Special Connector Active

EJP

Can someone assist me in answering this question. I recently started receiving a message when I try to unlink from reflectors. The message is “Open spot special connector active”. I’m not sure how I got to this message. It kind of showed up and I’m not sure if I changed something in the settings that has caused the OpenSpot 3 which I’m using with my ICOM 51 to respond in this way when attempting to unlink.

I have purchased the openspot 4 and I’m looking forward to setting it up after I resolve this issue.

Thank you.

Eric, WB2IAQ

HA2NON

The unlink command changes the active connector to the Null connector, which is a special connector.

htperry

Until this week when helping a friend setup his new OS4 Pro, I've not seen this issue. It seems when his OS4 gets stuck in this mode, the only way to exit is to login to the OS4 via computer and select a new profile. The OS4 is stuck in this special connector mode, even if power cycled.

This seems to happen when pressing the power button 3 times to unlink and if he is in a cross-mode profile. It doesn't seem to happen when he's in DMR and using the power button to unlink. When the issue happens, the LED starts alternating green/orange. It's a real mess when this happens because he doesn't have a good understanding of the OS4 operation.

Also, when I assisted him, we initialized his OS4 Pro with his credentials. Then imported my DMR/YSF/FCS/D-Star profiles and edited each for his credentials and saved them.

Now, if his OS4 gets stuck in special connector mode, my credentials appear - however, the profiles all have his credentials. Where are my credentials coming from when special connector is activated?

I've never seen any of this behavior on my OS4 Pro. We are both on firmware 43 stable.

HA2NON

Make sure the Null connector has the Modem mode which matches the transceiver you want to use. Unlinking with the power button method does not change the Modem mode of the Null connector, it just activates the Null connector. The status LED is alternating green/orange when a special connector like the Null connector is active.

Make sure are not switching configuration profiles when pressing the buttons (there's a method for switching config profiles with buttons https://manuals.sharkrf.com/openspot4/en/button-usage.html#configuration-profile-switching) as each configuration profile stores separate credentials.

WA2NYY

OpenSPOT 4 Pro issue seems to be similar.

I'm having the same message when trying to Unlink from a YSF reflector. I get the message "Special Connector is A

ctive" on the bottom of the screen. Also the Acitve Connector automatically changes to "Null" from "YSF". The problem is that the system is always connected to the "Null Connector". I do not want to be connected to anything.

This was working fine for the first 2 weeks Ive had the OpenSpot 4 Pro. I was running DMR and YSF configurations and something may have gotten affected when switching configurations.

I've tried Factory Reset and also deleted all the configurations. The system seems stuck with the "Special Connector" being turned on.

HA2NON

Unlinking switches the active connector to the Null connector.

WA2NYY

Ok, the reason I am asking is that on my MMDVM Pi-Star hotspot, it allows me to unlink without going to a Null connector. Perhaps I will open a Feature Request. Thanks for the quick response. 73

HA2NON

The openSPOT works differently. An activated connector will always try to keep the connection alive. The Null connector does not connect anywhere.