[IMC-Tech] Server/Transmitter Room Issues

[dan blah]

that is my take on the situation as well.

On 8/5/06, Mike Lehman <rebelmike at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Dan and Zach,
> Thanks for the update. I strongly suspect that whoever was setting up
> the remote at the studio turned off the transmitter by mistake. AFAIK,
> if the transmitter is showing 0 on the control software, then it's is
> off the air. So, in the absence of a better explanation, I think they
> intended to set-up the studio for a remote, but ended up turning off the
> transmitter instead.
> Mike Lehman
>
> dan blah wrote:
> > On 8/5/06, Mike Lehman <rebelmike at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >> Can someone give a short explanation of why we continue to have
> >> intermittent problems with the server/transmitter room. Is the power
> >> going out or is just a connectivity problem with the network?
> >>
> >
> > as zach said, we are not having network issues... just imsahp issues.
> > when imsahp is not accessible from its outside ip, i am able to get to
> > it from its internal address.  we are working on this problem.
> >
> >> The reason I ask is, in part, due to the problem WRFU had last night.
> >> Ray Morales was trying to do a remote broadcast, which failed. He says
> >> that the studio computer was disconnected from the internet, but in fact
> >> the transmitter seems to have been off, as no signal at all was going
> >> out. If it was just an internet problem, then the transmitter should
> >> have stayed on and just given dead air. It is also possible that
> >> connectivity in the internal network could have been lost between the
> >> studio and the transmitter, which would explain why it knocked the
> >> transmitter off the air.
> >>
> > as i understand it, the only way to actually turn the power off on the
> > transmitter is to go upstairs and unplug it.  i am assuming when ray
> > says the transmitter was off that he means the transmitter check
> > software said it was off.  this means someone turned off the
> > transmitter but did not power it off.  if this wasnt the case, then he
> > would not have been able to turn it back on unless he physically went
> > upstairs (which i dont think he has access too).
> >
> > in the past the transmitter has been turned off (not powered down) on
> > accident.  i am assuming this happened again.
> >
> >> In any case, I was again unable reach the IMC website or any of the
> >> groogroo mailing lists this morning between about 10:15am and 11:45am.
> >> It has come back up, but given only intermittent connectivity since. It
> >> loads about half the editor's webpage and then quits.This has gotten to
> >> be a major problem and we need to make it a top priority to get it
> >> resolved. It's like owning a car that is always in the shop and still
> >> having to make payments on something that won't get you around the
> >> block.
> >> Mike Lehman
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Daniel