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The Tracker4 was introduced a while back but we had to take it off
the market because the WiFi modules and microcontrollers are
unobtanium. We're not expecting to be able to get more of the MCUs
until summer of next year.<br>
<br>
The SiLabs WiFi modules were also a huge pain in the butt. Hard to
inspect and prone to soldering problems, and SiLabs never got the
firmware totally stable. They got the design in the acquisition of
BlueGiga (which they wanted more for their BLE product line, I
understand) and then dropped it in favor of a product line they got
somewhere else, so it's an orphan and getting them to fix anything
is like pulling teeth. So I'm not too broken up about those going
away, but replacing all of the code that was written specifically
for it is going to take a while.<br>
<br>
So the old stuff is still available as long as we're still able to
get parts. Some of the other items like the SSTVCAM also have supply
issues, so our radio-related offerings are slim right now. We've
just about got mass production squared away for the ADS-SR1 simplex
repeater again (we got really lucky and snagged 3,000 MCUs that
unexpectedly popped up) and we can probably get the ADS-WS1 weather
station back into limited production before long. We're also working
on an air quality monitor version.<br>
<br>
The new forum system was thrown up quickly when Yahoo Groups shut
down and I never found a good way to import all of the old messages,
and the new forum didn't really catch on. We're planning a total
replacement of the website in the coming months so it may get
converted into something else.<br>
<br>
73,<br>
<br>
Scott<br>
N1VG<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/14/2022 7:27 AM, Rich Osman wrote:<br>
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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">I've been out of the
loop for a while and I'm looking at building a few new trackers.
Started looking at options and the Open tracker family from
Argent. I noticed that all the tracker support forum links off
the Argent Data site to to n longer existing Yahoo fora. I
found the Argent hosted fora another way and find most of the
discussions are over 6 months old. Most of the product dates
are 10 ± years old.<br>
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Am I missing something, or is this no longer really an option?
What is?<br>
<br>
It's looking like my options are a Tinytracker or roll my own
(which I'm loath to take the time to do.)<br>
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Rich, N1OZ<br>
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