[App_rpt-users] Asterisk and Echolink no direct connected radio

[Steve Zingman]

Todd Birkenholtz wrote:
> Fellow Hams and PBX tinkerer's
>  
> I want to provide a auto-patch and a repeater dial-in for our club 
> repeater using my existing home Asterisk PBX in a Flash setup.
> Our club repeater is connected to Echolink so I was thinking about 
> creating a Echolink node on my server that users could link to then I 
> would allow an outbound call.
> On the reverse I would like to provide a repeater dial-in number that 
> would route through my Asterisk server to our club's node via 
> Echolink. Keeping in mind at no time does my Asterisk server actually 
> communicates with a radio directly it is just acting as a Echolink 
> gateway.
>  
> I have been experimenting with ACID but it appears the radio/usb 
> driver is preventing Asterisk from loading without a actual usb radio 
> connected. If I noload=chan_usbradio in the modules.conf file then 
> Asterisk appears to load but I am still having problems with refrence 
> to it in my rpt.config file.
>  
> I have been able to configure a Echolink connection but I 
> cant send audio to the connected node when the remote station connects 
> but the Asterisk debug indicates it is. 
> Does anybody have a working Echolink node that they would like to 
> share their iax,echolink,rpt and extensions config file with me.
>  
>  
Todd,
Set rxchannel = Zap/pseudo in place chan_usb in rpt.conf You will not 
need the hardware.


73, Steve N4IRS