[App_rpt-users] Discontinuance of IRLP support

[Peter Elke]

Hmm, 

This is very bad news...

I would think that connecting a single app_rpt node to IRLP would not
violate their rules.  There are a number of IRLP node emulators that
just make sure that echolink in not currently in use before allowing
IRLP.

Their rules disallow interconnections to foreign networks, it should not
disallow connecting to a app_rpt system used only as a repeater
controller with a few local radios (during the IRLP session).

The IRLP system is a bit too heavy for me, you need a controller, their
card and a PC.

I recall they even set up a flag for "experimental nodes" in the IRLP
database. 

Pete/WI6H  

-----Original Message-----
From: app_rpt-users-bounces at qrvc.com
[mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces at qrvc.com] On Behalf Of Tony Langdon,
VK3JED
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 4:11 PM
To: kb8ude at gmail.com; app_rpt mailing list
Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Discontinuance of IRLP support

At 09:53 AM 10/23/2010, kb8ude at gmail.com wrote:
>That is unfortunate. It also explains why. requests to him for a 
>node number were ignored. Too many times the needs (wants) of the 
>few (one) get in the way of progress.
>
>I got on-board with the app_rpt project because it offered a way to 
>give our users a way to access three different networks cheaply 
>rather than duplicating hardware to achieve the same result.  I 
>won't be constructing a new system to fill the gap, that's for sure.

Actually, it could be done on an existing IRLP node in theory.  A bit 
of a kludge, but EchoIRLP interfaces thebridge to existing IRLP 
software, and so I'm sure Asterisk could be interfaced to the IRLP 
software in a similar fashion.  Not the nicest way to do things, but 
theoretically possible, and would be IRLP compliant.  The AllStar 
side wouldn't need any hardware, since it would be using the 
radio/interface that IRLP uses.

EchoIRLP, even though it's a bunch of shell scripts is GPL, so feel 
free to play. :)

73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL
http://vkradio.com

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