[arm-allstar] Node keeps rekeying up

zs6xox zs6xox at gmail.com
Wed Jul 25 08:25:36 EST 2018


I experienced the same problem (which got me kicked from a number of 
nodes ;) ) ... what I did was to increase "hangtime" to "2000" (2 
seconds) ...

Hope it helps


On 7/25/2018 12:50 PM, "Mike Besemer - WM4B via arm-allstar" wrote:
> Doug,
>
> I'm interested in hearing the fix for this, as it exactly describes 
> the situation with the node I'm building.
>
> The repeater it will be connected to is mine.  It does not transmit 
> CTCSS on IDs or announcements, so that will prevent half of the 
> ping-pong cycle.  Is there a way to have the node transmit IDs without 
> CTCSS?
>
> Mike
> WM4B
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 12:31 AM, "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar" wrote:
>
>> John,
>>
>>  You cannot connect a simplex node to a repeater without some 
>> adjustments.
>> The problem is your node has a courtesy tone which keys up on RF 
>> after the
>> repeater drops. The repeater hears this and again keys up and a loop 
>> forms.
>> To eliminate this you need to set  nounkeyct=1  in rpt.conf  - the 
>> default
>> is =0 or perform the tone. You could also set duplex=0 instead but that
>> eliminates many other telemetry things you may want to maintain. When 
>> you
>> make changes to the config files you must restart asterisk or reboot the
>> system for them to take effect.
>>
>> Connecting a simplex node to a repeater is not a good idea unless you
>> either own the repeater or have permission to do so. You ID's will 
>> show up
>> on the repeater and the repeater ID's will go out over the nde and to
>> wherever it is connected. There are ways around this if you have control
>> over the repeater. If that is the case and you want more info let me 
>> know.
>>
>>
>> *73 Doug*
>>
>> *WA3DSP*
>>
>> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 12:08 AM, "w7jca via arm-allstar" <
>> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Good evening,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have a RP3 and DMK URI hooked up to a Motorola CDM 1550. It is set to
>>> duplex=1 and is a RF node to a repeater. Everything is working fine 
>>> except
>>> when someone unkeys the node keys up for a second. It continues to 
>>> do this
>>> each time someone unkeys. I have courtesy tones turned off and still no
>>> change. It does this on Allstar as well as echolink.
>>>
>>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> John W7 JCA
>>>
>>>
>>>
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