[App_rpt-users] Asterisk on a Raspberry Pi

Steve Zingman szingman at msgstor.com
Sun Jan 4 02:02:34 UTC 2015 

Steven,
Yes, the version in the pi repository is version 1.8.x of Asterisk.
 From what I can see on the web, lots of people are very happy with it 
as a PBX.

AllStar asterisk is based on 1.4.23 so you will need to compile that 
version from the SVN to use app_rpt.

73, Steve N4IRS


On 01/03/2015 08:47 PM, Steven Donegan wrote:
> On the pi:
>
> apt-get -y asterisk
>
> Works just dandy - with a Grandstream FXO/FXS gateway anyway - no clue
> as to the rpt bits.
>
> And I too have BBB's, Pi's, small PC's (node 40920 is an 'old' Everex
> GPC PC (about the same size +- as a Mac Mini) works fine.
>
> Have not yet wired the URIx to a Baofeng which is what I will eventually do.
> ____________
> Steven Donegan
> KK6IVC FCC Technician Class License
> SSCC/NORC Life Member, Car #86
> www.sscc.us
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Steve Zingman <szingman at msgstor.com>
> *To:* app_rpt-users at ohnosec.org
> *Sent:* Saturday, January 3, 2015 4:37 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [App_rpt-users] Asterisk on a Raspberry Pi
>
> Doug,
> I have looked at your 818 repeater project. We bought a couple of the
> 828 boards. They do work, not well but they work. We then decided to
> move to the Baofeng since they are cheaper cleaner and shipped from the US.
>
> I know you gave up on the Pi. I like the BBB as well, but having a
> little bit of every of hardware known to man  between us It did not take
> much to get Asterisk running. I'm not trying to support any piece of
> hardware, I just enjoy the projects.
>
> 73, Steve N4IRS
>
>
>
>
> On 01/03/2015 07:19 PM, Doug Crompton wrote:
>  > Steve,
>  >
>  >  You might want to check out my SA818 link on the hamvoip.org site. I
>  > have two running as a repeater. They are alright modules but do have
>  > some idiosyncrasies. They have poor harmonic filtering that does NOT
>  > meet FCC amateur specs so technically you need to put a filter on the
>  > output which I did in my design. I think for a cheap node the Baofeng
>  > 666 or 888 might be a better choice as it (I think) meets FCC specs out
>  > of the box. There are also links in the sa818 page to other sa818
>  > designs and Baofeng mods.
>  >
>  > Good luck on the Pi. I gave up on it long ago and put all my effort into
>  > the BBB. Money wise it is really not a big difference. You can get C
>  > model BBB's for $40 at Microcenter now with good quantities so there was
>  > no real appeal to trying to get the Pi running once the BBB worked so
>  > well besides it is hard enough to support one platform. The problem is
>  > more in the OS and USB support than the platform although the BBB does
>  > have an edge in processing power. Using a bleeding edge OS is trying at
>  > times but it sure has advantages as things are maturing quickly.
>  >
>  > *73 Doug
>  > WA3DSP
>  > http://www.crompton.com/hamradio*
>  >
>  >
>  >  > Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2015 16:39:38 -0500
>  >  > From: szingman at msgstor.com <mailto:szingman at msgstor.com>
>  >  > To: app_rpt-users at ohnosec.org <mailto:app_rpt-users at ohnosec.org>
>  >  > Subject: [App_rpt-users] AllStar Asterisk on a Raspberry Pi
>  >  >
>  >  > For the past few weeks we have been playing around with building a
> cheap
>  >  > simplex node. The idea was a simple RF node for around the house.
>  >  >
>  >  > We started with the NiceRF SA828-U. This was a pretty simple single RF
>  >  > chip based complete UHF radio. At $22 plus shipping, worth a shot.
>  >  > The Sa818 was also considered, but the SA828 was a more complete.
>  >  >
>  >
> <https://www.tindie.com/products/NiceRF/all-in-one-walkie-talkie-module-kit-sa828-v-400-480mhz/>
>  >  >
>  >  > One problem with the single chip radios is that you have no access to
>  >  > discriminator receive audio and to the modulator input, but it's
> cheap.
>  >  >
>  >  > The nice RF modules do work, but was there a better way? The
> SA-828 was
>  >  > shipped from China and took forever to get to us in the States. We
>  >  > started looking around for a alternative. Enter the Baofeng BF-888.
>  >  > Available on Amazon, shipped from the US and $15 + tax shipped to
> Prime
>  >  > account.
>  >  >
>  >  > A number of people have used the 888 for IRLP, EchoLink and AllStar
>  >  > nodes. One thing we wanted to do differently was to take receive audio
>  >  > freon the receiver before the audio anp. A web search will turn up
>  >  > everything you need to know to use this type of radio in a node.
>  >  >
>  >  > Next was the USB interface. The DMK URI or the Repeater Builder
> USB RIM
>  >  > are both fine pieces of equipment and we highly recommend them. There
>  >  > are lots of CM108 sound FOB mods on the net. We used the WB2EDV
> carrier
>  >  > board. With all new parts a a sound FOB, total cost about $23
>  >  > <http://www.repeater-builder.com/projects/fob/syba71-fob.html>
>  >  >
>  >  > Last but not least, the node computer. Doug has created a nice
>  >  > BeagleBone Black node computer. <http://hamviop.org
> <http://hamviop.org/>> We really like the
>  >  > BBB board but we wanted to try something else. Since we had quite
> a few
>  >  > Raspberry Pi between us, why not try it. We know others have said it
>  >  > does not work (well) but was still worth a try.
>  >  >
>  >  > We did not want to create a downloadable image ready to go with
> scripts
>  >  > to hold your hand. AllStar exported from the SVN, dahdi from
>  >  > asterisk.org and roll your own.
>  >  > The scripts we built will help you install the required libs to
> compile
>  >  > Asterisk and some simple patches to fix some issues with Wheezy and
>  >  > Raspbian. SSL (res_crypto) and GSM. We also fixed the script that
>  >  > downloads the source for iLBC just to be complete.
>  >  >
>  >  > The test machine for the project was the first rev Pi 256 MB. Keeping
>  >  > the loaded modules to a minimum, leaves about 64MB of free memory.
> Audio
>  >  > reports are good Surprising since we are do not have access to
>  >  > Discriminator and Modulator. The one complaint we got was the squelch
>  >  > crash at the end of a user transmission. This is a work in process
> and I
>  >  > would not put it out at a remote site. For a local simplex node, it
>  >  > seems to work. One of the nodes is running full time on the bench at
>  >  > node 2153.
>  >  >
>  >  > I'll post a link to the tar of the scripts and patches. It's worth
>  >  > playing with if you have the time to wait for a compile and want
> to get
>  >  > your hands dirty with AllStar built from scratch.
>  >  >
>  >  > Oh, and for the heck of it, we call it the PiStar ;)
>  >  >
>  >  > 73, Steve N4IRS and Mike N4IRR.
>  >  >
>  >  > --
>  >  > "Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about."
>  >  > 1st Law of Logic
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