September 2017 - App_rpt-users

RTCM Inbound (Eth Rx) packet out of bounds
by Hayden Honeywood 29 Nov '17

29 Nov '17

More testing last night and today. I set the TX Buffer to 1200 last night, rebooted both RTCM units and it was working fine last night. Switched off one of the sites (at home) overnight. Came back this morning, powered up and getting the packet out of bounds issues again. Changed up to 1600 and rebooted both units, worked again. buflen set to 250. Is it just a matter of increasing these up and up until it's stable even after a power reset? I've been swapping out ethernet cables too just checking to make sure that is not the issue... Could still be a hardware problem. Next thing to change is the port from 667 to make sure there is no limiting down at the ISP level.

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Re: [App_rpt-users] Micro-Node RTCM
by Mark Guibord 18 Oct '17

18 Oct '17

The RTCM uses a 16 bit DSP with a tightly integrated interrupt driven firmware package written in c http://www.microchip.com/wwwproducts/en/dsPIC33FJ128GP804 If you're interested here is a link to the open-source software for the RTCM.. http://svn.ohnosec.org/viewvc/projects/allstar/voter/board-firmware/?root=s… From: App_rpt-users [mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces@lists.allstarlink.org] On Behalf Of Doug Kingston Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 9:41 PM To: Users of Asterisk app_rpt Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Micro-Node RTCM I know that I would have a GPS with 1pps feed to get the timing. Once you have that, what is different in an RTCM other than nice packaging? What is the core processor technology inside the RTCM. I am assuming is some form of ARM processor. Can you can you get a root shell and use SSH to access? -Doug- On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 7:50 PM, Fredric Moses <fred(a)moses.bz> wrote: You seem confused… you still need a linux system running app_rpt with the RTCM’s… think of the RTCM as an ethernet based radio interface vs usb.. But that radio interface when you add GPS to each one can do voting with others.. and with some more work simulcast transmitting… We have some 50-60 RTCM’s deployed and love them… Getting ready to rebuild another clubs VHF repeater voter system with a 6 site RTCM based voting system. I just started testing the new hamvoip rPi3 image with some rtcm’s myself... -- Fredric Moses - W8FSM - WQOG498 fred(a)moses.bz > On Apr 25, 2017, at 22:32, Doug Kingston <dpk(a)randomnotes.org> wrote: > > I am considering using these for a amateur repeater voting application. The alternative would be to roll my own with a Raspberry Pi 3 and probably the HamVOIP.org distribution. Who out there is using the RTCM? I can find very little information beyond the manual and I am concerned that the software may not be maintained and that there is not enough access to the underlying Linux system. > > Who can tell me more about the RTCM? > > Has anyone rolled their own with a Pi3? Any advice there? > > -Doug- > _______________________________________________ > App_rpt-users mailing list > App_rpt-users(a)lists.allstarlink.org > http://lists.allstarlink.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users > > To unsubscribe from this list please visit http://lists.allstarlink.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)lists.allstarlink.org http://lists.allstarlink.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users To unsubscribe from this list please visit http://lists.allstarlink.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.

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Hub Node Usage
by Benjamin Naber 09 Oct '17

09 Oct '17

I hope this is not a loaded topic. I'd like to know the usage allowed of what appears to be 'general public' nodes, such as 2000, 2100, 2120, and the like. Also, any public use node that has a good internet connection for 30+ links and is not running on a RPi. The reason for inquiring is what started out to be a small, Columbus, GA Allstarlink Tech net has grown and is growing. Reaching out to other hub nodes, would, I hope, encourage more activity, as well as provide a means of redundancy when a hanful count of nodes are listed for "connect here for this net" Input?Benjamin, KB9LFZ

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Allstar Node Requests
by scott hibbs 27 Sep '17

27 Sep '17

I figured it out. There is a bug in the request page in that if you type a single apostrophe or quote (') in the comments field it will NOT submit the request like it states. All the other special characters including double apostrophe or quote (") work well and land on the pending request page. The submit webpage needs correction to warn the user not to use a single quote and/or the back end programming of the webpage needs to parse out the single quotes before actually submitting the result if possible. Big Thanks to Kevin for helping me figure out why my requests weren't being seen. Scott KD4SIR

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ctcss Encode Issues
by Michael "Lee" Lockwood 27 Sep '17

27 Sep '17

Hello, I am unable to get any ctcss to be encoded during transmit, except for the tone frequency that's entered in to the txctcssdetault field. If I change that tone, the new value gets transmitted. However, all of the other tones in the txctcssfreqs are being ignored. However, I do know that the rxctcssfreqs values are being decoded. If I transmit in to the repeater using a tone not listed, or without a tone, app_rpt ignores it and does not repeat and key up the transmitter. Any assistance is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance! Here's what's in my usbradio.conf [usb] hdwtype=0 rxboost=1 txboost=1 rxctcssrelax=1 txctcssdefault=151.4 rxctcssfreqs=146.2,141.3,151.4 txctcssfreqs=146.2,141.3,151.4 ;rxctcssoverride=0 carrierfrom=usb ctcssfrom=dsp rxdemod=flat txprelim=yes txlimonly=no txtoctype=phase txmixa=composite txmixb=0 invertptt=0 duplex=1 rxondelay=0 rxnoisefiltype=0 eeprom=0 -- *Michael "Lee" Lockwood* michael(a)lockwood.us.com

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Additional Details in Supermon
by Michael "Lee" Lockwood 27 Sep '17

27 Sep '17

Would it be possible to display the CTCSS tone that's received, as well as MDC ID of the transmitting radio, in the Supermon/Allmon display?

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RTCM Inbound (Eth Rx) packet out of bounds
by Hayden Honeywood 26 Sep '17

26 Sep '17

Thanks for your reply Pierre, I read on the forums here that a lot of users put their RTCM's into 10Mbps 1/2 duplex, as it fixes stability issues with the Ethernet. In fact it is that by default when you load the firmware. The only other device on the network LAN at the main site is the repeater controller (running at 100Mbps). The test one at home is running into a 16 port switch with many other computers connected to the switch. I'm not sure how much broadcast traffic is sent around however. Hayden

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Node Password
by Tom Hayward 26 Sep '17

26 Sep '17

I just noticed that all of my node passwords are 6-digit numbers. I would like to change the passwords to something more secure, like a 16+ character alphanumeric key. I can't find the place to change these. Where do I go to do that? I also find it a bit odd that the Allstar portal can decrypt my passwords and display them to me. Isn't it standard practice to store passwords with a one-way hash such that it's impossible to recover the original? This seems like something I could fix myself, but I wasn't able to find any of the server code on Github. https://github.com/AllStarLink?tab=repositories Tom KD7LXL

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Autopatch mode to control a DTMF device
by Eric EG. Guth 26 Sep '17

26 Sep '17

Our group has a remote control device that sits on a telephone line that is DTMF controlled. Can I designate it as a VoIP service and get to it through the autopatch mode? Will DTMF pass through the trunk to this VoIP service? 73, Eric Guth 4Z1UG Allstar: 28422 QSO Today<http://www.qsotoday.com/>

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stats.allstarlink.org
by Benjamin Naber 26 Sep '17

26 Sep '17

I'm very well aware the next lines of this message could be a very time consuming project. I think the ability for something along the lines to sort ASL nodes, separated by, at least, Country and State/Province would possibly encourage more activity among nodes connected to repeaters that do not see a lot of local activity for whatever reason. Trying to find a ASL node in state like GA, searching the stats page for "GA" results in many matches with wherever "GA" is found. Given the nature of a community updated site like repeater-book, which is awesome, does not have all open repeaters with ASL. Echostink and IRLP have this capability. During our weekly ASL TechNet, the available search options on stats.allstarlink.org, gets brought up. Perhaps, just a few mods can be made to the Allstar Server config page, where City, State/Province, Country are separate entry dialog boxes, and select boxes for "testing" or "Portable". If one or the other select box is checked for "Testing" or "Portable", location info is not required and portable/test ASL nodes could have a separate "location" category of their own. Which by the way, this category could be at the bottom of the stats page, as most portable nodes, when used on cellular networks, do not allow incoming connections, anyhow. The top of the stats page can use the arrow-sort type 'buttons' to select sort display results, next to the column name. This may enable sorting by frequency, country, state, city, callsign, first heard, or node number. This kind of thing, as stated, will take time. That said, reasonable refining ideas should be made by the group, and perhaps volunteers for coding to make it work, and on the present stats page, a link to the developmental stats page. I cannot tell you the first thing about coding, but I can offer a public IP and dev. server space at a datacenter I work in. Obviously, the implementation is ultimately up to the powers-that-be, but it sure would be nice to have some 'sort' of better sorting. Especially for travelers looking for ASL nodes in areas they are transiting through or visiting. ~Benjamin, KB9LFZ

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