November 2018 - App_rpt-users - lists.keekles.org

AllStarLink Personnel Update
by Tim Sawyer 14 Dec '18

14 Dec '18

Just want to update you on the status of personnel at AllStarLink, Inc. Things normally fluctuate in a volunteer group and we want to keep everyone up to date as to what is happening. Todd Lesser - KM6RPT has joined the board. Todd is a new ham with a strong interest in Allstar. He was friends with and worked professionally with Jim Dixon for almost 30 years. He was part of the development team on the Zapata Telephony project that created the technology that Allstar uses. Tim Sawyer - WD6AWP has rejoined the board after a short absence. Tim is a repeater owner and developer of Allmon. Bryan Fields - W9CR has chosen to leave the board. Bryan will remain a key developer of AllStarLink infrastructure. Pete Elke - WI6H is a current member of the AllStarLink board. Pete brings management and communications skills to the board. Kevin Custer - W3KKC remains on the board. Kevin is the founder of repeater-builder.com <http://repeaterbuilder.com/> and is active with the WAN repeater system. Dave Shaw - WB6WTM has accepted the role of treasurer. Dave recently served as a Director and Treasurer for NARCC (The Northern California Repeater Coordination Council). -- Tim WD6AWP

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Remote base
by Kevin Babich 04 Dec '18

04 Dec '18

Greetings, Has anyone successfully integrated a Kenwood radio into Allstar with full Remote Base functionality (frequency, offset, etc.)? If so, can you please share which radio was integrated / interfacing / etc.? Kindest Regards, Kevin Babich | N9IAA Valparaiso, IN 46383 Mobile: 219.406.9707 Cessna 421 Cesssna Conquest I/II Beechcraft King Air 90/200 ".It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat..." -Theodore Roosevelt

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It’s almost here
by Tim Sawyer 01 Dec '18

01 Dec '18

We might actually have a new allstarlink.org site before long. The admin and developer teams have been busy getting ready for the move. We want to make the transition as smooth as possible and we can use your help to do that. The new site needs to be tested as much as possible before roll out. Could you please use web-tpa.allstarlink.org for your normal Allstarlink.org <http://allstarlink.org/> activities? Please post here if you find anything that is not working, not clear as to how it works, missing stuff, spelling errors, usability or any other comments you might have. -- Tim WD6AWP

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Private Node IP Updates
by Bob Pyke 30 Nov '18

30 Nov '18

One of the features of AllstarLink I really appreciate is the node registration, and the resulting rpt_extnodes list that reports any updates in public IP address. I’m using an ISP that changes public IP periodically, and without notice, so this feature of AllstarLink is very important. Is there any way of providing a similar capability when using private nodes? Thanks, Bob K6ECM 73

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Allmon2 one instance to control multiple nodes
by Russell Thomas 29 Nov '18

29 Nov '18

I'm probably missing something simple. I'm trying to just use one dashboard to monitor/control multiple nodes. Example: Main Allmon2: http://173.199.114.204/allmon2/link.php?nodes=41605,41604 Secondary node: http://45.77.204.214/allmon2/link.php?nodes=41604 The nodes are on 2 different virtual servers. the secondary node's allmon can connect to the asterisk manager but the Main Allmon2 can't connect to the asterisk manger. Thoughts? 73, Russell Thomas, KV4S

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Re: [App_rpt-users] It’s almost here.
by Mark DuMoulin 26 Nov '18

26 Nov '18

Tim, Very nice. First time I have seen this. On another note, on my allmon2 there is nothing displayed for Node Information. I checked for resolution of nodelist server and no problem. My privatenodes.txt is filled in and formatted correctly. Is there a switch or selection needed for astdb.php to execute? Thanks for the info on changing location. Mark DuMoulin WB2ERS From: App_rpt-users [mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces@lists.allstarlink.org] On Behalf Of Tim Sawyer Sent: Monday, November 26, 2018 5:25 PM To: Users of Asterisk app_rpt Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] It’s almost here We do have a map. Take a look at http://stats.allstarlink.org/maps/allstarUSAMap.html On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 1:14 PM Mark DuMoulin <mark(a)metcom.com<mailto:mark@metcom.com>> wrote: Tim and Dev Team, It would be a lot better if some form of geographic search was available for nodes. At the very least, possibly search by state. On the spreadsheet, City and State are joined which should not be. Most repeater sites with names like Black Mountain are completely unknown to those traveling. Best regards, Mark DuMoulin WB2ERS From: App_rpt-users [mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces@lists.allstarlink.org<mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces@lists.allstarlink.org>] On Behalf Of Tim Sawyer Sent: Monday, November 26, 2018 2:45 PM To: Users of Asterisk app_rpt Subject: [App_rpt-users] It’s almost here We might actually have a new allstarlink.org<http://allstarlink.org/> site before long. The admin and developer teams have been busy getting ready for the move. We want to make the transition as smooth as possible and we can use your help to do that. The new site needs to be tested as much as possible before roll out. Could you please use web-tpa.allstarlink.org<http://web-tpa.allstarlink.org/> for your normal Allstarlink.org<http://allstarlink.org/> activities? Please post here if you find anything that is not working, not clear as to how it works, missing stuff, spelling errors, usability or any other comments you might have. -- Tim WD6AWP _______________________________________________ App_rpt-users mailing list App_rpt-users(a)lists.allstarlink.org<mailto:App_rpt-users@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. -- Tim WD6AWP

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DTMF Decode Logic Output
by Monty 25 Nov '18

25 Nov '18

All, Anyone try to get a logic signal for when DTMF is detected from app_rpt? Without the obvious of using an external decoder 😉. I’m looking at a duplex=3 setup, but don’t want the DTMF retransmitted over the air. Maybe in the form of a events management system variable or script? Thanks, Monty -- Monty

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default keyboard
by Tom 25 Nov '18

25 Nov '18

I hadn't noticed the problem with several keys like | \ and ~ not correctly mapping from a USB connected keyboard because I usually interface with SSH. Today, I had a USB keyboard plugged into a Pi and was trying to pipe through grep and I kept getting a ~ instead of |. It turns out that the default keyboard on your Pi is set for Great Britain instead of US. Here's the fix: vi or nano into /etc/default/keyboard change from XKBLAYOUT="gb" to XKBLAYOUT="us" . Tom / K5TRA

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Brandmeister Password reset
by Mike 24 Nov '18

24 Nov '18

I have been unable to log-in a brandmeister for a few months. But at the same time, I am unable to reset the password via email. Goes through the steps but I get no email for the password reset. I am not using spam catcher on my email servers. Any ideas for a next step ? ...mike/kb8jnm

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Re: [App_rpt-users] ASL 1.01 Source Code
by Tom 24 Nov '18

24 Nov '18

I first want to say a big Thank You to Ken Koster (N7IPB) for his suggestions. They were the key to getting it to compile. After the installing various libs like libncurses-dev, libusb-dev,libssl-dev and libcrypto++-dev to eliminate dependency errors; needed to install the g++-4.9 compiler (actually version 4.9.3). The standard compiler is gcc (version 6.3.0). Both are installed; but I need to make it use g++-4.9 by specifying it with ./configure CXX=g++-4.9 CC=gcc-4.9. Initially that wasn't working until I did a make clean (to remove previous compile object file errors). Then I re-ran ./configure CXX=g++-4.9 CC=gcc-4.9, followed by make. That worked! Then make install. 'Hope this helps others fighting the same problem. Tom / K5TRA

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