[arm-allstar] Allstar Controller Auto Connect Timer

[David McGough]

Hi Darrell,

This shouldn't be happening with the most recent HamVoIP code. There was
an issue where outbound, permanent connections could cause system "pauses"
when the Internet was down. I made some code changes last October to
reduce/resolve the impact of that problem. Since that code update, this is 
the first case I've heard of that sounded like the same problem.

As a first diagnostic step, what code rev are you running?  This info can
be found using option #10 from the admin menu.


73, David KB4FXC


On Mon, 27 Jan 2020, "Darrell Black via ARM-allstar" wrote:

> All, we have a RPI3 running a MTR2000 as a repeater controller. The
> controller is behind a city firewall so we can only dial out. This weekend
> someone hooked a fiber cable in our city and ripped down 300 yards of it.
> While the internet was out the repeater went into a "trying to connect" to
> the HUB cycle. This made the FM side of the repeater hiccup every 5
> seconds. It was for the most part unusable. It took me a few hours of
> thinking about it, then I sent a *76 which disconnected the node (it was
> not really connected) and the repeater was usable again. When the
> internet came back up, I had to reboot the controller (node) so it
> would run the startup macro again and connect to the HUB. So, my question
> is. Can I change the timer from 5 seconds to say 10 minutes? If so where do
> I look for this? Is there a better answer then changing the timer?
> 
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