[arm-allstar] RPi graceful automatic power shutdown

[R Wilson]

We don't realize how important utilities are until we loose them.  Thanks
for all your help with AllStar and other ham radio projects.
WA2WWK  Ron

On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 2:21 AM, "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> I have added a howto to the hamvoip.org web page detailing a circuit to
> gracefully shutdown an RPi 2/3 using a simple switch or ignition switching
> in a car. This would allow you to simply turn on your mobile node by just
> turning on the car and when leaving the car just turning off the ignition
> the node would tell you it is shutting down via the radio and then
> gracefully shutdown the Pi and turn off all power to both the Pi and the
> radio.
>
> BTW - tests show that using the beta DNS code a node becomes ready to
> connect to other DNS enabled nodes in seconds after boot making quick on
> and off portable or mobile nodes work great.
>
> You can see the howto at the hamvoip.org site or directly at:
>
> https://hamvoip.org/hamradio/power_shutdown_monitor/
>
> The latest (Dec 4, 2017) update has the modified shutdown_monitor.sh script
> to support this circuit.
>
>
> *73 Doug*
>
> *WA3DSP*
>
> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
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