to do gardening. Please help.
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@tkepe194 wrote:
So, clearly, I have been away from Outernet for a while. I was running a different setup, couldn’t figure out why I couldn’t connect. Is any of my original hardware worth a darn or do I need to pick everything back up?
Maybe I missed some posts, OK probably, yes. Please let me know what I missed… Thank you!
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@alainvc wrote:
Hello ,
is it possible to work with this in europe , Belgium ?
Thanks .
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@John wrote:
I have a friend that has the old system. I went to buy one and saw that you were switching satellite bands. I have been waiting for the new dream catcher to come out and today I checked and saw that it had. (I did put myself on the to be notified list but didn’t receive anything.)
I am fairly computer literate and I have read through the user guide. If the guide is indicative of what I need to do, I think I can handle it.
- Are there any major upgrades in the pipelines that would render the version 3.03 obsolete?
- I see that active users are represented on a map. I am assuming that this is done via the Wifi that the dreamcatcher is using.
- In the user guide on page 18 it says “_Step 6 Unlike the Skylark program for the Chip computer, Skylark 5.2 will not automatically return to the Hotspot mode if it detects a loss of its existing WiFi connection to a router. If you move from one WiFi location to another (for example moving from one hotel to another where you connected to a fixed WiFi), it is very difficult for the average user to reconnect to the Dreamcatcher and will require you _
to completely clean the micro SD card and rewrite the Skylark…” Does this mean I have to re-format the SD card everytime I connect to a new WIFI router?Thanks In Advance…
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@Konrad_Roeder wrote:
My Node-RED monitor program takes a snapshot of my DreamCatcher board once an hour and tweets it to @WA4OSH
Meanwhile the map reports no lock
Is the Outernet status map current to every 5 minutes? Is that correct?
–Konrad, WA4OSH
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@donde wrote:
Could the Status Map be a little more definitive showing States and major cities? Also a little sharper. This may be way down on the to-do list, but it would be a nice improvement.
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@Syed wrote:
It is now live. There is nothing new that needs to be done. Simply plug speakers or headphones into the 3.5mm jack and out comes audio. It’s mostly Khan Academy lectures and TED Talks at the moment.
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@macclad wrote:
Getting the dreamcatchers running always causes me acid indigestion.
OK. Using the Dreamcatcher V 3.03.
On the little screan it says Wifi - missing?
And when I scan wifi from anything outernet no showie uppie.
The other submenus seem to work.
It does say storage 0 GB but that’s odd it does have sotrage.Please advise so this doesn’t become a 119 dollar boat anchor.
Thanks.
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@Gary_Hayman wrote:
Any ideas on how good these antennas might be, and are they just for reception or also for transmitting as well?
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@Abhishek wrote:
The beam will be out tomorrow (May 30th), 1200 to 1800hrs, US Eastern Time, as we will be running some experiments.
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@John wrote:
I got my system in the mail today. I went through the user guide; I formatted the disk, installed the operating system (/skylark-dc-1804301810.img) and got to the Skylark screen. I went to the tuner and when I clicked it, it said, “You are not allowed to use this App/API.” I have tried both on an Ipad and a WIN7 machine using Firefox. I get the same message when I click on the network Icon. I can access the Textpad, calulator, news etc.
I am trying to get this working before tomorrow’s planned down time. My touch screen is working.
I am hooked up to a 2.4 amp USB. Any info would be appreciated.
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@kalashnikov wrote:
hi
I would like to know if they have expansion plans (coverage), even in the long term.
there is a lot of interest in trying out the new version among the forum community around the world.
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@Syed wrote:
We’ve done some rough modeling and it looks like 15-degrees for the cone’s slant angle is optimal. A 5-inch cone height yields a theoretical 9 dB increase at 10.7 GHz, but at the high end of the band, the simulation is only showing another 3 dB. The problem seems to be with placing the cone over the plastic LNB. That gap is throwing the pattern off at 11.7 GHz.
I might be fabricating a 15-degree cone next week, or just browse around for metal funnels.
If the LNB had no plastic case, then the performance would be even better. It’s kind of a pain to shuck the case–and can be dangerous if not careful (I’ve cut myself being lazy).
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@macclad wrote:
Before I run off and do something I can not recover from, when on page 17, step 3, where it says, “Step 3. Open the WiFi Client tab (Fig. 24), and fill in your Access Point Name and Password” are they referring to the router name and password I’d use, for example for all my wireless devices that connect to the wireless portion of my router? I have wireless cameras and my smartphone… but I use wired connections to all my PCs btw.
And wouldn’t it make sense to be able to reboot the Dreamcatcher and go to “default config” to get you back to at least a standard hotspot setup? That’s the only thing that makes sense to me rather than having to wipe the memory card 'cause that would cause me to throw things.
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@Abdelkrim_Hakmi wrote:
I am Algerian, I have a head emission / reception of Internet mark VIASAT with their Modem VIASAT, esqaue I can receive your service outnet of internet via satellites from there. And thank you in advance
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@BertoldVdb wrote:
Hello,
I have some old SDRx PCBs. They perform very well on other frequencies with another SAW filter. However, I have only done that for L-band (GPS L1).
I am thinking of doing the same for a UHF frequency. Could you chould share the part number of the LNA chip so I can see if that is possible and maybe some passives also need to be changed?
It is Rev 1v06.1
Thank you!
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@School_Of_Freelancin wrote:
Hello, I wants to know if I buy outernet hardware and install accordingly Outernet will work through bongobondu satellite 1?
We are from Bangladesh and we wants to forget Internet & Let’s get start using Outernet
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@Abhishek wrote:
The beam will be out day after tomorrow (Thursday, June 21st), 1200 to 1800hrs, US Eastern Time, as we will be running some experiments.
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@macclad wrote:
I thought there was a way to display everyone whose outernet is connected to a network which is turn connected to the internet. Am I wrong? If not, how does one do that?
Thanks.
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@jason_matonis wrote:
If the DC is connected to a more powerful router a community chat app might be useful. The library box has a similar feature.
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@Abhishek wrote:
I plan to run an open experiment to test higher datarates over the current beam. In addition to the official receivers at Outernet HQ, I would like to receive data from other receivers as well - that can only happen with forum-member participation.
How to participate:
On June 26th, 2018:
At 1pm US Eastern: I will switch the beam to Beamtype 227 for 1 hour. If you wish to receive the new faster beam, you will need to go into skylark as the outernet user, and in the Tuner application set custom beam parameters to Frequency 11.9024, Beamtype 227. Then in the first tab, select custom beam (don’t worry if the new values aren’t reflected in the first tab), and then hit apply. You should again start receiving, hopefully at a faster packet rate - the ideal packet rate (100% reception) is 19.1pps and bitrate is 36600kbps.
At 2pm US Eastern: I will switch the beam to Beamtype 226 for 1 hour. Same as above, set Beamtype in custom to 226, hit apply in tuner app. Ideal packet rate is 33.8pps and bitrate is 64800kbps. There is a good chance this will not work for most people - at all.
If the above work reasonably well, I will try the next beamtype as well:
At 3pm US Eastern: I will switch the beam to Beamtype 225 for 1 hour. Same as above, set Beamtype in custom to 225, hit apply in tuner app. Ideal packet rate is 58.1 and 111500kbps.
At 4pm US Eastern: I will switch the beam back to normal beamtype (228), so at this point switch back to the “Americas” preset in the Tuner app, and hit apply. Its possible I will do this sooner in case the earlier steps show very little success.
For people who do not wish to participate, this will be the equivalent to a planned service disruption. Leave the receivers untouched and they should be functioning normally again latest by 4pm US Eastern.
For people who do wish to participate: please make sure your receiver(s) are setup to report telemetry (STA mode and access to internet). Without that I won’t receive the necessary data points. Monitor this thread for updates and discussion during the test time window. Do not try to repoint the LNBs during the test - if you wish to do any repoint-ing etc, its best to do it a few hours before the test starts, or after the end of the test. Re-pointing during the test will ruin baselines.
Thanks for your help!
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@Abhishek wrote:
The beam will be out Thursday, June 28th, 1200 to 1800hrs, US Eastern Time, as we will be running some experiments.
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@xoru wrote:
Where i will buy shield for raspberry pi or other complete working offgrid solution to receive outernet signal?
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@xoru wrote:
I found very nice antenas and article , how people read data from outrnet satelites
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@kb2sdrjay wrote:
I’m just wondering if there are plans to bring it back? Have you guys figured out what was causing the stuttering?
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