The install process for beginners goes like this: 1. Buy a URI (recommended) or a cheap USB sound FOB 2. Go on the Allstar web site. Request an ID, get it approved. 3. Download the ACID iso and burn a CD. 4. Make your ID a sysOp, add a server, request a node(s). 5. Configure the server and assigned node(s). 6. Boot the CD and carefully follow the prompts. Expect to repeat steps 5 and 6 many times. It takes a while to sort it all out, stick to it. After you get the hang of the web install you can venture into the world of Linux and editing the conf files for advanced power user features. For example there is no web configuration for RTCMs but you can start with a URI config and hand modify. The change is actually pretty simple. Speaking of simple, for you cheap ass hams that want to run $80 computers don't do USBradio, use simpleUSB and wire up COR and PL. If you want to run Limey Linux rather than CentOS (ACID) you'll need to learn dd (it's available for Windows) to write a CF card. There are a couple of other tricks to Limey, like svcfg. Beginners should drop ACID first, it's the gateway drug to Limey. Be sure to read through all the links on the Allstar (https://allstarlink.org/) site BEFORE you login. Because after login the menu changes and much (if not all) of the basic information goes away. Also browse the ohnosec (http://ohnosec.org/drupal/) site. You don't need an ID to read this site. PS - ohnosec, that moment you realize you really screwed up. -- Tim :wq
You know, its really funny. When Steve Henke was first releasing the XIPAR distro, I *really* tried to talk him into calling it XTC. Wouldn't it have been kewl if users could choose between ACID and XTC?? :-) Jim WB6NIL From: tim.sawyer@me.com Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:17:42 -0800 To: App_rpt-users@ohnosec.org Subject: [App_rpt-users] App_rpt Install for Dummies The install process for beginners goes like this: 1. Buy a URI (recommended) or a cheap USB sound FOB2. Go on the Allstar web site. Request an ID, get it approved.3. Download the ACID iso and burn a CD. 4. Make your ID a sysOp, add a server, request a node(s).5. Configure the server and assigned node(s).6. Boot the CD and carefully follow the prompts. Expect to repeat steps 5 and 6 many times. It takes a while to sort it all out, stick to it. After you get the hang of the web install you can venture into the world of Linux and editing the conf files for advanced power user features. For example there is no web configuration for RTCMs but you can start with a URI config and hand modify. The change is actually pretty simple. Speaking of simple, for you cheap ass hams that want to run $80 computers don't do USBradio, use simpleUSB and wire up COR and PL. If you want to run Limey Linux rather than CentOS (ACID) you'll need to learn dd (it's available for Windows) to write a CF card. There are a couple of other tricks to Limey, like svcfg. Beginners should drop ACID first, it's the gateway drug to Limey. Be sure to read through all the links on the Allstar (https://allstarlink.org/) site BEFORE you login. Because after login the menu changes and much (if not all) of the basic information goes away. Also browse the ohnosec (http://ohnosec.org/drupal/) site. You don't need an ID to read this site. PS - ohnosec, that moment you realize you really screwed up. -- Tim :wq _______________________________________________ App_rpt-users mailing list App_rpt-users@ohnosec.org http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users
So if you were running XTC in the morning would you find yourself connected to a strange node? And not know how you got there? Jim Duuuude <telesistant@hotmail.com> wrote:
You know, its really funny. When Steve Henke was first releasing the XIPAR distro, I *really* tried to talk him into calling it XTC. Wouldn't it have been kewl if users could choose between ACID and XTC??
:-)
Jim WB6NIL
-- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
And you might also wonder what happened to your clothes... :-)
Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] App_rpt Install for Dummies From: wb3awj@comcast.net Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:51:17 -0500 To: telesistant@hotmail.com; tim.sawyer@me.com; app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org
So if you were running XTC in the morning would you find yourself connected to a strange node? And not know how you got there?
Jim Duuuude <telesistant@hotmail.com> wrote:
You know, its really funny. When Steve Henke was first releasing the XIPAR distro, I *really* tried to talk him into calling it XTC. Wouldn't it have been kewl if users could choose between ACID and XTC??
:-)
Jim WB6NIL
-- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
Amen to that - you know you had a good night... ^.~ On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 1:19 PM, Jim Duuuude <telesistant@hotmail.com> wrote:
And you might also wonder what happened to your clothes... :-)
Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] App_rpt Install for Dummies From: wb3awj@comcast.net Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 20:51:17 -0500 To: telesistant@hotmail.com; tim.sawyer@me.com; app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org
So if you were running XTC in the morning would you find yourself connected to a strange node? And not know how you got there?
Jim Duuuude <telesistant@hotmail.com> wrote:
You know, its really funny. When Steve Henke was first releasing the XIPAR distro, I *really* tried to talk him into calling it XTC. Wouldn't it have been kewl if users could choose between ACID and XTC??
:-)
Jim WB6NIL
-- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
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Also VERY IMPORTANT if you don’t want to try to learn Linux. Download WinSCP and use you windows computer to edit files. I’m not a Linux guru so this works the best for me! 73 Jim W7RY From: Tim Sawyer Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 2:17 PM To: mailto:App_rpt-users@ohnosec.org Subject: [App_rpt-users] App_rpt Install for Dummies The install process for beginners goes like this: 1. Buy a URI (recommended) or a cheap USB sound FOB 2. Go on the Allstar web site. Request an ID, get it approved. 3. Download the ACID iso and burn a CD. 4. Make your ID a sysOp, add a server, request a node(s). 5. Configure the server and assigned node(s). 6. Boot the CD and carefully follow the prompts. Expect to repeat steps 5 and 6 many times. It takes a while to sort it all out, stick to it. After you get the hang of the web install you can venture into the world of Linux and editing the conf files for advanced power user features. For example there is no web configuration for RTCMs but you can start with a URI config and hand modify. The change is actually pretty simple. Speaking of simple, for you cheap ass hams that want to run $80 computers don't do USBradio, use simpleUSB and wire up COR and PL. If you want to run Limey Linux rather than CentOS (ACID) you'll need to learn dd (it's available for Windows) to write a CF card. There are a couple of other tricks to Limey, like svcfg. Beginners should drop ACID first, it's the gateway drug to Limey. Be sure to read through all the links on the Allstar (https://allstarlink.org/) site BEFORE you login. Because after login the menu changes and much (if not all) of the basic information goes away. Also browse the ohnosec (http://ohnosec.org/drupal/) site. You don't need an ID to read this site. PS - ohnosec, that moment you realize you really screwed up. -- Tim :wq -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ App_rpt-users mailing list App_rpt-users@ohnosec.org http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users
One must not forget to become a friendly ham and ask for training from someone or ham club that has one, on how to *properly* use a service monitor to tune their allstar node setups. While there is an alternative way, I really don't recommend it if they are going to have a community of users. ~Benjamin, KB9LFZ On Mon, 2013-02-18 at 14:17 -0800, Tim Sawyer wrote:
The install process for beginners goes like this:
1. Buy a URI (recommended) or a cheap USB sound FOB 2. Go on the Allstar web site. Request an ID, get it approved. 3. Download the ACID iso and burn a CD. 4. Make your ID a sysOp, add a server, request a node(s). 5. Configure the server and assigned node(s). 6. Boot the CD and carefully follow the prompts.
Expect to repeat steps 5 and 6 many times. It takes a while to sort it all out, stick to it.
After you get the hang of the web install you can venture into the world of Linux and editing the conf files for advanced power user features. For example there is no web configuration for RTCMs but you can start with a URI config and hand modify. The change is actually pretty simple.
Speaking of simple, for you cheap ass hams that want to run $80 computers don't do USBradio, use simpleUSB and wire up COR and PL.
If you want to run Limey Linux rather than CentOS (ACID) you'll need to learn dd (it's available for Windows) to write a CF card. There are a couple of other tricks to Limey, like svcfg. Beginners should drop ACID first, it's the gateway drug to Limey.
Be sure to read through all the links on the Allstar (https://allstarlink.org/) site BEFORE you login. Because after login the menu changes and much (if not all) of the basic information goes away. Also browse the ohnosec (http://ohnosec.org/drupal/) site. You don't need an ID to read this site.
PS - ohnosec, that moment you realize you really screwed up. -- Tim :wq _______________________________________________ App_rpt-users mailing list App_rpt-users@ohnosec.org http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users
Naber wrote: "Beginners should drop ACID first, it's the gateway drug to Limey." Good one! ————— iThing: Big thumbs & little keys. Please excuse typo, spelling and grammar errors • Thought of the Day – "With all this manure, there must be a pony in here somewhere.” There are a couple of other tricks to Limey, like svcfg. Beginners should drop ACID first, it's the gateway drug to Limey.
You know, that's so true. It's really important for you (or a friend) to have a service monitor and the knowledge to use it properly. App_rpt makes setting up a node so much easier and accurate than any of the other VoIP technologies, which is one of the reasons app_rpt sounds so good, but you still have to know what your are doing. My "App_rpt Install for Dummies" focused on the computer setup and assumes you're a radio wiz. -- Tim :wq On Feb 19, 2013, at 5:28 PM, Benjamin L. Naber <benjamin@kb9lfz.com> wrote:
One must not forget to become a friendly ham and ask for training from someone or ham club that has one, on how to *properly* use a service monitor to tune their allstar node setups.
While there is an alternative way, I really don't recommend it if they are going to have a community of users.
~Benjamin, KB9LFZ
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