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Re: [App_rpt-users] homebrew USB sound fob no RX audio
by Skyler F 02 Mar '15

02 Mar '15

> > Did I read correctly that you are trying to use Baofeng speaker audio + > USBRadio in order to decode CTCSS? The Baofeng filters CTCSS from the RX > before it hits the speaker. A little may still leak through, but not > enough to work. Look on the web and you will/may find mods to pick off the > carrier detect on the Baofeng. This will give you the detection you need. There aren't any mods that I could find and people told me the speaker output is on the chip itself. Can I use the RX CTCSS on the radio and use COR? On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 10:03 AM, Mike Zingman <mike.zingman(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Skyler, > > Did I read correctly that you are trying to use Baofeng speaker audio + > USBRadio in order to decode CTCSS? The Baofeng filters CTCSS from the RX > before it hits the speaker. A little may still leak through, but not > enough to work. Look on the web and you will/may find mods to pick off the > carrier detect on the Baofeng. This will give you the detection you need. > > If I have this wrong, never mind ;-) > > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 10:32 AM, Skyler F <electricity440(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> ACID >> >> On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 8:28 AM, Kevin Custer <kuggie(a)kuggie.com> wrote: >> >>> On 3/2/2015 10:25 AM, Skyler F wrote: >>> >>>> USBradio >>>> >>>> Dell desktop with pentium 4 >>>> >>>> I will check the version when I get a chance but there is so much >>>> custom built stuff on it, upgrading would probably destroy it. It is from >>>> julyish 2014 >>>> >>> >>> Sorry - When I asked for the version of distribution, I meant ACID or >>> XIPAR? >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Skyler Fennell >> amsatnet.info >> KDØWHB >> electricity440(a)gmail.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. >> > > -- Skyler Fennell amsatnet.info KDØWHB electricity440(a)gmail.com

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Re: [App_rpt-users] homebrew USB sound fob no RX audio
by Skyler F 02 Mar '15

02 Mar '15

First I am using the Baofeng radio for the second node, and using speaker audio, which I understand is not the best, but I am hoping I can at least get it to work. Second, I hit menu 2 *Auto detect RX noise level:* *Tries=6, setting=563, meas=25995, sqnoise=168.* Now I hit menu 4 Auto detect CTCSS with carrier and CTCSS And this is where I have issuees *Setting = 8.00 meas=0.00* *RX CTCSS GAIN ADJUST FAILED* I also tried it with speaker audio instead of flat, but I still couldn't get it to work. I remember at some point while listening on the web transceiver a tiny bit of audio came through but nothing really is getting through since. Thanks, Skyler On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 10:59 PM, Steve Agee <n5zua(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > From the CLI, make sure you have correct CM108 fob selected (if more than > one is hooked up) and run CLI> "radio tune rxnoise" without the quotation > marks, with the receiver sending discriminator audio to the fob, and you > should be seeing around 28000 as the level coming in. Call me if you need > more help. You already have my number. > > N5ZUA > > > On 3/1/2015 9:23 PM, Skyler F wrote: > >> I made the modification to the startech CM108 sound fob. This is for a >> second node on the same machine. Everything should be working, the node is >> transmitting with audio and PTT is activating properly. >> >> The receive should be working too, I plugged it in to my macbook and was >> able to hear the white noise just fine and I could hear my voice when I >> keyed up. >> >> I also had Jeremy W0JRL help with everything on the software, and we >> tried about everything from Flat audio to speaker audio to COR to CTCSS but >> still no receive audio coming through the network, it isn't detecting >> anything when I am transmitting from my node radio to the node. >> >> I was on the phone with him for almost two hours trying anything we could >> think of, I did anything hardware, and he modified anything software, but >> we still got no audio through the network. We even turned off the squelch >> and there was a dead carrier through the network. >> >> Is there something wrong compatibility wise with this fob? I did >> everything in the instructions and I got it from here >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829128002. >> >> I used this instruction manual >> http://www.repeater-builder.com/projects/fob/USB-Fob-Construction.pdf >> >> If this is a compatibility issue, it is sure a weird one because the >> Txaudio worked fine. >> >> Is there a way to tell if any audio at all is coming in to AllStar? >> >> What can I try next to troubleshoot? >> >> >> 73 >> Skyler KDØWHB >> >> -- >> Skyler Fennell >> amsatnet.info <http://amsatnet.info> >> KDØWHB >> electricity440(a)gmail.com <mailto:electricity440@gmail.com> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. >> > > -- Skyler Fennell amsatnet.info KDØWHB electricity440(a)gmail.com

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homebrew USB sound fob no RX audio
by Skyler F 02 Mar '15

02 Mar '15

I made the modification to the startech CM108 sound fob. This is for a second node on the same machine. Everything should be working, the node is transmitting with audio and PTT is activating properly. The receive should be working too, I plugged it in to my macbook and was able to hear the white noise just fine and I could hear my voice when I keyed up. I also had Jeremy W0JRL help with everything on the software, and we tried about everything from Flat audio to speaker audio to COR to CTCSS but still no receive audio coming through the network, it isn't detecting anything when I am transmitting from my node radio to the node. I was on the phone with him for almost two hours trying anything we could think of, I did anything hardware, and he modified anything software, but we still got no audio through the network. We even turned off the squelch and there was a dead carrier through the network. Is there something wrong compatibility wise with this fob? I did everything in the instructions and I got it from here http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829128002. I used this instruction manual http://www.repeater-builder.com/projects/fob/USB-Fob-Construction.pdf If this is a compatibility issue, it is sure a weird one because the Txaudio worked fine. Is there a way to tell if any audio at all is coming in to AllStar? What can I try next to troubleshoot? 73 Skyler KDØWHB -- Skyler Fennell amsatnet.info KDØWHB electricity440(a)gmail.com

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Zoiper
by Robert Newberry 02 Mar '15

02 Mar '15

Does anyone have any idea how to diagnose this problem I am having? I have zoiper running on a windows 7 install on the same network as my node. I have zoiper connected full time to my node. Lately the connection is dropping sometime in the night or early morning hours. I end up using VNC to re-establish the connection. I have my node set to email me disconnect and connection notices. One thing I noticed is I never get a disconnect notice.

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Re: [App_rpt-users] AllStar Link SIP Trunk in FreePBX
by mike＠midnighteng.com 02 Mar '15

02 Mar '15

James, First it should be said that sometimes the result may be from more than one problem. >From what you have shared, it is still very hard to pinpoint a single problem but I might mention a few potential ones... If you are not totally in tune with asterisk dial plan protocol, I would suggest not using 70 for your interactive menu (or anything else 7x) while you have other extensions that are 7xxxx & 7xxxxx unless you are sure you can define the sort order for asterisk to find the extension (via context or other scheme) or it is not possible for the longer extensions to be 70xx or 70xxx. Asterisk will always take the first match it finds. Perhaps you have considered and compensated for this. Thought I would mention it. Without seeing your whole dial plan, I can't say it is a problem, just a potential one to look for. The audio problem sounds like it may be that the pi is running out of headroom or cpu cycles to process it during the event. Possible some other process may be soaking up either or both resources during the event to create the error. Just a few thoughts for you to consider. ...mike/kb8jnm > I have a raspberry pi running FreePBX/Asterisk with a VOIP mesh network. > The internal extensions and Google voice trunk are working properly. I > have an outgoing dial plan configured so that 70 (should go to interactive > menu), 7xxxx or 7xxxxx (xxxx and xxxxx are node numbers) will dial the > AllStar Link SIP trunk. The outgoing calls will ring the AllStar trunk and > often, but not always, the call connects. If it connects, it usually does > not have received audio. If there is audio, then when I enter node > numbers, etc it appears the DTMF tones are not recognized. I say this > because every node number I enter is "invalid". > > I can dial the AllStar access number, 763-230-0000, from the same phone > over the Google voice trunk and everything works fine. I can also connect > to the AllStar Link SIP directly using a software phone on my same LAN and > it works fine. > > I'm assuming I am doing something wrong in the trunk configuration. Any > help would be great. Thanks- James > --------------------- > I have it configured in FreePBX as follows: > Trunk Name: AllStar Link > > PEER Details: > username=1 > fromuser=1 > secret=allstar > host=sip.allstarlink.org > fromdomain=sip.allstarlink.org > type=friend > context=from-trunk > insecure=port,invite > trustrpid=yes > directmedia=no > keepalive=45 > nat=yes > dtmfmode=rfc2833 > disallow=all > allow=g711&ulaw > > USER Context: (no entry) > USER Details: (no entry) > Register String: 1:allstar@sip.allstarlink.org > _______________________________________________ > 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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Use of a bridge
by Skyler F 01 Mar '15

01 Mar '15

Hello, I understand this is a touchy subject, and there are a LOT of issues about cross linking AllStar and IRLP but I have a special case/problem I am trying to solve. I am net control of the Amateur Satellite which I air from a link system in Colorado to the East Coast IRLP reflector, which until a month ago had AllStar 27339. The node has been down for some reason, but I still *have permission *to use the IRLP reflector with AllStar because of special permission from dave cameron for IRLP 9050 to have AllStar and my net is Scheduled there. Everyone on 9050 is missing the net and are like "What happened to it"? Does anybody know about or have any bridges they would be willing to let me use for my net? My net runs Every Thursday at 7:00 PM Mountain time or 9:00PM East Coast time. 73 Skyler KDØWHB -- Skyler Fennell amsatnet.info KDØWHB electricity440(a)gmail.com

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Test Message
by KH6KL 01 Mar '15

01 Mar '15

Hello: This is a test message to see if I'm into this machine. 73... Aloha, Pat KH6KL Note to NSA: Feel free to monitor this line. If I'm typing too fast let me know and I'll slow down. __________________________________ Sent from eM Client | www.emclient.com

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Voting Advice
by Wayne 28 Feb '15

28 Feb '15

I find myself in uncharted territory. We have initially setup a RTCM and are considering adding a second site that better covers our intended area. This means simulcasting or voting. I understand that repeaters are equipped with RTCM’s, GPS units, and properly tuned for frequency. The repeaters are Motorola MSF’s. Gotta love them!!! I further understand that Allstar itself does what it can to time packets. My questions is this. In such a congested area as the L.A. market it is difficult not to cover a large geographic area. Our primary repeater is at 6,300 feet and does just that but it misses some key areas. Thus a second repeater on a hilltop with excellent coverage as well. The overlap is considerable. In voting what am I looking at? Turning the power down on each unit to minimize the overlapping wha-wha? I’ve tried antenna adjusting (in Radio Mobile Virtual Mapping) and cannot find a change that has any affect. Do we turn the power way down on each repeater? Hand-held’s will suffer. The same with our mountain repeater that needs the umph to get in and out of the canyons. Damn. What a catch-22. This may not be doable without a second pair that isn’t likely to happen. What advice would you give those of us trying real hard to learn on the job? We’ve got an excellent team of hams but voting is new to us.

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Strange RTCM Behavior
by Caleb Pal 27 Feb '15

27 Feb '15

Hello All, We have a two site Voted Simulcast consisting of 2 UHF Motorola Quantars, Thunderbolts, and 2 RTCM's. Master site is North, secondary Voter/TX site is West. Recently I have noticed significant choppy audio, mostly absent a PL, being transmitted from the West Site. It appears the repeater is keying/dekeying a couple times a second. On the West RTCM console I see: 02/27/2015 00:23:15.592 Inbound (Eth Rx) packet out of bounds by: -60 02/27/2015 00:23:25.532 Inbound (Eth Rx) packet out of bounds by: -60 02/27/2015 00:23:35.532 Inbound (Eth Rx) packet out of bounds by: -60 Physical link between the sites is over a Ubiquiti 5GHz link, then fiber. IPSEC end to end. Voter Ping output is below. PING (West): Packets tx: 100, rx: 100, oos: 0, Avg.: 13.940 ms PING (West): Worst: 22 ms, Best: 7 ms, 100.0% Packets successfully received (0.0% loss) Standard ping between Voter and West RTCM: 3297 packets transmitted, 3293 received, 0% packet loss, time 3297289ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 2.953/4.166/111.124/3.812 ms TX/RX buffers are 250ms. When I restart the West RTCM, the symptoms resolve for a hour or so, then begin to occur again. System was previously functioning normally. Only change has been from ADSL to fiber at the North site. West site was down for 2-3 weeks while the line was switched, so I can't absolutely correlate this issue to the connection change. Pings when the issue is occurring look good (<10ms voter to West RTCM) Any ideas? Thanks, Caleb

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Re: [App_rpt-users] Guidance Hub Install
by Steve Zingman 27 Feb '15

27 Feb '15

Updated wget https://www.dropbox.com/s/p46x4ryei9lnare/linode.tar.gz -- "Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about." 1st Law of Logic

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