[arm-allstar] "Repeat Only Mode"

[David McGough]

Sean,

I suspect that you've got some ILINK commands mixed up in the rpt.conf 
file, [functions] stanza used for node 507264. Note that the the "NODE 
507264 REPEAT ONLY" announcement is typically generated from the ilink,5 
command.  For testing, you could run this from the asterisk CLI prompt, 
like:

RPi4B-alpha4*CLI> rpt cmd 1010 ilink 5
    -- <DAHDI/pseudo-1399090957> Playing 'rpt/node' (language 'en')
    -- <DAHDI/pseudo-1399090957> Playing 'digits/1' (language 'en')
    -- <DAHDI/pseudo-1399090957> Playing 'digits/0' (language 'en')
    -- <DAHDI/pseudo-1399090957> Playing 'digits/1' (language 'en')
    -- <DAHDI/pseudo-1399090957> Playing 'digits/0' (language 'en')
    -- <DAHDI/pseudo-1399090957> Playing 'rpt/repeat_only' (language 'en')
    -- Hungup 'DAHDI/pseudo-1399090957'

...Where you would replace "1010" (above) with your node number.

Note that if node 507264 has asterisk restarted or gets rebooted, the 
permanent connection mode gets disabled. One solution would be a start-up 
macro which sets up a permanent connection when asterisk starts.

If you're having issues where the RPi is regularly getting power-cycled 
due to bad power, you should look at some type of UPS system---usually, a 
simple battery system would suffice.

73, David KB4FXC



On Sun, 15 Mar 2020, "Sean via ARM-allstar" wrote:

> I am continuing to battle this problem, hoping to get some ideas of where
> to turn to chase this down.
> 
> Nodes 507262, 3, 4 and 5 are in different geographical locations and all
> connected to 507261  All work flawlessly, except for 507264, which
> disconnects regularly despite having been ordered to connect "permanently"
> (*73507261).
> 
> This node it behind NAT, so it cannot be reached from other nodes and must
> "dial out" to connect.
> 
> Upon disconnect, I cannot re-connect it via DTMF.  The node replies with
> the error "NODE 507264 REPEAT ONLY" and refuses to connect to the requested
> node (507261).
> 
> 1.  My best guess is that somebody is tripping this node into this "Repeat
> Only" mode remotely using DTMF.  How do I stop this?
> 
> 2.  How do I get this node back to "normal" mode?  I have poured over the
> DTMF commands and am not finding this "Repeat Only" specific command.
> 
> Having been unable to get this node out of the Repeat Only mode, I have
> twice now just gone to the site and re-flashed the SD to get things working
> again.  now that it has happened again, I need to find the actual solution.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Sean
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