From dpowellwilliams at shaw.ca Mon May 5 05:07:00 2008 From: dpowellwilliams at shaw.ca (David Powell-Williams) Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 22:07:00 -0700 Subject: [App_rpt] Kenwood TM-271 Message-ID: <0K0D008I7Q7OD960@l-daemon> Hello Group: Anybody out there interfaced a TM-271 (or 471) as a remote base with app_rpt? I had hoped that modern Kenwood mobile radios would share a common programming protocol. The app_rpt mentions the TM-G707 as an example of a radio that can be used with the rpt.conf option 'remote=kenwood'. However, it does not work for me using the TM-271. I built up a RS-232 to TTL interface which works fine with the Kenwood programming software but not with app_rpt. Recalling a memory channel or setting a VFO frequency results in an 'invalid frequency' callout from Asterisk. Looking through the app_rpt source function 'setkenwood', I see the string 'VMC 0,0' is sent to the radio initially. When I monitor the serial data from Asterisk to the radio, this string is sent but the radio's response is '?' (0x3F). One suspects this isn't the right answer. Does anyone have experience or suggestions with the TM-217 on app_rpt? 73, Dave VE7MQ. From telesistant at hotmail.com Tue May 6 08:35:20 2008 From: telesistant at hotmail.com (Jim Duuuude) Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 01:35:20 -0700 Subject: [App_rpt] Kenwood TM-271 In-Reply-To: <0K0D008I7Q7OD960@l-daemon> References: <0K0D008I7Q7OD960@l-daemon> Message-ID: I would be more then happy to sit down with you and your system on the other side of a telephone conversation, and hack our way through it. When is good for you? Jim WB6NIL > Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 22:07:00 -0700 > From: dpowellwilliams at shaw.ca > To: app_rpt at lists.illiana.net > Subject: [App_rpt] Kenwood TM-271 > > Hello Group: > > Anybody out there interfaced a TM-271 (or 471) as a remote base with > app_rpt? > > I had hoped that modern Kenwood mobile radios would share a common > programming protocol. The app_rpt mentions the TM-G707 as an example of a > radio that can be used with the rpt.conf option 'remote=kenwood'. However, > it does not work for me using the TM-271. > > I built up a RS-232 to TTL interface which works fine with the Kenwood > programming software but not with app_rpt. Recalling a memory channel or > setting a VFO frequency results in an 'invalid frequency' callout from > Asterisk. > > Looking through the app_rpt source function 'setkenwood', I see the string > 'VMC 0,0' is sent to the radio initially. When I monitor the serial data > from Asterisk to the radio, this string is sent but the radio's response is > '?' (0x3F). One suspects this isn't the right answer. > > Does anyone have experience or suggestions with the TM-217 on app_rpt? > > 73, > > Dave > VE7MQ. > > _______________________________________________ > App_rpt mailing list > App_rpt at lists.illiana.net > http://lists.illiana.net/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dpowellwilliams at shaw.ca Tue May 6 21:34:39 2008 From: dpowellwilliams at shaw.ca (David Powell-Williams) Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 14:34:39 -0700 Subject: [App_rpt] Kenwood TM-271 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <0K0G001G9ULS0RF0@l-daemon> Jim: Many thanks for a great offer. I have found a non-authoritative list of TM-271 programming commands on the web. I have hooked up minicom directly to the radio to verify them. As soon as I have confidence that they are correct, I'll contact you. I believe that the TM-G707 unit, currently supported in app_rpt, is no longer in production. The TM-271 seems to be a popular RB radio, so support for it in app_rpt would be welcomed by others, I'm sure. 73, Dave VE7MQ. ________________________________________ From: app_rpt-bounces at lists.illiana.net [mailto:app_rpt-bounces at lists.illiana.net] On Behalf Of Jim Duuuude Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 1:35 AM To: Asterisk Repeater Controler Subject: Re: [App_rpt] Kenwood TM-271 I would be more then happy to sit down with you and your system on the other side of a telephone conversation, and hack our way through it. When is good for you? Jim WB6NIL From nessenj at jimsoffice.org Fri May 23 16:24:00 2008 From: nessenj at jimsoffice.org (James Nessen) Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 12:24:00 -0400 Subject: [App_rpt] Unable to make hid list.. Message-ID: <20080523162400.GB9767@venus.jimsoffice.org> Greetings, I am attempting to install asterisk and the app_rpt goodies on a CentOS 4.4 installation, and when running asterisk -vvvvvc, I see an entry like so: [May 23 09:20:03] NOTICE chan_usbradio.c: Unable to make hid list Any ideas? Thanks. Jim -- Jim Nessen K6JWN IRLP Node 3598; EchoLink 83598 K6JWN-R AllStarLink Node 2142 Email: nessenj at jimsoffice.org Phone: 530-979-0894 Web: http://irlp.k6jwn.org From n9yty at n9yty.com Sat May 24 15:29:25 2008 From: n9yty at n9yty.com (Steven Palm) Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 10:29:25 -0500 Subject: [App_rpt] New USB Fob attempt... Message-ID: Hi All, Just trying to set up my system (finally!) after various starts and stops along the way. I have a few of the generic USB FOBS, and I have them modified and all seems to be well there... I have a system I did a fresh install of EVB on, and all seems fine there. The radio is a GE Delta on 2m. It decodes DTMF fine. I can't, for the life of me, manage to get TX Audio to work properly. If I use txtone or txvoice in 'radio tune', I either get very weird behavior (sputtering sound on my receiving HT) or a dead carrier. However, if I plug the USB keyfob into my laptop (Mac OS X) and feed audio into it and then manually ground the PTT line the GE Delta is happy to transmit that audio and it sounds great. So I can (maybe) assume that the FOB is working fine, and my wiring is correct. I have run the svn update routine, so I should have all the latest bits and bobs, and I do not see any error messages along the way, so I'm really at a loss as to what to try next. Any thoughts? Steve - N9YTY From hwstar at rodgers.sdcoxmail.com Sat May 24 16:23:48 2008 From: hwstar at rodgers.sdcoxmail.com (Stephen Rodgers) Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 09:23:48 -0700 Subject: [App_rpt] New USB Fob attempt... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <48384114.4020400@rodgers.sdcoxmail.com> Steven, What kernel version are you running? I've been advised there's a ztdummy timing issue with some kernels greater than 2.4.22. Steve. Steven Palm wrote: > Hi All, > > Just trying to set up my system (finally!) after various starts and > stops along the way. I have a few of the generic USB FOBS, and I have > them modified and all seems to be well there... > > I have a system I did a fresh install of EVB on, and all seems fine > there. > > The radio is a GE Delta on 2m. > > It decodes DTMF fine. > > I can't, for the life of me, manage to get TX Audio to work properly. > If I use txtone or txvoice in 'radio tune', I either get very weird > behavior (sputtering sound on my receiving HT) or a dead carrier. > > However, if I plug the USB keyfob into my laptop (Mac OS X) and feed > audio into it and then manually ground the PTT line the GE Delta is > happy to transmit that audio and it sounds great. > > So I can (maybe) assume that the FOB is working fine, and my wiring is > correct. > > I have run the svn update routine, so I should have all the latest > bits and bobs, and I do not see any error messages along the way, so > I'm really at a loss as to what to try next. > > Any thoughts? > > Steve - N9YTY > _______________________________________________ > App_rpt mailing list > App_rpt at lists.illiana.net > http://lists.illiana.net/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt > From dpowellwilliams at shaw.ca Sat May 24 17:52:56 2008 From: dpowellwilliams at shaw.ca (David Powell-Williams) Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 10:52:56 -0700 Subject: [App_rpt] New USB Fob attempt... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <0K1D00K7NWC89B30@l-daemon> Steve: Gee, I'm beginning to think if your name isn't Steve or Jim, you're just a nobody in the app_rpt/AllStar world :)) This is to let you know that you are not alone with the audio issue. Jim WB6NIL and I have been working to add the Kenwood TM-271 to the list of equipment that is supported for remote base use. To this end, I put Debian Etch on a Dell Inspiron (2.6 GHz P4, 700 MB memory, kernel 2.6.24). After much work by Jim, we got the RB interface working correctly. However, the audio from Asterisk to iaxrpt was very garbled. Many attempts to correct it failed. Next step was to put the same distro but with a 2.6.22 kernel on a second computer (dual core AMD, 1 G memory). This time the audio to iaxrpt was just like your description...totally unintelligible blurps and pops. Jim traced this down to issues with ztdummy and was able to correct it. The final step (to date) was re-installing Debian on the Inspiron with a 2.6.18 kernel. I used zaptel-1.4.current.tar.gz from the Digium repository to generate ztdummy. This cured the audio distortion from Asterisk to iaxrpt but introduced garbled audio when going from iaxrpt to Asterisk. This is where we are today. I should be clear that this is not an iaxrpt issue. Radio tune txvoice produces a very distorted sine wave as seen off the air by a service monitor. A 'scope placed directly on the USB FOB audio output also shows a poor waveform with 'radio tune'. Jim has been nothing short of fabulous in working on this problem. If we, meaning 99.9% Jim, get a solution that produces good audio in both directions, I'll be sure to post a note here. I hope this helps. 73, David VE7MQ. From n9yty at n9yty.com Sat May 24 21:47:23 2008 From: n9yty at n9yty.com (Steven Palm) Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 16:47:23 -0500 Subject: [App_rpt] New USB Fob attempt... In-Reply-To: <48384114.4020400@rodgers.sdcoxmail.com> References: <48384114.4020400@rodgers.sdcoxmail.com> Message-ID: On May 24, 2008, at 11:23 AM, Stephen Rodgers wrote: > What kernel version are you running? I've been advised there's a > ztdummy > timing issue with some kernels greater than 2.4.22. It's a brand-new EVB-0.011 installation, nothing custom, so it's 2.6.18-8.1.15.el5. I'll keep poking at it and see what else I can turn up. Steve From n9yty at n9yty.com Sun May 25 00:12:48 2008 From: n9yty at n9yty.com (Steven Palm) Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 19:12:48 -0500 Subject: [App_rpt] New USB Fob attempt... In-Reply-To: <0K1D00K7NWC89B30@l-daemon> References: <0K1D00K7NWC89B30@l-daemon> Message-ID: <2374846B-8C4B-473C-9FD4-B85B6141C3A8@n9yty.com> On May 24, 2008, at 12:52 PM, David Powell-Williams wrote: > This is to let you know that you are not alone with the audio issue. Well, I guess that is encouraging. :) I'd rather be alone and be the only one with a negative experience in this case, but I guess if it helps track down and solve some edge case problems then it's good. Well, what it is doing almost without fail now is producing just a carrier on transmit although there is a high-pitched tone in there but it's not a clean tone. I put the system in parrot mode and it will key up after I drop carrier, but I get the same sort of sound from that as I do from sending *81 for example, or even a 'radio key' command on the tty9 asterisk command line. While it was in parrot mode, though, I copied the temporary parrot file before it got deleted and moved it over to my Mac and it contained my audio clear as a bell. ...So, clearly RX is working well, and PTT control is fine, but for some reason the system cannot generate any real audio, only this tone. Again, having moved the USB FOB to another computer and sending audio out to it and then grounding PTT and having the radio transmit it just fine tells me that the USB FOB is working as it should, so it must be something in the system that can't feed good audio data to the USB FOB on the outbound leg. I tried a fresh install inside VMWare on my Mac laptop just for kicks and found the same behavior as I am seeing on the other machine. Not sure where to debug from here, I've never played with asterisk before so I know very little about how the pieces fit together. Steve From hwstar at rodgers.sdcoxmail.com Sun May 25 01:00:45 2008 From: hwstar at rodgers.sdcoxmail.com (Stephen Rodgers) Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 18:00:45 -0700 Subject: [App_rpt] New USB Fob attempt... In-Reply-To: <2374846B-8C4B-473C-9FD4-B85B6141C3A8@n9yty.com> References: <0K1D00K7NWC89B30@l-daemon> <2374846B-8C4B-473C-9FD4-B85B6141C3A8@n9yty.com> Message-ID: <4838BA3D.2050909@rodgers.sdcoxmail.com> Guys, First off, I'm not as familiar with chan_usbradio internals as I am with app_rpt and pciradio. You know what's a real strange twist to this? I just finished putting together an autoinstall CD using a modified version CentoS 5.1 for single channel usbradio installs and it works just fine! I just tuned up the system using my HP8920B service monitor, and the txtone function puts out a nice clean sine wave. I'm in the process of uploading an iso image for the autoinstall to http://limeylinux.org/custom-centos/51 you guys are welcome to try this iso image and see if it has the same issue or not. There is a .pdf of the install instructions uploaded to the above url you can read in advance. The image should be there in a few hours. Steve Rodgers WA6ZFT Steven Palm wrote: > On May 24, 2008, at 12:52 PM, David Powell-Williams wrote: >> This is to let you know that you are not alone with the audio issue. > > Well, I guess that is encouraging. :) I'd rather be alone and be > the only one with a negative experience in this case, but I guess if > it helps track down and solve some edge case problems then it's good. > > Well, what it is doing almost without fail now is producing just a > carrier on transmit although there is a high-pitched tone in there but > it's not a clean tone. > > I put the system in parrot mode and it will key up after I drop > carrier, but I get the same sort of sound from that as I do from > sending *81 for example, or even a 'radio key' command on the tty9 > asterisk command line. > > While it was in parrot mode, though, I copied the temporary parrot > file before it got deleted and moved it over to my Mac and it > contained my audio clear as a bell. > > ...So, clearly RX is working well, and PTT control is fine, but for > some reason the system cannot generate any real audio, only this > tone. Again, having moved the USB FOB to another computer and sending > audio out to it and then grounding PTT and having the radio transmit > it just fine tells me that the USB FOB is working as it should, so it > must be something in the system that can't feed good audio data to the > USB FOB on the outbound leg. > > I tried a fresh install inside VMWare on my Mac laptop just for > kicks and found the same behavior as I am seeing on the other machine. > > Not sure where to debug from here, I've never played with asterisk > before so I know very little about how the pieces fit together. > > Steve > _______________________________________________ > App_rpt mailing list > App_rpt at lists.illiana.net > http://lists.illiana.net/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt > From n9yty at n9yty.com Sun May 25 01:53:20 2008 From: n9yty at n9yty.com (Steven Palm) Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 20:53:20 -0500 Subject: [App_rpt] New USB Fob attempt... In-Reply-To: <4838BA3D.2050909@rodgers.sdcoxmail.com> References: <0K1D00K7NWC89B30@l-daemon> <2374846B-8C4B-473C-9FD4-B85B6141C3A8@n9yty.com> <4838BA3D.2050909@rodgers.sdcoxmail.com> Message-ID: <9C9990FE-B24A-4D9B-97E6-4113DD7293C8@n9yty.com> On May 24, 2008, at 8:00 PM, Stephen Rodgers wrote: > You know what's a real strange twist to this? I just finished putting > together an autoinstall CD using a modified version CentoS 5.1 for > single channel usbradio installs and it works just fine! I just > tuned up > the system using my HP8920B service monitor, and the txtone function > puts out a nice clean sine wave. Hey, I'm certainly not laying any blame, I just think that maybe I've run into one of those odd configurations that is the problem, not the core software. > I'm in the process of uploading an iso image for the autoinstall to > http://limeylinux.org/custom-centos/51 you guys are welcome to try > this > iso image and see if it has the same issue or not. Easy for me since I don't have anything really invested in my setup, so easy come-easy go. ;) I'll give it a shot maybe yet this weekend. Thanks! Steve From n9yty at n9yty.com Sun May 25 04:53:45 2008 From: n9yty at n9yty.com (Steven Palm) Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 23:53:45 -0500 Subject: [App_rpt] New USB Fob attempt... In-Reply-To: <4838BA3D.2050909@rodgers.sdcoxmail.com> References: <0K1D00K7NWC89B30@l-daemon> <2374846B-8C4B-473C-9FD4-B85B6141C3A8@n9yty.com> <4838BA3D.2050909@rodgers.sdcoxmail.com> Message-ID: On May 24, 2008, at 8:00 PM, Stephen Rodgers wrote: > I'm in the process of uploading an iso image for the autoinstall to > http://limeylinux.org/custom-centos/51 you guys are welcome to try > this > iso image and see if it has the same issue or not. What size HD is required? I tried 4GB, 6GB and 8GB in a Virtual Machine and each time it tells me there is not enough space to make the partition. Steve From telesistant at hotmail.com Sun May 25 07:43:16 2008 From: telesistant at hotmail.com (Jim Duuuude) Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 00:43:16 -0700 Subject: [App_rpt] stats.allstarlink.org is back Message-ID: As most of you already know, the stats.allstarlink.org site has been down for about 2 days, because the hoster it was on just shut it off claiming that we were using too much CPU. after much irritation with the hoster that it was on, we decided to move it to another host (thanks to dave, KE6UPI). Did anyone say that I HATE PHP!!! After 2 days of much frustration, its back and working again. Jim, WB6NIL P.S. In case anyone was unsure, I HATE PHP!!! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hwstar at rodgers.sdcoxmail.com Sun May 25 15:54:28 2008 From: hwstar at rodgers.sdcoxmail.com (Stephen Rodgers) Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 08:54:28 -0700 Subject: [App_rpt] New USB Fob attempt... In-Reply-To: References: <0K1D00K7NWC89B30@l-daemon> <2374846B-8C4B-473C-9FD4-B85B6141C3A8@n9yty.com> <4838BA3D.2050909@rodgers.sdcoxmail.com> Message-ID: <48398BB4.4040502@rodgers.sdcoxmail.com> ks.cfg is set for a 7500MB partition: part / --fstype ext3 --size=7500 --asprimary Your 8GiB disk drive is probably barely failing. You could set this as small as 3GB or so is you use isomaster to modify the ks.cfg file in the root directory of the iso image and edit the size of the partition, Steve. Steven Palm wrote: > On May 24, 2008, at 8:00 PM, Stephen Rodgers wrote: >> I'm in the process of uploading an iso image for the autoinstall to >> http://limeylinux.org/custom-centos/51 you guys are welcome to try >> this >> iso image and see if it has the same issue or not. > > What size HD is required? I tried 4GB, 6GB and 8GB in a Virtual > Machine and each time it tells me there is not enough space to make > the partition. > > Steve > _______________________________________________ > App_rpt mailing list > App_rpt at lists.illiana.net > http://lists.illiana.net/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt > From hwstar at rodgers.sdcoxmail.com Mon May 26 03:10:23 2008 From: hwstar at rodgers.sdcoxmail.com (Stephen Rodgers) Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 20:10:23 -0700 Subject: [App_rpt] Centos canned install Message-ID: <483A2A1F.1050001@rodgers.sdcoxmail.com> All, For Centos Asterisk, and app_rpt configured for Allstar link in a #10 food can (i.e. ISO image). See http://dl.allstarlink.org. Steve WA6ZFT From w9drr at live.com Tue May 27 08:49:20 2008 From: w9drr at live.com (Don Russell) Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 03:49:20 -0500 Subject: [App_rpt] Ider, ID's leaking over all*link Message-ID: I have a couple issues I'm trying to work out. Any input appreciated. I have noticed that when I do a "rpt fun xxxx *xxxx" that dials something from the asterisk dial plan say "rpt fun 2090 *694" ( Plays back a recorded message, then hangs up). The ID that should follow never happens after that command. If I trigger them by macro, shell commands, or by console, the ID is not getting tripped. It just stays in the "CLEAN" state. Same thing is happening for iaxrpt remote connections. I "kerchunk" the repeater from the remote, no ID. Same for remote issued dtmf commands. Is there a setting I need to make to enforce the ID rules. I have set in /etc/asterisk/rpt.conf : [2090] idtime=570000 ; id interval time (in ms) politeid=30000 idrecording=rpt/w9drr-q idtalkover=|iw9drr/r tailmessagetime=1200000 tailsquashedtime=30000 tailmessagelist=rpt/w9drr-m [functions] 80=status,11 Also, same ID issue happens when linked with my local node 8888 (Self muting, s.a.m.e. decoding Wx receiver). The WX radio trips, audio airs. repeater carrier drops, no id after. Along those same lines, my *695 "custom ID" leaks out when linked. Should auto patch calls be local only, or is there a option to make them stay local? I think its still technically illegal to use a remote/linked autopatch since that is toll avoidance, if the actual user is not in the geographical area ..... rules suck. Now with advent of VOIP who really cares? Maybe I'm doing things backasswords. I am trying to setup occasional alternate ID's. The main id is very short. Alt-ID has our club affiliation mentioned. Its not really considered a "Tail Message". I'm trying to duplicate a NHRC-2 function. After first keyup play ID1, every X mintes play ID2. If after X minutes of inactivity play ID2 then go to sleep. Next keyup starts over loop. hmmm. now that I think about it as I'm proofing this email, I'm not sure I am getting any ID's or tail messages. I know if I issue a *80(status,11) it does playback the ID. if I keyup during playback, I do get the IDtalkover morse ID. Thanks, Don _________________________________________________________________ Make every e-mail and IM count. Join the i?m Initiative from Microsoft. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Join/Default.aspx?source=EML_WL_ MakeCount -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From w9drr at live.com Tue May 27 09:13:25 2008 From: w9drr at live.com (Don Russell) Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 04:13:25 -0500 Subject: [App_rpt] Voting receivers Message-ID: While working with the weather receiver, I just thought about voting receivers. Is there any logic with app_rpt to define fobs as separate receivers not having to "link" them in. The fob I am using is hooked to a receiver only. Is there any way this can be done with making the controller go into "linked" state, when really its not linked to any external nodes. It is just connected local ones, that are never dropped. that is partially OK, but when you use the courtesy tones to determine linked/unlinked state they are useless because it considers itself linked, when its not really linked to any external nodes. That also bring up "leaked" audio. If I am linked to another system, my local weather receiver audio will leak out when it should stay local. How can I stop that? That brings me to project #3 Voting separate fobs: I am planning on adding in a separate rf linked receiver. Is there a way to define a fob as a "receiver" and another as a "transmitter". Also is there any voting based on S/N possible? I want to do everything with asterisk, not external voters. Don W9DRR _________________________________________________________________ Give to a good cause with every e-mail. Join the i?m Initiative from Microsoft. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Join/Default.aspx?souce=EML_WL_ GoodCause -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From steve.w9sh at gmail.com Tue May 27 11:46:18 2008 From: steve.w9sh at gmail.com (Steven Henke) Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 07:46:18 -0400 Subject: [App_rpt] Voting receivers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Don, In both the case of bringing in the monitor receiver, voting and separate TX/RX USB adapters, I've wanted to do the same. For the separate TX/RX USB adapters, it would be great if you use transceivers to build a repeater because you could then monitor the output frequency at the site (assuming no circulators in the TX path). I'm going to put them on the feature list and see if someone will take on this functionality or at some point do it myself. 73, Steve H. On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 5:13 AM, Don Russell wrote: > While working with the weather receiver, I just thought about voting > receivers. > > Is there any logic with app_rpt to define fobs as separate receivers not > having to "link" them in. > The fob I am using is hooked to a receiver only. Is there any way this can > be done with making the controller > go into "linked" state, when really its not linked to any external nodes. > It is just connected local ones, that are never dropped. > that is partially OK, but when you use the courtesy tones to determine > linked/unlinked state they are useless because it > considers itself linked, when its not really linked to any external nodes. > That also bring up "leaked" audio. If I am linked > to another system, my local weather receiver audio will leak out when it > should stay local. How can I stop that? > > > That brings me to project #3 > Voting separate fobs: I am planning on adding in a separate rf linked > receiver. > Is there a way to define a fob as a "receiver" and another as a > "transmitter". > Also is there any voting based on S/N possible? > I want to do everything with asterisk, not external voters. > > Don > W9DRR > > ------------------------------ > Give to a good cause with every e-mail. Join the i'm Initiative from > Microsoft. > > _______________________________________________ > App_rpt mailing list > App_rpt at lists.illiana.net > http://lists.illiana.net/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From n9yty at n9yty.com Thu May 29 23:32:21 2008 From: n9yty at n9yty.com (Steven Palm) Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 18:32:21 -0500 Subject: [App_rpt] New USB Fob attempt... In-Reply-To: <48398BB4.4040502@rodgers.sdcoxmail.com> References: <0K1D00K7NWC89B30@l-daemon> <2374846B-8C4B-473C-9FD4-B85B6141C3A8@n9yty.com> <4838BA3D.2050909@rodgers.sdcoxmail.com> <48398BB4.4040502@rodgers.sdcoxmail.com> Message-ID: <2085BE62-9337-4BD7-A032-0A3FBEB3CAFB@n9yty.com> Okay, Stephen, here is the state of my experiment so far... I didn't burn your ISO to a physical disc yet, but I tried it in my virtual machine and no change in behavior, but that isn't necessarily that meaningful as it could be an issue with the virtual machine. Back to my EVB installation... After some playing around I figured out how to use aplay to send a sound file out to the USB Fob... aplay --device=hwplug1:0,1 I took a file recorded in the parrot mode and I put the PTT line to ground while playing the file, and what do you know, it works great. I do have an internal sound card on this box, and I am wondering if something in the sound generation stuff is getting confused and sending audio out the wrong sound card? I don't have speakers on the other one so I don't know, but the USB FOB is the second card detected. I've tried to disable the internal card but haven't had much luck yet. So, the upshot so far is that Asterisk/app_rpt is able to read the receive audio, record it into a parrot file, and key the rig, but any time it transmits there is no audio. Nothing, nada, zilch, just a carrier. Playing a sound file through the USB FOB while forcing PTT on the radio does in fact transmit audio. Still thinking, but running out of things to think of trying. Steve From hwstar at rodgers.sdcoxmail.com Fri May 30 00:07:42 2008 From: hwstar at rodgers.sdcoxmail.com (hwstar at rodgers.sdcoxmail.com) Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 17:07:42 -0700 Subject: [App_rpt] New USB Fob attempt... Message-ID: <20080530000742.XDBD29031.dukecmmtao04.coxmail.com@dukecmimpo01.coxmail.com> Steve, This is definitely a strange problem. I have not seen these issues (at least on the hardware I have). You might want to ask either of the USB FOB developers Steve Henke or Jim Dixon to ssh into the machine to see what is going on with the USB channel driver and XPMR on your hardware platform. You might also want to try different hardware platforms and do direct installs (without using virtualization) to try and identify what makes the problem come and go. Steve. > > From: Steven Palm > Date: 2008/05/29 Thu PM 04:32:21 PDT > To: Asterisk Repeater Controler > Subject: Re: [App_rpt] New USB Fob attempt... > > Okay, Stephen, here is the state of my experiment so far... > > I didn't burn your ISO to a physical disc yet, but I tried it in my > virtual machine and no change in behavior, but that isn't necessarily > that meaningful as it could be an issue with the virtual machine. > > Back to my EVB installation... After some playing around I figured > out how to use aplay to send a sound file out to the USB Fob... aplay > --device=hwplug1:0,1 > > I took a file recorded in the parrot mode and I put the PTT line to > ground while playing the file, and what do you know, it works great. > > I do have an internal sound card on this box, and I am wondering if > something in the sound generation stuff is getting confused and > sending audio out the wrong sound card? I don't have speakers on the > other one so I don't know, but the USB FOB is the second card detected. > > I've tried to disable the internal card but haven't had much luck yet. > > So, the upshot so far is that Asterisk/app_rpt is able to read the > receive audio, record it into a parrot file, and key the rig, but any > time it transmits there is no audio. Nothing, nada, zilch, just a > carrier. Playing a sound file through the USB FOB while forcing PTT > on the radio does in fact transmit audio. > > Still thinking, but running out of things to think of trying. > > Steve > _______________________________________________ > App_rpt mailing list > App_rpt at lists.illiana.net > http://lists.illiana.net/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt > From telesistant at hotmail.com Fri May 30 00:45:03 2008 From: telesistant at hotmail.com (Jim Duuuude) Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 17:45:03 -0700 Subject: [App_rpt] New USB Fob attempt... In-Reply-To: <20080530000742.XDBD29031.dukecmmtao04.coxmail.com@dukecmimpo01.coxmail.com> References: <20080530000742.XDBD29031.dukecmmtao04.coxmail.com@dukecmimpo01.coxmail.com> Message-ID: I have seen this problem. Are you using a USB hub, or are your devices directly connected into your computer?? We have had some very strange problems with some hubs. Jim WB6NIL > From: hwstar at rodgers.sdcoxmail.com > To: app_rpt at lists.illiana.net > Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 17:07:42 -0700 > Subject: Re: [App_rpt] New USB Fob attempt... > > > Steve, > > This is definitely a strange problem. I have not seen these issues (at least on the hardware I have). You might want to ask either of the USB FOB developers Steve Henke or Jim Dixon to ssh into the machine to see what is going on with the USB channel driver and XPMR on your hardware platform. You might also want to try different hardware platforms and do direct installs (without using virtualization) to try and identify what makes the problem come and go. > > Steve. > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Steven Palm > > Date: 2008/05/29 Thu PM 04:32:21 PDT > > To: Asterisk Repeater Controler > > Subject: Re: [App_rpt] New USB Fob attempt... > > > > Okay, Stephen, here is the state of my experiment so far... > > > > I didn't burn your ISO to a physical disc yet, but I tried it in my > > virtual machine and no change in behavior, but that isn't necessarily > > that meaningful as it could be an issue with the virtual machine. > > > > Back to my EVB installation... After some playing around I figured > > out how to use aplay to send a sound file out to the USB Fob... aplay > > --device=hwplug1:0,1 > > > > I took a file recorded in the parrot mode and I put the PTT line to > > ground while playing the file, and what do you know, it works great. > > > > I do have an internal sound card on this box, and I am wondering if > > something in the sound generation stuff is getting confused and > > sending audio out the wrong sound card? I don't have speakers on the > > other one so I don't know, but the USB FOB is the second card detected. > > > > I've tried to disable the internal card but haven't had much luck yet. > > > > So, the upshot so far is that Asterisk/app_rpt is able to read the > > receive audio, record it into a parrot file, and key the rig, but any > > time it transmits there is no audio. Nothing, nada, zilch, just a > > carrier. Playing a sound file through the USB FOB while forcing PTT > > on the radio does in fact transmit audio. > > > > Still thinking, but running out of things to think of trying. > > > > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > > App_rpt mailing list > > App_rpt at lists.illiana.net > > http://lists.illiana.net/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt > > > > _______________________________________________ > App_rpt mailing list > App_rpt at lists.illiana.net > http://lists.illiana.net/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From n9yty at n9yty.com Fri May 30 01:28:34 2008 From: n9yty at n9yty.com (Steven Palm) Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 20:28:34 -0500 Subject: [App_rpt] New USB Fob attempt... In-Reply-To: References: <20080530000742.XDBD29031.dukecmmtao04.coxmail.com@dukecmimpo01.coxmail.com> Message-ID: On May 29, 2008, at 7:45 PM, Jim Duuuude wrote: > I have seen this problem. Are you using a USB hub, or are your > devices directly connected into your computer?? Unfortunately the USB FOB is connected right to the computer, and it is the only USB device connected at all. The computer only has two USB ports, just for the sake of completeness I will try the other one. Steve -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From n9yty at n9yty.com Fri May 30 01:34:33 2008 From: n9yty at n9yty.com (Steven Palm) Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 20:34:33 -0500 Subject: [App_rpt] New USB Fob attempt... In-Reply-To: References: <20080530000742.XDBD29031.dukecmmtao04.coxmail.com@dukecmimpo01.coxmail.com> Message-ID: > You might also want to try different hardware platforms and do > direct installs (without using virtualization) to try and identify > what makes the problem come and go. Also, in case I wasn't clear, this behavior is on a direct hardware install with no virutalization. My virtualized tests didn't work so I've put them aside until I can get it working on real hardware. Steve -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From telesistant at hotmail.com Fri May 30 01:38:00 2008 From: telesistant at hotmail.com (Jim Duuuude) Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 18:38:00 -0700 Subject: [App_rpt] New USB Fob attempt... Message-ID: okay, I have attached a copy of uridiag. Its the program that is used to troubleshoot uri devices. Try one of the numbered options that output a tone and test for it. If you really wanna be snazy, use the 'c' option to printout the pinout for the diagnostic loopback connector necessary, make one, and you can do full production tests on it with this program. cd /usr/src tar xzvf /path/to/where/the/file/is/uridiag.0-3.tar.gz #This will create /usr/src/uridiag cd uridiag make Then you can run it by doing ./uridiag From: n9yty at n9yty.com To: app_rpt at lists.illiana.net Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 20:28:34 -0500 Subject: Re: [App_rpt] New USB Fob attempt... On May 29, 2008, at 7:45 PM, Jim Duuuude wrote:I have seen this problem. Are you using a USB hub, or are your devices directly connected into your computer?? Unfortunately the USB FOB is connected right to the computer, and it is the only USB device connected at all. The computer only has two USB ports, just for the sake of completeness I will try the other one. Steve -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: uridiag.0-3.tar.gz Type: application/x-gzip Size: 17756 bytes Desc: not available URL: From n9yty at n9yty.com Fri May 30 04:19:23 2008 From: n9yty at n9yty.com (Steven Palm) Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 23:19:23 -0500 Subject: [App_rpt] New USB Fob attempt... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <16584F89-B8F7-4DF0-BD34-114473028947@n9yty.com> On May 29, 2008, at 8:38 PM, Jim Duuuude wrote: > okay, I have attached a copy of uridiag. Its the program that is > used to troubleshoot uri devices. You know, if anyone tells you that you guys don't suffer fools well, tell them that you do. :) I haven't taken everything apart to see what I did, but the upshot is that the I seem to have txaudio and auxaudio flipped on the DB9. I don't know if it was on the FOB end or the DB9 end, but since my previous tests with just pumping audio were likely stereo source files it explains why I had audio then but not when going through app_rpt. With uridiag I received tones on the second channel, not the first, which clued me in. I REALLY apologize for wasting your time, but this is a good one for the archives. :) When I find time (hopefully this weekend) I will dig into exactly what I wired wrong, I sure thought I had double-checked it all. I even connected to a few nodes tonight (monitor mode) and it seems to be working great. Now to read up on how the rest of it really works and get the link up. MANY THANKS! Steve - N9YTY From hwstar at rodgers.sdcoxmail.com Fri May 30 04:43:22 2008 From: hwstar at rodgers.sdcoxmail.com (Stephen Rodgers) Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 21:43:22 -0700 Subject: [App_rpt] New USB Fob attempt... In-Reply-To: <16584F89-B8F7-4DF0-BD34-114473028947@n9yty.com> References: <16584F89-B8F7-4DF0-BD34-114473028947@n9yty.com> Message-ID: <483F85EA.7090004@rodgers.sdcoxmail.com> Actually you had me fooled. I thought there was some issue with the channel drivers. That was a good idea Jim had to send you the diagnostic program. Steve. Steven Palm wrote: > On May 29, 2008, at 8:38 PM, Jim Duuuude wrote: >> okay, I have attached a copy of uridiag. Its the program that is >> used to troubleshoot uri devices. > > You know, if anyone tells you that you guys don't suffer fools well, > tell them that you do. :) > > I haven't taken everything apart to see what I did, but the upshot > is that the I seem to have txaudio and auxaudio flipped on the DB9. I > don't know if it was on the FOB end or the DB9 end, but since my > previous tests with just pumping audio were likely stereo source files > it explains why I had audio then but not when going through app_rpt. > > With uridiag I received tones on the second channel, not the first, > which clued me in. > > I REALLY apologize for wasting your time, but this is a good one for > the archives. :) When I find time (hopefully this weekend) I will dig > into exactly what I wired wrong, I sure thought I had double-checked > it all. > > I even connected to a few nodes tonight (monitor mode) and it seems > to be working great. > > Now to read up on how the rest of it really works and get the link up. > > MANY THANKS! > > Steve - N9YTY > _______________________________________________ > App_rpt mailing list > App_rpt at lists.illiana.net > http://lists.illiana.net/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt > From w9drr at live.com Sat May 31 15:48:33 2008 From: w9drr at live.com (Don Russell) Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 10:48:33 -0500 Subject: [App_rpt] New USB Fob attempt... In-Reply-To: References: <20080530000742.XDBD29031.dukecmmtao04.coxmail.com@dukecmimpo01.coxmail.com> Message-ID: I've been on vacation. I am back now. I had the same problem with the audio swapped Aux,tx audio. I do have my app_rpt repeater up on 442.575+ pl 114.8. The receiver isn't very hot but it is working. I have asterisk doing all kinds of cool things. Maybe we should meet up and swap notes. I too am in Machesney over on Dorothea. Don W9DRR 815-979-5532 Cell 815-713-1180 Home From: n9yty at n9yty.com To: app_rpt at lists.illiana.net Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 20:28:34 -0500 Subject: Re: [App_rpt] New USB Fob attempt... On May 29, 2008, at 7:45 PM, Jim Duuuude wrote:I have seen this problem. Are you using a USB hub, or are your devices directly connected into your computer?? Unfortunately the USB FOB is connected right to the computer, and it is the only USB device connected at all. The computer only has two USB ports, just for the sake of completeness I will try the other one. 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