Good Afternoon, I'm relatively new to asterisk and app_rpt and see a lot of uses for it. I recently started playing around with ACID on an old computer I have. I have no radio hardware hooked up yet but have been using iaxrpt and hub nodes to experiment and am learning a lot. Since I've got my feet wet I'm now planning a project with two nodes, most likely using a Piconode. One node will be a repeater, the other a remote base. The plan being to connect the two and control the base through the repeater. Instead of a remote base node I am thinking of setting the second as a simplex node. I will be using a Kenwood TM-V71a as the transceiver and am going to write my own control scripts for changing channels, data band side, and other settings. Other than parameter control, which is covered, and login/security, which I don't need, would there be any other advantages of setting it as a remote base node? I guess I haven't really seen info on it, but can another node even connect to a remote base node? That might answer my question right there. My second question is for the repeater node. Is there any way to have two different Rx Active 'states'? One which uses CSQ and only keys the local node, and the other uses CTCSS to key as usual? The reason I ask is if the two nodes are connected and you key the repeater to send DTMF command codes you would also key up the transceiver. I'd also like to be able to use the repeater locally without transmitting on the transceiver but keep it connected. I know I could change it to monitor, but that would still include keying it when sending the command. Thanks, Brett KQ9N
On Apr 19, 2012, at 2:25 PM, Brett Friermood wrote:
I guess I haven't really seen info on it, but can another node even connect to a remote base node? That might answer my question right there.
Yes, a remote base node can connect to any other node. You must do it from the other node, however. Why would you want to write any script for connecting, when you can set up the node as a remote base, and put the standard control information on that node? When you want to control the node, you do it with the "*4" command from the connected node. I use my repeater and remote base that way all the time. Matt Roberts n9gmr@me.com Call Sign N9GMR IRLP 4515 Allstar 28142
Yes, a remote base node can connect to any other node. You must do it from the other node, however.
Ok, that makes sense. Kinda what I was thinking.
Why would you want to write any script for connecting, when you can set up the node as a remote base, and put the standard control information on that node? When you want to control the node, you do it with the "*4" command from the connected node. I use my repeater and remote base that way all the time.
I never said anything about writing a script for connecting. I said I was going write my own scripts for controlling, as in changing channels, what side of the radio the data band is set to, telling me what channels the radio is currently set to, setting the VFO, etc... The remote base node can only do that for certain radios as listed, of which the V71 is not one. Plus it wouldn't give me as much control as I want. The scripts are the easy part. Even using the command mode, doesn't that cause the base to transmit when you don't necessarily want it to? Maybe I'm being picky here, but if I'm changing a channel I certainly don't want that radio to be transmitting. Thanks for pointing out *4, though. I did a little research on it and learned a little more. Brett KQ9N
Remote bases do not transmit when in command mode (*4). -- Tim :wq On Apr 19, 2012, at 2:39 PM, Brett Friermood wrote:
Yes, a remote base node can connect to any other node. You must do it from the other node, however.
Ok, that makes sense. Kinda what I was thinking.
Why would you want to write any script for connecting, when you can set up the node as a remote base, and put the standard control information on that node? When you want to control the node, you do it with the "*4" command from the connected node. I use my repeater and remote base that way all the time.
I never said anything about writing a script for connecting. I said I was going write my own scripts for controlling, as in changing channels, what side of the radio the data band is set to, telling me what channels the radio is currently set to, setting the VFO, etc... The remote base node can only do that for certain radios as listed, of which the V71 is not one. Plus it wouldn't give me as much control as I want. The scripts are the easy part.
Even using the command mode, doesn't that cause the base to transmit when you don't necessarily want it to? Maybe I'm being picky here, but if I'm changing a channel I certainly don't want that radio to be transmitting.
Thanks for pointing out *4, though. I did a little research on it and learned a little more.
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