Powernumpty

Could you print the output of (command prompt)

"ping kiwisdr.com" (I'm looking for if it returns the IP address, and in what format)

And then

"ping 50.116.2.70" (to see if it can actually route packets to the address)

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The common issues are DNS where the name does get linked to the right address or more recently the address returned for "somesite.com" coming up as IPv6 where these is no route using that version from your location. Both are errors but it would help to narrow it down.

Stu

Has it been well cooled?

Things stopping after an hour or so are normally thermal or bad disk in my experience.

Assuming you've not been thrashing the on board storage I'd look at cooling.

If the cpu/board has been heat cycling strongly the solder might have crystallized and when hot there is enough expansion to disconnect a pin or two. To check I'd let it cool (to the point it started when you last got an hour run) then boot it with less cooling see if it fails sooner, they should throttle back but I be careful just reduce the cooling not risk running without.

If it is disk I think there are images for the BBAI to run from SD, disconnect the cape and test that for while.

Stu

I have some FrSky Smart Port voltage and current sensors, they output 3.3V serial data (inverted).

https://code.google.com/archive/p/telemetry-convert/wikis/FrSkySPortProtocol.wiki

The only thing stopping me using them is the dense bit of wet carbon between the keyboard and chair.

OK so about the coax, antenna and items close by? We need to know what to discount as "recently tested good" (ideally on another system).

GPS is not a massively strong signal if something is wiping it out you would see what you do now, have you tried a phone app like "GPS Status" (Android) to check all is well locally? (bear in mind mobile phone GPS's are horribly good now). I just started the app on my three year old phone and it had about eight satellites indoors (from cold) in the time it took to type the last two lines.

From previous experience I would be surprised if it is software as there are many more physical things that can break GPS than software if it works to some extent.

The "Quickstart" if printed (A4) is about 37 pages now.

How about an FAQ (forum) post with the most frequently asked questions that could have a short answer but then also point to the relevant QS sections or helpful forum posts.

some FAQ candidates

1. Why is it not responsive five minutes after first boot?
2. PSU?
3. I've broken the software, how to recover?
4. How to edit.....bands, markers

FYI The forum links in the quickstart are to the older forum.