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Adjusting Audio Levels
by Sal P. De Franco 12 Nov '12

12 Nov '12

Hello, How do you adjust the audio levels on the node only. In the irlp world I use "Aumix". What do I use in the App_rpt world. Repeater using 2 gm300 and DMK Urix. Sal N6SPD Node 28365

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Node cannot connect
by FERNANDO VILLARROEL 12 Nov '12

12 Nov '12

Dear. I have a ACID succesfully installed with URI connected to Motorola GM300 I cannot connect my local node (1999) to my ACID server. If i run: test*CLI> radio tune rxnoise tune rxnoise maxtries=12, target=27000, tolerance=2750 tries=0, setting=2, meas=7336 tries=1, setting=7, meas=17695 tries=2, setting=11, meas=26213 tries=3, setting=11, meas=25994 tries=4, setting=11, meas=26186 tries=5, setting=11, meas=26213 tries=6, setting=11, meas=26186 DONE tries=6, setting=688, meas=26186, sqnoise=0 INFO: RX INPUT ADJUST SUCCESS. test*CLI> radio tune rxvoice INFO: RX VOICE ADJUST START. target=7200 tolerance=360 tries=0, setting=1.000000, meas=27537 tries=1, setting=0.261466, meas=7468 tries=2, setting=0.252083, meas=7586 tries=3, setting=0.239256, meas=7164 tries=4, setting=0.239256, meas=6969 tries=5, setting=0.239256, meas=6558 tries=6, setting=0.262679, meas=6628 tries=7, setting=0.285348, meas=8243 tries=8, setting=0.249242, meas=7582 tries=9, setting=0.236685, meas=6607 tries=10, setting=0.257928, meas=7100 DONE tries=10, setting=0.257928, meas=7100.000000 INFO: RX VOICE GAIN ADJUST SUCCESS. test*CLI> radio tune rxtone INFO: RX CTCSS ADJUST START. target=2400 tolerance=100 tries=0, setting=1.000000, meas=6244 tries=1, setting=0.384369, meas=2587 tries=2, setting=0.356585, meas=2628 tries=3, setting=0.325648, meas=1980 tries=4, setting=0.394725, meas=2555 tries=5, setting=0.370779, meas=2191 tries=6, setting=0.406148, meas=2456 DONE tries=6, setting=0.406148, meas=2456.00 INFO: RX CTCSS GAIN ADJUST SUCCESS. But when i run: test*CLI> rpt nodes 1999 test*CLI> ************************* CONNECTED NODES ************************* <NONE>LI> test*CLI> Any idea what i am doing wrong or how i can solve this issue? Regards

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AUTOPATCH dialing TIME OUT..
by Bradley Haney 12 Nov '12

12 Nov '12

Hello everyone .. I have looked through the archives and didn't find anything on this, and if there was i missed it so here it goes. My allstarbox "times out" before i get done dialing a 10 digit number.. I can get about 5 in and that is about it.. I did extend the dialtimewait to 6000 but you have to be really really fast at pumping out the numbers to get it to go through.. I have even increased it to 10000 with out any luck. Is there a setting to set the "overall" autopatch time out not just the wait time between digits? Thanks for all the help.. Bradley 28079

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Server Failover
by Jeff Carrier 11 Nov '12

11 Nov '12

Here's an interesting question. I had a server that I use as a HUB node on my local network fail (ups died). Is there a way to use the permanent connection or some other script to connect to one node and search/attempt a connection to another node on loss of that "primary" connection similar to what the RTCM does? Thanks de K0JSC

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Way to detect activity?
by Alan Adamson 11 Nov '12

11 Nov '12

Is there a simple way for an external script to detect when a node is active or not? I'd like to create a script that plays back a message, but only when the node has been inactivate for some period of time and then occasionally once it is active. Similar to how WAN RS does theirs, but I'm pretty sure they use a cron job to do that. I'd like to just detect activity and so it based up on that. Thanks in advance, and any pointers appreciated. Alan

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Connecting While not Registered
by Jim W7RY 11 Nov '12

11 Nov '12

Question... So is this the only line of code that I need to connect to a node if my node is not registered? Under the [nodes] stanza in rpt.conf 2560 = radio@208.70.77.197:4569/2560,NONE Do I need to add anything else anywhere? I want to connect to 2560 as soon as the node reboots. thanks 73 Jim W7RY

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Location of Helper Scripts
by Ian Venable 11 Nov '12

11 Nov '12

Need some help. For some reason I can not locate the Helper Scripts. I downloaded the .iso from http://stats.allstarlink.org/dl/installcd/acid_centos.iso. According to the ACID System Administrator's Guide they should be in /root/acid. But when I go to /root they are not there. I am looking to run the astupd.sh script to fetch, compile and install the latest version of Asterisk . Any help would be appreciated. Ian Venable Ki6ies

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Re: [App_rpt-users] Will allmon work with xipar
by Tim Sawyer 10 Nov '12

10 Nov '12

There is a special hack Jim added to the Asterisk Manager for Allmon called SawStat. It might not be in Xipar, I don't know. But update your sources anyway and see if that helps. -- Tim :wq On Nov 10, 2012, at 3:10 PM, Wally Carriero <n2lyj(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > I was able to get everything set up how ever it's not show connections. Any ideas. Thanks for all you do! Wally Carriero n2lyj > > Www.n2lyj.net > > > Sent from my iPad

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sip.allstarlink.org sip session no-audio
by Scott 10 Nov '12

10 Nov '12

When trying to connect from a sip-phone to the portal, sip.allstarlink.orgusing, sip://1:allstar@sip.allstarlink.org:5060/0 -or- sip://1:allstar@sip.allstarlink.org:5060/<node_number> -or- sip://0@sip.allstarlink.org It connects, but there's no audio. No errors. PCMU@8000 correctly negotiated. I've tried two SIP-phone clients and a FreeSWITCH user-agent with the same negative outcomes. I've tried variations on the connect stream with same negative results. The BRIA soft-phone even handshakes GSM but still no audio. Is there something I'm missing? Thanks,

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Fwd: RE: please please help
by Shane Morris 10 Nov '12

10 Nov '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Shane Morris" <edgecomberts(a)gmail.com> Date: 11/11/2012 7:23 AM Subject: RE: [App_rpt-users] please please help To: "Eric Guth" <eric(a)efratnetworks.com> Eric, I've confirmed the A10 doesn't have a DSP. Which is a shame. I'd prefer a DSP over a video processor. The next option is to use a high speed bus exposed on some of the 96 I/O lines, and a discrete DSP. Unsure of what I'd recommend, some small Ti job should do nicely, and also has freely available programming tools... in fact... Olimex sell a Ti DSP, more for motor control, but it has a CAN bus as well as USB, perhaps we could use something similar? Just gear it for audio rather than motor control. On 11/11/2012 7:17 AM, "Eric Guth" <eric(a)efratnetworks.com> wrote: > ** ** > > Thanks! **** > > ** ** > > *From:* Shane Morris [mailto:edgecomberts@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Saturday, November 10, 2012 9:28 PM > *To:* Eric Guth > *Subject:* RE: [App_rpt-users] please please help**** > > ** ** > > The Cubieboard should work with a URI, it has two USB2 ports. However, > like the RPi, it doesn't have a DSP, so you'd need to use CHAN_simpleusb. > Perhaps one could integrate a DSP via the I/Os, but how you'd do that, I'm > not entirely sure.**** > > I understand your need for squelch processing and yup, that's a good > thing. But as far as I know the Allwinner A10 doesn't have a DSP. I can > have a look at some specs and get back to you Eric.**** > > On 11/11/2012 6:22 AM, "Eric Guth" <eric(a)efratnetworks.com> wrote:**** > > Do you think that the cubieboard will work with the URI and do the DSP > processing for squelch and tone decode? **** > > **** > > **** > > *From:* Shane Morris [mailto:edgecomberts@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Saturday, November 10, 2012 8:56 PM > *To:* Eric Guth > *Subject:* RE: [App_rpt-users] please please help**** > > **** > > Hi Eric,**** > > I understand completely - the brain drain is alive and well in Australia > too, let me assure you. I am probably one of five people in my local area > of 20,000 people who know what I know, and certainly the only one who uses > open source solutions.**** > > I can also understand your motivation with the "distributed nodes" - I > personally would love to see such a system exist. I'm going to make a > suggestion for you.**** > > I know there are Real Time Linux kernels available that would give you the > deterministic timing needed to operate a RTCM alike system. However getting > such a kernel to run on an RPi would be an uphill battle that I don't think > anyone would enjoy.**** > > There are alternatives however, such as the excellent Cubieboard product > I'm planning on buying for Christmas. This board is a 1GHz processor with > HDMi and SATA as well as both audio in and out and 96 I/Os. But here's the > kicker (and why I'm suggesting it) - the Allwinner A10 is a completely open > source chip.**** > > That means that a compilation of a RT kernel would be a trivial exercise.* > *** > > None of this "Oh, our boot process is proprietary and you need to use a > patched kernel" stuff that Ramesh, Jim and I run into with the RPi. I > personally think its a load of bollocks to tell the truth. But hey, I don't > own the company, I just use their products. Plenty of the "Consume and use, > and don't ask questions" going on.**** > > Eric, the best part about the board, apart from the open source thing, is > price: US$49. Ain't that a beauty? So $11 more than an RPi and its much > more likely to do what you want. Fair deal to me.**** > > Www.cubieboard.org should get you out of trouble - they have a page on > indiegogo too, I'm planning on getting two "Rich Packs" - one for myself > and one for a good friend of mine who loves open source.**** > > Eric, I hope this helps - of course the benefits of adminning a familiar > system and knowing your way around the software would make your distributed > node effort a piece of cake. I am, of course, available should you need me, > I've always wanted to play around with embedded real time, now I might have > a chance and an impetuous. :)**** > > Thanks Eric, and best of luck on your efforts!**** > > Shane.**** > > On 11/11/2012 5:29 AM, "Eric Guth" <eric(a)efratnetworks.com> wrote:**** > > Dear Shane, > > Thanks for your very thoughtful message. I guess that I will buy an RTCM > in the near future for a mobile node. Jim tells me that I will get half > way to work before a server in my car will register with the network. He > is big on the RTCM, and for good reason. I was thinking of the RPi as a > way to build cheaper micro nodes to distribute around Israel for those of > us who want to build a statewide single channel (or channel pair) mobile > network. It lends itself well for placement at our member's homes using > the Maxtrac radios that we find here. I am the only one these days that > knows how to fix repeaters (a sad commentary), so the ideal of distributed > nodes makes an easier deployment versus finding the key or arranging for > someone to meet us at the radio site. > > 73, > > Eric > 4Z5UG / WA6IGR > Allstar Node: 28422 > 4Z5UG(a)guth.us > Israel Direct: 077-950-9451 > USA Direct: +1-720-377-3840 > Skype: ericrguth > -----Original Message----- > From: Shane Morris [mailto:edgecomberts@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 4:34 PM > To: Eric Guth > Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] please please help > > Hi Eric, > > I can't see why not, but with the following provisos: the RPi must run an > Asterisk server. So in effect, you'd need to have IAX trunks all over the > place (no good using SIP, can't use a PTT signal with SIP), and of course, > you'd need to have a dial plan to reflect this. > > The next issue will be timing: one would need to use one of the GPIOs on > the RPi as the 1PPS signal, and program the RPi such. Can it be done? > Certainly. > > The next issue after that is "real time" - the RTCM is a *very* basic > device. Its "hard" real time, cause simply, it don't run anything else. Its > designed to do one thing, and do that one thing well: turn VoIP packets > into audio, and vice versa. Can an RPi do this? Yes, it could, but you'd > need to be *very* deterministic in the way you go about it. Knowing my > heading beating, and also the head beating of Jim and Ramesh, a Real Time > Linux with deterministic properties might be a bit of a way off. > > So how would we attack this? The Asterisk issues are minor: one would just > need to make sure their dial plan reflects the fact they're having a server > on each node. Not a biggie. > > Timing is also easily solved: see this - > > > http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/alamode-arduino-compatible-raspberry-pi-pl… > > Its an expansion shield for the RPi with an Arduino chip, and shield > pinout, meaning one could easily plug in a GPS shield. Serial through the > Arduino to set the time (also important!) and the 1PPS on a spare GPIO into > the program to determine timing for the RTCM program. > > Lastly is the deal breaker: can we get a real time kernel? And thats what > I'm not sure of. Can it be deterministic enough for us? Again, unsure, the > RPi isn't a device designed for hard real time. You'd know as well as I do, > that if you have even the slightest delay in a voting network, we're up the > proverbial creek without the proverbial paddle, especially if the base > stations transmit zones overlap, which results in interference and > intermod. This is the reason I'm redesigning the RTCM myself to avoid those > problems. > > I would really love to see a real time kernel on the RPi, that would be > the coolest...! But after the debacle I had with the kernel sources, I > wouldn't hold your breath... sorry to give you that bad news. > > In any case Eric, its food for thought! =) > > Shane. > > On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 12:59 AM, Eric Guth <eric(a)efratnetworks.com> > wrote: > > Shane, > > > > Can you get a Raspberry PI to work like a RTCM working through a remote > server. I can see using the Raspberry Pi with the URI for mobile and > remote radio back to my home server. > > > > 73, > > > > Eric > > 4Z5UG / WA6IGR > > Allstar Node: 28422 > > 4Z5UG(a)guth.us > > Israel Direct: 077-950-9451 > > USA Direct: +1-720-377-3840 > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Shane Morris [mailto:edgecomberts@gmail.com] > > Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 8:19 AM > > To: Eric Guth; app_rpt mailing list > > Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] please please help > > > > Hi Eric, > > > > Yeah, I wasn't trying to be smart or anything, only guide Rich in the > best possible way. I've been playing with it all for years, and *I'M* still > learning =) I particularly enjoyed helping to get app_rpt working on the > RaspberryPi (which reminds me, I have to email Ramesh and Jim) and I > learned alot, and will continue to learn. > > > > Theres some really great people on this list, and I feel honoured to > > be a part of their number. Of course, thank you for accepting my inane > > questions too...! =D > > > > If we ever get off our learners permit, I guess that when they stop > bringing out new ideas - loving AllMon! Good work guys! The other thing is, > this is a volunteer effort, and together we stand, divided we fall. I know > what I'd prefer. I'm probably re-iterating old ideas, but its important to > focus on why something exists sometimes. > > > > I'm moving onto getting app_rpt working on a Cubieboard soon, when I pay > indiegogo for two (one for my friend Carmel for her Christmas present), and > then chan_voter. I want to get AllMon running too, I think it would be > invaluable for testing and general operation of the network. If I can vote > in my workshop, I'll be a happy man...! I'll keep the URI on the > RaspberryPi, no need to hose that work, and in time, I'll provide my disk > image for the community - I even hope to provide it back to the RPi > community at large. > > > > Of course, if I'm saying anything here that doesn't sound right, pull > > me up, explain to me why it is so. But I reckon, if I can get a URI > > working on RPi then I can get a Cubieboard to run a vote director. If > > I can get it all running by October next year is the challenge...! =P > > > > Thanks for your kind words Eric, its nice to know that I've helped in > some small way. > > > > Shane. > > > > On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Eric Guth <eric(a)efratnetworks.com> > wrote: > >> Shane - thanks for your response to Rich. I spoke to him over the > >> air and gave him the list when I realized that I too am still on an > >> Allstar learner's permit. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Eric. 4Z5UG > >> > >> Eric Guth > >> Tel: 077-950-9451 > >> USA: 1-720-377-3840 > >> > >> > >> On Nov 9, 2012, at 6:15 AM, "Shane Morris" <edgecomberts(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> Your best bet would be to do some reading. there's plenty of Howtos > >> out there that explain basic tasks. Linux, as you may have guessed, > >> isn't Windows. > >> > >> I know this sounds like I'm trying to fob you away, but your best > >> tool is to READ then DO. If you are committed to running a node, and > >> you don't hose it at least once, seriously, you're not trying hard > >> enough > >> :) > >> > >> I can be a bit pedantic because I've been playing with Linux and > >> Solaris since 1999, but I assure you, I started where you are too, > >> and patience and perseverance always wins out. Before that I trained on > System 6 and MSDOS. > >> And I've been playing with computers - especially obsolete ones - > >> since I was 8 (in 1992). You always know you've learned too much when > >> you can fix a > >> 20 year old computer with bubble gum and prayer :) > >> > >> So, for you: Google "Linux System Administration Howto." Read it, > >> then come back to us. Good luck and best wishes in your journey! I > >> hope to hear you on the airwaves soon! > >> > >> On 09/11/2012 3:05 PM, <kingshadow1(a)cox.net> wrote: > >>> > >>> Please help me , I have been trying to load Centos for days. I don't > >>> know anything about lynix, when I type in the root password it shows > >>> no evidence of my typing. I don't know how to work this download.I > >>> have acid install instructions, but they do not help. Do I type in > >>> the password and hit enter ? I don't know what to do.I am trying to > >>> put together an allstar node. I have the usb fob, I have the radio, I > have a computer, I have a node number > >>> and I d number, and the instructions I'm getting are not helping > and > >>> nobody has been able to answer my questions. I was given this place > >>> by a friend who said the best people are here. I would really like > >>> to have an allstar node. I need someone to take me by the hand and > lead me thru this > >>> thing.I will appreaciate anything someone can do to help me. Rick K > F 7 T > >>> B T > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> App_rpt-users mailing list > >>> App_rpt-users(a)ohnosec.org > >>> http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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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