[App_rpt-users] Repeater Stuck Locked open for 18 hrs

[Steve Agee]

Steve and the group:

It is still in the rules. Control has been broadened beyond a control 
radio to include fiber optic, telco, and wireline (to include internet). 
the radio can be any amateur frequency now, no longer required to be 
above 220 MHz.I believe you are referencing line (b):

§97.213 Telecommand of an amateur station.
An amateur station on or within 50 km of the Earth's surface may be 
under telecommand where:
(a) There is a radio or wireline control link between the control point 
and the station sufficient for the control operator to perform his/her 
duties. If radio, the control link must use an auxiliary station. A 
control link using a fiber optic cable or another telecommunication 
service is considered wireline.
(b) Provisions are incorporated to limit transmission by the station to 
a period of no more than 3 minutes in the event of malfunction in the 
control link.
(c) The station is protected against making, willfully or negligently, 
unauthorized transmissions.
(d) A photocopy of the station license and a label with the name, 
address, and telephone number of the station licensee and at least one 
designated control operator is posted in a conspicuous place at the 
station location.

N5ZUA

On 4/23/2018 11:43 AM, Steve Zingman wrote:
> Most of the exciters I use in repeater service, or hot spot for 
> matter, have a TOT in the firmware. I crank them all the way up. 
> Sometimes that is not as long as I would like but I feel better. As 
> Kevin says, there are USB radio interfaces available with timers. The 
> rules in the US may have changed but I remember a time when a repeater 
> required a control channel on 220 MHz and above. But I'm old (licensed 
> in 1969) and things change. The "belt and suspenders" approach can be 
> a good thing.
>
> 73, Steve N4IRS
>
> On 4/23/2018 12:15 PM, 2E0SIP wrote:
>> If its supported, you might want to configure a Timeout Timer (TOT) 
>> on the repeater. This way even if the PTT is activated for long 
>> periods, the radio will stop transmitting after the timer expires.
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 4:51 PM, Steve Mahler <kizzy at lusfiber.net 
>> <mailto:kizzy at lusfiber.net>> wrote:
>>
>>     I haven't had a stuck PTT on either AllStar controller.  But, I
>>     do have a DTMF command that executes a Linux reboot.   In
>>     rpt.conf it looks like ...
>>
>>     81234=cmd,/sbin/reboot
>>
>>     It seems to work OK.  It might work on PTT stuck if the receiver
>>     is still listening and some of the software is functional.
>>
>>     ...STeve - KF5VH
>>
>>
>>     On 4/23/2018 10:04 AM, Kevin Custer wrote:
>>>     On 4/23/2018 10:47 AM, Loren Tedford wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     Good point Keven! We are using DmKeng URIx for both repeaters
>>>>     on the computer.. At the time of arrival out at the repeater
>>>>     site.. 2 meter repeater was not stuck in the open position but
>>>>     the UHF repeater was stuck open with Red light on on the URIx I
>>>>     do not believe the green heart beat was flashing we think it
>>>>     was solid.. Mark doesn’t remember other than the red led was
>>>>     solid..
>>>>
>>>
>>>     There are no versions of Asterisk/app_rpt along with hardware
>>>     that are stable enough to prevent this condition from ever
>>>     happening.
>>>
>>>     You may want to consider a radio adapter that disables the PTT
>>>     when the application has crashed or stopped, there's a hardware
>>>     malfunction, or a communications issue with the radio adapter. 
>>>     The URI doesn't currently have this functionality, but there are
>>>     several others that do.
>>>
>>>     Kevin
>>>
>>>
>>>
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