March 2011 - App_rpt-users - lists.keekles.org

login request for http://ohnosec.org/drupal/
by Chuck Henderson 07 Mar '11

07 Mar '11

I would like to have a login to the http://ohnosec.org/drupal/ site. Chuck Henderson, WB9UUS

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Transmit tuning with susb tune?
by Phil N6TCT 06 Mar '11

06 Mar '11

Ok, so much progress has been made now that Jim has me using "susb" instead of "radio" commands when using the simpleusb channel. :-) I really like "susb tune rxdisplay" for receive audio level tuning. But: what is the recommend equivalent to"radio tune txvoice <xxx>" command, the one that would generate a 1 kHz tone at a what should be 3 kHz deviation so that I could use a service monitor to adjust the txgain appropriately? susb tune txa and txb just set the levels, they don't actually transmit. Thanks! Phil, N6TCT

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Unable to connect to some nodes ?
by Mike Hugo 06 Mar '11

06 Mar '11

I'm unable to connect to some nodes and most likely am doing something silly. Node has been running for ages. It is running limely linux. It appears to properly registers on the stats page. I can connect to some nodes just fine other nodes I get this error: [Mar 5 23:42:07] NOTICE[1240]: chan_iax2.c:4071 __auto_congest: Auto-congesting call due to slow response To other nodes I get the error: [Mar 5 23:53:56] WARNING[1236]: chan_iax2.c:9438 socket_process: I don't know how to authenticate radio to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx I haven't changed anything since I migrated the node to the new system months ago. Actually today I tried to upgrade the software in an attempt to fix it. The troubleshooting steps on http://ohnosec.org/drupal/node/65 all test fine. Hints? thanks Mike

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Beagleboard URI issue: "device usb27674 currently not active"
by Phil N6TCT 05 Mar '11

05 Mar '11

Gang, I would love whatever help your collective brains and experience can provide on the following newbie problem. I recently brought up a generic PC running ACID and a USB URI fob and made it all work. Yay! Emboldened by my success :-) I thought I would try getting my beagleboard running in a similar configuration ... and so far, failed. The URI green LED blinks like it should when asterisk starts. But asterisk CLI "radio key" and "radio unkey" don't do anything (i.e., they do not turn on or off the URI fob's red LED). Attempting to run "radio tune txvoice 500" generates the error "Device usb27674 currently not active". (27674, of course, is the node number for this system.) Running "radio active usb27674" does not give an error but does not change anything (i.e., radio tune still fails with the same error message). I suspect it is just some simple configuration thing I have overlooked and would greatly appreciate any thoughts. --Phil, N6TCT Details: Beagleboard hardware is a beagleboard-xM, assy rev B, at 1 GHz. OS is pickle linux: Linux version 2.6.35.4 (root@pickle) (gcc version 4.4.3 (Ubuntu 4.4.3-4ubuntu5) ) #5 PREEMPT Wed Dec 29 04:03:36 UTC 2010 () URI is a DMK URI; I have two of them and have tried both of them, same behavior. Both work fine on my PC system. Asterisk configuration: I first downloaded files from the allstar link network and then modified by hand to use the simpleusb channel. I have included my usbradio.conf, simpleusb.conf, and rpt.conf below. (Is it true that I actually need both usbradio.conf and simpleusb.conf?) When the system boots it finds the URI: [ 68.294250] generic-usb 0003:0D8C:013C.0002: input: USB HID v1.00 Device [C-Media Electronics Inc. USB PnP Sound Device ] on usb-ehci-omap.0-2.4/input3 When asterisk starts it logs messages I would expect (esp. since I can't tune the radio): [Mar 5 23:14:00] NOTICE[775] app_rpt.c: Normal Repeater Init 27674 [Mar 5 23:14:00] NOTICE[793] chan_simpleusb.c: Assigned USB device 1-2.4:1.0 to simpleusb channel usb27674 [Mar 5 23:14:00] WARNING[793] chan_simpleusb.c: File simpleusb_tune_usb27674.co nf not found, device usb27674 using default parameters. As mentioned, radio key and radio unkey do not give errors but neither do they do anything on the URI fob. Radio tune gives an error: peekskill*CLI> radio active Active (command) USB Radio device is [usb27674] peekskill*CLI> radio key <-- note no error peekskill*CLI> radio unkey <-- note no error peekskill*CLI> radio tune txvoice 500 Device usb27674 currently not active peekskill*CLI> radio active Active (command) USB Radio device is [usb27674] peekskill*CLI> radio active usb27674 Active (command) USB Radio device set to [usb27674] peekskill*CLI> radio tune txvoice 500 Device usb27674 currently not active The start of my rpt.conf file: [27674] ; Change this to your assigned node number rxchannel=SimpleUSB/usb27674 duplex=2 erxgain=-3 etxgain=3 ;controlstates=controlstates [...] My usbradio.conf: ; ; Usbradio channel driver Configuration File ; [general] [usb27674] hdwtype=0 rxboost=1 txboost=1 rxctcssrelax=1 txctcssdefault=100.0 rxctcssfreqs=100.0 txctcssfreqs=100.0 ;rxctcssoverride=0 carrierfrom=usbinvert ctcssfrom=no rxdemod=speaker txprelim=no txlimonly=no txtoctype=notone txmixa=voice txmixb=no invertptt=0 duplex=1 rxondelay=0 rxnoisefiltype=0 eeprom=0 #includeifexists custom/usbradio.conf My simpleusb.conf: ; ; SimpleUSB configuration ; [general] [usb27674] eeprom=0 hdwtype=0 ; Leave this set to 0 for USB sound fobs modified using ; the instructions from usbfob.pdf. Use a setting of ; 1 is for Dingotel/Sph interfaces. rxboost=1 ; 0 = 20db attenuator inserted, 1= 20db attenuator remov ed ; Set to 1 for additonal gain if using a low-level receiv er output carrierfrom=usbinvert ; no,usb,usbinvert ; no - no carrier detection at all ; usb - from the COR line on the modified USB sound fob ; usbinvert - from the inverted COR line on the modified USB sound fob ctcssfrom=no ; no,usb,usbinvert ; no - CTCSS decoding, system will be carrier squelch ; usb - CTCSS decoding using input from USB FOB ; usbinvert - from the inverted CTCSS line on the modifie d USB sound fob txmixa=voice ; Left channel output: no,voice,tone,composite,auxvoice ; no - Do not output anything ; voice - output voice only txmixb=no ; Right channel output: no,voice,tone,composite, auxvoic e ; See txmixa above. invertptt=0 ; Invert PTT 0 = ground to transmit, 1 = open to transmi t ; This is the collector lead of the 2n4401 on the modifie d ; usb sound fob. ; please refer to the howto for the procedure to do this. duplex=1 ; Full Duplex plfilter=yes ; enable PL filter deemphasis=no ; enable de-emphasis (input from discriminator) Thanks! Phil, N6TCT

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limey build issue
by George Csahanin 05 Mar '11

05 Mar '11

I'm getting back to building my own limey cf image, but found one issue in the Makefile that could be hanging some people up. So, FY'alls I... This line: SYSLINUX_SITE:=http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/Old/$(SY… isn't valid. The correct one is: SYSLINUX_SITE:=http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/3.xx/$(S… Just FYI if anyone is banging head into walls. Next to figure why svastbin called from the makefile doesn't work... GeorgeC W2DB Allstar 2360 EchoLink 424532

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Re: [App_rpt-users] Stopping of Playback
by Steve Schulze 05 Mar '11

05 Mar '11

Thanks Tim! That works great. Any insight on the shutting down or putting into stand by Asterisk by DTMF? Steve Schulze - Radio Amateur, General Class - N9UDO Administrator, Baraboo, Wisconsin D-Star System - WB9FDZ Administrator, Baraboo, Wisconsin AllStar Link System - N9UDO / WB9FDZ Treasurer, Badgerland Amateur Television Society - KB9SFS http://yellowthunder.org/dstar.html On 3/5/2011 08:46, Tim Sawyer wrote: > cop,24 (flush all telemetry) will stop playback. > --- > TIS > > > On Mar 5, 2011, at 6:25 AM, Steve Schulze wrote: > > I'm using Ed's, KI6PSP, script to download and convert the ARRL audio news. This works great! > > I was wondering if anyone knows who to stop the playback of an audio file once it's starts? > > In my rpt.conf under the [functions27616] we have added (per KI6PSP instructions) the following: > > ; > ; For ARRL News program Playback > 926=playback,rpt/news/news > ; > > So *926 DTMF will fire up the playback of the audio file, no problem. What would be the command I could assign to a DTMF code to stop this playback? > > > On another note, is there a DTMF kill code to turn off Asterisk until another code is given to turn it back on? > > > > Thanks! > > Node 27616 >

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help needed with Limey-Linux
by George Csahanin 05 Mar '11

05 Mar '11

Any Limey Linus gurus out there? Having lots of problems making it work. I worked fine about 2 years back, tried 1.0.7, it had major issues, just tried 1.0.8 and looks like, except the already notes syslinux url being wrong and this change that was needed in the Makefile: DLSAVE?=buildroot/dl #DLSAVE?=../dlsave dslave/ directory didn't exist, so pointed all at buildroot/dl/ where I put syslinux too. Is it picky on exactly where it lives? I have it in /usr/src/limey1-0-8 Had no luck with the asterisk sources, either. Have those in /usr/src/limey- asterisk Then this was where is all stopped after a long time: echo Makefile.SH cflags.SH | tr ' ' '\n' >.shlist make[5]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/limey1-0-8/buildroot/build_i686/perl-5.8.8/x2p' Updating makefile... make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/limey1-0-8/buildroot/build_i686/perl-5.8.8/x2p' make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/limey1-0-8/buildroot/build_i686/perl-5.8.8' make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/limey1-0-8/buildroot/build_i686/perl-5.8.8' make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/limey1-0-8/buildroot/build_i686/perl-5.8.8' make[2]: *** No rule to make target `<command-line>', needed by `miniperlmain.o'. Stop. make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/limey1-0-8/buildroot/build_i686/perl-5.8.8' An error is expected on make touch /usr/src/limey1-0-8/buildroot/build_i686/perl-5.8.8/.host_make /usr/bin/make -j1 -C /usr/src/limey1-0-8/buildroot/build_i686/perl-5.8.8 test || echo "An error is expected on make test" make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/limey1-0-8/buildroot/build_i686/perl-5.8.8' make[2]: *** No rule to make target `<command-line>', needed by `miniperlmain.o'. Stop. make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/limey1-0-8/buildroot/build_i686/perl-5.8.8' An error is expected on make test touch /usr/src/limey1-0-8/buildroot/build_i686/perl-5.8.8/.host_make_fixed # we need to build a perl for the host just for Errno.pm (cd /usr/src/limey1-0-8/buildroot/build_i686/perl-5.8.8; \ chmod a+x ext/util/make_ext; \ ext/util/make_ext nonxs Errno MAKE="/usr/bin/make" \ ) Making Errno (nonxs) ext/util/make_ext: line 122: ../../miniperl: No such file or directory Warning: No Makefile! make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/limey1-0-8/buildroot/build_i686/perl-5.8.8/ext/Errno' make[2]: *** No rule to make target `config'. Stop. make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/limey1-0-8/buildroot/build_i686/perl-5.8.8/ext/Errno' /usr/bin/make config failed, continuing anyway... make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/limey1-0-8/buildroot/build_i686/perl-5.8.8/ext/Errno' make[2]: *** No rule to make target `all'. Stop. make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/limey1-0-8/buildroot/build_i686/perl-5.8.8/ext/Errno' make[1]: *** [/usr/src/limey1-0-8/buildroot/build_i686/perl-5.8.8/.configured] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/limey1-0-8/buildroot' make: *** [buildstate/buildroot_made] Error 2 GeorgeC W2DB Allstar 2360 EchoLink 424532

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Stopping of Playback
by Steve Schulze 05 Mar '11

05 Mar '11

I'm using Ed's, KI6PSP, script to download and convert the ARRL audio news. This works great! I was wondering if anyone knows who to stop the playback of an audio file once it's starts? In my rpt.conf under the [functions27616] we have added (per KI6PSP instructions) the following: ; ; For ARRL News program Playback 926=playback,rpt/news/news ; So *926 DTMF will fire up the playback of the audio file, no problem. What would be the command I could assign to a DTMF code to stop this playback? On another note, is there a DTMF kill code to turn off Asterisk until another code is given to turn it back on? Thanks! Node 27616 -- Steve Schulze - Radio Amateur, General Class - N9UDO Administrator, Baraboo, Wisconsin D-Star System - WB9FDZ Administrator, Baraboo, Wisconsin AllStar Link Systems - N9UDO / WB9FDZ Treasurer, Badgerland Amateur Television Society - KB9SFS http://yellowthunder.org/dstar.html

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Solid Tx after boot
by VE3GIH Gord Hewit 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

We have a server that's been working well for several months, and it has developed a new problem. Every time the PC is booted, or asterisk is restarted, we get constant transmit on all nodes. The URI's show their red Tx light, and when I stop Asterisk, the transmissions stop. That indicates that the tx signal is coming from Asterisk. We can disconnect various receivers from the repeaters, and we still get solid Tx, so I doubt this is a signal breaking squelch. If we unplug the URI's while this is happening, the Tx stops, but the node won't work after that. I've restored an old working configuration, so I don't think it's anything I've changed recently. Suggestions for troubleshooting this would be welcomed. VE3GIH Gord Hewit 416-779-3740 (mobile)

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Split repeated?
by Anthony Percy 04 Mar '11

04 Mar '11

Hi all, We are experimenting with a split repeater on 10m. The idea is to have tx and Rx on separate all-star boxes separated by 10kms so we don't need any cavities etc but connected via the Internet. What would be the best node config? Simplex on each? Regards Anthony VK2ACP Sent from my iPhone

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