[arm-allstar] "Repeat Only Mode"

[David McGough]

Hi Sean,

"Repeat Only" is a status message. It simply means that the node isn't 
connected to anything else and just operating normally in a disconnected 
state.

When you enter a command and get back a "Repeat Only" message, that means
the command that got interpreted is most likely a system status command
(ilink,5). With a "stock" HamVoIP node, the DTMF command: *70 will
typically announce this status info.

So, my feeling is that either DTMF isn't getting decoded properly, or 
somehow the rpt.conf [functions] stanza is getting changed.

73, David KB4FXC



On Sun, 15 Mar 2020, Sean wrote:

> Thank you David, that gives me some places to look.  Some observations:
> 
> -The Pi is _not_ getting restarted.  It is on an UPS, all of them are.
> This is why I suspect that somebody it remotely kicking it into this mode
> via DTMF.  There is no access to the node via SSH, as it is behind NAT.
> 
> -The node is bone-stock from the image provided from havoip.  I have now
> had to reflash the image to get it out of that mode, and the only thing I
> am doing in the re-image is the bare minimum to make it work, inputting the
> node number etc.  It works splendidly for a while, then the Repeat Only
> thing happens again.  That said, I am not making any changes to the
> rpt.conf file outside what the setup routine does, so it is "stock".
> 
> If <rpt cmd 1010 ilink 5> puts the node into Repeat Only mode, what is the
> command that get's it out of that mode, and can this be done via DTMF?
> 
> Sean
> 
> On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 9:11 AM David McGough <kb4fxc at inttek.net> wrote:
> 
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> >