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Connecting several sites together on a hub using link radios
by Stephen - K1LNX 26 Aug '16

26 Aug '16

Hi guys... I am in the midst of deploying a 5 site system. All of the sites with the exception of my own will be using link radios sitting on the repeater pair, some sites do not have internet access so this is the only option. Each node will be permalinked to our hub. What we discovered when we brought site number 3 online was the dreaded "ping-pong" effect, and I did some digging and found out about the rxondelay parameter, that seems to be the place to start with this. The other option we are considering is dropping the hang time off each repeater and using app_rpt to do hang time and courtesy tones instead (duplex = 1 instead of 0) but not sure that would work real well or be optimal. Anyone have any experience with a setup like this that can offer some advice? This is my first foray into this unfortunately, I've always just interfaced the radio or repeater directly to app_rpt in the past or through a controller so it's been a bit of a challenge. 73 Stephen K1LNX

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Re: [App_rpt-users] Voter delay and Asterisk question
by Hayden Honeywood 25 Aug '16

25 Aug '16

Further on my previous post to the board.. Has anyone used a BG7TBL GPS as a timing device for a voter board? http://www.ebay.com/itm/121530825744 I see it delivers NMEA output, but the 1PPS spec is Square Wave 3.3Vpp. This concerns me as I read on this post - http://ohnosec.org/pipermail/app_rpt-users/2016-March/013786.html That the RTCM/Voter boards require 5V coming in on the 1PPS line. Has anyone had it working? This would be a good alternative to the Garmin GPS units as it also gives me the 10MHz I need to lock my transmitter on frequency. Another benefit is that only the GPS antenna is exposed to the weather elements rather than the whole GPS unit of a Garmin. The cable run for our GPS unit will be about 10 metres or so. Has anyone had any issues extending the cable length of a Garmin 18x LVC unit? Hayden

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Voter delay and Asterisk question
by Hayden Honeywood 25 Aug '16

25 Aug '16

Hi All, I've been playing around with my voter boards recently that I've constructed. I've been able to get the GPS and voting working, and interfacing with Allmon to show voted stations. I initially had DIAL running on an i7 with about 8GB of RAM. Way too much and overkill, but it was all I had at the time. I did some limited testing and it appears that I was able to put the buffer values as low as they would go according to this page, as I was only testing on my local network (3ms ping) - http://ohnosec.org/drupal/node/195 I set TX buffer to 480 and the RX to 120. With the i7 I could not detect any echo and switching was rather fast. However I changed to a RPi3 using the same settings. I can now hear some echo, especially if I let go of the button quickly. Whilst it is preventable (leave a short silent gap), I would of thought that over my local network with minimum values I would experience close to zero echo. Perhaps the processing power of the Pi3 is now the holdup?? Also, when voice idents are made, the tail timer runs at the end of the ident. This is not normal operation compared to most controllers, when an ID is sent, it does so and the PTT drops at the end of the ID. Can you also have more than one ID, for instance an initial ID when the repeater hasn't been used in x amount of time, and a regular ID that is used and inserted between conversations? I also run all of my CTCSS encoders in a way that they follow receiver activity (the Arcom RC-210 does this too). That way we can use it for linking and avoid sending idents and courtesy tones/tails over links. Can this be implemented in rpt.conf somewhere? Regards Hayden

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URI sending courtesy tone every 3 seconds
by Doug Fessler 24 Aug '16

24 Aug '16

Hi, I have a Pi3 that I am interfacing with a URI. In my experimenting, something happened and the URI now sends the courtesy tone every 3 seconds. When the cable/radio is hooked up, it constantly transmits (radio gets hot!). So, I disconnected the radio and rebooted the node (several times)... same thing. It keeps sending the courtesy tone. Anyone seen this or have a pointer for me? Thanks, Doug KI7DQG

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Re: [App_rpt-users] Compile Allstar on a Centos Virtual Server
by Steve Zingman 23 Aug '16

23 Aug '16

No problem Loren, since you forked the repository quite a while ago I assumed you were aware of its content.. On 08/23/2016 05:00 PM, Loren Tedford wrote: > Thanks Steve im going to have a look at this > > > Loren Tedford (KC9ZHV) > Phone:618-553-0806 > Fax: 1-618-551-2755 > Email: lorentedford(a)gmail.com <mailto:lorentedford@gmail.com> > Email: KC9ZHV(a)KC9ZHV.com <mailto:KC9ZHV@KC9ZHV.com> > http://www.lorentedford.com <http://www.lorentedford.com/> > http://www.kc9zhv.com <http://www.kc9zhv.com/> > http://forum.kc9zhv.com <http://forum.kc9zhv.com/> > http://hub.kc9zhv.com <http://hub.kc9zhv.com/> > http://Ltcraft.net<http://ltcraft.net/> > http://voipham.com > > On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 3:57 PM, Steve Zingman <szingman(a)msgstor.com > <mailto:szingman@msgstor.com>> wrote: > > Greg, > If you look at <https://github.com/N4IRS/AllStar> > <https://github.com/N4IRS/AllStar> In the scripts directory, you > should find what you need. > Look at required_libs, build_tools anf get_src. > > 73, Steve N4IRS > > On 08/23/2016 04:40 PM, Greg Thornwall wrote: >> >> >> I would like to install an Allstar HUB on a Centos virtual >> server. Wherewould I find the requirements, such as the proper C >> libs, gcc etc, and the latest source filesto compile it? >> >> tnx, 73 Greg KD3SU >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> App_rpt-users mailing list >> App_rpt-users(a)ohnosec.org <mailto:App_rpt-users@ohnosec.org> >> http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users >> <http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list please visithttp://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users >> <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. > > -- > "Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about." > 1st Law of Logic > > _______________________________________________ App_rpt-users > mailing list App_rpt-users(a)ohnosec.org > <mailto:App_rpt-users@ohnosec.org> > http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users > <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 > <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. > -- "Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about." 1st Law of Logic

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Compile Allstar on a Centos Virtual Server
by Greg Thornwall 23 Aug '16

23 Aug '16

I would like to install an Allstar HUB on a Centos virtual server. Wherewould I find the requirements, such as the proper C libs, gcc etc, and the latest source filesto compile it? tnx, 73 Greg KD3SU

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Re: [App_rpt-users] Raspberry Pi 3 Wfii Question
by N6GKJ Land 22 Aug '16

22 Aug '16

John, I have just started out trying to get wifi running on Dial Pi. It seems alot of stuff has to be added and part of the FS needs to have directories added to make wpa happy. I have also put in a help request. The guys that built this stuff are pretty smart but busy guys. I'm sure we will get pointed in the right direction before long. Ron, N6GKJ http://n6gkj.lodiarc.org On Apr 24, 2016 12:38 PM, "John Grassham" <KC5ZXW(a)gmail.com> wrote: Greetings from a newbie, Steep learning curve here so bear with me. I have a Raspberry Pi 3 (running DIAL) with URI that I am trying to configure to use WiFi. All of the instructions that I can find with a Google search do not seem to work with this version. Does anyone on the list have experience working with the Pi 3? 73, John Grassham, KC5ZXW _______________________________________________ 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.

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RPi Dial no WiFi
by N6GKJ Land 22 Aug '16

22 Aug '16

Hey Guys, Has anyone had any success at getting Raspberry Pi 3 + RPi Dial to work with Wi-Fi? I have installed wireless tools, installed RPi Upgrades and updates. I have installed brcm firmware files in /lib/firmware. The only issue I have not worked out is getting /var/run/wpa_supplicant to remain as a directory after reboot. It seems /var/run is a tmpfs. I know I missed something. I just can't see it. Any thoughts? Ron, N6GKJ http://n6gkj.lodiarc.org

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Switch to CW ID upon key up
by Joe Moskalski 19 Aug '16

19 Aug '16

I was wondering if anyone has found a good clean way to cause the voice ID to switch to a CW when someone keys up on a system operating in a repeater configuration. This is something most hardware controllers do and its a function I would like to try to implement. I figured I would ask here before trying to re-invent the wheel. Ideally, it would switch to a CW ID when a local station would key into the system and also when a remote connection would key up as well.

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Re: [App_rpt-users] Quad PCI Interface Computer Suggestions
by Steve Zingman 16 Aug '16

16 Aug '16

John, I use a NeoWare CA22 thin terminal with a 90 degree PCI adapter. It's 12V and DIAL runs fine with the quad card. 73, Steve N4IRS On Aug 15, 2016 1:19 PM, John <wb5nfc(a)gmail.com> wrote: It's time to dust off my old quad PCI interface card and get it back in service. Looking for suggestions on a "smallish" footprint computer that might house the board on a 90 degree PCI adaptor to conserve space. I would prefer something that will operate from a 12 Volt supply - if that's possible... Anyone been there, done that? Suggestions? Thanks John / WB5NFC _______________________________________________ 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.

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