February 2016 - App_rpt-users - lists.keekles.org

Domain setup failure
by Tower DIVA 03 Feb '16

03 Feb '16

Have RPi setup and can SSH into and work on it. It will not ping any domains. I can ping IP's all day long, but if I try to ping yahoo.com, or register.allstarlink.org, or google.com I get unknown host. On the all node list the node is green boxed but the online list shows it as offline. help? I am pulling hair out here. Keri

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Re: [App_rpt-users] Controlling radio with a knob
by Steve 03 Feb '16

03 Feb '16

I found this for supported radios: http://ohnosec.org/drupal/node/33 And for the guy who can't ping by name, but can by IP check your /etc/resolve.conf file

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Re: [App_rpt-users] Controlling radio with a knob
by Steve 03 Feb '16

03 Feb '16

That depends on a number of things. Unless you are planning on just emulating pulses for the microphone up down buttons. If the radio supports some sort of remote tuning (CAT / CIV etc) then it can be addressed digitally though that port. There is an excellent open source (Ham Radio Control Libraries) called hamlib that supports a number of radios that have native remote tuning support. As for the remote knob, you'd likely want a digital(coded) rotary switch. Know that you know what the knob is called you can research how it translates its position to a digitally coded word that could easily be read in to GPIO/etc. On the other end you'd need to take that word and convert it back to a properly formatted CIV/CAT command, or series of microphone up down puleses. etc. Another possibility that is not as well documented for radio that don't support native CIV/CAT tuning is to look into how the Swedish Remote Rig intercepts and emulates TTL signaling on radios that have remote mounting. I have always admired the somewhat pricey thing and have been meaning to try and serial sniff my own radio to possibly create my own. The ARRL has an okay book sort of on this topic called "Remote Operating for Amateur Radio" While its not real technical, you'd lkely pick up a few things from it. I Hopefully this gives you a good starting place for things to further read up on. Good luck. I do believe this is an area of the hobby that needs more attention (with restrictive antenna ordinances for many), so please consider sharing anything you discover. 73 Steve, KB9MWR > Is there any way to use GPIO to tell a radio with a turning knob which > channel to switch to? > > Want to use a Kenwood TK-805D for a remote base (this is a 16 channel > radio), but the problem is that I don't have a way to simulate a knob spin. > Does anybody know how these knobs work, and without a mechanical servo how > to tell the radio to switch channels? > > 73 > Skyler KD0WHB

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Incoming echolink user timeout after twenty seconds
by Larry da Ponte 03 Feb '16

03 Feb '16

On a DIAL AllStar node with EchoLink configured, an incoming Echolink user's transmit is interrupted after twenty seconds on every transmission. A local key-up resets the timer and the remote station's transmission resumes. At the time of disconnect I see this in the verbose asterisk console output every time: -- <DAHDI/pseudo-960886400> Playing 'rpt/node' (language 'en') -- <DAHDI/pseudo-960886400> Playing 'digits/4' (language 'en') -- <DAHDI/pseudo-960886400> Playing 'digits/2' (language 'en') -- <DAHDI/pseudo-960886400> Playing 'digits/2' (language 'en') -- <DAHDI/pseudo-960886400> Playing 'digits/6' (language 'en') -- <DAHDI/pseudo-960886400> Playing 'digits/9' (language 'en') -- <DAHDI/pseudo-960886400> Playing 'rpt/timeout' (language 'en') -- Hungup 'DAHDI/pseudo-960886400' We've been unable to locate the setting (if there is one) that would cause DAHDI to play rpt/timeout. Where should we be looking? Thanks Larry HB9EYQ

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Controlling radio with a knob
by Skyler F 01 Feb '16

01 Feb '16

Is there any way to use GPIO to tell a radio with a turning knob which channel to switch to? Want to use a Kenwood TK-805D for a remote base (this is a 16 channel radio), but the problem is that I don't have a way to simulate a knob spin. Does anybody know how these knobs work, and without a mechanical servo how to tell the radio to switch channels? 73 Skyler KD0WHB

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DNS issues with Dial
by Mark Johnston 01 Feb '16

01 Feb '16

/var/log/asterisk/messages: [Jan 30 23:45:03] NOTICE[675] dnsmgr.c: Managed DNS entries will be refreshed every 300 seconds. [Jan 30 23:45:03] NOTICE[675] cdr.c: CDR simple logging enabled. [Jan 30 23:45:03] NOTICE[675] loader.c: 57 modules will be loaded. [Jan 30 23:45:03] WARNING[675] acl.c: Unable to lookup 'callcentric.com' [Jan 30 23:45:04] WARNING[711] chan_sip.c: No such host: callcentric.com [Jan 30 23:45:04] WARNING[711] chan_sip.c: Probably a DNS error for registration to 1777......101(a)callcentric.com, trying REGISTER again (after 60 seconds) [Jan 30 23:45:04] WARNING[675] pbx.c: Unable to register extension '_1.', priority 1 in 'allstar-sys', already in use [Jan 30 23:45:04] NOTICE[696] app_rpt.c: Normal Repeater Init 29626 [Jan 30 23:45:04] NOTICE[696] app_rpt.c: Normal Repeater Init 29627 [Jan 30 23:45:04] NOTICE[696] app_rpt.c: Normal Repeater Init 1001 [Jan 30 23:45:05] WARNING[718] chan_usbradio.c: Loaded parameters from usbradio_tune_usb29627.conf for device usb29627 . [Jan 30 23:45:05] WARNING[715] chan_usbradio.c: Possibly stuck USB read channel. [usb29627] [Jan 30 23:45:05] WARNING[715] chan_usbradio.c: Nope, USB read channel [usb29627] wasn't stuck after all. [Jan 30 23:45:05] NOTICE[716] chan_simpleusb.c: Assigned USB device 4-2:1.0 to simpleusb channel usb29626 [Jan 30 23:45:05] WARNING[716] chan_simpleusb.c: Loaded parameters from simpleusb_tune_usb29626.conf for device usb29626 . [Jan 30 23:45:05] WARNING[719] chan_usbradio.c: Loaded parameters from usbradio_tune_usb1001.conf for device usb1001 . [Jan 30 23:45:05] WARNING[717] chan_usbradio.c: Possibly stuck USB read channel. [usb1001] [Jan 30 23:45:05] WARNING[717] chan_usbradio.c: Nope, USB read channel [usb1001] wasn't stuck after all. Using nslookup - # nslookup callcentric.com Server: 216.228.160.3 Address: 216.228.160.3#53 Non-authoritative answer: Name: callcentric.com Address: 204.11.192.159 Name: callcentric.com Address: 204.11.192.169 Name: callcentric.com Address: 204.11.192.163 Name: callcentric.com Address: 204.11.192.171 Name: callcentric.com Address: 204.11.192.160 Name: callcentric.com Address: 204.11.192.170 Name: callcentric.com Address: 204.11.192.161 If I run asterisk -rx "sip reload" everything is fine with the sip connection - now shows the peer is registered and I can make calls - autopatch asterisk -rx "sip show peers" Name/username Host Dyn Nat ACL Port Status callcentric/1777......101 204.11.192.170 5080 Unmonitored where as before I did the sip reload, it shows the port as 0 Anyone come across this type of issue? I tried disabling the dnsmgr, but did not change anything. 73's Mark KC7DMF

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