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Re: [App_rpt-users] A "turnkey" solution for Allstar
by mike＠midnighteng.com 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

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Re: [App_rpt-users] A "turnkey" solution for Allstar
by Steve Zingman 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

Will everyone that HAS built their own radio for use on AllStar and is using a modified sound FOB and is not running a Acid or Xipper (SP) distribution please stand up and raise your hand. Otherwise, sit down and STFU! As someone said last year"You did not build that!" 73, Steve N4IRS

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Echolink problem
by Bill Hurlock 19 Apr '13

19 Apr '13

I have a working Echolink running on my Node, however I have discovered a problem that is causing me grief. On a true PC or Cell phone based version of Echolink, when connected to a remote node and the person talking finishes a transmission you cannot press the talk button on the local node until the remote node clears itself to allow the local node to TX to the remote node. Hope this makes sense.... In the current version of the "Allstar version of Echolink", if I don't pause for at least 2 to 3 seconds and go into TX to the remote echolink node my audio will not pass to the remote node until I unkey and rekey on the local end. It looks like there needs to be a courtesy type tone to signal you that it is OK to start your transmission. I can't tell you how many times I have got trapped by this issue. Maybe there is already something that takes care of this, but I haven't had any luck searching for a fix. Bill Hurlock CPCommunications 856-234-1661 Office 856-264-1010<http://www.totalrf.com/> Cell www.cpcomms.com<http://www.cpcomms.com/> WA2TQI

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Tottime and macro
by pete M 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

How would you do this. I would like to make a macro that would llink 2 node, remove time out timer and play a sound file to both nodes. Then another one that would unlink the 2 nodes , replace the time out timer to normal, and play a sound file to both nodes.. Well I think that the sound files would need to be first here... And is there a way to shorten the time between the end of a user transmission and the ct tone? Cant find the variable that set this.

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Install issue with Dell Vostro 260s
by Lu Vencl 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

For the longest time I have been using Dell PC's for Allstar and I have come across a particular model that I just can't seem to install Allstar on it properly. It is the Dell Vostro 260s. Came in Windows 7. First tried ACID and it would install, but it would not boot up right away at times. It would give a looped message mpg123 something or another.. I forget what it said, but have heard others mention it as well. So then I send to XIPAR and with the latest version, I can't even install it. It hangs after it grabs the install image of the net. Then after it wants to reboot I get " The following error was found while parsing the kickstart configuration file. The following problem occurred on line 27 of the kickstart file : The provided network interface eht0 does not exist. That's odd because earlier it was downloading just fine the image file. So what gives? I looked at BIOS, turned off multi threading, even took it down to 1 core. I am running out of ideas at this point. Anyone else come across this?? I did hear that Brian, KB3ORS has also had this issue occur. Thanks is advance. Lu, KA4EPS

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Re: [App_rpt-users] Allstar
by Ron Simpson 17 Apr '13

17 Apr '13

Guys, There are a few things you need to understand, first there is no ISO image, the install is done manually. There are hardware requirements: HP5745T thin client w/2gb RAM MINIMUM! This wont run on less period. Remember this runs from /dev/ram0 plus operational ram. It was installed onto a hard drive attached to an HP5745 Thin Client. From there it was stripped of unneeded stuff, things not needed to support a node. I then built a 1gb file system and copied the stripped ACID INSTALL into it. A 2gb USB FLASH DRIVE was partitioned into a 1.5gb partition and a 500mb partition.(larger ones can be used). Partitions were defined as fat16 and mkdosfs was run on each one. Partition 1 was made bootable. Syslinux was run against partition 1. All files were transferred to partition 1. They include a kernel, system.map, syslinux, syslinux.cfg and the compresses file system. In the second partition i have an /etc directory where i keep the network configs and the asterisk configs . The system pulls the configuration info in at boot time. I doubt this will work on any other device... Wanted to clear this up.. Getting alot of email asking what machines this might also run on. The thin client uses a dual core ATOM processor so the kernel is an smp kernel. So single core based machines will need a different kernel. Will post here when I get the install DOC'S finished Ron Simpson, N6GKJ CET Sr., FCC

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How to replace Allison with custom prerecorded messages?
by motorula＠gmail.com 15 Apr '13

15 Apr '13

We're running private emergency system outside of US, nodes are permanently connected to each other so theres almost no need to play any messages. The only messages we need is "Connection to server is lost" and "Connection to server restored" played by node, and sometimes we need to playback emergency message that uploaded to our system's HUB. How to remove/replace Allison with custom prerecorded messages? Thanks/

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Re: [App_rpt-users] Setting up an announcement
by Tim Sawyer 14 Apr '13

14 Apr '13

It needs a leading slash and no extension. 987=localplay,/var/lib/asterisk/sounds/rpt/breakfast -- Tim :wq On Apr 13, 2013, at 9:15 PM, Bradley Haney <hammin75(a)gmail.com> wrote: > So example > > 987 =localplay,var/lib/asterisk/sounds/rpt/breakfast.gsm > > > > Brad's mobile > > On Apr 13, 2013 11:11 PM, "Tim Sawyer" <tim.sawyer(a)me.com> wrote: > Don't need a macro, just a touch tone function. In the [function] stanza add something like: > > 999=localplay,/tmp/news # play file /tmp/news.wav (AR Newsline) > -- > Tim > :wq > > On Apr 13, 2013, at 8:35 PM, Bradley Haney <hammin75(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> How do you et up allstar to play a specfic audio file with a macro. The audio file is in var/lib/asterisk/sounds/rpt >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> Brad's mobile >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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Setting up an announcement
by Bradley Haney 14 Apr '13

14 Apr '13

How do you et up allstar to play a specfic audio file with a macro. The audio file is in var/lib/asterisk/sounds/rpt Thanks Brad's mobile

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Re: [App_rpt-users] HP 5745T Thin Client success
by Ron Simpson 13 Apr '13

13 Apr '13

The internal flash is 2gb. Was thinking of dumping straight to that. My distro is huge.. at just under 1 gb. So a large flash is needed. Stripping it down further is doable but time consuming. I did remove quite a bit from the /usr directory to get it where it is now Ron Simpson, N6GKJ CET Sr., FCC

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