2. Backup Machine As reference in reply to David Osborn. Many thanks David My etc/resolv.conf is: nameserver 192.168.1.1 nameserver 194.168.4.100 nameserver 194.168.8.100 I have now created a full backup David but did as follows Booted from a G4L clone utility and created a disk to disk clone making sure the destination disk was larger than the source disk. I then took cloned disk and installed into another Pc and booted. After 2 reboots the node is now working on the new hardware. Many thanks for your help David and all. I have also now set a static IP and DNS and made changes to the Fortinet firewall device installation as this too was causing me a headache. What surprised me and maybe it's being use to Windows based OS is the clone disk was a clone from an Intel based CPU and now is in a AMD FX60 chipset board. What Linux guru can explain how this works when Windows seems to complain and by now BSOD would be happening? Once again many thanks node all up and working Keith Handscombe Node:2498 All Star Node:5503 Echolink Node:5503 IRLP www.g7dnt.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: app_rpt-users-bounces@qrvc.com [mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces@qrvc.com] On Behalf Of app_rpt-users-request@qrvc.com Sent: 31 August 2010 17:00 To: app_rpt-users@qrvc.com Subject: App_rpt-users Digest, Vol 18, Issue 31 Send App_rpt-users mailing list submissions to app_rpt-users@qrvc.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://qrvc.com/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to app_rpt-users-request@qrvc.com You can reach the person managing the list at app_rpt-users-owner@qrvc.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of App_rpt-users digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Jim Dixon (Neil Addis (WA5JXY)) 2. Re: Backup machine (David Osborn) 3. Re: What am I doing Wrong-Playback Command (KI6PSP (Ed)) 4. A few minor details (kb8ude@gmail.com) 5. Playback works, now for MP3Player (KI6PSP (Ed)) 6. web transceiver (Greg Thornwall) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:14:34 -0600 From: "Neil Addis (WA5JXY)" <wa5jxy@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Jim Dixon To: app_rpt-users@qrvc.com Message-ID: <AANLkTi=8pn4-=PNBgTcXt92yc7OFUOhzNPATY+YSiAaU@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 So sorry to hear about Jim. Hope he recovers soon and then takes it easy for a while. His talents are greatly appreciated by everyone! Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family. Sincerely, Neil Addis WA5JXY ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:13:14 +0100 From: "David Osborn" <david.osborn@manx.net> Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Backup machine To: <app_rpt-users@qrvc.com> Message-ID: <002001cb486f$04133b10$0c39b130$@osborn@manx.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message: 1 Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 23:43:15 +0100 From: "keith handscombe" <keith@handscombe.co.uk> Subject: [App_rpt-users] Backup machine To: <app_rpt-users@qrvc.com> Message-ID: <000001cb4702$67a0a8c0$36e1fa40$@co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Good evening all, New at this so sorry if a stupid question. I run node 2498 (Echolink 5503 and IRLP 5503). I wanted to create a backup pc of my fully working node and as I have a spare PIV 2Ghz Pc. I did the following. 1. Installed the Centos 5.5 CD onto the new pc with USB Sound fob in USB port.( This device I have already tested and know this works) 2. Followed and all updates were completed in about 40 minutes 3. I was prompted for an IP address and I selected DHCP 4. When asked my password I selected a high encryption password 5. Then finally asked to insert my node number...2498 6. Password as supplied by All star on some months ago I then typed in. I was then at the logon prompt so Logon with root Password used and I was at the console I then deleted the asterisk folder on this fresh build and contents and copied (using winscp) the asterisk folder and contents that I had backup off my working but powered off main node. When I finally ifconfig and made sure the private IP was identical to my main All star node that I had firstly copied the complete Asterisk contents over was already turned off( No IP conflicts) I then telinit 6 and thus a reboot On power up the IP was the same. I copied the IRLP backup into temp Then tried irlpsetup.sh ( Was unable to run) All worked ok 3 weeks ago when I ran the identical command. I was then unable to connect to no links be it Echolink or All Star. ( I was unable to resolve Echolink by a ping Europe.echolink.org. path unknown) Any ideas I have made sure the Asterisk contents match size for size of my working node and is in the correct place. I have made sure the A was not in the iax configuration I have put this backup Pc under the bench as work in progress and turned my main All Star back on. After 10 minutes all now is fine and working has anyone any idea on what I missed please? Many thanks Keith Handscombe G7DNT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Keith, I don't claim any sort of "guru" status but it looks to me like you've unwittingly answered your own question! If you can't ping a host by name, the first thing to check is whether you can ping it by its IP address. If you can, then it's a problem with name resolution. [root@IOMHub ~]# ping europe.echolink.org PING server2.echolink.org (216.69.181.113) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from ip-216-69-181-113.ip.secureserver.net (216.69.181.113): icmp_seq=1 ttl=45 time=148 ms Since Allstar uses FQDN (Fully-qualified domain names) to address hosts, if name resolution is broke - so is AllStar! Check in /etc/resolv.conf and see if it has an entry for your ADSL router's address. Mine looks like this: [root@IOMHub etc]# cat resolv.conf ; generated by /sbin/dhclient-script nameserver 192.168.0.1 You can check the network settings by entering "system-config-network-tui". This loads a text-based interface for setting-up the network. If your router isn't dishing-up DNS - and I have had tremendous trouble with a D-Link router that did just that - you could always use a public DNS instead (like 8.8.8.8). Not sure if any of this helps, but perhaps it will. Good Luck. David Osborn GD4HOZ (2480 - 2484) ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:46:46 -0700 From: "KI6PSP (Ed)" <ki6psp@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] What am I doing Wrong-Playback Command To: app_rpt-users@qrvc.com Message-ID: <AANLkTi=4Wv4phjvRRb75BoBnVL2+e3kxhPKQwDxqHV2A@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

I am trying to add a playback fuction so I can add in a tail message telling everyone to press *50 for information, then use that to playback basic repeater command instructions. I have tested this several ways, and

I

can't seem to get it. Plus, during my testing, I think I set *50 to a *81# so it will tell me the time. It is no longer in the config, but it still does it, so I cant use *50. Here is a clip from my rpt.conf file.

[functions27178] 1=ilink,1 2=ilink,2 3=ilink,3 4=ilink,4 ;50=playback 27178,rpt/nodenames/wa6ybn ;Testing, this didn't work 5=macro,1 70=ilink,5 71=ilink,6 72=ilink,7 73=ilink,15 74=ilink,16 75=ilink,8 80=status,1 81=status,2 6=autopatchup,noct=1,farenddisconnect=1,dialtime=20000 ; Autopatch up 0=autopatchdn ; Autopatch down 96=playback 27178,rpt/nodenames/wa6ybn ;Repeater just Donks at me ;989=cop,4 980=status,3 99=cop,6 ; Place command macros here [macro27178] 1=playback,rpt/nodenames/wa6ybn ;Repeater just Donks at me 2=*81# ;This one works ;Any others, it tell me Macro Not Found, so it must be finding the *51, but not playing the file. File is the same one for initial ID, and it works

-- KI6PSP (Ed)

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Ken <ke2n@cs.com> wrote:

see http://app-rpt.qrvc.com/node/143

you can't have [functions27178] 50=(something) 5=macro it will stop as soon as it sees the 5 in your DTMF sequence and look for a macro to match the next digit

Ken

Understood, that is why I had commented out the 5= line for testing, when the 50=playback didn't work, I swapped the comment to the other line, and tried it the other way. I understand the * for the start of the command and close with the #. When I test the *52, it does say the time. That is not what I am getting at. I want to occasionally say, "*50 for information", then when somebody pushes *50, it will play another recording that will have the basic instructions for repeater usage. I can't get the playback command to work. I also tried using the playback command in the [functions27178] stanza vise the [macro27178] stanza, so I must be using the command wrong. Can anyone assist me with this? KI6PSP