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Skyler Recognition
by Bob Pyke 04 Aug '16

04 Aug '16

Skyler, Very nice article. Congratulations on the well deserved recognition, and thanks for your contributions on app_rpt list. http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/skyler-fennell-kd0whb-is-2016-young… Thanks, Bob k6ecm 73 Sent from iPad

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Re: [App_rpt-users] usbfobs
by Steve Wright 03 Aug '16

03 Aug '16

I think we're on the wrong track with our fixation on cmedia hackable chipsets. It's too hard. Why can't we use one of the other DSP modules and some serial USB _TX signalling? On 28/05/16 04:00, Sam Skolfield <kj6qfs(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Please share any findings with the group, many of us are looking for them > too... > > On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 9:17 PM, Steve Wright <info(a)meshnetworks.co.nz> > wrote: > >> Does anyone have a reliable source of modifiable USB audio devices? >> >> It's really really difficult to find hackable ones without buying one here >> and there... >>

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RTCM/chan_voter/event management subsystem
by Stephen - K1LNX 02 Aug '16

02 Aug '16

Hey guys... I have a fan on the transmit radio, but as I don't want to run it all the time, only when transmitting, I'm going to drive a relay from a GPIO pin off of a URI instead. I found two excellent resources as a basis for what I'm after: http://www.qsl.net/k0kn/txfan http://latinovoip.net/allstar-and-the-gpio-fan-script-for-dmk-engineering-u… I setup the following in my node stanza: [2376] events = events2376 [events2376] touch /tmp/RPT_TXKEYED2376 = s|t|RPT_TXKEYED rm -f /tmp/RPT_TXKEYED2376 = s|f|RPT_TXKEYED As you can see, this is pretty simple, write RPT_TXKEYED2376 when the RPT_TXKEYED variable is true, remove when false. I even checked for the presence of those variables when the repeater is keyed/active from doing a "rpt showvars 2376": as2376*CLI> rpt showvars 2376 Variable listing for node 2376: XX_RPT_TXKEYED=1 RPT_ETXKEYED=1 RPT_TXKEYED=1 RPT_RXKEYED=1 RPT_NUMLINKS=0 RPT_LINKS=0 RPT_NUMALINKS=0 RPT_ALINKS=0 RPT_AUTOPATCHUP=0 -- 9 variables Everything suggests this should work, but it is not for whatever reason, which leads me to two possible guesses: - the logic is not placed correctly where it needs to be in rpt.conf - chan_voter does not talk to the event management subsystem Any ideas? Kinda lost... Thanks, Stephen K1LNX

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12VDC to 5V USB power
by Ramesh Dhami 31 Jul '16

31 Jul '16

Hi Guys: I am presently running my Pi from a walwart supply. I'd rather run the Pi from my station supply, using a DC to DC converter. I recall this topic being discussed before - but can't put my finger on the reference converters at this time. I have found these devices on Amazon, wonder if anyone has any experience with them: https://www.amazon.com/Autek-Converter-convert-adapter-DCCON-5U-0/dp/B00BMI… Thanks! Ramesh. Sent from my iPhone

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Re: [App_rpt-users] RTCM -> "Warning: GPS Data time period elapsed" (Hayden Honeywood)
by info＠rainerbertsch.de 31 Jul '16

31 Jul '16

Hi Hayden, we had a lot of trouble with the Garmin 18x LVC. We used different power supplies, we had a look at the protocol and so on. Finnaly we changed the baudrate from the rs232 in the rtcm and in the gpsunit with the snsrxcfg tool from 4800bd to 9600bd. Now it works ! Probably you can try this. Regards Rainer, DF3SY Von: Hayden Honeywood <haydenph91(a)gmail.com> Betreff: [App_rpt-users] RTCM -> "Warning: GPS Data time period elapsed" Datum: 31. Juli 2016 um 05:54:02 MESZ An: app_rpt-users(a)ohnosec.org Hi, I am having this issue with my voter board and a Garmin GPS18x LVC. The status page indicates a GPS lock, but the board keeps throwing this warning every 2 seconds or so. I've loaded the SNSRXCFG.cfg and checked that the unit is in NMEA mode. The selected sentences are left as default although I did check and GPGSV, GPRMC and GPGGA are all selected as I read in another thread on here. What other NMEA settings do I need? NMEA 2.3 mode on? Regards Hayden VK7HH _______________________________________________ App_rpt-users mailing list App_rpt-users(a)ohnosec.org http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users

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IAXRPT issue on Android
by John Griffith 29 Jul '16

29 Jul '16

Anyone here experiencing the network keying up when IAXRPT is started? Apparently you have to touch PTT and touch again on the Android before it will release, then it works fine. The Admins of the repeater system I connected to had to disable my node because I didn't know it was keying up all the repeaters, and I didn't know it. John Griffith N7OKN

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Sending courtesy tones to a hub from linked repeaters
by Stephen - K1LNX 29 Jul '16

29 Jul '16

Is it possible to send a distinct courtesy tone to a hub from a connected repeater? We have a small network we are building and our founding member would like to hear distinct courtesy tones from each permanently connected repeater on our dedicated hub, but I wasn't sure if this was possible as it looks like all telemetry is set for each local node instead, i.e. the linkunkeyct = X parameter in rpt.conf. All the repeaters (with the exception of mine, I have an SCOM 7330 I will be using so I can manage my own tone outputs) are using app_rpt as their repeater controller. Ideally, I would like to send whatever courtesy tone is provisioned for local output (unlinkedct) to be sent to the hub. I did see some references in documentation in regards to "foreign" telemetry output, but I'm not sure if that's what I need or if it will accomplish it. Is this possible? 73 Stephen K1LNX

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Macro handling
by Stephen - K1LNX 28 Jul '16

28 Jul '16

Will macros take more than two digits? I am starting to play around with them (and admittedly not a ton of experience), but I can't get the following to work for whatever reason: [2376] macro = macro [functions] ; Macro Commands 423 = macro,1 4231 = macro,2 [macro] ; connect to NETDA Hub 28741 1 = *328741# 2 = *128741# Does this look right and should it work? I did restart Asterisk/did an rpt reload etc, but no change. If I dial (or send from the CLI) *423, I expect it to connect to my hub nobe, *4231 to disconnect, but it does not work. 73 Stephen K1LNX

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app_rpt and Hamtronics Exciter
by Ramesh Dhami (VA3UV) 26 Jul '16

26 Jul '16

Hi Guys: Working on the 2nd 220 repeater project. I have been feeding audio out of my fob into the 'E2 - AF Input' pin of a newer T302 (220MHz) exciter. This exciter is replacing the former T301 exciter. My issue is that the limiter on the exciter seems to be 'a little suspect' - I can set it to ~ 4.8k one day; set my TX levels and then the next day, I find that the limiter seems to have drifted off up to around 6k or even higher! I have been using the E2 input for audio and E5 (modulator input) for PL tone. I am planning on moving the audio input to E5, so essentially feeding E5 with composite voice and PL. I did a quick search of the mailing list to see what others were doing. I was able to find three posts (from Bryan Fields, Robert Poff and Sam Nabkey) referring to an "audio mod". Is the "mod" just as I describe it above, or something more than that? I see reference to a series resistor of 4.7K, so presumably this is inline with the composite audio / PL output when injecting into the modulator input? Cheers, Ramesh, VA3UV

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Signal strength Bash
by Skyler F 26 Jul '16

26 Jul '16

I want to do some FM propogation experiments and it would be desirable using DSP to log the current signal strength. I know the radio-tune-menu will turn a value for the signal strength. Is there any way of getting this value directly from a bash script? 73 Skyler KD0WHB

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