[App_rpt-users] RB stability, was: Dial Watchdog Function

Steve Zingman szingman at msgstor.com
Sat Dec 12 19:25:41 UTC 2015 

I don't have any stability issues with the 706 and the basic rpt remote 
base code.
I don't need hamlib. Admittedly, I don't use Aallmon in it. I'll have to 
try it.

YMMV

73, Steve N4IRS


On 12/12/2015 02:20 PM, David McGough wrote:
> Hi Ken,
>
> Interesting that having allmon2 probe the RB stats causes a Asterisk
> crash...Back in yesteryear I tried to run a 706mkiig RB using the built-in
> code and never had good results--YES, it did work. But, Asterisk wasn't
> stable very long, frequently crashing several times a day, depending on
> use.  Various serial communications issues with the radio would
> -sporadically- "knock it for a loop" too. I concluded that their was
> probably memory getting clobbered somewhere.
>
> If I disabled the RB command support, the Asterisk stability
> skyrocketed--uptimes now measured in weeks, months or longer. As an
> example, here are the stats from one of my RB systems now:
>
> TX time today....................................: 01:12:27.95
> TX time since system initialization..............: 87:37:42.861
> Uptime...........................................: 1336:34:22
>
> It has been up 55 days without any issues....And, as you can see, it gets
> used--But, I now use hamlib for all RB commands.
>
>
> 73, David KB4FXC
>
>
> On Sat, 12 Dec 2015, Kenneth Grimard wrote:
>
>> the crash is caused when accessing the the remote base node
>> using the asterisk manager interface via allmon2
>> by the way.
>>
>> ken n1dot
>>
>> On 12/12/2015 2:02 PM, Steve Zingman wrote:
>>> Ken,
>>> I now better understand. I'll work on something that will solve the
>>> restart from crash.
>>> I will also look into what is causing the crash since I also have a
>>> 706 as a remote base.
>>>
>>> Thanks, Steve
>>>
>>> On 12/12/2015 01:50 PM, Kenneth Grimard wrote:
>>>> hi steve
>>>>
>>>> the main issue steve is not the fact that
>>>> service asterisk restart does not work.
>>>>
>>>> but the main issue is that if asterisk crashes for any reason
>>>> it will not restart itself. because of this i also can not use
>>>> cop,1 cop command which is asterisk restart.
>>>>
>>>> cop,1 will cause asterisk to exit for restart but asterisk will
>>>> not restart via a watchdog script.
>>>>
>>>> safe_asterisk used to do this very nicely but it has been eliminated.
>>>> and you only use the asterisk service script under systemd.
>>>>
>>>> yes the version of the asterisk service script i have here from the
>>>> dial build from about 4 to 5 weeks ago the
>>>> service asterisk restart does not work.
>>>>
>>>> it force's me to use service asterisk stop to remove the
>>>> asterisk.ctl file from the /var/run and the
>>>> the service asterisk start will then work allowing asterisk
>>>> to be restarted proprely.
>>>>
>>>> I also have a node setup for remote base mode using an
>>>> ic-706mkiig and sometimes that will cause a crash with it.
>>>> when asterisk is accessed via an allmon2 dashboard.
>>>>
>>>> I have had to take the remote base node off of the
>>>> allmon2 page to stop this crashing.
>>>>
>>>> it will do it every time too.
>>>> that is something with the old remote base code
>>>> with in app_rpt.c too which has never been fixed.
>>>>
>>>> this is why the asterisk auto restart on crash would be very nice
>>>>
>>>> where can i find a new or updated asterisk service script.
>>>>
>>>> can i get it from the rpi2 dial image and put in the
>>>> dial x86 build with out having to re-install
>>>> dial x86 image?
>>>>
>>>> otherwise for the most part asterisk under dial has been
>>>> fairly stable. but i can make it crash under certain conditions
>>>> which i try to avoid. like using allmon2 to access
>>>> the remote base node via the asterisk manager
>>>> interface.
>>>>
>>>> ken n1dot
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 12/12/2015 1:01 PM, Steve Zingman wrote:
>>>>> Ken,
>>>>> As I posted below I could not recreate your issue. is there anything
>>>>> I'm missing?
>>>>>
>>>>> 73, Steve
>>>>>
>>>>> root at repeater:~# asterisk -r
>>>>> Asterisk 1519, Copyright (C) 1999 - 2008 Digium, Inc. and others.
>>>>> Created by Mark Spencer <markster at digium.com>
>>>>> Asterisk comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; type 'core show
>>>>> warranty' for details.
>>>>> This is free software, with components licensed under the GNU
>>>>> General Public
>>>>> License version 2 and other licenses; you are welcome to
>>>>> redistribute it under
>>>>> certain conditions. Type 'core show license' for details.
>>>>> =========================================================================
>>>>> Connected to Asterisk 1519 currently running on repeater (pid = 4407)
>>>>> repeater*CLI> rpt cmd 2150 cop 1 2150
>>>>> repeater*CLI> Killed
>>>>>
>>>>> root at repeater:~# service asterisk restart
>>>>> root at repeater:~# asterisk -r
>>>>> Asterisk 1519, Copyright (C) 1999 - 2008 Digium, Inc. and others.
>>>>> Created by Mark Spencer <markster at digium.com>
>>>>> Asterisk comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; type 'core show
>>>>> warranty' for details.
>>>>> This is free software, with components licensed under the GNU
>>>>> General Public
>>>>> License version 2 and other licenses; you are welcome to
>>>>> redistribute it under
>>>>> certain conditions. Type 'core show license' for details.
>>>>> =========================================================================
>>>>> Connected to Asterisk 1519 currently running on repeater (pid = 4462)
>>>>> repeater*CLI>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 12/12/2015 11:50 AM, Kenneth Grimard wrote:
>>>>>> I download the dial release and installed it just after is first
>>>>>> came out
>>>>>> that was about 4 weeks ago.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> now if asterisk crash for any reason or if you use the cop,1 cop
>>>>>> command
>>>>>> it will not restart is self at all. you have to go into an ssh
>>>>>> shell and issue a
>>>>>> service asterisk stop then a service asterisk start.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> the service asterisk restart does not work for me on the x86 release.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> there seems to be no way for asterisk to restart itself after a crash
>>>>>> or after using the cop,1 cop command.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> has there been any updates to the asterisk service command
>>>>>> for systemd to fix this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ken n1dot
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 12/12/2015 7:16 AM, Steve Zingman wrote:
>>>>>>> Neil,
>>>>>>> I misread your message last night.
>>>>>>> I just tested service asterisk restart on DIAL x86 restarts a dead
>>>>>>> asterisk. See below.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> root at repeater:/etc/init.d# ps ax | grep asterisk
>>>>>>>   1081 ?        Ssl    0:01 /usr/sbin/asterisk
>>>>>>>   1117 pts/0    S+     0:00 grep asterisk
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> root at repeater:/etc/init.d# kill -9 1081
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> root at repeater:/etc/init.d# ps ax | grep asterisk
>>>>>>>   1125 pts/0    S+     0:00 grep asterisk
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> root at repeater:/etc/init.d# asterisk -r
>>>>>>> Asterisk 1519, Copyright (C) 1999 - 2008 Digium, Inc. and others.
>>>>>>> Created by Mark Spencer <markster at digium.com>
>>>>>>> Asterisk comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; type 'core show
>>>>>>> warranty' for details.
>>>>>>> This is free software, with components licensed under the GNU
>>>>>>> General Public
>>>>>>> License version 2 and other licenses; you are welcome to
>>>>>>> redistribute it under
>>>>>>> certain conditions. Type 'core show license' for details.
>>>>>>> =========================================================================
>>>>>>> Unable to connect to remote asterisk (does /var/run/asterisk.ctl
>>>>>>> exist?)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> root at repeater:/etc/init.d# service asterisk restart
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> root at repeater:/etc/init.d# ps ax | grep asterisk
>>>>>>>   1143 ?        Ssl    0:00 /usr/sbin/asterisk
>>>>>>>   1171 pts/0    S+     0:00 grep asterisk
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> root at repeater:/etc/init.d# asterisk -r
>>>>>>> Asterisk 1519, Copyright (C) 1999 - 2008 Digium, Inc. and others.
>>>>>>> Created by Mark Spencer <markster at digium.com>
>>>>>>> Asterisk comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; type 'core show
>>>>>>> warranty' for details.
>>>>>>> This is free software, with components licensed under the GNU
>>>>>>> General Public
>>>>>>> License version 2 and other licenses; you are welcome to
>>>>>>> redistribute it under
>>>>>>> certain conditions. Type 'core show license' for details.
>>>>>>> =========================================================================
>>>>>>> Connected to Asterisk 1519 currently running on repeater (pid = 1143)
>>>>>>> repeater*CLI>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 73, Steve N4IRS
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 12/12/2015 12:44 AM, Neil k8it wrote:
>>>>>>>> Steve
>>>>>>>> I have been evaluating Dial on a Linux PC
>>>>>>>> Observations
>>>>>>>> 1. When asterisk crashes, there is no restart or watchdog
>>>>>>>> 2.this makes debugging very difficult
>>>>>>>> 3.asterisk service mode restart does not seem to work
>>>>>>>> 4. in this mode remote SSH to restart is not possible
>>>>>>>> Do you have any fixes planned?
>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>> 73 Neil Sablatzky  K8IT
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