[arm-allstar] Asterisk crashing when Echolink connected

kk6ecm kk6ecm at gmail.com
Sun May 29 23:50:11 EST 2016


In my experience, the errors indicated in the first email always occur when asterisk is unhappy with a conf file. This can occur when asterisk does not receive expected results from an attempt to access a USB device, or can occur when there is an error in the file, either from my mistake, or a memory problem e.g. sd card corrupted. 

A couple of questions. what is the evidence, other than not crashing when Echolink is not connected that the node is running properly? Is it really running correctly?

Second, does devstr=<bus-device> in your usb_tune file match the device address in lsusb?

Thanks,
Bob
k6ecm
73

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> On May 29, 2016, at 5:37 PM, Doug Crompton via arm-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> 
> Matt,
> 
>  It would be interesting if it turned out to be the server settings but I have played with many server settings over the years and never had a crash. The echolink code has been stable for a long time. If you can narrow this down so we could test it here it would be helpful. 
> 
> Have you looked at echolink dbdump and dbget in the client. Does the database populate before you have the crash?  
> 
> dbdump in the client is kind of useless in that it just scrolls all the nodes out. You can do
> 
> asterisk -rx "echolink dbdump" | more     or send it to a file.
> 
> My current servers:
> 
> server1=server1.echolink.org
> ;server2=server5.echolink.org
> server3=server3.echolink.org
> server2=naeast.echolink.org
> 
> The code requires three servers. Half the time there are not three that actually work and if you look at address resolution on the servers you will see that many are really the same IP address. At the moment server 2,3,NAEAST and NAWEST all have the same IP. 
> 
> Name:   server1.echolink.org
> Address: 174.129.36.165
> 
> server2.echolink.org    canonical name = server3.echolink.org.
> Name:   server3.echolink.org
> Address: 174.129.209.125
> 
> Name:   server3.echolink.org
> Address: 174.129.209.125
> 
> Name:   server4.echolink.org
> Address: 50.18.55.39
> 
> Name:   server5.echolink.org
> Address: 68.178.144.151
> 
> naeast.echolink.org     canonical name = server3.echolink.org.
> Name:   server3.echolink.org
> Address: 174.129.209.125
> 
> nawest.echolink.org     canonical name = server3.echolink.org.
> Name:   server3.echolink.org
> Address: 174.129.209.125
> 
> None of the echolink servers including ones not listed here seem to return pings which is strange. I thought they use to.
> 
> 73 Doug
> WA3DSP
> http://www.crompton.com/hamradio
> 
> 
> Date: Sun, 29 May 2016 19:57:02 +0100
> To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Asterisk crashing when Echolink connected
> From: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
> CC: matt at m0lmk.co.uk
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> I'll keep it on the list if you don't mind as it may help others if this problem comes up again. I have a working theory but I need to do a bit more testing to confirm.
> 
> Here are these servers listed in my echolink.conf...
> 
> server1=servers.echolink.org
> server2=naeast.echolink.org
> server3=backup.echolink.org
> 
> I noticed that the crash happened just after this line in the asterisk console..
> 
> -- Received OK from Echolink server servers.echolink.org
> -- Received OK from Echolink server backup.echolink.org
> allstar*CLI> 
> Disconnected from Asterisk server
> Executing last minute cleanups
> 
> So, I've changed the servers to the following...
> 
> server1=europe.echolink.org
> server2=servers.echolink.org
> server3=backup.echolink.org
> 
> And now it only connects to a single server in the asterisk console...
> 
> -- Call changed from OUTBOUND to *ECHOTEST*
> -- Name changed from OUTBOUND to (Conference  [9]) CONF
> -- Received OK from Echolink server europe.echolink.org
> -- Directory pgm done downloading(partial,compressed), 377 records
> 
> And have been up for 20 minutes without a crash. Maybe the problem was a bad server in the echolink pool?
> 
> In answer to your questions.
> 
> Is IPv6 networking in this mixture anywhere? - We have an ipv6 tunnel set up on our main router but all internal networking is ipv4
> What are your Echolink and AllStar node numbers? 43412 (AllStar), 214700 (Echolink)
> Does the crash occur when connecting to all Echolink nodes (like the Echolink *ECHOTEST* conference server, node #9999)? Happens on all nodes I have tried
> Does AllStar connectivity work properly? Yes. I have not seen any asterisk crashes when not connected or when connected to an allstar node
> 
> My current echolink.conf
> 
> [el0]
> confmode=no
> call=MB7IBK-L        ; Change this!
> pwd=pypassword          ; Change this!
> name=MB7IBK           ; Change this to your real name!
> qth=Broadstairs, UK    ; Change this to your actual QTH!
> email=matt at m0lmk.co.uk ; Change this!
> maxstns=20
> rtcptimeout=10
> node=214700               ; Echolink node number - Change this!
> recfile=/tmp/recorded.gsm
> astnode=43412            ; Change this to your active Allstar node number!
> context=radio-secure
> server1=europe.echolink.org
> server2=servers.echolink.org
> server3=backup.echolink.org
> ;server1=servers.echolink.org
> ;server2=naeast.echolink.org
> ;server3=backup.echolink.org
> ; Change following setting to your parameters
> freq=145.2125
> tone=103.5
> lat=51.36242  
> lon=1.44442
> power=1
> height=1
> gain=0
> dir=0
> ;deny=
> ;permit=
> 
> 
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> Matt
> M0LMK
> David McGough via arm-allstar 29 May 2016 at 19:46
> Hi Matt,
> 
> As others have mentioned, I've not seen this issue previously. I've got a
> few questions to try and help debug this, feel free to send my a private
> e-mail with answers, if you would prefer.
> 
> Is IPv6 networking in this mixture anywhere?
> 
> What are your Echolink and AllStar node numbers?
> 
> Does the crash occur when connecting to all Echolink nodes (like the 
> Echolink *ECHOTEST* conference server, node #9999)?
> 
> If only specific node numbers cause the crash, what nodes are they?
> 
> Does AllStar connectivity work properly?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 73, David KB4FXC
> 
> 
> 
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> Matt via arm-allstar 29 May 2016 at 19:31
> Results so far...
> 
> RPi 3 still shows the same behavior although not as often. I've now changed the power supply and am still seeing the same issue. The last thing on my list is the interface but I don't have a spare so that's going to be tough to test.
> 
> It seems to only crash asterisk when initially connecting to a remote node and as soon as asterisk restarts, the connection works fine.
> 
> How very odd.
> 
> Matt
> M0LMK
> 
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