Attaching Pluto to Portsdown 4

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g8pgo
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Attaching Pluto to Portsdown 4

Post by g8pgo » Wed Jul 19, 2023 11:37 am

Hi, New to ATV and the Portdown 4 project. But having a problem with attaching a Pluto.
Think I have a config problem somewhere.
Have the right firmware on the Pluto and running the current version of Portsdown on a new Pi4 2Gb
My problem is: LAN attached and Portsdown cannot see Pluto. Remove LAN and all works ok.
Below is a copy of the Pluto config.txt. What have I not done ?
TIA
Dave G8PGO

NETWORK]
hostname = pluto
ipaddr = 192.168.1.233
ipaddr_host = 192.168.1.213
netmask = 255.255.255.0

[WLAN]
ssid_wlan =
pwd_wlan =
ipaddr_wlan =

[USB_ETHERNET]
ipaddr_eth = 192.168.1.200
netmask_eth = 255.255.255.0
gateway_eth = 192.168.1.254

[SYSTEM]
xo_correction =
udc_handle_suspend = 0

[ACTIONS]
diagnostic_report = 0
dfu = 0
reset = 0
calibrate = 0

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Re: Attaching Pluto to Portsdown 4

Post by G8GKQ » Wed Jul 19, 2023 11:56 am

Hi Dave

Looks like an IP address conflict.

What is the address for your home network?

Have you edited the Pluto config.txt file? If so, why?

The Pluto IP address by default is 192.168.2.1. This should be the same as the address shown on the Pluto Config menu (access from Menu 3) on the Portsdown. If you home network is on on 192.168.2.1 (as mine is), set the Pluto to 192.168.3.1 and enter this on the Portsdown.

Dave, G8GKQ

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Re: Attaching Pluto to Portsdown 4

Post by g8pgo » Wed Jul 19, 2023 1:26 pm

Thanks Dave. Knew I had done something wrong.
My thinking was it should be all in the same IP address space.
Put it all back to default and all working.

Thanks again

Dave, G8PGO

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Re: Attaching Pluto to Portsdown 4

Post by G8GKQ » Wed Jul 19, 2023 1:32 pm

Excellent!

Thanks for letting me know

Dave

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