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[App_rpt] irlp audio vs asterisk audio (channel drivers)
by James Nessen 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

I recently setup a node for a buddy of mine and we moved him to the channelized irlp and echolink installation. He has recently received poor audio reports from the IRLP side of his node and we did a A/B test one night on his audio. I found that his Asterisk audio is great, and is full of audio (our two nodes connected via uLaw). leaving the volume on my HT, I disconnect from him via AllStar and then connect up to him via IRLP. His audio on the IRLP side is about 10% lower than his level when were chatting via AllStar and also sounds muffled. Has anyone else noticed this? If so, is there a fix for it? Thanks. Jim / K6JWN AllStar Nodes 2142 and 2165

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Re: [App_rpt] irlp and echolink channels
by hwstar＠rodgers.sdcoxmail.com 27 Oct '08

27 Oct '08

Matt, No, not yet. If the channel driver gets loaded, it will be enabled in app_rpt. Steve WA6ZFT > > From: "Matt Beasant" <g4rky(a)yahoo.co.uk> > Date: 2008/10/27 Mon PM 02:17:46 PDT > To: eric.fort(a)gmail.com, > "Asterisk Repeater Controler" <app_rpt(a)lists.illiana.net> > Subject: Re: [App_rpt] irlp and echolink channels > > ....and slightly related question - is it possible to independantly enable / > disable them with, for example, a DTMF command? > > 2008/10/27 Eric Fort <eric.fort(a)gmail.com> > > > will chan echolink and chan irlp run independently of app_rpt? > > > > Eric > > > > _______________________________________________ > > App_rpt mailing list > > App_rpt(a)lists.illiana.net > > http://lists.illiana.net/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt > > > > > > _______________________________________________ App_rpt mailing list App_rpt(a)lists.illiana.net http://lists.illiana.net/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt

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[App_rpt] irlp and echolink channels
by Eric Fort 27 Oct '08

27 Oct '08

will chan echolink and chan irlp run independently of app_rpt? Eric

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[App_rpt] CPU Load
by John Yaldwyn 27 Oct '08

27 Oct '08

Hi All, Recently there was a brief discussion as to CPU performance. Over the weekend I had the opportunity to look at the CPU loading of two systems I run. Both systems are built from the ACID distribution with the following changes: Node update script disabled Sendmail disabled Digium G.729 codec loaded Admin and Webmin interfaces disabled Required modules only loaded Neither system uses Iptables and both are located behind Linksys BEFSR41 routers with fixed IP addresses. 'netstat -ta' shows only the SIP, IAX2, and SSH ports open. Both systems uses IBM Serve RAID hardware RAID level 1 using 18GB 15K RPM drives. System 1 consists of an IBM x345 single CPU PIII-S 1.133MHz Server with 512KB cache and 2GB RAM. 'less /proc/cpuinfo' shows BOGOMIPS of 2257. 'top' shows and idle CPU load of 10% for asterisk and negligible load for any other process. 'free' reports about 419KB used. 'swapon -s' reports swap space usage of 0. With on USB connected repeater active (ongoing voice conversation) and an independent voice call set up using a Linksys SIP telephone set using A law codec connected to a service provider using IAX2 and G.729 top showed a peak load of 22%. System 2 consists of an IBM x345 single XEON 2GHz HT capable Server with 512KB cache and 2 GB RAM. 'less /proc/cpuinfo' shows BOGOMIPS of 3990. 'top' shows and idle CPU load of 6% for asterisk and negligible load for any other process. 'free' reports about 500KB used. 'swapon -s' reports swap space usage of 0. With on USB connected repeater active (ongoing voice conversation) and an independent voice call set up using a Linksys SIP telephone set using A law codec connected to a service provider using IAX2 and G.729 top showed a peak load of 17%. Looking at the numbers the higher performance XEON system seems to have made only a marginal improvement at what is admittedly a light load. But what is more interesting it appears that relatively modest PIII boxes are fully capable of managing the single repeater type applications without resporting to something like Limey. Perhaps PIII 500MHz or more, 768MB RAM, and 2GB or more disk as a working minimum spec. Note that the Anaconda installer used for CENTOS in ACID seems to have problems loading with just 512MB of RAM. I would be interesetd to hear from anyone running such a configuration. Using the simple shell comands shown in single quotes above provides a quick system overview for basic performance evaluation. Cheers, John ZL4JY

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Re: [App_rpt] asterisk console commands missing?
by John Yaldwyn 19 Oct '08

19 Oct '08

Hi Eric, The correct command is now 'sip reload', same as 'iax2 reload', 'rpt reload', etc. The only odd man out is 'dialplan reload', you'd expect 'extensions reload' if you're like me. The best way to remember is just to type 'help sip' or 'help rpt' to get the correct command list. If the commands are missing then it means that either the relevant '.conf' files don't exist (maybe empty) OR the modules.conf file is wrong. Try 'module show' there should be at least 43 modules shown and for a normal ACID install I think it is well over a hundred. If you look at the modules.conf file it should have as a minimum: [global] [modules] autoload=yes noload= chan_alsa.so If you have that and there are still missing modules after a 'module reload' then there are a bunch of things missing from /usr/lib/asterisk/modules and something has gone terribly wrong. Try a restart now from the CLI. Regards, John ZL4JY ________________________________ From: app_rpt-bounces(a)lists.illiana.net on behalf of Eric Fort Sent: Sun 12/10/2008 2:24 PM To: Don Russell; Asterisk Repeater Controler Subject: Re: [App_rpt] asterisk console commands missing? is this specific to app_rpt? all the sip, extensions, iax, and a few other commands are missing. I can see commands being depreciated but suddenly removed...what happened, when and where did the change come to be? Eric On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 6:07 PM, Don Russell <w9drr(a)live.com> wrote: a lot of the command lines have changed a little bit try reload chan_sip.so Don ________________________________ Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:24:54 -0700 From: eric.fort(a)gmail.com To: app_rpt(a)lists.illiana.net Subject: Re: [App_rpt] asterisk console commands missing? actually looking a bit more it seems that many of the cli commands have been gutted from the acid installed version. -e On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Eric Fort <eric.fort(a)gmail.com> wrote: I'm working on configuring my app_rpt node for autopatch and such. what happened to "sip reload" in the asterisk CLI? How does one reload sip.conf? Eric AF6EP ________________________________ See how Windows Mobile brings your life together-at home, work, or on the go. See Now <http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093182mrt/direct/01/>

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[App_rpt] Possible Bug (Locked to TX several hours).
by Ken Page 19 Oct '08

19 Oct '08

Hi Guys I thought I should report the following as a possible Bug. I dialed up the following Echolink node last night to help out with Jota in the area and left it running over night. *33 138203 (JOTA-E). When I went to check it again today at about 2PM the Transmitter was locked on solid and there was no Audio. I checked the asterisk box to see that Asterisk has dropped out with an error and the DMK dongle had left the Transceiver locked on TX. :( Both the Green and the Red lights of the DMK Dongle were on Solid (Not Flashing).. Here is what was on the screen --- [Oct 18 21:55:51] NOTICE[6389]: chan_echolink.c:2333 el_reader: Name changed from (Conference [9/33]) CONF to (Conference ) CONF [Oct 18 21:55:52] WARNING[6498]: codec_gsm.c:144 gsmtolin_framein: Invalid GSM data (1) [Oct 18 21:55:52] WARNING[6498]: translate.c:211 framein: gsmtolin did not update samples 0 shazam*CLI> Disconnected from Asterisk server --- I think this is the only relevent bit. But below is a longer section of the console msg's just in case. Hope this is of some help. . Regards, Ken - vk4akp ..-.-. --- [Oct 18 21:52:34] NOTICE[6389]: chan_echolink.c:2333 el_reader: Name changed from (KB2BAA John) CONF to (Conference [10/33]) CONF [Oct 18 21:52:37] NOTICE[6389]: chan_echolink.c:2333 el_reader: Name changed from (Conference [10/33]) CONF to (KI4FRI ) CONF [Oct 18 21:52:41] NOTICE[6389]: chan_echolink.c:2333 el_reader: Name changed from (KI4FRI ) CONF to (KB2BAA John) CONF [Oct 18 21:52:48] NOTICE[6389]: chan_echolink.c:2333 el_reader: Name changed from (KB2BAA John) CONF to (Conference [9/33]) CONF [Oct 18 21:52:48] NOTICE[6389]: chan_echolink.c:2333 el_reader: Name changed from (Conference [9/33]) CONF to (KB2BAA John) CONF [Oct 18 21:52:51] NOTICE[6389]: chan_echolink.c:2333 el_reader: Name changed from (KB2BAA John) CONF to (Conference [9/33]) CONF [Oct 18 21:52:53] NOTICE[6389]: chan_echolink.c:2333 el_reader: Name changed from (Conference [9/33]) CONF to (KB2BAA John) CONF [Oct 18 21:53:21] NOTICE[6389]: chan_echolink.c:2333 el_reader: Name changed from (KB2BAA John) CONF to (Conference [9/33]) CONF [Oct 18 21:53:22] NOTICE[6389]: chan_echolink.c:2333 el_reader: Name changed from (Conference [9/33]) CONF to (Conference ) CONF [Oct 18 21:53:33] NOTICE[6389]: chan_echolink.c:2333 el_reader: Name changed from (Conference ) CONF to (WB2JSM-R EchoIRLP) CONF [Oct 18 21:53:58] NOTICE[6389]: chan_echolink.c:2333 el_reader: Name changed from (WB2JSM-R EchoIRLP) CONF to (Conference [10/33]) CONF [Oct 18 21:54:01] NOTICE[6389]: chan_echolink.c:2333 el_reader: Name changed from (Conference [10/33]) CONF to (KB2BAA John) CONF [Oct 18 21:54:16] NOTICE[6498]: chan_echolink.c:1422 el_xwrite: Echolink el0-12 Got DTMF char 3 from IP 213.217.112.162 [Oct 18 21:54:19] NOTICE[6391]: chan_echolink.c:1758 sendcmd: Received OK from Echolink server server2.echolink.org [Oct 18 21:54:20] NOTICE[6391]: chan_echolink.c:2079 do_el_directory: Diretory pgm done downloading(partial,compressed), 153 records [Oct 18 21:54:34] NOTICE[6389]: chan_echolink.c:2333 el_reader: Name changed from (KB2BAA John) CONF to (Conference [10/33]) CONF [Oct 18 21:54:34] NOTICE[6389]: chan_echolink.c:2333 el_reader: Name changed from (Conference [10/33]) CONF to (Conference ) CONF [Oct 18 21:54:44] NOTICE[6389]: chan_echolink.c:2333 el_reader: Name changed from (Conference ) CONF to (WB2JSM-R EchoIRLP) CONF [Oct 18 21:55:11] NOTICE[6389]: chan_echolink.c:2333 el_reader: Name changed from (WB2JSM-R EchoIRLP) CONF to (Conference [10/33]) CONF [Oct 18 21:55:13] NOTICE[6389]: chan_echolink.c:2333 el_reader: Name changed from (Conference [10/33]) CONF to (KB2BAA John) CONF [Oct 18 21:55:49] NOTICE[6389]: chan_echolink.c:2333 el_reader: Name changed from (KB2BAA John) CONF to (Conference [9/33]) CONF [Oct 18 21:55:51] NOTICE[6389]: chan_echolink.c:2333 el_reader: Name changed from (Conference [9/33]) CONF to (Conference ) CONF [Oct 18 21:55:52] WARNING[6498]: codec_gsm.c:144 gsmtolin_framein: Invalid GSM data (1) [Oct 18 21:55:52] WARNING[6498]: translate.c:211 framein: gsmtolin did not update samples 0 shazam*CLI> Disconnected from Asterisk server ---

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[App_rpt] ACID update procedure to install latest version of Asterisk
by Stephen Rodgers 17 Oct '08

17 Oct '08

A later version of asterisk is available for ACID installs. These upgrade instructions must be followed to the letter. 1. Change directories to /root 2. If you don't have an astupd.sh file STOP. Your ACID install is too old and you will need to do a fresh install which will install the latest version automatically. If you have to re-install, make a backup of your config files in /etc/asterisk so that you can restore them to the new install. 3. If you have an astupd.sh file, you will need to update it by downloading a new version. Use the following wget command from the /root directory to do this: wget http://dl.allstarlink.org/installcd/astupd.sh 4. Once the new script is downloaded, type: ./astupd.sh 5. Your system will now be updated. Wait for the download and compile to complete. 6. Reboot your system and check to see that your node is functioning properly. Steve WA6ZFT

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Re: [App_rpt] centos vs acid diff
by Tony Langdon, VK3JED 14 Oct '08

14 Oct '08

At 04:39 AM 10/15/2008, you wrote: >What is the difference between a centos install of core and base and >a few post install scripts that compile asterisk and ACID? Can the >scripts be obtained seperately effecting a slightly more manual and >controlled install? I managed to hack the ACID scripts last time around. Grabbed them from a test installation I did on a VMware virtual machine. At this time, doing a complete OS installation is not an option, as none of my systems will be standalone Asterisk boxes. 73 de VK3JED http://vkradio.com

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[App_rpt] is usbradio.conf and chan_usbradio.so needed?
by Eric Fort 14 Oct '08

14 Oct '08

I have a system with a quad port radio card and 2 tdm400 cards. do I really need usbradio.conf or chan_usbradio.so since I have none of the usb radio fobs attached? Eric

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[App_rpt] centos vs acid diff
by Eric Fort 14 Oct '08

14 Oct '08

What is the difference between a centos install of core and base and a few post install scripts that compile asterisk and ACID? Can the scripts be obtained seperately effecting a slightly more manual and controlled install? Eric

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