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

DMK URI COS and Audio Question
by Greg Thornwall 16 Aug '10

16 Aug '10

I'm new to AllStar and I just got a URI from DMK. I hooked it up to my ICOM FR-4000 repeater. I can key up the repeater with "radio key" command. I used "rpt fun <mynode#> *81" it keys OK but no audio. Also, when I key up the repeater I never hear a CW ID so I'm not sure if the COS is working. My repeater manual says for COS: "Busy Out, Open collector=OFF, 0 V=ON". Any ideas? Tnx 73 Greg

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voice mail question
by Ken 15 Aug '10

15 Aug '10

Anyone using the standard asterisk voice mail feature with app_rpt? I did not find anything in subject-search of the archives. >> Can you provide a simple how-to? I have put entries in extensions.conf and created a simple voicemail.conf file. I can dial an extension and leave a message (which gets recorded). But I cannot get access to the message - VoceMailMain() is telling me that the user (which is the repeater) has entered an incorrect password. Thanks Ken Jamrogowicz

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Recording QSO's in progress
by Tony KT9AC 14 Aug '10

14 Aug '10

Is there a way in Asterisk/AllStar to turn on recording of an ongoing conversation or testing sessions for later playback? I've looked in the docs but didn't see anything other than Parrot mode, but that didn't indicate how to save the file off somewhere. Thanks, Tony

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Update
by Stephen Rodgers 14 Aug '10

14 Aug '10

Jim is still in the hospital. He was well enough to want me to help him bring up the new server over the phone (typical Jim). We were able to reconfigure the new server so that http://allstarlink.org at least responds to web requests. There are issues with registration and/or the database on the server, so it is not operational yet. There is a chance that the rest of the configuration will have to wait until Jim is out of the hospital, and recuperated enough to resolve the database issues. You can go to the site and look around, but I don't advise logging in and changing anything. Changes should not be made as there is a small chance the database may need to be completely rebuilt, and we need to keep modifications at bay till everything is working. I or Jim will send a message to the list when it is OK to make changes. Steve WA6ZFT

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Searching archives
by Doug Hutchison 14 Aug '10

14 Aug '10

Hello, Could someone explain how the archives may be searched for specific topics and indicate where some example configuration files might be found for setting a node up as a repeater controller. Thank you, Doug

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WB6NIL is in the hospital
by hwstar＠rodgers.sdcoxmail.com 12 Aug '10

12 Aug '10

I was notified by Jim, WB6NIL that was admitted to the hospital yesterday evening after going to the emergency room. This was posted on allstarlink.org last night: "I am having a fairly serious medical problem and am going to an emergency room. If for some reason I am still in the hospital on Friday, things are going to be really messed up and broken. I'm sorry." The server is going to automatically cut over to the new server tomorrow, but Jim may not be around to do the database port and get everything transitioned over. If this is the case things are going to be very messed up until he is out of the hospital and recuperated enough to finish the conversion process. Steve WA6ZFT

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Re: [App_rpt-users] WB6NIL
by Chuck Kraly 12 Aug '10

12 Aug '10

Steve, Would you convey our wishes for a speedy recovery to Jim from the guys in the BackYard Repeater Group Chuck K0XM

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Re: [App_rpt-users] Greetings and found a bug in app_rpt.c
by hwstar＠rodgers.sdcoxmail.com 12 Aug '10

12 Aug '10

> > From: Mike <mike(a)microdel.org> > Date: 2010/08/12 Thu AM 09:05:56 PDT > To: app_rpt-users(a)qrvc.com > Subject: [App_rpt-users] Greetings and found a bug in app_rpt.c > > I'm a new allstar user and have been testing a stand alone simplex node > for a few weeks now. Kudos to all involved in the development of this > great system! > > My system is in "Simplex Dumb Phone Control mode". From the comments in > app_rpt.c the (*) key is supposed to toggle the transmitter and the (#) > key is supposed to turn the transmitter off. In fact what I found was > that any DTMF key turned the transimtter on and both (*) and (#) toggled > it. After realizing this was not likely a configuration issue, believe > me I tried MANY combinations, I started perusing the source. > > Turns out changing line 16607 in app_rpt.c as follows fixes this issue. > > From: > else if (keyed && !*keyed && (c = myrpt->p.funcchar)) > To: > else if (keyed && !*keyed && (c == myrpt->p.funcchar)) > > Obviously the intent is to test for equality not assign 'c' a new value. > > Not sure if this is the right place to report this, if not hopefully > someone will point me in the right direction. > > -- Thanks, Mike KB7XP > _______________________________________________ > App_rpt-users mailing list > App_rpt-users(a)qrvc.com > http://qrvc.com/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users > This needs to be fixed. Please create a mantis account on mantis.qrvc.com and report the bug there. This way, it won't get lost in the thread here. Steve WA6ZFT

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Greetings and found a bug in app_rpt.c
by Mike 12 Aug '10

12 Aug '10

I'm a new allstar user and have been testing a stand alone simplex node for a few weeks now. Kudos to all involved in the development of this great system! My system is in "Simplex Dumb Phone Control mode". From the comments in app_rpt.c the (*) key is supposed to toggle the transmitter and the (#) key is supposed to turn the transmitter off. In fact what I found was that any DTMF key turned the transimtter on and both (*) and (#) toggled it. After realizing this was not likely a configuration issue, believe me I tried MANY combinations, I started perusing the source. Turns out changing line 16607 in app_rpt.c as follows fixes this issue. From: else if (keyed && !*keyed && (c = myrpt->p.funcchar)) To: else if (keyed && !*keyed && (c == myrpt->p.funcchar)) Obviously the intent is to test for equality not assign 'c' a new value. Not sure if this is the right place to report this, if not hopefully someone will point me in the right direction. -- Thanks, Mike KB7XP

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Re: [App_rpt-users] USB Sound Fob
by Mike Hugo 12 Aug '10

12 Aug '10

The last USB fobs I bought were off of ebay direct from China. Not a huge fan of buying this way but they were cheap enough that I was able to buy a stack of them before I found one that worked and then bought in quantities. These two current auctions are from sellers I've used in the past: http://cgi.ebay.com/7-1-Channel-USB-3D-Virtual-Audio-Sound-Card-Adapter-/37… http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-2-0-3D-AUDIO-SOUND-CARD-ADAPTER-VIRTUAL-7-1-ch-/250… It has been several months since I bought any and hence their current stock could be using a different chipset. And the instructions I used and created to modify these specific sound fobs is here: http://m3h.com/usbfob-119.pdf Mike ------------------------------------------------ > Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 10:58:31 -0700 (PDT) > From: Keith Dobbins <dobbins125(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: [App_rpt-users] (no subject) > To: app_rpt-users(a)qrvc.com > Message-ID: <637570.7365.qm(a)web112112.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Anyone have a current source for the c-media usb sound fobs? The last 4 > sources including deal extreme that says it's a cm108 fob all have used a > generic chipset or the sss chips. Just looking and getting frustrated. > Thanks!

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