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Gates-Air Flexiva Transmitters

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Jan:
Yes, that's right.

1) I would recommend to increase following parameter, otherwise the station name may not appear due to very short time:
RDS Content - Dynamic PS - Common Settings - Default (static) PS period

2) The Radiotext type A/B bit does not toggle when the RT changes. This may cause the RT+ to be frozen on some receivers.
All encoders usually toggle the A/B flag automatically upon entering a new RT. However this depends on configuration, data format and some other influences.
In Options - Preferences - Logging you may enable Data logging. Maybe the data will tell us more, once you capture the RT change.

wsof:
Thanks Jan!

I increased the PS period some more and I addressed the A/B toggle. I am sending the data logging since I already had it logging since I started using it at this site. I'll be visiting this site tomorrow so I can check it first hand.

Steve

wsof:
Ok,
I 've been by the station and it's still stuck. Any ideas from the logs? I'm going ahead with contacting GatesAir tech support.

Steve

Jan:
There's probably something which is specific to the implementation in their equipment. They either removed the RT type toggle or all data are sent twice to the encoder, making double RT type toggle. I'm interested in solving this, as it is important to get this working correctly. Anyway, you should report that to the manufacturer.

It would be nice if you can provide the data log as I proposed before. This is different from the Recent events log, rather it stores all data communication. This could help a lot to focus on the cause. Thank you for all your feedback.

wsof:
Ok,
I figured out why it was sending double RT. They have a setting for RT where you can send up to ten different Static RT text's and how often to repeat. Since I want Magic RDS to handle that I have the fields blank and only the first RT field enabled. The problem entered when I changed the transmission times from infinite to 1 thus it sent it once and since there are no other fields enabled it would repeat and repeat and so on. Once I changed it back to infinite it stopped.

I spoke with the guys at GatesAir and they are looking into it. It appears that the RDS is working but not updating on the car receiver. I sent them the logs as well. I hope this is the data log you want.

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