[arm-allstar] Help For A Newbie???

[Doug Crompton]

Dan,

 Welcome to RPi2 Allstar. Hang in there you will get it figured out.

First of all when you boot up  and Asterisk starts the Green LED on the URI should be blinking. It will be at a faster rate until data is sent and then blink a little slower.

If you go into the Asterisk Client you should be able to key/unkey the TX by issuing the command  susb key or unkey.

You should see the red light on the URI go on and off and if the transceiver is connected it should transmit. Finish by unkeying.

Now still in the client you should see logging info.  Key your radio (handheld etc.) that is transmitting into the node radio and when you unkey you should see a hungup statement.  This should happen only when you unkey the radio not when you key. I believe you have the carrier from set correctly to usb in simpleusb.conf but of this was reversed you would see the hungup at key and not unkey.

If that is working correctly you should also be able to key the handhled and send DTMF and see the corresponding decode on the screen.

If all this is working and you have your levels set correctly (simpleusb-tune-menu - items 2 when you transmit from the handheld and item 3 when you receive on the handheld) then perhaps you have a bad connection?

Let me know what you find out.
 73 Doug
WA3DSP
http://www.crompton.com/hamradio


To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 18:12:18 -0500
Subject: [arm-allstar] Help For A Newbie???
From: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
CC: dan at ozment.net

Hello to the list.  I’m a newbie to Allstar, but very familiar with Asterisk and Raspberry Pi.   I’m having trouble setting up my Allstar node.   I’m using a Raspberry Pi 2 and a URI interface connected to a Yaesu FT-8800.   I downloaded the image from http://hamvoip.org/RPi2/RPi2_V1.0_Allstar.zip.   The first time I booted up the Pi I was surprised to hear voice from the Pi sent out over RF, so I’m confident I at least had the thing working outbound. Today I went back through the first time setup and plugged in my Allstar Node Number (43253), and outbound no longer seems to work.  I did my best to enter the other values, but may have made an incorrect selection along the way.   I reloaded image to the card and started over from scratch, but cannot get beyond this.   Before I set up the node number I was able to run /usr/local/sbin/sayip.sh, and it sent the IP via RF.  Now, I get nothing.  I see nothing in the Asterisk console when I do that (starting it with asterisk –rvvvvvvv).   And the URI doesn’t appear to do anything.    But, when I key up the HT and send DTMF tones that are all decoded by asterisk.  I was also able to confirm that I can link to another Allstar node by keying the link command and checking the node stats using the GUI.   I also saw the connect info in the Asterisk console.  But, I don’t think I’m getting audio.  Nothing ever makes the URI key the radio like it did after the first install. I’m probably missing key details here, but wondered if anyone could help me make progress or find the right resource. Not sure what other information would be useful, but here is what I think is the USB setup.  [root at alarmpi asterisk]# more simpleusb.conf; simple usb configration added by simpleusb-config.sh;  2016.03.12.1137 [general] [usb]; Generic Default Settingseeprom=0hdwtype=0rxboost=0carrierfrom=usbctcssfrom=notxmixa=voicetxmixb=noinvertptt=0duplex=1plfilter=yesdeemphasis=nopreemphasis=norxaudiodelay=0 Any info appreciated.  Thanks,DanW4DTO  
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