[arm-allstar] using hamvoip as the repeater controller

[Les Keegan]

Hi Jed.
I am currently running a Kenwood TKR-750 and a Kenwood TKR-850 at two locations using Hamvoip.  Now I am using them to do the id and that is all.  I am not sure how to use them to shut down and do the announcements but I imagine some scripts would have to be created to do that. I will let others chime in on that. I went with two RA-35's from Masters Communications with a direct connection to the DB-25 on the back of both repeaters. Each repeater is in a hospital.  You have to do some configuration in the Kenwood software for the direct connections but it is not hard to do and they both work well. I am running them over a AREDN mesh system. They have been in service since the first of the year and so far so good. I had URI cables make the two cables up for the repeaters. 

Les Keegan
N4LPK



> On 07/09/2022 5:01 PM Jed Barton via ARM-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> 
>  
> Hey guys,  Hope everyone is doing well.  Alright, so turning to you
> guys for some tips and tricks.  I'm taking the plunge here.  I wanna
> put my repeaters on the air using hamvoip as the controller.  I've
> been a hardware controller guy for ever, and I just need to take that
> first step to putting 1 repeater on the air using hamvoip.  So, where
> should I start?  Some things that I need to be able to do.  I need to
> be able to turn the transmitter on and off from anywhere in the system
> if possible, and have a confirmation message come across.  My plan is
> to link all my sites internally with private nodes, to 1 master hub.
> Then I'll connect that hub to the hub that'll go outt over the
> internet and connect to anywhere.
> I am not sure where to setup all these basic macros for doing the
> basics.  From a hardware perspective, here's what I've got.  All my
> repeaters are Kenwood tkr850s and 750s.  I've got some of the
> repeater-builder rims and calbes, so now it's time to cut the cord
> from the hardware controller.  Before I do any of that, I wanna start
> with 1 repeater that I can get my feet wet on.
> Any help, or anyone I can go over things with, it would be enormously helpful.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Jed
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