Ethernet

[airladysmith]

Hi All ,

After upgrading my Kinetic SBS-1 to the SBS-3 . I now have a few more options to play with 

My question is what is the advantages for setting my SBS3 up to the Ethernet   . 

I am thinking of trying the Ethernet option some time soon .  Hoping that all goes well on the set up .

Would be nice to have a better location to were I live . So with a laptop and a internet connection I could feed my SBS3 to my home computer etc. . from a more open location like a friend who lives on a hilltop 

Other questions are about the data the SBS3 generates . Is the data flow the same . I would still use my home PC to show the SBS3 screen ? and save my daily log reports etc.

Lots to read on the subject - some of it are older comments though .

Is it possible to log on to the SBS3 on any computer once it is set up on the Ethernet  .

These are just thoughts to what I can do once it is running  - sure a few of you have your SBS units set up  .

So back to fun times reading /cables/IP address  !!

Raining on Vancouver Island , but nothing like it is on the Eastern USA and Canada coast  . 

Thanks

Tony

Ladysmith

[Anmer]

Hi Tony

Ethernet has many advantages.  I've used it for nearly 6 years, first with Jetvision's excellent sbsNet device, then a retro-fit EM for the original SBS-1 and now the SBS-3.

For me there are four main advantages:

1. No USB dropouts

2. Longer cable runs from SBS to PC

3. Wireless option with freedom to use PCs and laptops well away from the SBS, even in the garden

4. Remote access across the internet.  This is how I can offer my Try an SBS for Free

There was a fifth which was Multi-Em but Kinetic blocked that, foolishly in my view.  Multi-Em allowed simultaneous Basestation sessions of the one SBS.

I wrote a Guide to Networking the SBS.

[IanH]

Sorry to jump in here but you mention Kinetic blocked Multi-EM. Do you mean the Jetvision product?

If so, that move would mean Kinetic have guaranteed that I will never upgrade to an SBS-3.

I like the flexibility that Multi-EM allows to send data to other PCs for testing.

Hence clarification needed.

Ian

[Anmer]

Sorry to jump in here but you mention Kinetic blocked Multi-EM. Do you mean the Jetvision product?

From memory, Basestation 161 and onwards "blocked" the use of Jetvision's Multi-EM and sbsNet Pro handling multiple concurrent Basestation sessions.

Consequently Jetvision offered to buy back all the sbsNet devices.

I used Multi-EM/sbsNet Pro for testing and the Try an SBS for Free service.  Now I have to dedicate an SBS for that.

I still think it was a wrong move by Kinetic.

[IanH]

I'm using Basestation 168 on an SBS-1e which is working ok with Multi-EM.

I'll check before upgrading further so thanks for the heads up.

And agreed about wrong move. My need for an SBS-3 is not defined by its current capabilities. Maybe as additional features are added it could have become attractive but this information  ensures my money stays with me.

Ian

[Anmer]

Are you running more than one Basestation session?

[IanH]

Yes via the 20060 port.

Currently planning to move Planeplotter to another PC so been testing it with BS168 getting data from the SBS-1e.

But continuing to run PP/BS168 with shared data on the original PC.

Also have BS168 set up on the desktop from previous testing.

Just checked all 3 instances working ok at the same time with data shared via Multi-EM.

Update: just copied BS175 exe file to the same PC as Multi-EM. Restarted BS and Multi-EM. Still working and sending data to another PC. Maybe it's the SBS-3 firmware rather than software that does the blocking. Multi-EM is indicating it is "Multi-EM for SBS-1 (V161)"

[Anmer]

Thanks Ian

I've been back over my old emails etc and can confirm that in August 2011, the release of Basestation V 161 "broke" Multi-EM.  I and many others tested and confirmed this.

That said, I have just tested it again and could launch multiple Basestation connections.  But that was connecting to an SBS-1eR.

Trying to use Multi-EM (just connecting to the receiver) failed with the SBS-3.

I assume Andy fixed the break for Basestation but not the SBS-3.

[IanH]

Mike

That makes sense. I didn't buy Multi-EM until around October last year.

So I missed the problem period with SBS-1.

But reinforces my earlier comments about me being unlikely to buy an SBS-3 which cripples a useful add-on but adds nothing else I need.

Ian