[arm-allstar] Sleepy Node..

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> Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 14:15:17 -0400
> From: "Neil k8it" <k8it at cac.net>
> To: "ARM Allstar" <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] how can i determine why a bbb node goes to
> 	sleep
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> it happened again. I checked it about 16 hours of on time and all was
> well. now the status shows that the node is not online.
> The beagle bone blue led is flashing but the URI light green  is solid
> on. I have no linux login when I try to connect using putty. so by my
> estimate it occurred in the last 3.5 hours. the on time should be
> about 19.5 hours if it was working. The node has no output right now.
> I just rebooted the node about 2pm Eastern time and all is well and it
> is back online.
> My daughter did tell me that the internet did get real slow for a few
> minutes when we where out.
> Could this be the cause? and if so what can I do to tell the BBB to
> retry the internet connection until it reconnects, and why would this
> lock up the rf side of the simplex node? id;s for example should still
> work.
> 
> 73 Neil k8it 41838
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> From: Doug Crompton
> Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2015 10:39 PM
> To: ARM Allstar
> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] how can i determine why a bbb node goes to 
> sleep
> 
> 
> Neil,
> 
> There is nothing that should go to sleep on the BBB or RPi2 assuming
> you are using a wired connection. I do have some questions about what
> you mean by going to sleep.
> 
> Do you lose connection to the linux prompt or just the local
> connection via radio?
> 
> If you do have the linux prompt can you ping to somewhere and get a 
> response?
> 
> ping ucsd.edu
> 
> I am not sure if you can answer this question but does the blinking
> green light on the USB FOB go solid or out when this happens?
> 
> If you go into the Asterisk client can you see the hungup line when
> you release the PTT of the radio you are talking to your node with?
> 
> Does the node ID or give any output when this "sleep" happens?
> 
> In the Asterisk client  you can key and unkey the radio manually to
> see if you have control. The command is -
> 
> susb key
> susb unkey
> 
> This should key the radio and turn on the red PTT LED. Make sure to 
> unkey.
> 
> 73 Doug
> WA3DSP
> http://www.crompton.com/hamradio
> 
> 
> 
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Hello Neil,

I had something similar some time ago with the URIx green light "going 
solid". I tried using the re-set button on the BBB and got much the same 
results as you are; I found a cure by typing [shutdown -h] at the cmd 
prompt, removing the power completely and disconnecting all cables, 
having a coffee then starting everything up again. Prior to this 
happening I was testing between using simpleUSB and USBradio. Not a 
technical solution but one that worked for me. You could try enabling 
logging to a high level and check the output when/if it happens again..

Regards,
Ian.