[App_rpt-users] AllStarLink for the BeagleBoard-xM

[Bob Pyke]

Ditto (sort of). I have two, one shelved and the other one has been in operation for 4 or 5 years now. I purchased the second system from an individual because DMK was no longer making the LOC. The original issue I had in getting it to work revolved around the fact the BB-xM does not have a hardware MAC, so it changed on every boot. I need to find my old notes, but I believe I solved the issue in the router by using DHCP on setup, then dedicated the port. Every time I reboot, which has happened a few times over the years it always finds the correct port and corresponding ports forwarded. It is also my original EchoLink to Allstar box. 

I’ll test it out over the next couple of days, and report to the list my experience, after I make sure I have the current card backed up. By the way, I believe that card is 4 GB, so I may have to rebuild the original on a larger card, then use the app-get. 

Have I missed anything?

Thanks,
Bob
K6ECM

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> On Dec 31, 2017, at 10:13 AM, John <wb5nfc at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello, Steve.
> 
> I’m one of the Beaglebard/LOC users. It was a a great combination in its day! Mine’s been on the shelf for a couple years.  I will resurrect it with your new image when I get home later this week and share my results. You know me... If there’s a way to screw something up, I usually find it ;-). 
> 
> Thanks for carrying on in Jim’s great tradition. 
> 
> May the new year be a great one for you!
> 
> John
> WB5NFC
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Dec 31, 2017, at 11:54 AM, Steve Zingman <szingman at msgstor.com> wrote:
>> 
>> When the first versions of AllStarLink on Debian were created, one existing version was left out. That version was for the BeagleBoard-xM. The BBxM has a daughter board called the LOX for I/O to 2 radios. In my conversations with Jim, he really liked the Beagle and LOX combination. Or was it bagels and lox? I was never quite sure. Jim wanted me to make sure I continued to support the BBxM/LOX. We had existing users and they should not be left out in the cold. I agreed.
>> 
>> I had problems making it work the way we wanted it, so it got shelved. I did not want to forget, so it I kept it very visible on the shelf. I could not help but see it. Something of a thorn in my side. I do not know how many users are out there. I do not know if the BBxM is still available. I do not know if DMK is still selling LOX board. But, a promise is a promise so here we go.
>> 
>> I have built a proof of concept image for the BBxM. The image is built with Debian Stretch. The image requires a 8GB or larger SD card (for now)
>> The login is repeater
>> The password is allstarlink
>> 
>> These are the things I still need to do:
>> 
>> Build the image with apt-get install rather then building from source. You will then be able to do a apt-get upgrade and get the most current AllStarLink programs and upgraded Debian Stretch programs.
>> Shrink the image so it will copy to a smaller SD card and then fill the root partition to fit the available space on the card.
>> Regenerate the ssh keys on first boot.
>> Set the user repeater to allow login with the password of allstarlink the first time then force setting a new password.
>> Tweak the beagle.conf settings so a first time user (are there any?) will be able to make carrier access work and not get bit by the CTCSS setting.
>> 
>> 
>> This image assumes you can edit config files in /etc/asterisk.
>> 
>> <http://dvswitch.org/files/Testing/bbxm-asl.img.xz>
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