[App_rpt] New guy with questions

[Steven Henke]

Jon,

Here's MHO,


On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 8:25 PM, RED BUTTON MOBILE <jrorke at cogeco.ca> wrote:
> Hi all, I have been monitoring the list for a while and read through
> some of the the archives.
>
> I am thinking of taking the plunge into the AppRpt world.
>
> Q1)   I have a need to have an 8 port repeater controller at one site
> (local radios) with maybe 1 or 2 off site IAX links possible later.
> Can a single Asterisk box perform as an 8 port controller?

## YES

> If so, can it be done with 8 USB fobs?
## YES
> I read some were that a system was set up with a USB hub and 7 Fobs.
## YES I've done that.
>
> Q2)Assuming system above is doable, what hardware would be required?
> I have an IBM P4 3G with 1Gig of memory. I also have 2 USB 2.0 PCI cards
> to install for USB support.
> Will this system do?
## The CPU has the power. It must be determined if the USB PCI cards
have enough bandwidth for the USB Radio Adapters. Some of them cheap
out and do not have independent Transaction Translators on each USB
port. The function lsusb and looking through the device file system is
the only way to see what you've got.
>
> Q3) I went to the Allstar page to request a node number but have not
> received a response. for over 2 weeks.
> Did I do something wrong? I filled out all the required info and it said
> Information uploaded. Does this mean the info was submitted?
## That's unusal. The sysops really do good work. It might be a spam
filter issue on your end.
>
> Q4) There seems to be several USB Fobs out there, and some are supported
> and some look like the right ones but dont have the cm 108 chips.
> Is there a list of known makes and models that are supported for AppRpt?
> If not could  this info be posted some ware so if one finds a source of
> the fob then the model could be checked before buying?
>
## Buy the URI at http://www.dmkeng.com. They are worth it.

> Q5) Can AppRpt support other audio interfaces like multiple Sound cards ## No.
> or IRLP interfaces. ## Yes via the chan_irlp module. No hardware required.
> I know it can use the IRLP interface as a radio interface. ## No app_rpt cannot use the IRLP interface/hardware to connect to radios.
> Can it also support M AUDIO multiport audio pci cards? ## No
>
> Anyway that my first opening questions for my project.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Jon
> VA3RQ

## Hope that was clear and correct enough to help. 73, Steven Henke, W9SH
>
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