[arm-allstar] Hamvoip Allstar Update - coredumps, WX update, Echolink Update

[Doug Crompton]

Happy 4th!!!

Dave has put out an update - V1.5.3-34   07/02/2018
Use item 1 in the ADMIN menu to update.

Occasional coredumps

This update corrects another long standing problem in app_rpt where invalid
pointers were used in calls that caused a system crash. This was corrected
in many places by adding sanity checks to the code. These crashes are
random and rare but in some cases can repeatedly happen and be annoying.

These Allstar crashes resulted in core dumps but in most cases the code
restarts automatically and the user has no knowledge of it happening.
However it is not good to have it happen in the first place and correcting
it is the best solution which has been done in this update

In the future users can check for any core dumps on their systems by
looking in the directory -

/var/lib/systemd/coredump

Files are in .lz4 format.  If you ever see a file in that directory please
forward it to - kb4fxc at inttek.net - this will greatly help us to isolate
these issues. Also be sure to give Dave the version of the code it relates
to - V1.5.x.xx.

WEATHER Script Updates -

Both the weather.sh and wx_condition.sh scripts now allow you to store user
parameters in a /etc/asterisk/local file which is not touched by updates.
The user needs to add these files if they want to use custom values. If the
files are not there then the default values in the main script are used.

For the weather.sh file from comments in the script -

# 6/27/2018 - added test for /etc/asterisk/local/weather.ini file
#
#  weather.ini file should be in /etc/asterisk/local and contain the
following
#
#  Uncomment the process_condition and Temperature_mode
#  and set accordingly.
# Set this to use current WX condition. If "NO" then just temperature.
# wunderground is always no condition
# process_condition="YES"
# Set this to "C" or "F" depending on your location
# Temperature_mode="F"
# End of weather.ini file

>From the wx_condition.sh file from comments in the script -

# 6/27/2018 - added ability to set C or F or Both from
#   /etc/asterisk/local/wx_condition.ini file
#
#  File should contain -

#Set Degrees F or C or BOTH
# Set to "0" to not use, "1" to use
# Uncomment these lines in wx_condition.ini file
#CDEG="0"
#FDEG="1"
# End of wx_condition.ini file

ECHOLINK Message Parameter

A new parameter to the echolink.conf file has been added -

message=This is a test

Where - This is a test    is replaced with up to 256 characters of your
message. Note that \n or \r gives a newline and \\ is a \ if you need it.
This should be all one line that will wrap on your screen if longer than
the screen width. No physical CR's should be within the message the line.
This parameter can go anywhere in the echolink.conf file on a separate
line.

Another example -

message=Welcome to the Anytown USA MACHINE!\r\rBuy a Cigar\rAnd get a
Sports CAR!\r\r

Would display the message -

Welcome to the Anytown USA MACHINE!

Buy a Cigar
And get a Sports CAR!

You MUST restart Asterisk for message changes to take effect - astres.sh


*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

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