December 2015 - App_rpt-users - lists.keekles.org

Node Connectivity
by KM4NRJ FLORIDA 12 Dec '15

12 Dec '15

I have a server configured running on CentOS, hosting dual nodes. One is a URIx and another is the C108 chipset FOB. Server is online with push from AllstarLink, stats show the nodes up and active, URIx is flashing green, and all looks great. Problem is when I use WebTransceiver to connect to either node, nothing happens like other nodes of automatic connection. Even manually using CONNECT does nothing. I have triple checked all the .conf files and they are good, router is port forwarded. Refreshed from AllStarLink, Rebooted, even gave the server a Public unrestricted WAN address, and same results. Yes I am new to this. Commercial Radio side for 30 plus years. Advanced thanks to all. Chuck KM4NRJ

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Dial vs ACID
by Jamey Wright 12 Dec '15

12 Dec '15

I have a couple of systems running ACID. Is there any compelling reason to upgrade them to DIAL? I don't have any issues with them at the moment and I have some other things I'd rather be doing. Thanks Jamey WR4JW

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Audacity and tailmessages
by Robert Newberry 12 Dec '15

12 Dec '15

I started trying to record my own messages to play as tail messages. Ok not bad. Features like noise reduction really clean up audio. I've noticed most youtube tutorials mostly cover studio audio. I also followed the pdf on ohnosec. I've done things like noise reduction and pitch change to make my voice more like a radio announcer. N1XBM Apparare Scientor Paratus Communicare Allstar Node # 27086, 41540, 41812, 42086, 42658

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DIAL system audio
by Thom Proehl 12 Dec '15

12 Dec '15

I'm hoping someone can help us with a few system audio and configuration issues: 1). Outgoing audio levels over RF are really hot and distorted from system generated voice responses such as *70, *81, etc.. How is the audio level controlled for system responses? (Voice audio levels are perfect for stations connecting to Allstar or Echolink) 2). I've enabled Echolink on the node, and the connection (announcement for who is connecting to which node number) audio levels are very hot and distorted, actually so distorted that it is just about impossible to understand when listening over RF. Once again the station connecting sounds great during the QSO. 3). The station connecting via Echolink does not get any information (welcome message) at the beginning of the connection. During this time the announcement for who is connecting is playing on our end and overriding the station connecting so audio. Because we cannot hear the station connecting audio until the end of our connections announcement we completely miss the stations CQ, callsign, and first 15 to 20 seconds of audio. Most of the time the station will disconnect before we can respond because they don't think anyone's listening on our end. Can the Echolink connection announcement, that can't be understood anyway due to hot audio, be removed? Can a greeting message be created that tells the connecting station who they have connected to with some basic info be created? 4). There appears to be a 20 second time out timer for all connecting Echolink stations. Right at 20 seconds all audio is lost from the incoming station. This timer seems to be reset if we just briefly key the microphone on our end, but this only last for another 20 seconds. Is there a time out timer for Echolink, and if so how is it controlled? 5). We've been working on creating text to speech scripts for things like local weather taken from WeatherUnderground, local river height and flow data taken from the USGS website, etc.. We had this working perfectly on our EchoIRLP node and would like to implement this on the Allstar node. Has anyone come up with a text to speech application that works well for this and can be called upon by Allstar node DTMF commands over RF? We have asterisk / DIAL installed on a RPi 2, using the DMK URI. If I've left out critical info that would help solve these questions please ask, I'm new to Allstar so there is still much to learn. Are there particularly good websites that cover these questions well? Thank you! 73, Thom / K7FZO Allstar node 42269 Echolink node 98045 Home of WA7VC K7FZO at AARL dot NET -- 73 de K7FZO / Thom

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Rpt reload DIAL RPI2
by Robert Newberry 12 Dec '15

12 Dec '15

When working on my Rpt.conf I tried to use rpt reload from the CLI prompt. It did not return anything. I was expecting "re-loading config for repeater xxxxx" Is there a accepted method for doing this on DIAL? N1XBM Apparare Scientor Paratus Communicare Allstar Node # 27086, 41540, 41812, 42086, 42658

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MDC1200 / App_rpt Questions
by Bryan Fields 11 Dec '15

11 Dec '15

Had an inquiry about my video PoC on youtube with MDC1200 on app_rpt, and thought it might be of interest to the list. I'm a hack, not a good programer, but I can read and write protocols :) Does anyone use MDC with app_rpt, and want to improve it? The original inquiry and my response is below. On 12/11/15 12:46 AM, Brett Woollum wrote: > Hi Bryan! > > I found your video on Youtube (link > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgdaXkD8Dtk>). I have app_rpt running now on > my system (fresh install using DIAL linux, link <https://allstarlink.org/> and > link <http://ohnosec.org/drupal/node/198>). I have the MDC-1200 functionality > complied and working. I can encode and decode packets successfully, which is > excellent. > > One thing I've noticed is that the app_rpt MDC-1200 functionality seems on > only include options for Call, Emergency, Status, and ID - but not > Stun/Un-Stun. In your video, you demonstrate Stun and Un-Stun capabilities. > Mind if I ask how this was accomplished? Did you just customize the code to > add this, or do I have the wrong version of the code? > > Any assistance you can provide would be great. If you did modify the > libraries, and don't mind sharing, can you send a link to where I can find them? It's GPL, it's a requirement to share. I'm to lazy to make diffs :( I added the following in app_rpt.c : line 24883 or so > else if (p->type[0] == 'K') // kill a unit > { > mdc_encoder_set_packet(ps->mdc,0x22b,0x00,p->UnitID); > } > else if (p->type[0] == 'U') // UnKill a unit > { > mdc_encoder_set_packet(ps->mdc,0x2b,0x0c,p->UnitID); Now in the logging/monitor part: line 20596 or so > /* if for Stun ACK */ > if ((op == 0x0b) && (arg == 0x00)) > { > myrpt->lastunit = unitID; > sprintf(ustr,"STUN ACK %04X",unitID); > #ifdef _MDC_ENCODE_H_ > mdc1200_ack_status(myrpt,unitID); > #endif > mdc1200_notify(myrpt,NULL,ustr); > mdc1200_send(myrpt,ustr); > mdc1200_cmd(myrpt,ustr); > } > > > } What needs to be done is to setup a verification of the MDC commands. When you stun a unit it ACK's to say it's stunned. This needs to tie into a verification procedure on the K command, where it keeps trying to stun the unit until it has an ACK. I'm not sure how to do this. Second this needs to be tied into the repeater with an over the air response like "UNITNNNN KILLED". rpt cmd 40821 cop 60 K,b055 is the command that will stun unit b055 rpt cmd 40821 cop 60 U,b055 is the command that will stun unit b055 I need to figure out how to make this work from over the air input, but that might be dangerous unless we have a verification loop built in. A misread DTMF digit could kill the wrong radio. 73's -- Bryan Fields, W9CR Florida Simulcast Group, Inc. -- Bryan Fields 727-409-1194 - Voice 727-214-2508 - Fax http://bryanfields.net

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FYI: Video Graphics Issue - Intel Atom - rev 09
by Mark Johnston 10 Dec '15

10 Dec '15

Just an fyi, if anyone has run into this using the intel Atom boards... Apparently the built in graphics, sometimes come up as a black screen on first boot - after install of DIAL. lspci -nn |grep VGA 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Atom Processor D2xxx/N2xxx Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0be2] (rev 09) Apparently rev 09 is problematic - I have another machine with rev 0b 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Atom Processor D2xxx/N2xxx Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0be1] (rev 0b) It works fine... Found the solution here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2073727 i added to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf: blacklist gma500_gfx ran sudo update-initramfs -u 73s Mark KC7DMF

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Re: [App_rpt-users] App_rpt-users Digest, Vol 82, Issue 17
by Paul Nannery 09 Dec '15

09 Dec '15

We do have a weekly Sunday night social net with a swap and shop that a bunch of nodes link In to node. 27227 would be the best place to link in On Dec 9, 2015 12:00 PM, <app_rpt-users-request(a)ohnosec.org> wrote: > Send App_rpt-users mailing list submissions to > app_rpt-users(a)ohnosec.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > app_rpt-users-request(a)ohnosec.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > app_rpt-users-owner(a)ohnosec.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of App_rpt-users digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. OT Nets (Robert Newberry) > 2. Re: OT Nets (mike(a)midnighteng.com) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Robert Newberry <N1XBM(a)amsat.org> > To: app_rpt-users(a)ohnosec.org > Cc: > Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 18:24:06 -0500 > Subject: [App_rpt-users] OT Nets > > Off topic but Allstar related. We have a small but active linked group of > repeaters up here and the topic of starting a swap net and other nets came > up. I thought why re-invent the wheel. App_rpt can do all of the automated > linking. > > Anyone aware of any interesting nets out there that can be linked to from > Allstar? Not interested in ARES or RACES stuff. An example would be there > is a nightly trivia net out on the west coast. Stuff like that. > > N1XBM > Apparare Scientor > Paratus Communicare > Allstar Node # 27086, 41540, 41812, 42086 > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: mike(a)midnighteng.com > To: app_rpt-users(a)ohnosec.org > Cc: > Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2015 00:20:30 -0500 > Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] OT Nets > > Perfectly on topic. > > I am always interested in quality ham nets. > I am willing to help (from time to time) in a swap net. > In any case, I would surely link to a quality HAM net with a regular > schedule. > > Keep me informed or message me for assistance. > > ...mike/kb8jnm > > > Off topic but Allstar related. We have a small but active linked group of > > repeaters up here and the topic of starting a swap net and other nets > came > > up. I thought why re-invent the wheel. App_rpt can do all of the > automated > > linking. > > > > Anyone aware of any interesting nets out there that can be linked to from > > Allstar? Not interested in ARES or RACES stuff. An example would be there > > is a nightly trivia net out on the west coast. Stuff like that. > > > > N1XBM > > Apparare Scientor > > Paratus Communicare > > Allstar Node # 27086, 41540, 41812, 42086 > > _______________________________________________ > > App_rpt-users mailing list > > App_rpt-users(a)ohnosec.org > > http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users > > > > To unsubscribe from this list please visit > > http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users and scroll > down to the > > bottom of the page. Enter your email address and press the "Unsubscribe > or edit > > options button" > > You do not need a password to unsubscribe, you can do it via email > confirmation. If > > you have trouble unsubscribing, please send a message to the list > detailing the > > problem. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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OT Nets
by Robert Newberry 09 Dec '15

09 Dec '15

Off topic but Allstar related. We have a small but active linked group of repeaters up here and the topic of starting a swap net and other nets came up. I thought why re-invent the wheel. App_rpt can do all of the automated linking. Anyone aware of any interesting nets out there that can be linked to from Allstar? Not interested in ARES or RACES stuff. An example would be there is a nightly trivia net out on the west coast. Stuff like that. N1XBM Apparare Scientor Paratus Communicare Allstar Node # 27086, 41540, 41812, 42086

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Re: [App_rpt-users] RPI2 DIAL
by Robert Newberry 08 Dec '15

08 Dec '15

I replied directly to Corey and not to the list. So I'll check top for uptime and I'll monitor that. I'll also monitor the logs. Everything looks ok. The only thing I see that may be suspicious is. Transfer to device 4 endpoint 0x2 frame 1141 failed - FIQ reported NYET. Data may have been lost. N1XBM Apparare Scientor Paratus Communicare Allstar Node # 27086, 41540, 41812, 42086

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