June 2012 - App_rpt-users - lists.keekles.org

RTCM and Repeater
by Fran 11 Jun '12

11 Jun '12

I would like to know if I can use the RTCM box and connect it to a repeater via a repeater controller port. The RTCM would be linked to a remote server with the ALLSTAR software.

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Fwd: Suffolk Computer Systems, Inc. Event
by Bryan D. Boyle 11 Jun '12

11 Jun '12

Here's the official announcement; FWIW, I have the app on my iPhone, iPad, and as a bookmark in my browser(s), and it supports downloading the list to a number of different file formats, which makes it easy to upload into your favorite radio programming software (I'm using CHIRP). No financial interest, etc. But, it's a hell of a lot more useful than the bloatware from the League (that goes for a lot of things, come to think of it...), with the added feature that it uses (at least on the smartphone platform) the on-board GPS, so you can search a specific radius around your location, and find the nearest x repeaters that are listed in the directory. Again, no financial interest, etc. But, for 10 bucks sub a year...real-time searching, etc...worth more than the 30 you spend every year for the league directory... --- The Worldwide Repeater Directory now supports AllStar!!! + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Greetings all Allstar node owners. Very exciting news. We will in very short order be listed in RFinder - The World Wide Repeater Directory. The folks at RFinder found a lot of inconsistencies in our data. In order to list our nodes accurately, please take a moment and update your info. They will be updating the node list once a week Mondays at 0100Z. Their apps will be enhanced in the coming weeks and months to include current node status! To update your info, please log into the Allstar Link Portal at https://allstarlink.org. In particular, please ensure that your nodes's callsign, frequency, tone, location, and particularly the LAT/LON information is accurate. If you have security concerns about giving exact LAT/LON location, just give a close Lat/Lon within a mile or two. For tone information, if you are using Digital Coded Squelch, please precede the number with a D, such as D023. The WWRD Supporting AllStar is just another step of making The World Wide Repeater Directory, it's third party applications such as RT Systems on Microsoft Windows, CHIRP and of course the RFinder family of programs on iPhone, Android and www Ham Radio's one-stop-shop for repeater data, no matter what the technology used for repeating radio signals. RFinder is available for iPhone and Android, as well as standard web-based (PC). Subscribers to RFinder have full access to the Directory on Android, iPhone, iPad, iPod, web, RT Systems Inc radio programming software and CHIRP open source radio programming software. If you are interested in finding out more about RFinder, please visit their website at http://www.rfinder.net. This email message has been sent to all Allstar Link node owners as a collaborative effort between Allstar Link and RFinder. All Allstar node owners get 2 addtional years free when purchasing a subscription to RFinder. Just go to http://coupon.rfinder.net [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001ufJjJzgMHoZ-7jMOF3K2EWia9mDva6Ty7Rco0_XhnNn1…] and use ALLSTAR as the coupon code after purchasing RFinder or a subscription on the web http://www.rfinder.net. Jim, WB6NIL, Allstar Link / Bob, W2CYK, RFinder ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bob Greenberg RFinder - The World Wide Repeater Directory ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Forward this email http://ui.constantcontact.com/sa/fwtf.jsp?llr=unqlnbcab&m=1101706674612&ea=… This email was sent to wb0yle(a)arrl.net by w2cyk(a)rfinder.net. Update Profile/Email Address http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=oo&mse=0010Oqxbncv4WpoC0ybRlgYajTcJ… Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe(TM) http://visitor.constantcontact.com/do?p=un&mse=0010Oqxbncv4WpoC0ybRlgYajTcJ… Privacy Policy: http://ui.constantcontact.com/roving/CCPrivacyPolicy.jsp Online Marketing by Constant Contact(R) www.constantcontact.com RFinder - The Worldwide Repeater Directory | 6 Park St | Wading River | Wading River | NY | 11792

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Quad PCI Radio Card
by Monty 10 Jun '12

10 Jun '12

Hello Everyone, I just installed a Quad PCI Radio Card into my test box and am trying to configure it without any success. I get the following message from the CLI, * "no channel type registered for 'zap'"*. I just installed from a new ISO and upgraded to the newest svn. Here is what I added to my config files: rpt.conf: rxchannel=zap/1 I used the example configs for modules.conf, zaptel.conf, and zapata.conf. Any ideas? Monty

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Node lat and long
by Matt Beasant 10 Jun '12

10 Jun '12

I just received the excellent news about the RF Finder world wide repeater directory, congrats to Jim for sorting this out! Nice one! I'm logged in trying to check the lat / long info for my nodes and I cannot find out where they are set? Could someone please point me in the right direction so I can make sure this is correct before the data gets extracted to the directory? Many thanks, Matt G4RKY

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Thinking out loud
by Alan Adamson 10 Jun '12

10 Jun '12

I've been wanting to build a *mobile* node. On the surface, this seems pretty easy. What makes it complicated is the internet or network connections. I'm a tmobile subscriber for cell and mobile data. I decided recently to start building my mobile data carry alongs based upon a cradlepoint router, so far so good. So my Tmobile mobile device is comprised of a cradlepoint, and their 4G usb FOB. This works great for what I need it for.. Recently I found myself in an area where I didn't have very good tmo coverage so I grabbed a Verizon 4G lte FOB. I haven't thought about *incoming* data until working on my linking projects. This is where my mobile plan fell apart. It appears that most all of these 4G/LTE providers are going to a Natted private network on the 4G/LTE side. This isn't true of their 3G network, but is of their 4G side. Well as you might imagine if you don't have control of the NAT ad port forwarding, you can't put a server on user side of a 4G device :(. BUT then I had an epiphany (probably late because everyone else is already there). The RTCM works so well for remoting my repeater.. Why not just use it as the mobile controller and instead of running a server remotely, just run an RTCM remotely back to a server. I think this will solve my problem. And perhaps make this even simpler to deal with along with a 4G type data connection. Anyone already wandered this path and what are you using? Thanks, Alan

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Allstar hub and Echolink
by Ken Robinson 10 Jun '12

10 Jun '12

Hi All, A friend has asked me to help him set up an Allstar hub, I'm having difficulty find documentation so set up a hub, but I'm not sure that what he wants to do will work. At the moment he runs an Echolink node and would like to upgrade to Allstar but using Allstar as a hub (no radio interface) is it possible to run the hub on a different pc to the Echolink pc and if so how would the two pc's talk to each other Thanks Ken G0lce Node 28468

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Dialing from RF to SIP/IAX CLIENT..
by Bradley Haney 10 Jun '12

10 Jun '12

Hello all.. looked up the great info on getting a iax client working on our repeater.. I can dial our node number now from a IAX client on my phone and use *99 to tx and # to stop Tx and listen.. Now I would like to be able to "Call" my phone from the repeater. We are currently using allstarlink's Autopatch also.. so would i just dial *6 and then the extension number i created? or would i have to do more work in the extensions.conf dept. Thanks for all the help in advance.. Bradley

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zaptel neccessary modules
by dave k 10 Jun '12

10 Jun '12

can someone tell me the bare minimum modules needed from zaptel? radio interafces as USB, UriX, and the 4port pci radio card. I assume ztdummy wcusb.. ??

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Anyone running on Amazon EC2 Virtual Server?
by Randy Neals 09 Jun '12

09 Jun '12

Hi, Planning on using a few RTCMs to link several repeaters at different sites. I am thinking through my server options, and wondering if anyone has tried the ACID package/AllStar running on an Amazon AWS Virtual Server? Looks like I need to do an install, then make a machine image suitable for AWS. Thanks, Randy KI6TWT / VE3RWN

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Features/bugs
by Alan Adamson 09 Jun '12

09 Jun '12

Just curious, is there a bug tracking db to enter either bugs or feature requests? Some like Mantis, bugzilla, etc? On the feature request front. I've got a small one. A) it might be nice to have the ability enable or disable the RTCM either from a hardware pin (letting the controller in a repeater do it), or by some DTMF pattern - unique to the RTCM. I had a case where I has setup the offline mode and tested it as best as I could. It got in a mode where it was going off and back on line (not and RTCM issue, it was related to how I did my internet too it), and the way I had it configured, it was IDing, every time the connection failed for restored. (on about 5 second intervals). This happened once I was *away* from the site. I'd have loved the ability to remotely have shut off the RTCM but couldn't figure out a way to do that. Luckily I had to go back to the site the next day so I fixed my issue and reconfigured the offline mode slightly. I've kinda acid tested one of these from the connection resilience standpoint. Been running it on a somewhat flakey 4G connection that cycles connectivity quite frequently. Needless to say, the RTCM has been a rock and it's been through some very strange states :). The most strange is one where the connectivity back to it is still partially there, but as a result, it cycles the PTT on the repeater at about every syllable.. very interesting behavior, but not a bug, it's doing exactly what it should be. and as soon as connectivity comes back fully, it's just keeps on keeping on. All of this will go away as I'm about 24 hours away from having real hardwired inet at the sight, but it has proved to me that this is gonna work just great in a mobile install as another node that I'll host on my allstar server. Alan

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