[arm-allstar] AllStar on Local Server

[dan at ozment.net]

I had good luck last night getting my node back online, and I was able 
to make it work with a Baofeng 888 and a Yaesu FT8800. The next trick is 
to get it on our local repeater so that others can share in the fun.

I have found a good bit of information on setting it up and making it 
work in simplex mode.  Also, have seen documents talking about using it 
to create a repeater.  But, I'm struggling to find much about how to 
configure it to work with an existing repeater.  I wondered if anyone 
could help me get started by pointing me to some good documentation.

My first approach will (I think) be to use the FT-8800 set up with the 
repeater pair for the local repeater.  The repeater transmits tone, so I 
have the 8800 transmitting and listening for tone. Repeater IDs aren't 
transmitted with tone.

First question, since I'm using COS to tell AllStar there is something 
there will it silence the repeater ID?  Can I make it disregard the 
transmissions that don't have tone?

Second question, what duplex mode do I run it in?  I have it set up with 
duplex=1 now.  Rpt.conf suggest that I should set duplex=2 if I'm using 
a repeater.  Is that what I should do?

Third, how do I tell it to ignore the hang time on the repeater?  I'm 
looking at rxondelay in simpleusb.conf.  Is that the right place to set 
a delay?  What is rxaudiodelay?


Thanks to all who contributed to this 1.5 distro.  Getting this going 
was so easy! Excellent job.  And, Doug, thanks for the great 
documentation on your site.

Dan
W4DTO