[App_rpt-users] BeagleBone Black Allstar Official Release

Fri Jul 18 04:19:03 UTC 2014

Doug,

Just wanted to congratulate you on your efforts in porting Allstar to 
the BeagleBone Black. I just got my BBB board today and have a node up 
and running with no issues. Took me about 3 hours to set up, but mostly 
because I realized the BBB uses a microSD card, which I didn't have one 
on hand. I had to go to Walmart and get one because it is close and open 
at 9:30PM.

I am using the simpleusb.conf, which I have never used, but works fine.

The TI chip does get a bit hot, so I put a heat sink on it to help.

On 6/26/2014 10:24 AM, Doug Crompton wrote:
> The distro is Arch Linux but this is a complete package, image 
> download at the website. No additional downloads are required. You do 
> not need to do anything but configure it.
>
> *73 Doug
> WA3DSP
> http://www.crompton.com/hamradio*
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 05:16:42 -0700
> From: donegan at donegan.org
> Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] BeagleBone Black Allstar Official Release
> To: doug at crompton.com
> CC: app_rpt-users at ohnosec.org
>
> Yes, and the distro required on the SW side - I have a current node in 
> test mode with an 'old' everex GPC, A.C.I.D. and URIx, I have an 
> unused BeagleBone Black, so just wondering what else would be required 
> to 'glue' a BBB based one together. I'll check out hamvoip.org shortly 
> and see what kernels (pun intended) of data it has :-)
> ____________
> Steven Donegan
> KK6IVC
> SSCC/NORC Life Member, Car #86
> www.sscc.us
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Doug Crompton <doug at crompton.com>
> *To:* Steven Donegan <donegan at donegan.org>
> *Cc:* "app_rpt-users at ohnosec.org" <app_rpt-users at ohnosec.org>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 25, 2014 10:37 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [App_rpt-users] BeagleBone Black Allstar Official Release
>
> Steven,
>
>    I think you are asking about hardware? BBB, sound FOB, Radio.
>
> *73 Doug
> WA3DSP
> http://www.crompton.com/hamradio*
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 22:07:11 -0700
> From: donegan at donegan.org
> Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] BeagleBone Black Allstar Official Release
> To: doug at crompton.com
>
> What is the complete configuration required? IE BBB+?
>
> Being a computer professional (+geek+electronics geek+ham etc) I might 
> just replace my low power mac mini sized node with an even more small 
> and power efficient unit - and besides I like hacking on linux and 
> asterisk :-)
> ____________
> Steven Donegan
> KK6IVC
> SSCC/NORC Life Member, Car #86
> www.sscc.us
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Doug Crompton <doug at crompton.com>
> *To:* "app_rpt-users at ohnosec.org" <app_rpt-users at ohnosec.org>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 25, 2014 10:02 PM
> *Subject:* [App_rpt-users] BeagleBone Black Allstar Official Release
>
> Hello and welcome to the first public release of Allstar on the 
> BeagleBone Black. This represents months of trial and error testing 
> which first started with the Raspberry Pi back at the beginning of the 
> year and was finally successful on the BBB platform. We have had 
> several beta versions out now for over two months with many testers 
> and we had very good reports. There is more to be done but this is a 
> working system that will allow many to get rid of their energy 
> consuming PC's with constantly running hard drives and have an Allstar 
> system that fits in the palm of your hand.
>
> The web page I have created gives very detailed instructions on how to 
> download, install, and configure your BBB for use with Allstar. The 
> web page is:
>
> hamvoip.org
>
> There you will find a link to download the image and also to join the 
> arm-allstar email list. Please try to address questions specific to 
> the BBB and Allstar to the arm-allstar list and not the apt-rpt list.
>
> While the code is the current Acid release there are many differences 
> in how things are done on the BBB and the OS we are using, Arch Linux, 
> is much different than Centos or Debian. Please refer to the web page 
> for detailed info on some of the differences. We also recommend that 
> you NOT use the nodesetup routine that is offered on the standard Acid 
> release. In many ways this is faulty and often more trouble than it is 
> worth. For that reason we have renamed nodesteup on the image and made 
> it non-executable. Besides what is described on the web page there is 
> a very detailed how-to describing first time setup of the config 
> files. We encourage you to edit the existing config files rather than 
> wholesale copying your existing configs on top of the examples. There 
> is a little learning involved but in the long run it is good to know 
> how things work by configuring the files on your own.
>
> We also encourage you to make image backups once you have your system 
> configured. This will avoid having to recreate your configuration 
> should a failure of some kind occur. While we have not seen any 
> problems with power failures and as far as we know not one SD card has 
> ever failed running Allstar there is always a first time and better 
> safe than sorry.
>
> This release does not have the backup/restore scripts that we promised 
> but they will be available soon. Basically what they will do is copy 
> /etc/asterisk and all directories under it in entirety into a tar file 
> and then you would use winscp or a similar file copy program to 
> transfer the tar file to another computer. This would allow you to 
> make updates of the image when new code is released in the future 
> without losing your former configuration. For now you can do this 
> manually. See the howto on the web page for instructions on doing 
> image and directory backups. It is not hard to do and well worth the 
> piece of mind.
>
> Have fun and I hope you enjoy your new BBB Allstar node. There will be 
> many more features and upgrades available in the future all of which 
> will be announced on the arm-allstar email list. There are already 
> plenty of experienced users on the list that can help you with any 
> problems you might have.
>
> 73 Doug, WA3DSP
>
>
>
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