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another question: receive level from connected nodes
by Bryan D. Boyle 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

Been digging through the archives...and haven't found an answer to this, so I thought I'd throw it out to discussion... I have 4 nodes connected up to a local hub. All the levels are set properly (own an oldish service monitor, so...can see the modulation levels of the ctcss and voice nicely. Local wideband nodes are set for 3.2K w/650 hz ctcss (except for the narrowband 900, which totals out around 2.7k. Now...when the audio comes in from the net I'm connected to, however...the modulation is a lot louder; peaking up to 5K. (my node is connected to another hub node, so, in essence, we have 2 back to back hubs, one taking care of central NJ, mine dealing with eastern PA.) Just wondering...how to set the level so the inbound audio from the networked nodes is a little less...um...'sprightly'. Would this be handled in my usbradio_tune_usbhubnode.conf thru radio-tune-menu or...somewhere else? -- Bryan In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me. Sent from my MacBook Pro.

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wire length...
by Bryan D. Boyle 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

wondering...there's a legitimate length restriction on USB cables...but, from the dongle to the radio...the audio and control signals...analog... Reason for asking...have my asterisk computer in the spare basement room here...right next to the radios. All the nice dongles blinking in unison..but...thinking (I know...dangerous) it would be nicer to actually have the computer in the same room as the rest of the shack, and the radios out in the other room so the fans on the power supply don't intrude, etc. And be able to sit at my work area, rather than standing in front of the rack...when I'm hacking at the configuration files, or...??? so...thoughts about how long the cables from the dongle to the radio itself could be before running into trouble? Not thinking of using JK (the old Bell 2-pair station wire, believe it or not, have a couple boxes left from the 80s...:)) or UTP...but, have a nice spool of belden 8451 (2 stranded conductor, shielded) that's used almost as a given in most commercial radio stations etc and we never had a problem with l-r phase shift or degradation (and this was running audio signals in a transmitter room with 25KW boxes and STLs, and the like floating around...). *shouldn't be a problem, right?* Just thinking out loud...I know, try it and see. BB

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GPS warning error.
by Michael Kaufman 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

Needing a bit of help: I have had my node up and running flawlessly for about 10 months but recently tried to register my node on APRS. After doing so the node will not register with allstar and I get the following message during trouble shooting "warning [2299] app_gps.c:364 gps thread GPS time out" I went to /etc/asterisk/gps.conf and edited the script as shown on the setup menu, the comport and baud rate are blank, but the error still exists and the node will not register with allstar. Any help will be appreciated. Mike WB9SLI

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USB FOB pin 13 (PTT)
by Larry 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

A Newbie here with a problem. I'm still trying to grasp the ins and out of Astrisk and App-rpt etc. I'm trying to connect a USB FOB to my RC-210. I do grasp the reverse RC-210 wiring process. However I found no way to force pin 13 high to activate PTT pin from the FOB for testing purposes. Any suggestions on how or if I'm doing something wrong? I have added a PTT LED for monitoring the output logic from pin 13 but have never been able to get it to turn with any function I've tried other than forcing a voltage at the junction feeding it and the base resistor of the 2N4401. My RC-210 will work at that point but I'm not certain if I have an issue with the USB FOB PTT output. Am I am missing something or perhaps I don't understand the logic of the different functions. I'm not against reading but jumping all around to find different materials has left the mind in a jumble. Can anyone enlighten me as to when in the sequence PTT output becomes active and the voltage I should find on that pin when it does? Thanks Larry - N7FM

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Re: [App_rpt-users] Schedule and Macro question
by Scott Weis 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

The macros in app_rpt are very limited. You would need to put one line for each day. Or do it from the centos cron. Much easier. Do a crontab -e and append the following: 0 20 * * 1-5 /usr/sbin/asterisk -rx "rpt fun 28052 *327597" 0 22 * * 1-5 /usr/sbin/asterisk -rx "rpt fun 28052 *71" From: app_rpt-users-bounces(a)ohnosec.org [mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org] On Behalf Of Shaun Rudling Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 7:49 PM To: app_rpt-users(a)ohnosec.org Subject: [App_rpt-users] Schedule and Makro question I would like to automatically connect to AllStar node 27597 every night at 20:00 to 22:00 (local time) and then automatically disconnect. But only Monday to Friday. Not Sat and Sun. Am I on the right track here .................... ? [schedule28052] ;dtmf_function = m h dom mon dow ; ala cron, star is implied 7 = 0 * * * * 8 = 0 20 * mon,tue,wed,thu,fri * 9 = 0 22 * mon,tue,wed,thu,fri * ; Place command macros here [macro28052] 7 = *81# 8 = *327597 9 = *71 I do hear the time announcement every hour on the hour so that part is working. BTW, what is the "#" for after the *81 Shaun zr5s

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Re: [App_rpt-users] 64 bit
by Bryan D. Boyle 04 Dec '11

04 Dec '11

On 12/2/2011 8:49 PM, Ken wrote: > I had a 64 bit OS for a while but switched back to 32 bit. I had some other > software I wanted to run on the same machine. > > > > It seemed to work OK - although there were a flurry of warning messages (and > maybe 1 error message) during the compile phase of asterisk install. > > > > The kind of problem you describe can happen when the O/S does something it > considers more important than handling your audio .. (asterisk runs at a > relative low priority). Did your OS install put any extra stuff in there > (like GUI) or Java or something? Nope. I just tried to renice asterisk...moved it to -15...still hiccup'd...went all the way to -19...still happens (though not as often...). I was thinking along the same line re prioritization of running processes while chewing on a burger at Red Robin with the bride earlier...but was leaning more towards the on-board usb hardware was somehow not as robust (?) as the one in the laptop..but dismissed that out of hand. built it as a server, no gui, no extraneous stuff.

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unteresting issue...audio cut out
by Bryan D. Boyle 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

got an interesting problem that i've noticed in the last week....but, first some background.... had been running my nodes (3, plus a hub) on a castoff dell laptop since last year...while not the best, it worked until the poor disk started giving up the ghost....but it worked well (a testament to a good os and application. anyway...built up a system, 64 bit althon dual core, on-board USB, couple gigs of memory, too much disk, to replace it. oh, also running 5.7 centos. now, while the audio on the laptop was fine, what i'm hearing on the new system is on an irregular basis, that any audio either repeated or originated on the machine itself (such as id, or weather playback, fer instance), a momentary, split-second 'cut out' or silent 'blip' in the transmission. now, i'm running the 64 bit version of the OS, built the latest svn on that system, all the levels were set with a service monitor, the usb dongles are all in the right place, but, this has me bugged. thoughts? should i go down to the 32 bit os instead? buy plug-in usb cards and not use the onboards? give up and buy an Scom (just kidding...)? thoughts? -- Bryan Sent from my iPhone please forgive misspellings...

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Need info on USB FOB setup
by Larry 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

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Control operated Access dump code
by Lu Vencl 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

Anyone know how to dump a connection to a control operated access when you dial in? I thought it was *0 but that does not work. Thanks. KA4EPS

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