[arm-allstar] My PI2 needs help!

[Doug Crompton]

Ken,

 The situation you describe fast on and off keying is usually caused by having duplex=2 in rpt.conf when using a simplex radio. The setup routine would have asked you that question. The dafualt is duplex=1 (simplex) but if you changed it it would cause that problem. Also if the carrierfrom= in simpleusb.conf wasnot set correctly it would cause a similar problem.  It should be set to usb for a positive COS on signal and usbinvert for a low or 0 volts on signal.

It does not matter if you have the URI connected when you do the setup. It would be better to have it connected to get the feedback of it working however.
If you want me to log in an check things send me your node number and login password. I assume you have not changed the ssh port (222) and you have it forwarded in your router.

Also is this a simplex or duplex node?

73 Doug
WA3DSP
http://www.crompton.com/hamradio


> To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
> From: vk4akp at gmail.com
> Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 06:44:54 +1000
> Subject: [arm-allstar] My PI2 needs help!
> 
> Hi Guys,
> 
> Well last Friday I did a quick rush job with one of our new PI2 's 
> before I left for the weekend.
> 
> I configured it with the script and plugged it in to the existing spot 
> where the DMK dongle and Radio still sat wired up from about 3+ years 
> back when our nodes PC died.
> 
> I didn't get any instructions during the script to plug the DMK URI in 
> during the process. ??
> 
> So at the end I plugged it all in.
> Initially I saw both lights come on hard then eventually they went off 
> and the red heart beat light flashed and the green TX light flicked on 
> and off.
> Sure enough the radio is flicking between TX & RX constantly.
> 
> So I've turned the radio off and left everything else running.
> 
> If someone is willing to SSH in and screen with me I might need a hand 
> to change some of the settings?
> I think I also still have a copy of our old settings from the backup of 
> the Gentoo install I did some years ago.
> We also have free USA calls here so I can chat on the phone while doing 
> this as well if it helps.
> 
> Hopefully I can have the node up again some time this week??
> 
> OH. P.S. We bought a couple of the little 3.5" touch screens for the 
> PI2's that simply plug in the top of the units.
> Is there much involved to get them going with the PI2 All_Star images?
> 
> Regards,
> Ken - vk4akp
> All-Star Node: 2134 (Maybe one day again in the future!) ;)
> Echolink: 7878
> .-.-.
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