Michael Siniakin 1159578 Posted September 25, 2014 at 01:32 AM Posted September 25, 2014 at 01:32 AM Hello All, I have been having this problem for some time, just never thought of fixing it till now When I am using VRC, no matter what frequency/voice server/voice channel I am using, the frequency goes dead after five minutes. When I key the mic, then the timer starts over. If I do not speak for another five minutes, the frequency goes dead...and so on and so on. This is a bit of a nuisance as I have no idea when the frequency will die, so I just key my mic every couple of minutes. While this is a temporary solution, I am looking to solve the problem. Anyone hear of this or know of a solution? Best Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board of Governors Don Desfosse Posted September 25, 2014 at 02:10 AM Board of Governors Posted September 25, 2014 at 02:10 AM Well known and docomeented issue. Q: After a few minutes, I can't hear others, and I am using a router. When I click my PTT, I can hear again, for a few minutes, then it happens again. What's up with that? A: Ensure you've forwarded UDP port 3290 in your router, for routers that close the port after a timeout. (It doesn't hurt to set up the forwarding for routers that don't have an inactivity timeout.) Don Desfosse Vice President, Operations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Siniakin 1159578 Posted September 25, 2014 at 04:14 AM Author Posted September 25, 2014 at 04:14 AM Hi Don, Thanks for the reply. I am not on a router. My internet connection is provided by an ethernet system. Does the port forwarding apply to ethernet as well? Best Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Schoen Posted September 25, 2014 at 06:26 AM Posted September 25, 2014 at 06:26 AM Yes. Colin Schoen VATSIM Senior Network Supervisor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Siniakin 1159578 Posted September 25, 2014 at 03:59 PM Author Posted September 25, 2014 at 03:59 PM Forgive my ignorance here. How would I forward the port? I do not have any access to the Ethernet system settings as it is a college network. Is there some local setting I can change? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Schoen Posted September 25, 2014 at 04:28 PM Posted September 25, 2014 at 04:28 PM Unfortunately not. You would need to ask your network administrator to make that change, but I don't know if you would have any luck if it is a university network. You may consider using a VPN or I think there was a tool that automatically keyed the mic every few minutes. Colin Schoen VATSIM Senior Network Supervisor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Carlson Posted September 25, 2014 at 04:30 PM Posted September 25, 2014 at 04:30 PM For the sake of clarity, I'll point out that "being on ethernet" and "being on a router" are not mutually-exclusive. In fact, 99.999% of the time, anyone that is on ethernet is also on a router, it just may not be a router that you own and control, as is often the case with college students in a dorm. There may not be much you can do here, but you could try asking the college IT people about it. I doubt they'd set up a port forwarding rule especially for you, but maybe they can increase the timeout for connections on that port. Developer: vPilot, VRC, vSTARS, vERAM, VAT-Spy Senior Controller, Boston Virtual ARTCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Seeley Posted October 17, 2014 at 05:46 PM Posted October 17, 2014 at 05:46 PM There is a work-around for this, but it's not pretty. You can download a little app called AutoHotKey. With it, you can write a brief script that will send a keypress to VRC every X minutes to mimic your transmit key. If your transmit key is one of the CTRL keys, it should work. If it is a different key, VRC will have to have focus or it won't work. Not elegant, but it works, at least for me. http://www.autohotkey.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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