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Pickle linux, Beagleboard, and MicroSD flash longevity
by Phil N6TCT 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

I am building a remote, solar-powered, mountaintop repeater based around the BeagleBoard and app_rpt running the Pickle distribution. The mountaintop is not vehicle accessible and is a significant hike to get to -- oh, and it's an eight-hour drive from where I live just to get to the base of the mountain -- so we'd like to minimize equipment failures and resulting truck rolls. :-) Two questions for the group: 1. Does anyone have any experience with the longevity of the MicroSD flash memory card used on the Beagleboard with Pickle Linux? Flash memory has a limited number of write cycles and, although the flash cards include some wear leveling, I'm wondering what the implications are for flash card replacement. Obviously, this will depend on how much writing is being done, but any real-world data, experience, or anecdotes would be welcome. 2. Is there an easy way to set up a ram disk, even a small ram disk (a few megabytes), under Pickle? The majority of writing we're going to be doing will be log files, and we have a network connection from the mountaintop to civilization -- but the network connection is not guaranteed to be up all the time. If we could write to ram disk and then copy to civilization when the network is up, that would avoid having to write to flash at all. Thanks! Phil, N6TCT

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Access List for chan_echolink
by Tony KT9AC 20 Mar '11

20 Mar '11

Does anyone have a simple way to create an access list for chan_echolink? I get a lot of quick connect/disconnects and want to block the random drifters. Thanks, Tony

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Network Driver
by Steve Schulze 19 Mar '11

19 Mar '11

I'm installing a new node (27727) onto a new PC. I thought I would try a Shuttle XS35-704. Nice little machine with the 1.66 Atom processor, 2GB ram and 320GB HDD. Using the ISO I used to build node 27616, I run the setup on the new machine. When it got to the first reboot, it indicated that it did not have internet connectivity and could not continue. Used interactive startup and didn't load 'firstboot' and 'local' so I could get a prompt. Logged in as root and run setup to take a look at the network settings. Low and behold the network card was not there. After many hours searching the internet for answers for loading drivers from the command prompt, I was able to find the driver for the built-in NIC. A JMC260 PCI Express Fast Ethernet Controller. Of course, I found many suggestions on how to load this driver however, I'm not having any luck. I downloaded the driver JME-1.0.7.1.tbz2 and did the following: # tar xjvf jme-1.0.7.1.tbz2 ;worked fine, no problem. Changed to the directory where the decompression took place and then # make install ;this is where it failed. I get the following error: make: *** /lib2/modules/2.6.18-194.el5/build: No such file or directory. Stop. make: *** [all] Error 2 Would this be a result of not having a complete install of the OS at this stage? Looking for some insight on how to install this driver. BTW, prior to installing the Acid ISO, I had installed the XIPPR ISO 'xosipt_20100518_1438.iso' and the network card worked fine. I wanted to evaluate the XIPPR before installing ACID. Thanks! -- Steve Schulze - Radio Amateur, General Class - N9UDO Administrator, Baraboo, Wisconsin D-Star System - WB9FDZ Administrator, Baraboo, Wisconsin AllStar Link - 27616, 27727 Treasurer, Badgerland Amateur Television Society - KB9SFS http://yellowthunder.org/dstar.html

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Crude Fan Script
by K&R Yoksh 17 Mar '11

17 Mar '11

Hello all, I've come up with a crude fan control script for my simplex nodes. The idea was to utilize the connpgm and discpgm features in rpt.conf, to run the fan only when my node was connected to another node. Of course, I'd love to have something more sophisticated, using the Event Management System, but this is a start! connpgm=/home/kyle/pport 2211 4 1 discpgm=/home/kyle/pport 2211 4 0 #!/bin/bash # Script to control PLRI Aux ports from prompt # by Kyle Yoksh January 2011 # # # Usage: pport [node no] [parallel port pin] [logic state] # # Example, pport 2211 4 1 turns pp pin 4 on # asterisk -r -x "rpt cmd $1 cop 61,PP$2"="$3 0"

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Broken link in LimeyLinux
by George Csahanin 15 Mar '11

15 Mar '11

Using getsrc in limey yo're directed by wget to http://limeylinux.org/downloads/astsrc-vers-1.0.6.tar.gz That redirects to: http://stats.allstarlink.org/limeylinuxdownloads/astsrc-vers-1.0.6.tar.gz That's missing a "/" between the x and d , then it works. Failed output shown below: --2011-03-14 22:07:37-- http://limeylinux.org/downloads/astsrc- vers-1.0.6.tar.gz Resolving limeylinux.org... 209.159.155.200 Connecting to limeylinux.org|209.159.155.200|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved Permanently Location: http://stats.allstarlink.org/limeylinuxdownloads/astsrc- vers-1.0.6.tar.gz [following] --2011-03-14 22:07:41-- http://stats.allstarlink.org/limeylinuxdownloads/astsrc-vers-1.0.6.tar.gz Anybody know how to have the kernel recognize the cf as hda rather than sda? I have a "pre-built" D945 image, and exact same kernel version I made, mine has the CF as scsi, yours shows it as hda. Mine also doesn't show mounts usinf "df"...can't figure that out. Also, in the Makefile, "mount /mnt/cf" does nothing Also, with all of eth broken URL's getting packages for buildroot, I actually downloaded and made a tgz file of them all. Including added wireless tools, as my whole goal was to make this work with a RTL8187 USB wireless ethernet adapter. Any LL users out there can get me pointed the right way? I can start modifying scripts and Makefiles, but something tells me I'm just doing something wrong. Help!! GeorgeC W2DB 2360

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Re: [App_rpt-users] DMK URI Troubles
by Pawlowski, Adam 14 Mar '11

14 Mar '11

Sorry, I'm not seeing this cause it came back in the list digest. When the system is started the green light starts flashing. Receive audio does come through. If I key transmit, say, by calling in and dialing my node, or opening the tuning wizard, it will key for a variable amount of time, from almost 0 to maybe 3 or 4 seconds, then it goes dead, no lights. I'm re-installing ACID on a different machine, which, thus far, isn't segfaulting, so I'll see how it goes from there as well. Adam ---- Message: 2 Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:51:12 +0000 From: Doug Hutchison <specialq.que(a)ntlworld.com> To: "app_rpt-users(a)ohnosec.org" <app_rpt-users(a)ohnosec.org> Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] App_rpt-users Digest, Vol 25, Issue 14 Message-ID: <4D7A8B40.2040305(a)ntlworld.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Ok, when you start the system, does the led on the URI blink? At what point does the URI stop...what steps are required to get it to the 'shutdown' state? D

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Re: [App_rpt-users] Node 27620 courtesy tone
by Tim Sawyer 13 Mar '11

13 Mar '11

I can't see your screen captures. Maybe you have some Windows only screen capture thing going on there. Anyway, maybe you have not set up your node for portal management. I forget how to do that... I think it can only happen at install time. I'm posting this thread back on the list so someone can correct me or shed some light on the subject. You may have to manually edit your config files after all. -- Tim :wq On Mar 13, 2011, at 11:30 AM, James H Vernetti wrote: > No it is not there > > <2D0.jpg> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tim Sawyer > To: James H Vernetti > Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 11:57 AM > Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Node 27620 courtesy tone > > Should look similar to this... > > <Screen shot 2011-03-13 at 10.56.10 AM.png> > -- > Tim > :wq > > On Mar 13, 2011, at 10:12 AM, James H Vernetti wrote: > >> I hate to be a pain in the A_ _ but I can not find the initiate button >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Tim Sawyer >> To: app_rpt list >> Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 9:00 AM >> Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Node 27620 courtesy tone >> >> If you have a portal configured node you'll want to turn the CT off on the portal. You may not want to mess around with WinSCP because making changes locally with WinSCP will conflict with portal changes. >> >> So on the portal you turn off the CT on by selecting from the menu across the top select Node... Node Configuration... select server... select node... Repeater Settings... Courtesy Tone, select no. Then you have to write the change to your server/node. From the top menu select Server... then press the Initiate button. I think (don't remember for sure) the download script will restart your node. >> >> If you want to customize your courtesy tone you'll need to edit /etc/asterisk/rpt.conf. Under your node stanza look for unlinkedct and linkunkeyct. See http://209.159.155.200/drupal/node/96 >> >> -- >> Tim >> :wq >> >> On Mar 13, 2011, at 7:10 AM, James H Vernetti wrote: >> >>> Can one of you experts out there point me to the file I need to edit to turn off the courtesy tone? I turned it off in the Allstar link VOIP portal several days ago and have rebooted several times but the tone is still there. I have been searching the files with WINSCP3 but have not seen anything about the courtesy tone. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Jim wd0ekr >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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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Node 27620 courtesy tone
by James H Vernetti 13 Mar '11

13 Mar '11

Can one of you experts out there point me to the file I need to edit to turn off the courtesy tone? I turned it off in the Allstar link VOIP portal several days ago and have rebooted several times but the tone is still there. I have been searching the files with WINSCP3 but have not seen anything about the courtesy tone. Thanks Jim wd0ekr

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Re: [App_rpt-users] Node 27620 courtesy tone
by KI6PSP (Ed) 13 Mar '11

13 Mar '11

Look under /etc/asterisk/rpt.conf nounkeyct= Submitted by hwstar on Sat, 06/13/2009 - 15:07 The nounkeyct node stanza key completely disables the courtesy tone. This is useful for eliminating TX time in applications using simplex uplinks to repeaters on the repeater pair itself (a practice which which should be strongly discouraged). Ref: http://ohnosec.org/drupal/node/109 -- KI6PSP (Ed) Can one of you experts out there point me to the file I need to edit to turn off the courtesy tone? I turned it off in the Allstar link VOIP portal several days ago and have rebooted several times but the tone is still there. I have been searching the files with WINSCP3 but have not seen anything about the courtesy tone. Thanks Jim wd0ekr

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Logon /Authentication
by keith handscombe 12 Mar '11

12 Mar '11

I have 2 Allstar nodes 2498 & 27333. They work well and all is great. I have a router that allows the ports required for translation and I can ping www.google.com no problems. I logged onto the Allstar site and can see my nodes are in green. I have to wait 10-15 minutes once my nodes are on for any node to connect. If I try a connection with in this 10-15 minute window I get a failed connection. I have set DNS a 2 static addresses both with live TTL addresses and on boot can ping both IP addresses. Any ideas please Cheers Keith G7DNT Ipswich UK K Handscombe www.handscombe.co.uk

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