Skylark 5.3 for Dreamcatcher 3 (Ku-band) is up on archive
This is a required update for continued reception.
This has some breaking changes so please read this before upgrading:
The release changes all Outernet to Othernet. This means the name of the access point is now “othernet”. The ssh and webui login is also now othernet/othernet. There has also been a change in the way network configuration is stored. Both of these changes require a configuration reset. So if you burn this release over an older release, you MUST do a “Reset Configuration” from the LCD at first boot, otherwise nothing will work. Configuration reset implies the DC3 will reboot into default configuration - Access point mode - and you will have to reconfigure the Wifi station settings and any other settings you might have changed.
The display blanking/unblanking system has been redone. It appears to work as intended now.
The audio streaming system has also been redone and should work much better now.
IMPORTANT: the wire-protocol is changing with this release. The beam will be switched over to the new protocol at approximately 17:00 UTC on 6th September (about 24 hours from the posting-time of this post). Before that time, release 5.3 will not be able to receive packets. After that time, any release earlier than 5.3 will not be able to receive the new protocol packets.
Please report problems/bugs etc in this thread.
Any residual references to “outernet” (the old name) also count as bugs.
@Abhishek @kenbarbi
The lcd blanking/unblanking seems to be ok now. It blanks within minutes and does come back easily with touching the screen. I touched it a few minutes ago, and it did respond right away and lit up. However, what Ken says is true, the “settings” screen is very ill-behaved, and at times appears to have too many lines of text to be able to show them individually in a consistent manner, plus it does not respond well and has to be very carefully “tweaked” with the finger tip to get the correct selection. Perhaps another separate settings selection screen is necessary so that less items can be displayed in a more stable manner, such as re-purpose the graph screen with another settings screen.
note: the download gz file changes its file name while un-gz. It is missing the “5.3” in the file name
The other thing remind us… the reset configuration means you have go back and set up local wifi.
Meaning initially you only have the access point mode available.
16:00 utc. have a lock using v5.3, snr -5, waiting for the magic to happen
I wish this change had be broadcast “over the air” to some screen on v5.2 users as a notice
could you please reboot and check if the bitrate and pps still stay the same. also, after reboot (once lcd ui kicks in) how long does the audio take to start playing?
@Abhishek
on reboot, it would not pick up IP address, but audio did restart in 6-10 seconds after acquiring the bird. The audio is now garbled and stopped at 17:48.
To regain the IP, I had to go to settings and reboot in the STA mode ( where it was before reboot ) I have had to do this every time I reboot to regain the IP, otherwise it does not connect…
Bit and Packet rates both at 0 currently and it has dropped the IP connection (weird, or what?)
Up and running here in Annapolis, MD (NYC Green Balloon).
Also showing 0 packets, receiving files (Amateur radio, and Wikipedia), no longer can access my external drive with Rachel. Will continue to monitor. Ken
