JIm,
With the help of several answers I received, I think i have this figured out. I had my rpt.conf set up with the following default line of code:
duplex=0
According to Robert:
"Also, in "duplex=" modes 0 and 1, if the transmitter is idle, it will not turn on the transmitter to send an ID.
Even if the timer is due. It will send the ID if the transmitter is already up though."
When I set the duplex=2, the ID came through. When I set it to duplex=1 and was receiving a TX at 9 minutes I also heard the ID.
I will continue testing.
Thanks for all your help and suggestions to improve the system. BTW - We do plan to hook up a second radio and make it a real repeater.
George
K6GAZ
Is this a simplex node that is a "User" of a local repeater, or is it on a simplex channel?
Jim WB6NIL
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 08:25:07 -1000
From:
wb6egr@gmail.comTo:
gazolla@san.rr.comCC:
ralph@ralphhowey.com;
app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org;
wallyb1511@msn.com;
kc5izr@gmail.comSubject: Re: [App_rpt-users] How to turn on AllStar ID Requirements
Why set it up as a SIMPLEX node?? Do yourself a favor and set it up DUPLEX and as a RPTR. Simply use a pair of Maxtracs/Radius on UHF.With a Simplex node your locked out as long as its talking. Set up as a RPTR you can have it ID anyway you like....
On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 4:24 AM, George Zolla
<gazolla@san.rr.com> wrote:
I am new to AllStar but I have great little home AllStar node with a simplex base station radio set at 5 Watts. No one else has ever connected and i ti meant just for my use. As such I do not send out a station ID at regular intervals.
Now I am helping a friend set up an AllStar site that will be used initially by an ARC then hopefully will get even wider use. At present we are using a simplex base station radio at 25 watts. One of the club members has suggested that we need to be sending out an ID every 10 minutes while the station is being used. Is this correct? If so, how would I trigger that in AllStar? I have looked pretty closely at the rpt.conf file and have read throughout he documentation. I doubt that we want to turn on the beaconing. All other lines of code concerning links and morse code are are still at the default settings. Is there a line of code I need to uncomment or add to enable this feature?
Thanks of your help!
George,
K6GAZ
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