[App_rpt-users] New Official Allstar Distribution Released (DIAL)

[Stacy]

Steve,
I didn't want to say anything (since I haven't had a chance to call Jim
yet), but since people are asking-- I've already started the port of the
latest app_rpt.c (0.325) from the repository to asterisk 1.8-currenr
(1.8.32.3), which is why I made the comment earlier.

So far, having hacked back in some code that was removed from asterisk,
I've been able to get app_rpt.c to answer, send telemetry, etc.  What it
doesn't do, and I haven't worked on this in several days, is be able to
"dial" other systems and connect people once someone has connected to
it.  The program times out before detecting that the other end has
responded and reports a connection failure.  I've narrowed down the code
that does the connection, processes the call and reports the failure.  I
have some ideas on what is causing it, but won't be able to look until a
few more days.

-Stacy
KG7QIN



On 10/05/2015 01:00 PM, Steve Zingman wrote:
> Bryan,
> Yes, rolling you own is still supported. I will continue to provide
> scripts and patches to install AllStar Asterisk on Debian. My scripts
> and patches will remain at <https://github.com/N4IRS/AllStar>
>
> DIAL is a really a Debian netinstall that sets up to download and
> install asterisk on first boot. It makes a number of assumptions of
> how a bare metal machine should be configured and downloads the source
> to DAHDI and Asterisk (From the SVN) to build a functional node.
>
> The decision to support root login has it's pluses and minuses. To
> retain compatibility with ACID it is enabled by default. During the
> testing of the image I had quite a few people needing help to login
> and edit files using tools like WinSCP. As you well know, it's trivial
> to turn off and I may add a question to the node setup scripts to make
> it easy to swap.
>
> My plate is quite full right now with 1.0 of DIAL, A brand new Android
> IAX client and preparations to update the PiStar and other SBC Debian
> images to mirror DIAL.
> If someone wants to tackle getting current Asterisk working with
> app_rpt I'll provide whatever I can. I know in the past it has been
> said it is not possible .
>
> 73, Steve N4IRS
>
> On 10/05/2015 02:56 PM, Bryan Fields wrote:
>> On 10/5/15 8:40 AM, Steve Zingman wrote:
>>> It's version 1.0 with all that implies. It's better in some areas
>>> under the
>>> hood. The node setup scripts are now included along with more
>>> information to
>>> the user during install. root login via SSH is now allowed.
>> Cool, Is the rolling your own still supported?  most of the reason I
>> rolled my
>> own was to run on Debian in the first place.
>>
>> Also, root login supported :(  that's just a bad idea.
>>
>> Thanks for the awesome work.  I know I've asked about the progress
>> being made,
>> if any, to get app_rpt back into mainline asterisk in the past.  Has
>> anything
>> been happening on this front?
>>
>> 73's
>