Radio TX / RX oscillation and APRS questions
Good evening all, I have a couple of questions here. I just setup my AllStar node today. After hours digging through the sites and getting the files setup correctly I have ran into a problem I can not figure out. My radio that is hooked up to my AllStar adapter keeps oscillating between TX & RX non stop. I have set every instance of duplex I could find to Duplex=0. I have also set carrierfrom=usb. This radio is a Radius UHF Mobile. I have double checked the wiring connections and all is good. I am having difficulty in finding just where the rpt.conf file I am to be modifying actually is. The usbradio.conf file I changed was located at /etc/asterisk/usbradio.conf. My second question is where is the APRS file located at? I have seen instructions and they have all said /etc/asterisk/gps.conf. is the location. When I look there it is missing. Has something changed that moved the file elsewhere? I am kind of new to this whole linux thing and may need a little extra assistance in getting to where I need to be. So far it has been fairly easy with the limited linux background that I have. I hope I have given enough information to help figure this all out. Thanks! Wade Oestreich KC0MLT
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On Nov 10, 2013, at 1:24 AM, wade <wadeo@charter.net> wrote:
Good evening all,
I have a couple of questions here. I just setup my AllStar node today. After hours digging through the sites and getting the files setup correctly I have ran into a problem I can not figure out. My radio that is hooked up to my AllStar adapter keeps oscillating between TX & RX non stop. I have set every instance of duplex I could find to Duplex=0. I have also set carrierfrom=usb. This radio is a Radius UHF Mobile. I have double checked the wiring connections and all is good.
I am having difficulty in finding just where the rpt.conf file I am to be modifying actually is. The usbradio.conf file I changed was located at /etc/asterisk/usbradio.conf.
My second question is where is the APRS file located at? I have seen instructions and they have all said /etc/asterisk/gps.conf. is the location. When I look there it is missing. Has something changed that moved the file elsewhere?
I am kind of new to this whole linux thing and may need a little extra assistance in getting to where I need to be. So far it has been fairly easy with the limited linux background that I have.
I hope I have given enough information to help figure this all out.
Thanks!
Wade Oestreich KC0MLT _______________________________________________ App_rpt-users mailing list App_rpt-users@ohnosec.org http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users
Wade, You mentioned you set all duplex=0 then you said you were not able to find the rpt.conf file. There is a duplex= in that file in the node section that needs to be set to either 0 - simplex, no telementry or courtesy tones or 1 - simplex, with telemeter and courtesy tones. If this is not set to simplex and you are using a single transceiver the COS/COR or carrier/signal detect will key the PTT and you will have a race condition. The default is duplex=2 which is the commonly used value for repeaters. rpt.conf is (should be) in the /etc/asterisk directory. If for some reason it is not there look for a sample rpt.conf in /usr/src/astsrc/asterisk/configs/ I am not sure what percentage of users configure as repeaters vs. simplex nodes but maybe it would be a good idea to default this value to 0 or 1 as so many including myself get burnt by this. Also there should be a sentence about this in the quick install instructions. 73 Doug WA3DSP http://www.crompton.com/hamradio
From: asylthe@kc9ona.com Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 08:38:22 -0600 To: wadeo@charter.net CC: app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Radio TX / RX oscillation and APRS questions
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On Nov 10, 2013, at 1:24 AM, wade <wadeo@charter.net> wrote:
Good evening all,
I have a couple of questions here. I just setup my AllStar node today. After hours digging through the sites and getting the files setup correctly I have ran into a problem I can not figure out. My radio that is hooked up to my AllStar adapter keeps oscillating between TX & RX non stop. I have set every instance of duplex I could find to Duplex=0. I have also set carrierfrom=usb. This radio is a Radius UHF Mobile. I have double checked the wiring connections and all is good.
I am having difficulty in finding just where the rpt.conf file I am to be modifying actually is. The usbradio.conf file I changed was located at /etc/asterisk/usbradio.conf.
My second question is where is the APRS file located at? I have seen instructions and they have all said /etc/asterisk/gps.conf. is the location. When I look there it is missing. Has something changed that moved the file elsewhere?
I am kind of new to this whole linux thing and may need a little extra assistance in getting to where I need to be. So far it has been fairly easy with the limited linux background that I have.
I hope I have given enough information to help figure this all out.
Thanks!
Wade Oestreich KC0MLT _______________________________________________ App_rpt-users mailing list App_rpt-users@ohnosec.org http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users
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The App_rpt default is a duplex value of 2 (full duplex) even though it might not state that in rpt .conf. This seems to be the situation for new default files created by the ACID install process. If the config files are downloded from the Allstar server then I think it sets a duplex value in the RPT.conf based on what you set up the server to be on the website. So if you connect a simplex radio witht he acid default files, you will need to either add the line in the node stanza duplex = 0 in rot.conf,**/_and_/ you also must state the duplex setting to 0 in the usbradio.conf file as well. see below: In rpt.conf:
[1234] ; Change this to your assigned node number
rxchannel=Radio/usb1234 duplex=0 ; set to half duplex
and in usbradio.conf:
[usb1234]
hdwtype=0 rxboost=0 txboost=1 ;rxctcssrelax=1 ;txctcssdefault=131.8 ;rxctcssfreqs=131.8 ;txctcssfreqs=131.8 ;rxctcssoverride=0 carrierfrom=usbinvert ctcssfrom=no rxdemod=speaker txprelim=no txlimonly=no txtoctype=phase txmixa=voice txmixb=no invertptt=0 duplex=0 ; set this to 0 for half duplex for simplex radios, set to 1 for repeater full duplex rxondelay=0 rxnoisefiltype=0 eeprom=0
Jon VA3RQ On 11/10/2013 11:46 AM, Doug Crompton wrote:
Wade,
You mentioned you set all duplex=0 then you said you were not able to find the rpt.conf file. There is a duplex= in that file in the node section that needs to be set to either 0 - simplex, no telementry or courtesy tones or 1 - simplex, with telemeter and courtesy tones. If this is not set to simplex and you are using a single transceiver the COS/COR or carrier/signal detect will key the PTT and you will have a race condition. The default is duplex=2 which is the commonly used value for repeaters.
rpt.conf is (should be) in the /etc/asterisk directory. If for some reason it is not there look for a sample rpt.conf in /usr/src/astsrc/asterisk/configs/
I am not sure what percentage of users configure as repeaters vs. simplex nodes but maybe it would be a good idea to default this value to 0 or 1 as so many including myself get burnt by this. Also there should be a sentence about this in the quick install instructions.
*73 Doug WA3DSP http://www.crompton.com/hamradio*
From: asylthe@kc9ona.com Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 08:38:22 -0600 To: wadeo@charter.net CC: app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Radio TX / RX oscillation and APRS questions
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On Nov 10, 2013, at 1:24 AM, wade <wadeo@charter.net> wrote:
Good evening all,
I have a couple of questions here. I just setup my AllStar node today. After hours digging through the sites and getting the files setup correctly I have ran into a problem I can not figure out. My radio that is hooked up to my AllStar adapter keeps oscillating between TX & RX non stop. I have set every instance of duplex I could find to Duplex=0. I have also set carrierfrom=usb. This radio is a Radius UHF Mobile. I have double checked the wiring connections and all is good.
I am having difficulty in finding just where the rpt.conf file I am to be modifying actually is. The usbradio.conf file I changed was located at /etc/asterisk/usbradio.conf.
My second question is where is the APRS file located at? I have seen instructions and they have all said /etc/asterisk/gps.conf. is the location. When I look there it is missing. Has something changed that moved the file elsewhere?
I am kind of new to this whole linux thing and may need a little extra assistance in getting to where I need to be. So far it has been fairly easy with the limited linux background that I have.
I hope I have given enough information to help figure this all out.
Thanks!
Wade Oestreich KC0MLT _______________________________________________ App_rpt-users mailing list App_rpt-users@ohnosec.org http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users
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Thanks for the file path for the examples that helped a lot. Got my APRS question fix by that! I did locate the rpt.conf file in /etc/asterisk but it did not have the line "duplex = 2" in it. So I went ahead and added duplex = 0 in the file. Funny it wasn't in the file to begin with. I did locate the issue after all this. The adapter I purchased had a wire reversed in the plug. Rewired the RJ-45 and now it works! Thanks for the information! Wade KC0MLT On 11/10/2013 10:46 AM, Doug Crompton wrote:
Wade,
You mentioned you set all duplex=0 then you said you were not able to find the rpt.conf file. There is a duplex= in that file in the node section that needs to be set to either 0 - simplex, no telementry or courtesy tones or 1 - simplex, with telemeter and courtesy tones. If this is not set to simplex and you are using a single transceiver the COS/COR or carrier/signal detect will key the PTT and you will have a race condition. The default is duplex=2 which is the commonly used value for repeaters.
rpt.conf is (should be) in the /etc/asterisk directory. If for some reason it is not there look for a sample rpt.conf in /usr/src/astsrc/asterisk/configs/
I am not sure what percentage of users configure as repeaters vs. simplex nodes but maybe it would be a good idea to default this value to 0 or 1 as so many including myself get burnt by this. Also there should be a sentence about this in the quick install instructions.
*73 Doug WA3DSP http://www.crompton.com/hamradio*
From: asylthe@kc9ona.com Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 08:38:22 -0600 To: wadeo@charter.net CC: app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Radio TX / RX oscillation and APRS questions
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On Nov 10, 2013, at 1:24 AM, wade <wadeo@charter.net> wrote:
Good evening all,
I have a couple of questions here. I just setup my AllStar node today. After hours digging through the sites and getting the files setup correctly I have ran into a problem I can not figure out. My radio that is hooked up to my AllStar adapter keeps oscillating between TX & RX non stop. I have set every instance of duplex I could find to Duplex=0. I have also set carrierfrom=usb. This radio is a Radius UHF Mobile. I have double checked the wiring connections and all is good.
I am having difficulty in finding just where the rpt.conf file I am to be modifying actually is. The usbradio.conf file I changed was located at /etc/asterisk/usbradio.conf.
My second question is where is the APRS file located at? I have seen instructions and they have all said /etc/asterisk/gps.conf. is the location. When I look there it is missing. Has something changed that moved the file elsewhere?
I am kind of new to this whole linux thing and may need a little extra assistance in getting to where I need to be. So far it has been fairly easy with the limited linux background that I have.
I hope I have given enough information to help figure this all out.
Thanks!
Wade Oestreich KC0MLT _______________________________________________ App_rpt-users mailing list App_rpt-users@ohnosec.org http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users
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