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Re: [App_rpt-users] Echolink timeout
by John Rudolph- N2YP 21 Jul '18

21 Jul '18

I've tried pinging them all includeding echolink.org from my node server, my cellphone via WiFi, my cell via Verizon, my laptop and all my pings come back as 10,000+ ms pings or completely lost packets. I'm guessing this is causing the issue. If I use a website to do the ping it goes quick which I find interesting since I've tried it on two different networks, Spectrum-Time Warner and Verizon. Does anyone else this problem when trying to ping echolink? Is it possible it's a regional issue? I've tried echolink.org, naeast.echolink. org, nasouth.echolink.org, servers.echolink.org, aprs.echolink.org. John Rudolph Amateur Radio Op N2YP Unadilla,NY

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*** Reminder***Net Tonight (July 17 2018)
by Mike 20 Jul '18

20 Jul '18

Tonight @ 8:30 edt /00:30utc - connection details www.29999.link - please connect 15m early. ASL Micro/Portable Nodes/Repeaters with WX8L/Sean as our Guest Speaker https://wx8l.blogspot.com/2018/06/personal-allstar-pocket-node-based-on.html ...mike/kb8jnm

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Fwd: echolink
by John Rudolph- N2YP 20 Jul '18

20 Jul '18

-------- Original Message -------- From: Doug Crompton <wa3dsp(a)gmail.com> Sent: July 20, 2018 1:26:37 AM EDT To: John Rudolph- N2YP <John(a)n2yp.com> Subject: echolink John, I just wanted to let you know there are significant bugs in both allstar and in particular the echolink channel driver that have been corrected in the hamvoip release. You would experience many crashes over time in ASL with Echolink. Not sure why you are using ASL but wanted to make you aware that little if anything has been done on that code in over 4 years. In contrast the hamvoip code has gone through a tremendous change over that time period. It is extremely stable now includes IRLP and many other enhancements. There have been over 100 updates in the last year alone and all online, no need to reprogram anything. Of course at the moment it runs on a Pi which should be adequate for all but the most extreme applications. We have hubs with 50 or more users, Echolink, and IRLP running on Pi's. We will have a PC version soon. Right now hamvoip is about 70% of the Allstar market and growing. hamvoip.org *73 Doug* *WA3DSP* *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*

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Re: [App_rpt-users] iaxrpt
by John Rudolph- N2YP 20 Jul '18

20 Jul '18

I've tried a few apps to try and isolate the bad line looking at returns and things without success. It's not from using Windows to copy as i had the problem right out of the box and many others have had the same issue. It will work for iaxrpt on a phone and not the computer or vice versa. I've had it happen to people using HamVOIP, Dial, and ASL 1.01 so it must be in the original file. Why it works on one version of iaxrpt and not the other I don't know but on Facebook groups and local friends at least a dozen have had the problem. I suspect many have the issue and don't realize it or give up in frustration and use the one that works. Ultimately it's probably something that needs to be fixed in the distributions. It drove me nuts for weeks until I figured it out by retyping the stanzas in iax.conf John Rudolph Amateur Radio Op N2YP Unadilla,NY

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Re: [App_rpt-users] iaxrpt
by John Rudolph- N2YP 20 Jul '18

20 Jul '18

The problem connecting to iaxrpt is an invisible character in the iax.conf stanza. It does not show up with programs like notepad++ ect. If you manually retype a stanza it works fine. I had it isolated to two lines near the top but forget which two and never got it down to a single line. It was in Dial, HamVOIP, and ASL 1.01. John Rudolph Amateur Radio Op N2YP Unadilla,NY

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IAX stream data
by Mike 19 Jul '18

19 Jul '18

Does anyone know if there has been a change in what is transmitted in the iax stream from APP_RPT from the time of ACID to the CURRENT ASL or is it exactly the same ? Can you throw me a bone ? ...research, I will explain later. Thanks, ...mike/kb8jnm

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Re: [App_rpt-users] AllStarLink procedure for Raspbian
by qrz＠tg9aor.net 18 Jul '18

18 Jul '18

I apologize if this is not the proper way to continue a thread via email response. Mike: I compiled via a script and the procedure that is within the allstarlink wiki FAQ. It worked on my node 48270 on a Debian 9 VPS. Stacy: By ".Make sure the modules are loaded in and then restart Asterisk." You mean editing the modules.conf and restart asterisk? Thank you both for responding to my question. TG9AOR

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Simplex node problem
by Jay Poulos 18 Jul '18

18 Jul '18

I have a simplex node setup with a Baofeng 888. I receive ok (the periodic automated date and time) but when I transmit a command, I just hear a beep. On the Node Status page the "Total Keyups" increments each time I attempt to send a command. However, the "Total Commands Executed" remains at 0. "Total Timeouts" is also 0. It's as if the command is being received but not interpreted correctly? Any ideas? Thanks, Jay KI7SOX

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Statpost command ? server
by ldrolet＠cgocable.ca 17 Jul '18

17 Jul '18

Hello everyone, I would like to make a server to see our repeater that are linked together, with: ; Statpost_program = / usr / bin / wget -q, - output document = / dev / null ; statpost_url = http: //stats.allstarlink.org/uhandler.php; Status updates can you explain to me how to make a server that will be installed at my home I understand that I have to have a dedicated computer for this server, did you have any experience with these "Statpost" commands on RPT.CONF can any server be mounted on a Raspberry PI 3 for example? Or, I have to have a Windows computer for this server? Which program should I use for this server? etc. Thank you for your help Luc -------------------------------------------------------------------- myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft? Windows? and Linux web and application hosting - https://link.myhosting.com/myhosting

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Lessons being learned...
by Jim Aspinwall No1PC 17 Jul '18

17 Jul '18

... and some 'crow' consumed per prior rant ... (trust me, does not taste like chicken, no matter how much tabasco...) Issues and Challenges Taken Head-On... and some Take-Aways - download and try to 'build' node(s) with prior or latest build- 'bad' supply, new low voltage errors - enjoy the ease of asl-menu- why doesn't it recognize my eth0 and RA-40? We often hear "bad card..." - despite indeed some "bad card" attempts, changing methods allowed 'bad' cards to work. Probably NOT a bad SD card or in my case USB sticks. So far we can't even tell what specs/speed, etc. absolutely will work, absolutely will NOT work, or might work. We don't even know what internal schemes card makers employ in their products. I'm checking out a couple of supposed flash memory device diagnostics to see if anything might be obvious. I'm thinking a full-write and verify utility like h2testw (https://www.heise.de/download/product/h2testw-50539) may help - perhaps as a card 'conditioner' before writing an image to stick. This will not be a short-delivery cycle diversion... - I've variously used Win32DiskImager or Etcher in a wonderful Win10 workstation-class main PC... may be time to re-think that (haven't looked at Rufus, or unetbootin, etc. yet) and either seems to yield various results... but it's not very clear/apparent that various other system disk and USB I/O operations or just how Windows handles all of this. - before firing up a 'proper' Linux system to do all this with, or just use Raspbian on the Pi itself, I dug out my MacBook Air and Applepi-baker... which has proven quite consistent, reliable and happiness through over a dozen 'stick'/card image writes and saving images to reproduce to save time making other new nodes. I know - who just happens to have a 'dusty' MacBook laying about? Point is - is the problem Windows? The box x-nix is running on, or what? Not quite sure. - Bottom-line - unless you have a platform and tool you KNOW works, don't totally shame Windows - not there yet. "It's Your Power Supply..." - no, no it's not, unless/until it IS... whether using a generic USB-wart of 1.5A, *the* accompanying 2.5A 'wart' with many Pi kits, or a PowerWerx USB Buddy 5v 3A DC device ... "low voltage error" still can/has appeared out of nowhere with clean 5.1v into the MicroUSB. I've had no less than 4.93 at the connected RA-40 and 4.96 at the Pi - clean, scoped, flat DC. The Pi should not 'react' until 4.65v. - if we determine, somehow, that there is something imposing noise on the 5v bus or the Pi's internal 3.3v... maybe we can preempt this with a suitably placed add-on filter or two. TBD. "asl-menu didn't work..." - AH-HA! Big thanks to Steve and Nate for sleuthing this one FAST! - First take-away - start fresh - do NOT import any config files from "some other builds" - Yet to be identified, parsed, handled is what the custom/undocumented (?) non-ASL configuration items are... (but certainly there are standard parameter lines we built and want... save those off and bring them in one at a time after you have a good basic working node...) - Even with a fresh start... well, see next point... - It didn't know what to configure for 'eth0' because in some x-nix flavors, and the Pi, 'eth0' does not exist, but 'enxab12cd34ef56' does - the adapter "enx+MACaddress" - I don't know how or if this can be resolved... 'ifconfig' is your friend to get the 'NIC' identity to use for manual IP configuration steps. "Why doesn't Asterisk/rpt see my radio interface device?" - I don't have an answer for this one... back to the "bad SD card" conundrum perhaps... ------------------------------- Once I worked around and through the various challenges, I have established one good working node as a reference platform to clone, reproduce, edit, and deploy as a consistent upgrade for 4+ other nodes in our system. I captured a working image with ApplePi-baker and made 6 additional core working sticks. Onward! The goal is to off-load a handful of $400+ equally-oddly-custom-programmed multi-port controllers to reduce rack space, variables, power consumption... most interfaced with RA-35 or RA-40, and testing a newish comprehensive "pi-hat" out of Canada. I'm still working through a couple of points - mostly "cheat sheet" items to try and contribute yet-another-AllStar-how-to (OMG!) I've got 6-8 others lying about and they are all 'challenging' in many points - too assuming of knowledge of x-nix, paths, logs, scripts, permissions, skipping steps, apt-get, etc. This is a $35 platform 10-year-olds get to work making robots and media servers... we can do this... yes? Back to the rest of my 'crow' and following through. Thanks for listening.

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