[arm-allstar] Remote Allstar Node

[Doug Crompton]

John,

Well you could go a little crazy with this and if no one is there to talk
then really what difference does it make if the radio is on! The other
question is why would the radio not be on? Have you had problems with this
happening? Any programmed radio should come up on the last channel it was
on.

You could use a GPIO bit to determine if there is power at the radio but
that does not tell you if it is working. How about an RF detector connected
to a GPIO bit. You key the TX by talking to the node and see if there is
power. Like I said you could get carried away with this!

Another option is to have two nodes there and the second node could just be
an RX tuned to the output frequency of the first node. You connect the
nodes to two separate nodes at your end and see if the audio comes back.


*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

*http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*


On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 9:12 AM, "John Hoser-Smith via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> Doug:  Is there not someone you can contact within range of the radioto
> check it out?
> N0ECT:  Sometimes yes, a person is available.  In any event thanks for
> letting us (all) know that there is no 100% sure way to absolutely tell if
> the remote Radio is on.I'm starting to think about a cheap WebCam pointed
> at the remote Radio.  Internet connection at Remote site is pretty good and
> we use Dynamic DNS too to save a little coin.Thanks Doug.
>
>     On Saturday, July 8, 2017 11:56 PM, Doug Crompton via arm-allstar <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
>
>  John,
>
>  The radio does not "talk back" to Allstar with any status so other than
> talking to someone at the other end you would have no way of knowing if it
> is working. Is there not someone you can contact within range of the radio
> to check it out?
>
>
> *73 Doug*
>
> *WA3DSP*
>
> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 8, 2017 at 7:23 PM, "John Hoser-Smith via arm-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
> > Remote Radio is a  TYT-9000D  UHF model connected via old traditional
> > DB-9 Serial cable to my DB-9 Serial FOB.  FOB then connected to Rpi 3 via
> > the USB Interface on the Pi.
> >
> >
> >    On Saturday, July 8, 2017 5:14 PM, David McGough <kb4fxc at inttek.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi John,
> >
> > What type of radio or repeater the RPi3 connected to??
> >
> >
> > 73, David KB4FXC
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 8 Jul 2017, "John Hoser-Smith via arm-allstar" wrote:
> >
> > > Is there a trick?
> > I can reach my remote Allstar Node via the Internet using SSH-222 and
> > SuperMon and LSNodes.It's easy to control/manage using these great remote
> > control tools.Q.)Â  Is there a way to check (remotely) to learn if the
> > Radio connected to the Remote Allstar Node is turned on and powered up?
> > We suspect a 15 minute power outage at the remote Allstar site...RPi 3
> > Allstar Node came back up...however we're not 100% sure if the connected
> > Radio came back on, too...is there a way to check that Radio, remotely?
> > Thanks!73s    N0ECT
> >
> >
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