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Re: [App_rpt-users] Monitoring the node server
by Bill Hurlock 21 Feb '13

21 Feb '13

I like that a lot. I would have to put together a quick website for it. I guess I could build the website up on my internet host server. Is it very difficult to get the voter stuff up and running. I have 3 of the RTCM modules setting on my door step to set up a test bench for and upcoming project. The my next project. I need to set up 2 simulcast TX sites with 4 TX's at each site with 4 RX's at each site. The TX is a bit unusual in that the TX's are 100% keydown during the event they will be used at. These are temporary events and the configuration changes from job to job. I'm sure learning a lot really fast. It's been a while on the Lynx side of things, so that slowed me down a bit. I still have to pick up a couple GPS units for the sites. Not sure what I'm going to use just yet still looking. Bill Hurlock From: Tim Sawyer [mailto:tim.sawyer@mac.com] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 5:35 PM To: Bill Hurlock Cc: app_rpt-users(a)ohnosec.org Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Monitoring the node server If you need app_rpt control without audio check out my Allmon web application. Allmon is a web site for managing one or more app_rpt Allstar nodes. Each managed local node shows a list of connected nodes. The list is sorted in reverse order of the most recently received node. So the lastnode to talk is always at the top of the list. Any node that is currently being received will be highlighted by a green background as well as moving to the top of the list. The node list is updated once a second giving near-real-time status. Allmon will also monitor VOTER clients. Each VOTER instance displays a list attached Radio Thin Client Modules (RTCM). The RSSI for each RTCM is displayed in bar graph style along with a color to indicate the currently voted RTCM. Have a look at my live Allmon site http://wd6awp.net/allmon/ and download it for your own use here: http://github.com/tsawyer/allmon -- Tim :wq On Feb 21, 2013, at 10:00 AM, Bill Hurlock <bill.hurlock(a)cpcomms.com<mailto:bill.hurlock@cpcomms.com>> wrote: Is there a way to monitor my node server on a windows machine?

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Re: [App_rpt-users] Beagle and Lox
by Alan Adamson 21 Feb '13

21 Feb '13

Ok, all fixed… Don't know what it was, but a rebuild and redownload of the config files from the portal resolved it…. Plus this version of files looks more closely like the one from my main server. So a bit more audio tweaking and I hope to have 2 simplex nodex off a Beagle and Lox ready for some family members out of state :)… Alan From: app_rpt-users-bounces(a)ohnosec.org [mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org] On Behalf Of Alan Adamson Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 2:19 PM To: 'Neal Garbenis' Cc: app_rpt-users(a)ohnosec.org Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Beagle and Lox This is on a new install… Everything else seems to work, it builds just fine, it's just this COR issue that doesn't seem to work correctly… I'm going to share the Power with the Radio and the Beagle, it may be a differential that is causing the issue with a separate power supply. I'm also going to re-download the configuration files from the portal… Maybe I missed something in the originals that I did when I brought the first build up. Audio sounds good and TX is fine. Setting deviation was easy as always with AllStar. Alan From: Neal Garbenis [mailto:njgarbenis@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 2:17 PM To: Alan Adamson Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Beagle and Lox Alan Was it working before you updated to the latest svn? Just curious because In most cases when I have updated to the newest source. Lots of stuff doesn't compile correctly. And everything seems to break When you update make sure to shut asterisk off. This helps when compiling not so many errors Neal Garbenis Jr. NG8Y On Feb 21, 2013, at 2:01 PM, Alan Adamson <adamson_alan(a)hotmail.com> wrote: I've got a good one… I'm sure someone else must have had the same issue. I've got cables from Lox cables so I'm pretty sure the cables are correct. I've programmed the radio and pull the COR down *low* on both COR AND PL. This is on a GM300 radio. I have CTCSS in the beagle.conf turned to NO, and I have HWINVERT set for the COR, the duplex is set to 0 as this is a simplex setup. But what is happening is that immediately when the beagle sees the COR it switches to transmit. As a result I can't get beagle tune rxdisplay to do anything. Anyone seen this? I'm about to go get the latest SVN (just did this a week or so ago) and rebuild… but it's very strange… I've watched the COR and it goes low and stays there when a signal is generated to the radio, so it's not cycling at the radio, it's something to do with either the Lox or the beagle software. Let me know if you would please. Alan _______________________________________________ App_rpt-users mailing list App_rpt-users(a)ohnosec.org http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users

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Re: [App_rpt-users] Beagle and Lox
by Alan Adamson 21 Feb '13

21 Feb '13

This is on a new install… Everything else seems to work, it builds just fine, it's just this COR issue that doesn't seem to work correctly… I'm going to share the Power with the Radio and the Beagle, it may be a differential that is causing the issue with a separate power supply. I'm also going to re-download the configuration files from the portal… Maybe I missed something in the originals that I did when I brought the first build up. Audio sounds good and TX is fine. Setting deviation was easy as always with AllStar. Alan From: Neal Garbenis [mailto:njgarbenis@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 2:17 PM To: Alan Adamson Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Beagle and Lox Alan Was it working before you updated to the latest svn? Just curious because In most cases when I have updated to the newest source. Lots of stuff doesn't compile correctly. And everything seems to break When you update make sure to shut asterisk off. This helps when compiling not so many errors Neal Garbenis Jr. NG8Y On Feb 21, 2013, at 2:01 PM, Alan Adamson <adamson_alan(a)hotmail.com> wrote: I've got a good one… I'm sure someone else must have had the same issue. I've got cables from Lox cables so I'm pretty sure the cables are correct. I've programmed the radio and pull the COR down *low* on both COR AND PL. This is on a GM300 radio. I have CTCSS in the beagle.conf turned to NO, and I have HWINVERT set for the COR, the duplex is set to 0 as this is a simplex setup. But what is happening is that immediately when the beagle sees the COR it switches to transmit. As a result I can't get beagle tune rxdisplay to do anything. Anyone seen this? I'm about to go get the latest SVN (just did this a week or so ago) and rebuild… but it's very strange… I've watched the COR and it goes low and stays there when a signal is generated to the radio, so it's not cycling at the radio, it's something to do with either the Lox or the beagle software. Let me know if you would please. Alan _______________________________________________ App_rpt-users mailing list App_rpt-users(a)ohnosec.org http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users

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Beagle and Lox
by Alan Adamson 21 Feb '13

21 Feb '13

I've got a good one. I'm sure someone else must have had the same issue. I've got cables from Lox cables so I'm pretty sure the cables are correct. I've programmed the radio and pull the COR down *low* on both COR AND PL. This is on a GM300 radio. I have CTCSS in the beagle.conf turned to NO, and I have HWINVERT set for the COR, the duplex is set to 0 as this is a simplex setup. But what is happening is that immediately when the beagle sees the COR it switches to transmit. As a result I can't get beagle tune rxdisplay to do anything. Anyone seen this? I'm about to go get the latest SVN (just did this a week or so ago) and rebuild. but it's very strange. I've watched the COR and it goes low and stays there when a signal is generated to the radio, so it's not cycling at the radio, it's something to do with either the Lox or the beagle software. Let me know if you would please. Alan

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Node ID no working
by Bill Hurlock 21 Feb '13

21 Feb '13

I don't seem to have a working node ID. I have been listening for it since I got the node up 2 days ago but nothing heard. I can force it with a *80 command? Bill Hurlock CPCommunications 856-234-1661 Home Office 856-264-1010 Cell 914-345-9292 Ext.429 www.cpcomms.com WA2TQI Providing Solutions for Audio and Video Communications

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Re: [App_rpt-users] Node ID no working
by Bill Hurlock 21 Feb '13

21 Feb '13

I have idtime=540000 in rpt.conf Bill Hurlock -----Original Message----- From: Bill Hurlock Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 1:04 PM To: 'app_rpt-users(a)ohnosec.org' Subject: Node ID no working I don't seem to have a working node ID. I have been listening for it since I got the node up 2 days ago but nothing heard. I can force it with a *80 command? Bill Hurlock CPCommunications 856-234-1661 Home Office 856-264-1010 Cell 914-345-9292 Ext.429 www.cpcomms.com WA2TQI Providing Solutions for Audio and Video Communications

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Monitoring the node server
by Bill Hurlock 21 Feb '13

21 Feb '13

Is there a way to monitor my node server on a windows machine? Bill Hurlock CPCommunications 856-234-1661 Home Office 856-264-1010 Cell 914-345-9292 Ext.429 www.cpcomms.com WA2TQI Providing Solutions for Audio and Video Communications

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Quick posting check
by Bill Hurlock 21 Feb '13

21 Feb '13

Just want to make sure I can post. Bill Hurlock CPCommunications 856-234-1661 Home Office 856-264-1010 Cell 914-345-9292 Ext.429 www.cpcomms.com WA2TQI Providing Solutions for Audio and Video Communications

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simpleusb and rxondelay
by Steve Passmore 21 Feb '13

21 Feb '13

I'm trying to rebuild a node which had been using usbradio to simpleusb. The node radio is linked to a repeater on-channel so I need to specify a small value using the rxondelay option in simpleusb.conf. Unfortunately no matter what value I put in rxondelay= it doesn't seem to make a change. Can anyone confirm that rxondelay works with simpleusb? Thanks, Steve

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Limux Linux or ACiD and Arduino
by Benjamin L. Naber 21 Feb '13

21 Feb '13

I would like to know if anyone has successfully implemented using Arduino for any reason with either Limey Linux or ACiD. What I'd like to do is use the Arduino for it's analog inputs, at least this time. The initial idea is to monitor battery voltage and utility mains (using a wall wart for step-down) so if the battery voltage or utility mains drop below a set 'low' threshold, the allstar node will alert my via text/email. The another text/email when voltage has returned to another 'normal' threshold. Because there's already an Internet connection, I don't need to buy another Arduino shield and add more programming to the mess. Eventually, I'd like to change the CWID of the node, to reflect what type of power it's using. The node will ID (KB9LFZ) as it does normally for my simplex node, then if the utility mains fail, it will ID with KB9LFZ/BP.... or something to that effect. So, how to make the asterisk communicate harmoniously with Arduino while using Limey Linux or ACiD. There are a couple youtube videos with folks using asterisk with VoIP PBX distros such as FreePBX and AsteriskNOW, so there must be a way with Allstar versions of asterisk. ~Benjamin, KB9LFZ Allstar node 28569

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