[arm-allstar] Santiago Board

[Len Griffin]

This is Len, WB2HKK:

 

Pete, KD2ARB sent me this e-mail, suggesting you may have experience with
the ' Santiago Board '.

 

I've gotten no responses from Allstar, nor the board designer, on the
following issue.

 

Here is a copy of the ongoing conversation. Maybe someone there has son
additional information

 

____________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________

 

Ok, now I understand. You'll need to contact guy that build that board. I've
cc'd him on this email. 

 

Are you sure Linux was locked up, or was it app_rpt? Could you still ssh to
it? Linux runs forever, and any lockups are almost always hardware caused. 

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73, 

Allstar Admin, WD6AWP
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 <https://allstarlink.org> https://allstarlink.org
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Please help lighten the load on your Allstar admins
and help others learn from your questions.
Always ask technical questions on the users list at
 <http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users>
http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users. 

 

On Jun 11, 2015, at 11:30 AM, Len Griffin < <mailto:lengriff at optimum.net>
lengriff at optimum.net> wrote:

 

The board was used BETWEEN a CAT-300 controller and the Maggiore repeater (
P2 = controller, J1 = repeater). The third port P1 was used for the URI to
link

to another repeater. In bypass, we expect a connection from the controller
to the repeater, as though the Santiago board is offline ( P2 connected
directly to J1). 

 

The setup DID work, but when Linux would hang-up for whatever reason, and
the Santiago was placed in BYPASS, the repeater controller could NOT access
the repeater.

 

This is the statement on the webpage:

The URI can be completely disabled (being functionally taken "out of the
picture") if pin 1 on the control connector is shorted to ground. In this
mode, the board will basically

be completely passive, and the two devices connected through it will operate
as if they were directly connected to each other without the board even
present.

 

In BYPASS, it should act like the board is out of circuit. Therefore the
computer is also not necessary.

 

This is NOT what we experienced. With Linux hung, and the bypass signal
grounded, the Santiago board does NOT connect P2 directly to J1 as
described.

 

Len

 

From: Allstar Admin [ <mailto:allstarlinks at gmail.com>
mailto:allstarlinks at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 12:34 PM
To: Len Griffin
Subject: Re: santiago board

 

Len,

 

The Santiago board was a PIC device that only connected a URI to two radios.
It could not crash Linux as it just looks like a radio to the URI.

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73, 

Allstar Admin, WD6AWP
 <mailto:allstarlinks at gmail.com> allstarlinks at gmail.com
 <https://allstarlink.org/> https://allstarlink.org
 <http://ohnosec.org/drupal/> http://ohnosec.org/drupal/

 

Please help lighten the load on your Allstar admins
and help others learn from your questions.
Always ask technical questions on the users list at
 <http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users>
http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users. 

 

On Jun 11, 2015, at 6:48 AM, Len Griffin < <mailto:lengriff at optimum.net>
lengriff at optimum.net> wrote:

 

This is Len, WB2HKK

I have recently joined the ETSNJ organization in New Jersey, and am helping
to resolve some technical issues.

 

I'm trying to get an answer to a Santiago board question. I've sent e-mails
and get no replys. Is there a user forum anywhere I can get an answer?

The ETSNJ has tried your Santiago board to link to another local repeater
for a net. Apparently it worked fantastic except for one problem.

With the board in use, even in bypass, when the computer ( running linux )
being used would lock-up for whatever reason,

the repeater also stopped working. This was during a time when there were
lots of updates to the Allstar program that were affecting the system.

To restore the repeater, it was necessary to go to the site and re-boot the
computer.

 

Because of this, the Santiago board was removed.

I would really like to put the board in use again. They hesitate to use it
because it makes the repeater system dependent on the computer remaining
active. 

If the board is in bypass, why would the computer affect the repeater? Have
any updates eliminated this problem?

Len
WB2HKK

 <mailto:lengriff at optimum.net> lengriff at optimum.net

 

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