November 2010 - App_rpt-users - lists.keekles.org

introduction & usbradio.conf query
by Rob Wargaski 06 Nov '10

06 Nov '10

Folks, I recently began exploring the melding of two hobbies (Asterisk and amateur radio), and have made some encouraging progress. I have hit a bit of a roadblock, however, and am soliciting help from the experienced hands to identify what I'm doing wrong. We have an Asterisk host which is the core of the house phone system. It's been in production since September, 2003, and has seen several Asterisk upgrades and hardware enhancements over the years. The most recent upgrade was about a month ago, which brought in a new box running CentOS 5.5 and Asterisk 1.4.36. The box is populated with two Digium cards (T1 and quad-FXS) and is connected to an Adtran TA750 channel bank; we're using 18 FXS and two FXO channels. A few weeks ago, I spent some quality time on the phone with David Kramer of DMK and discussed his hardware, software, and implementation recommendations. We ended up purchasing a URI from him, and an interface cable for our Yaesu FT-847 from Marshall Oldham (KE6PCV). Using the ACID distro, I brought the original Asterisk box back to life as the wireless Asterisk host. The plan is to run a proof-of-concept project to determine if all of this is useful. If the answer is "yes", then we'll buy a dedicated radio for Asterisk integration and join Allstar. So, on to the present situation. On the house phone system, I have an extension which places an IAX call to the wireless system and connects to the Yaesu via Rpt(). When I call the extension, what I say on the phone is transmitted by the Yaesu and received by a monitoring HT. Big win! After that success, I attempted to set the squelch and voice levels with radio-tune-menu. I'm able to perform Step 1 (auto-detect the received noise level without carrier) and update the configuration file, but can do nothing else. I suspect that (at least) there are some wonky values in usbradio.conf; would you mind taking a look? I appreciate any help you can provide. Cheers, Rob N9YCS -----usbradio.conf----- ; ; general settings ; [general] ; ; USB device definition ; ; cf https://allstarlink.org/usbradio.html ; [usb] ; general device parameters hwtype=0 ; DMK Engineering URI duplex=0 ; simplex radio operation eeprom=0 ; don't warn if URI EEPROM is not found ; receiver-related parameters rxboost=0 ; 20 dB attenuator rxctcssrelax=1 ; CTCSS decoder criteria relax carrierfrom=dsp ; carrier detect source ctcssfrom=dsp ; CTCSS decoder source rxdemod=flat ; RX audio source type from radio ; transmitter-related parameters txprelim=yes ; TX audio pre-emphasis and limiting in software txtoctype=notone ; TX tone "turn off code" method txmixa=composite ; TX mix output channel A (left) output type txmixb=no ; " " " " B (right) " " invertptt=0 ; ground PTT to transmit ; CTCSS-related parameters txctcssdefault=103.5 ; default CTCSS tone if none other in use rxctcssfreqs=103.5 ; RX CTCSS tone txctcssfreqs=103.5 ; TX CTCSS tone -----usbradio.conf-----

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Nothing happens when I try to connect EchoLink
by JI1BQW 06 Nov '10

06 Nov '10

Hi all, I recently rebuilt my node (2132) with the latest ACID. The AllStar side works pretty well. However, the EchoLink side works 50%. I mean that an inbound EchoLink call connects OK, but the other way around, outbound, does not work. When I hit "*33009999" for example, nothing happens and the node keeps silent. The same with other EL node numbers. I think echolink.conf is set correctly. Could anyone tell me what I should look into? Here is the debug output from asterisk -r. CLI> rpt fun 2132 *33009999 [Nov 6 19:28:58] NOTICE[22257]: app_rpt.c:4251 cancel_pfxtone: cancel_pfxfone!![Nov 6 19:28:58] NOTICE[22257]: app_rpt.c:11923 collect_function_digits: digits=3 source=0 [Nov 6 19:28:58] NOTICE[22257]: app_rpt.c:11995 collect_function_digits: rv=0 [Nov 6 19:28:58] NOTICE[22257]: app_rpt.c:4251 cancel_pfxtone: cancel_pfxfone!![Nov 6 19:28:58] NOTICE[22257]: app_rpt.c:11923 collect_function_digits: digits=33 source=0 [Nov 6 19:28:58] NOTICE[22257]: app_rpt.c:11995 collect_function_digits: rv=0 [Nov 6 19:28:59] NOTICE[22257]: app_rpt.c:4251 cancel_pfxtone: cancel_pfxfone!![Nov 6 19:28:59] NOTICE[22257]: app_rpt.c:11923 collect_function_digits: digits=330 source=0 [Nov 6 19:28:59] NOTICE[22257]: app_rpt.c:11995 collect_function_digits: rv=0 [Nov 6 19:28:59] NOTICE[22257]: app_rpt.c:4251 cancel_pfxtone: cancel_pfxfone!![Nov 6 19:28:59] NOTICE[22257]: app_rpt.c:11923 collect_function_digits: digits=3300 source=0 [Nov 6 19:28:59] NOTICE[22257]: app_rpt.c:11995 collect_function_digits: rv=0 [Nov 6 19:28:59] NOTICE[22257]: app_rpt.c:4251 cancel_pfxtone: cancel_pfxfone!![Nov 6 19:28:59] NOTICE[22257]: app_rpt.c:11923 collect_function_digits: digits=33009 source=0 [Nov 6 19:28:59] NOTICE[22257]: app_rpt.c:11995 collect_function_digits: rv=0 [Nov 6 19:28:59] NOTICE[22257]: app_rpt.c:4251 cancel_pfxtone: cancel_pfxfone!![Nov 6 19:28:59] NOTICE[22257]: app_rpt.c:11923 collect_function_digits: digits=330099 source=0 [Nov 6 19:28:59] NOTICE[22257]: app_rpt.c:11995 collect_function_digits: rv=0 [Nov 6 19:28:59] NOTICE[22257]: app_rpt.c:4251 cancel_pfxtone: cancel_pfxfone!![Nov 6 19:28:59] NOTICE[22257]: app_rpt.c:11923 collect_function_digits: digits=3300999 source=0 [Nov 6 19:28:59] NOTICE[22257]: app_rpt.c:11995 collect_function_digits: rv=0 [Nov 6 19:28:59] NOTICE[22257]: app_rpt.c:4251 cancel_pfxtone: cancel_pfxfone!![Nov 6 19:28:59] NOTICE[22257]: app_rpt.c:11923 collect_function_digits: digits=33009999 source=0 [Nov 6 19:28:59] NOTICE[22257]: app_rpt.c:9754 rpt_telemetry: Tracepoint rpt_telemetry() entered mode=10 [Nov 6 19:28:59] NOTICE[22257]: app_rpt.c:11995 collect_function_digits: rv=3 [Nov 6 19:29:00] NOTICE[22257]: app_rpt.c:17505 do_scheduler: Time now: 19:29 06 11 06 [Nov 6 19:29:00] NOTICE[22258]: app_rpt.c:17505 do_scheduler: Time now: 19:29 06 11 06 Thanks and 73, -- JI1BQW - Kay Ishikawa

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Re: [App_rpt-users] stuck transmitting/timedout, can't get it to unkey
by Neil Addis (WA5JXY) 06 Nov '10

06 Nov '10

Did it ever work correctly? Have you checked the COR line or COR settings? Neil

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Re: [App_rpt-users] Config
by Randy 06 Nov '10

06 Nov '10

Buddy It shows the 3 bening printed on the screen *3 300 xxxx When we get home so not sure whats up We have done several test sending DTMF tones to the system and they all have passed fine bening they print what I have sent via RF into the Node Randy Sounds as though your second 3 is getting dropped. If you press * 3 0 it will connect to the last noe that you connected to. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY On Nov 5, 2010, at 8:09 PM, Randy wrote: > I noticed if I make a Echolink connection via RF sending DTMF tones and finish > the call and try another call a little while latter it connects back to the same station > I was linked up with , Even though I am sending differnt tones It does not let me finish > the complete call before it does so, Something like say I called 9999 I sent > *3 300 9999 It connects to the station and I disconnect and all is ok , A little latter > I attempt to call 1234 I send *3 300 1 and by that time its connection to 9999 again. > Any ideas > > Randy

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Config Question
by Randy 06 Nov '10

06 Nov '10

I noticed if I make a Echolink connection via RF sending DTMF tones and finish the call and try another call a little while latter it connects back to the same station I was linked up with , Even though I am sending differnt tones It does not let me finish the complete call before it does so, Something like say I called 9999 I sent *3 300 9999 It connects to the station and I disconnect and all is ok , A little latter I attempt to call 1234 I send *3 300 1 and by that time its connection to 9999 again. Any ideas Randy

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ID Question
by Matt Brennan 04 Nov '10

04 Nov '10

Good Day, I have just installed the ACID build today to get my node online on Echolink and AllStar. I have an issue though where the box that runs Asterisk is interfacing with an SCOM 7330 controller which handles all ID'ing. I have looked through the docs and can't seem to find a place where I can turn off apt_rpt sending a CW ID. Is there any way to turn this off? Our system is set up to drop PL on ID from the controller so it's a bit annoying when the Asterisk install sends ID through the controller. Thank you, Matt, NM1B

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stuck transmitting/timedout, can't get it to unkey
by Chuck Henderson 04 Nov '10

04 Nov '10

Everything seemed to be working well and after trying things out the system was sitting idle for an hour or so when suddenly I heard an announcement that it had timed out. >From what I can tell there is no reason for it to be transmitting, but it is. I tried radio unkey on both systems, I tried radio key followed by radio unkey on both systems. Still one system is transmitting even though both show that they have timed out and that they have no reason to transmit other than the 27383 is seeing 27360 in a keyed state. Why is 27360 in a keyed state? Here is showvars from each system right now. server4*CLI> rpt showvars 27360 Variable listing for node 27360: XX_RPT_RXKEYED=0 RPT_AUTOPATCHUP=0 RPT_ETXKEYED=0 RPT_RXKEYED=0 RPT_TXKEYED=1 RPT_NUMLINKS=1 RPT_LINKS=1,T27383 RPT_NUMALINKS=1 RPT_ALINKS=1,27383TU -- 9 variables Server5*CLI> rpt showvars 27383 Variable listing for node 27383: XX_CAHVAR=1 CAHVAR=1 RPT_ETXKEYED=0 RPT_TXKEYED=0 RPT_AUTOPATCHUP=0 RPT_NUMLINKS=1 RPT_LINKS=1,T27360 RPT_NUMALINKS=1 RPT_ALINKS=1,27360TK RPT_RXKEYED=0 -- 10 variables CAHVAR is the result of these lines in 27383 rpt.conf [functions27383] 988=autopatchup,noct=1,farenddisconnect=1,quiet=1,nostar=1,exten=04 0=autopatchdn [events] CAHVAR = v|e|${RPT_ALINKS} =~ "\"TK\"" *988 = f|T|CAHVAR *0 = f|F|CAHVAR I can just restart both systems to clear it but that will not help find the cause. Can anyone suggest how to troubleshoot the cause of this? Chuck

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MSF5000
by Peter Elke 03 Nov '10

03 Nov '10

Hi All, Are any of you using an MSF5000? If so has anyone done a comparison of internal radio vs DSP PL for encode and/or decode? Pete Sent from my iPhone

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hourly time announcement?
by Chuck Henderson 03 Nov '10

03 Nov '10

I tried to get an hourly time announcement by configuring the following... [schedule27383] 81 = 0 * * * * However it does not seem to work? What else do I need to get this to work?

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permalink question
by Chuck Henderson 03 Nov '10

03 Nov '10

I am trying to have a permanent link between my 2 nodes. I put the following in rpt.conf [27360] startup_macro=*327383 While it does bring up the link when the system starts, if there are any errors or if anything disrupts the connection then 27360 just says "disconnected" and never tries to re-establish the permanent link. Is there another configuration command that I need so that this will re-connect after a disconnect? (such as when the 27383 system reboots) Chuck

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