GETTING STARTED WITH RMS EXPRESS
Getting Started with WinlinkWINLINK GLOBAL RADIO EMAILBarnstable Amateur Radio Club2021-04-05
Presentation Notes Objective is to provide enough information to get started ( ) This is an introduction assuming no prior knowledge The presentation came from winlink.org, modified tolocalize/modernize This presentation is on the BARC website - Topics Let’s try to avoid detailed technical discussions about how it works—there are many opportunities for further study—this is an introduction—a lot to cover in a short time Live Demo at the end – ask questions in chat, answers during setup We will schedule one or more on-air practice sessions (if desired) It’s ALL Winlink: RMS Express/Winlink 2000/WL2K/Winlink ExpressApril 5, 2021WINLINK OVERVIEW - W1LEM V092
What Is Winlink? Worldwide system for sending/receiving e-mail via radio Provides e-mail from almost anywhere in the world. Mature, well-tested and full featured system. Adopted for contingency communication by many federal,state and county government agencies Used by the National Guard Used by infrastructure-critical NGOs such as International &American Red Cross, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief, DHSTiered, AT&T Disaster Response & Recovery, FedEx,Bridgestone Emergency Response Team, etc.April 5, 2021WINLINK OVERVIEW - W1LEM V093
Why Use Winlink? Widely used for EmComm Many served agencies use it (e.g., Red Cross) Commonly used by ARES nation-wide (including C&I) World-wide capability Standard forms capability, including ICS and ARC Many additional capabilities beyond the scope of thispresentationApril 5, 2021WINLINK OVERVIEW - W1LEM V094
Primary Winlink Networks Amateur Radio - Over 10,000 (?) amateur users are registered(total users 33K, 13K active in the last month) Winlink is used by most off-shore sailors. Operates within theinternational amateur radio frequency space SHARES - Federal system providing HF radio contingencycommunication for federal agencies. SHARES operates on NTIS,federal frequencies that are not part of the amateur radiofrequency space MARS - Military Auxiliary Radio Service. Provides contingencycommunication for U.S. military. Operates in NTIS MARS radiofrequency spaceApril 5, 2021WINLINK OVERVIEW - W1LEM V095
Emergency Communications for American Red Cross withAmateur RadioAKA, “Why isn’t my eMail Working and What’s Wrong with my Phone?”ORWhen all else fails PREPARE, RESPOND, RECOVERSource: ARC-EMCOMM-TRAINING@groups.ioApril 5, 2021WINLINK OVERVIEW - W1LEM V096
What Winlink Offers for EmComm Reliability, Accuracy and Flexibility: Bridge different radio capabilities (VHF/UHF/HF) Bridge protocols: Pactor, Winmor, Ardop, VARA, Packet Standard e-mail format with many features Binary file attachments (image, pdf, spreadsheets)—be careful Automatic message compression/decompression Encrypted attachments using the encryption program you choose. No needto convert to letter groups Time independence and frequency agility Not limited by station-to-station propagationApril 5, 2021WINLINK OVERVIEW - W1LEM V097
Winlink System ComponentsClient system – Radio, computer with Winlink Expresssoftware( ), interface (TNC/or sound card) and youRadio Message Server (RMS) – Radio gateway between theclient (end-user) and the Winlink system backboneCommon Message Servers (CMS) – Winlink backbone Multiple CMS locations Redundant, fault-tolerant Located on 3 continents One CMS is sufficient for normal system operationApril 5, 2021WINLINK OVERVIEW - W1LEM V098
Winlink ArchitectureCMSRMS(Gateway)RMSs supportspecific modes, VARA FMClient (You)April 5, 2021WINLINK OVERVIEW - W1LEM V099
Winlink ArchitectureAsynchronous, VARA ORInterfaceSynchronousPossibly store-andforward Message PickupStations (radio onlycomms), VARASource: “Beginners Guide to Winlink,” W4PHSApril 5, 2021WINLINK ency%20Goals.pdfARES Emergency Communicator Individual Task Book:http://www.arrl.org/aresYouTube – about a billion videos (some are current, some of the currentones are accurate)April 5, 2021WINLINK OVERVIEW - W1LEM V0941
Next StepsDownload and install Winlink and additional software for your station Winlink.org If you have a TNC Winlink is all you need (if you can use PAC you can useWinlink VHF/UFH – SoundModem (VARA FM will work if you’re in range of a VARAserver) HF – VARA HF (different software from VARA FM, but one license gets both)Send a telnet message to your non-Winlink email addressConfigure Winlink and additional software (if any) for RF connection Alinco lessonSee if you can connect to a gateway to send a message over the airParticipate in Winlink Wednesdays or ThursdaysParticipate in a BARC Winlink Zoom/on-air sessionRead the documentation/watch the videos (but check for currency)April 5, 2021WINLINK OVERVIEW - W1LEM V0942
DEMONSTRATIONApril 5, 2021WINLINK OVERVIEW - W1LEM V0943
Winlink Setup April 5, 2021 WINLINK OVERVIEW - W1LEM V09 15. April 5, 2021 WINLINK OVERVIEW - W1LEM V09 16 Winlink Express Mail Box. Compose Messages, Post Each to Outbox April 5, 2021 WINLINK OVERVIEW - W1LEM V09 17 Call sign of registered user or non-Winlink email address.
Configuring Telnet in RMS Express to Connect to a Local RMS If you are running an RMS on the same computer as RMS Express, you can configure the RMS Express Telnet connection to connect to the local RMS rather than connecting to a CMS. To do this, open a telnet session and click “Setup” on the t
The RMS Express installation procedure will not put an icon for RMS Express on your desktop. However, you can manually create one by using this procedure: 1. Use Windows Explorer to browse the folder C:\RMS Express\ 2. Right click on the entry for “RMS Express.exe” and select
RMS and the Grid 05.01.11 4 SLA RMS RMS RMS M1 M2 M3 grid middleware user request Reliability? Quality of Service? Best Effort! User asks for Service Level Agreement Grid Middleware realizes job by means of local RMS systems BUT: These RMS only offer best effort! Goal: SLA-aware RMS Runtime responsibility
5 Click User Programs Click on the RMS Express Setup xxx.zip link. Select Save As Select the directory where you want to save this file. Click OK Repeat the process for the itshfbc xxx.zip file. This is the propagation software we install later. Open the RMS Express Zip File. Extract the RMS Express Setup.msi file to the desktop
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Mar 04, 2019 · Provide RMS setup information Establish a suggested standard configuration for Portable WinLink RMS stations. Establish procedures for portable RMS operation. . Install RMS Express software so the station can also be used as a WinLink client sta
6000 7000 RMS Pulse Power (watts) into a 50 8000 Ω Load Typical RMS Pulse Power of High Power RAM-0.5-5 Specified RMS Pulse Power of High Power RAM-0.5-5 Typical RMS Pulse Power of Standard RAM-0.25-17.5 Specified RMS Pulse Power of Standard RAM-0.25-17.5 Figure 4 Available powers as a fun
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