[arm-allstar] AllStar on Local Server

[Buddy Brannan]

Hi,

This would be the way to implement if you really really really don't have any other choice. If you can't hang the All Star pi off a remote port on the controller, or better yet, replace your controller with the All Star Pi, this wold be how to handle it. 

If you have your node radio set to decode the PL tone, then COS should only operate when squelch opens, so the repeater's tail shouldn't keep the node keyed, assuming the transmission of tone stops when the repeater user unkeys. (If tone is transmitted the whole time, even after the user unkeys, such that you'll also get courtesy tones and other things, then really, don't set up your node this way.) 

You'd only use duplex=2 if you're using the Pi as a repeater controller. Duplex=2 means that you're full duplex, so the node can transmit while it's also receiving. You don't want this. If you've got the Pi hanging off a port on the controller, you'd use duplex=0 (which has no hang time and no ID or telemetry sent anywhere at all). Likely you'll want duplex=1 so that you transmit an ID as required. Blank out any courtesy tones, you don't want your node sending those over the repeater pair. 

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> On Feb 21, 2017, at 1:46 PM, Dan Ozment via arm-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> 
> 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
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