UHF Modem/Wireless LAN

[JohnNutkins]

Looking to see if anyone else has experienced this and hoping for a possible solution...

I have an LS+/1M and a LS+/T3 that I use regularly in large tracts, with heavy canopy. I typically set up my base and use UHF to make my measurements until I lose UHF signal, in which case, I typically switch to Wireless LAN(VRS) if I have cellular service. On both of these rover/base setups, I have had occasions that I can't pick up the radio signal after switching to Wireless LAN, even when returning to the base. I have to stop and restart the base in order to get have UHF connection again.

 

[Jim Frame]

I've only tested this a few times, but when I used it today I switched back and forth 3 times without trouble. I was never more than 1/4 mile from the base, if that matters. And this was with a standard LS and T2.

 

[JohnNutkins]

I've only tested this a few times, but when I used it today I switched back and forth 3 times without trouble. I was never more than 1/4 mile from the base, if that matters. And this was with a standard LS and T2.

Distance from the base doesn't seem to matter. I know others that have the same setup and have had no issue. Hoping it's a setting that needs changed on mine.

 

[Shawn Billings - Javad]

There is no need to restart the base. The issue is almost certainly in the rover. I would recommend restarting the UHF radio in the LS if that occurs or simply rebooting the LS. The base radio is unaware of what is happening at the rover, so switching the rover from UHF base to cellular RTN and back to UHF would have no effect on the base. It should simply continue to do what it was doing when you left it. The rover UHF radio, however, may at times not boot properly when the rover switches from RTN to UHF, so rebooting the radio in the LS or rebooting the entire LS (which will reboot the radio in the LS) will likely resolve the problem.