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

Failed Connections
by k7ilo1＠gmail.com 13 May '18

13 May '18

Yes its been some time since I’ve monitored the emails because I’ve had way too many to try to read through them but…. I have a question to probably a common problem and easy fix. I am using the Dial distro of allstar which has been working great up to some point. So today I decided to fire up the old HT and dial up a node for some traffic to listen to. Connection failed is what I’m getting. No matter what node I try to dial up I get, Connection failed. All of my config files look ok and I have not done any changes to either my allstar node or my port forwarding on my router. Where might I start to find and resolve my issue. Thanks gang Harold K7ILO Node 27863

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Voice ID Audio Nodes List
by Mike 12 May '18

12 May '18

Cheers to all... Some time ago, there were a few folks who shared a directory on their web server to update voice node ID's as a way to exchange between us, for those that recorded a voice id for there node identifier. ( i.e. "the w a n hub" for node 2135 or "U K HUB" for 27066 ) Some of you know exactly what I'm speaking to while others will be completely lost, I understand. But while I was reviewing my scripts in doing a weekly update of new nodes from the server I had, I found what I was using no longer existed and probably has not for some time. I find them attractive if they are done right. Keeping the time to announce shorter while giving more precise info about node location/band. ... So my question is, is anyone doing such a think now, and if so, who/where/details. And if there is more than one, perhaps updating that share between them weekly would be in order to propagate changes so that we are not all relying on just one in the event something happens. I have security issues from time to time as I'm sure others do, so 3 of them make sense to me. I have a interest in keeping this going so if they are all gone, I'm willing to open a directory on one of my VPS servers for that, and/or exchange with others so it is well stored and propagated. All in all, we probably should issue a standard script for those that want to do such a thing (willing to share my sample). But for now, let's see where we are on this. Perhaps I'm just out of date with changes that have been going on. Any info ? I'm sure it would enlighten the group as well as myself. Thanks, ...mike/kb8jnm

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Eight days 'til Dayton
by Jeff DePolo 10 May '18

10 May '18

Our group will be at Dayton again this year, including the following organizations and their representatives: S-COM, LLC - Bob Schmid WA9FBO and Dave Maciorowski WA1JHK Repeater-Builder - Scott Zimmerman N3XCC and Kevin Custer W3KKC Masters Communications - Kevin Custer W3KKC AllStarLink, Inc. - Dave, Kevin, and I Steve N4IRS and Mike N4IRR Zingman are taking a break from Dayton this year. Based on how much work they've put into multiple projects the past few years, they deserve a break (and a round of applause). We will be in the same cluster of ten spaces in the race track infield as last year: 7727 is the easiest space number to remember. Hope to see some of you there. --- Jeff WN3A --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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ASL Time Fixed
by lengriff＠optimum.net 10 May '18

10 May '18

After installing ASL, I found the ' Time ' on my repeater to be incorrect. Turns out, the ' timezone ' was not set correctly. I restet it by using #dpkg-reconfigure tzdata, now all is fine. Len WB2HKK

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Re: [App_rpt-users] ASL time
by Mike 09 May '18

09 May '18

I can not speak to new app_rpt installs an not sure what you are using for a computer board as some of these mini's might not have a RTC but you can write a script to sync with NTC and update when you want. Once a day after 2 am works well. Even just on sunday at 2am. But if it is getting very far off every hour, you have larger issues and need to reset it every hour. That is provided your board has a real time clock. If not you will have to script something to accommodate the change. This is a script file I use and call synctime.sh #!/bin/bash /usr/sbin/ntpdate pool.ntp.org > /etc/asterisk/log/timelog.txt I am also logging the activity (of any script) in a log directory. now you need to make a command calling it in your setup for it, make it a macro and call it from your sched as you wish. If you RTC is getting off by more than a hour, it is best not to let that happen and if it does, do a full reboot to your server just after you correct the time. This will flush all timers and remove potential hidden problems from the swift change. ...mike/kb8jnm On 5/8/2018 3:53 PM, lengriff(a)optimum.net wrote: > I have my repeater announce Time of Day on the hour. > > > > With the old Allstar installs, the clock ( time of day ) would correct > itself after about an hour. > > > > With ASL, the time of day has NOT corrected itself at all after 1 week of > operation. > > > > Len

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session-timers
by 2E0SIP 08 May '18

08 May '18

Hi All, Does the version(s) of Asterisk used in the official Allstar Asterisk image support SIP session timers (RFC4028)? I tried adding the following to sip.conf, but it had no affect: session-timers=originate session-expires=300 session-minse=90 session-refresher=uac Thanks Matthew 2E0SIP

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Time
by lengriff＠optimum.net 08 May '18

08 May '18

I have ASL running fine, but the time of day is not updating correctly? Len WB2HKK

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Service is restored to Stats and list server
by Bryan Fields 07 May '18

07 May '18

The stats has been back since about 10pm EST, but the list server took a bit longer. The IP space we were planing to use for this was hijacked and we then had to deal with that before we could get the system online. This is not this ideal thing to do on a Sunday night. Thank you for your understanding, this is a once in a decade move. -- Bryan Fields 727-409-1194 - Voice http://bryanfields.net

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AllStar Link Planned Maintenance Notice
by Bryan Fields 06 May '18

06 May '18

Greetings, The admin team is moving servers from one facility to another tomorrow beginning at 10 am EST, 1400 UTC Saturday May 4, 2018. This will impact the following services which are not geo-redundant: Listserver (this list) Mail @allstarlink.org Wiki.allstarlink.org Primary DNS We expect the outage to last 4-8 hours, during which time these services will be unavailable. The IP address will stay the same, however ISP prefix filters may need to update on your ISP end to permit the new AS path to the IP space used for these services. The registration and the portal will be unaffected during this migration. This is all work being done by the admin team to make AllStar Link server infrastructure more robust and ensure a reliable service for our users. Thank you, Bryan Fields, W9CR AllStarLink Admin Team Lead

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Sip phone on a node to another?
by Barry Buelow 06 May '18

06 May '18

Hi I'm interested in setting up a SIP phone on my node and being able to talk to a buddy who has a similar phone on his node. We occasionally talk business topics which are not suitable for ham bands. We have a Grandstream phones on each end. Has anyone done this before? Is there a tutorial somewhere that is recommended? Thanks Barry w0iy

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