LP issue

Umm....explain this please. 

Keep trying to purge and light, sometimes it takes several attempts and seems like forever.

If you smell propane, stop and wait until the air clears

Vann

The regulator lowers the high pressure from the tank to the low pressure that the appliances use.

Do you have some kind of gauge on the portable tank valve that you are referring to?

Perhaps one that screws on the brass propane tank fitting? And it reads full?

There are a few technologies for gauges on propane tanks.  Some of them are worth diddly.  So the first thing to do is make sure you have propane in the tank.  Unhook it and pick it up.  The propane is liquid in the tank so you can feel it in the tank when you move it.  If you know what you're doing, you can weigh it, or you can take it somewhere and have it filled.  Your regulator could be bad.  They aren't horribly expensive to replace.  The hose from the regulator to the Pod can get clogged.  Again, not expensive or hard to replace (and as far as I know, the only fix is to replace it.) Beyond that point I've never had a problem, but you might need to blow out the copper lines on the Pod.  I wouldn't go that far before trying everything else and getting more feedback from others here.

Your symptoms sound more like you're out of propane than anything else, but the advice to turn off the gas and then turn it back on very slowly is worth trying first.

The first thing to try to light is the stove.  Depending on things, you could have or get air in the lines, so turn on the gas at the stove and try to light it every 10 or 15 seconds for a minute or two.  If you get the stove working the other things should fall in place.

We need some feedback from you.  Most of us would like to know what it took to get you going, or what you've tried that failed so we can suggest next steps.

TT