Bryan,   Setting a node up as a hub is the easiest option if  someone wants to disconnect the repeater from voip at times.

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From: ARS W5OMR
Sent: Saturday, June 1, 2019 3:55 PM
To: Users of Asterisk app_rpt
Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Disconnect a local node

The other option here is to setup a pseudo node as a hub and just connect

everything to that.

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that's my thinking