[Nathan, GB3BG]

Hi, to comply with the NOV here in the uk we need to be able to remotely turn off the repeater,,,

i have two options

DTMF but from what i have read there is no dtmf tones to turn off the tx side,= stop audio going to the easy digi unit,

or access via the web interface, = whats the web interface port number so i can set up is not connected via my local network,

[Aaron, N3MBH]

Greetings,
As far as DTMF control that would be part of the SVXLink core. I don’t recall a command that is build it. Might look to add a module in the future to do this.

Right now there is no feature built into the Web GUI to disable repeater. That is in the plans though. For the time being, you can us SSH. See this KB article on how to get in: https://openrepeater.com/knowledgebase/topic/connecting-via-ssh

Now to do this remotely, you would need to open the proper ports and handle all the routing to suite your needs. SSH is on port 22. Once you are logged into the command line you can simply issue the command “service svxlink stop” or “service svxlink start” to start and stop the repeater logic.

Hope that helps.

73,
Aaron – N3MBH / WRFV871

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[Nathan, GB3BG]

is there a way to get the web interface to to public facing, via port forwarding…..

[Aaron, N3MBH]

Sure, but I can’t tell you exactly how to do that with your setup. It will depend on your router, if you have a static IP address from your ISP. If you want to point a domain/sub domain or a Dynamic DNS service at it. There are a lot of variables involved. Some ISP might also block port 80 or port 443 (used by SSL) for https which openrepeater uses. You might have to do a little bit of trickery to make it happen. Like from the public side access port 7300 and point that to 443 on on the internal network. Then you would have to type in something like https://111.222.333.444:7300 to get access to that port and have it function like a regular 443 port.

Another option would be to use a service like Weaved (https://www.weaved.com/raspberry-pi-remote-connection/). You’d have to install some extra packages on your RPI, but they do the network translation for you. You might also have to reconfigure the web server for ORP (nginx) to use port 80 instead of 443 if SSL doesn’t work.

73,
Aaron – N3MBH / WRFV871

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[Nathan, GB3BG]

Hi My isp has full open ports

I do have a static up

And I did forward the port 443 but nothing resolved on the PI…….. I will take another look this evening though and update here with how I get on…..

[Aaron, N3MBH]

Might find some useful info in this thread: https://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-2170168.html

73,
Aaron – N3MBH / WRFV871

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[Jerry, W5BFF]

DTMF but from what i have read there is no dtmf tones to turn off the tx side,= stop audio going to the easy digi unit…

The quick, nasty, and easy way to enable this is to go to:

/etc/openrepeater/svxlink/

Edit the svxlink.conf file and under the [RepeaterLogic] section, add this to the bottom:

ONLINE_CMD=1234

(Note: Replace “1234” with your online/offline code)

In my example, to enable the TX side of the repeater, you would send the DTMF code 12341#. To disable the repeater, you would send 12340#.

Your code + 1 (Enable) + # (Execute Command)
Your code + 0 (Disable) + # (Execute Command)

Hope this helps!

-=Jerry A. Goodson=- W5BFF

[Aaron, N3MBH]

I haven’t had a chance to directly test Jerry’s approach above, but thanks Jerry for your response. Keep in mind that any directly modifications to the SVXLink config file will be overwritten if you update other settings in the GUI. You can try it just to test it out. If you want to make the changes permanent, use this tutorial and modify the PHP files that write the config files: https://openrepeater.com/knowledgebase/topic/custom-svxlink-configuration

73,
Aaron – N3MBH / WRFV871

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[Simon, GW6TKK]

Hi I am also in the UK and intend to use the logic for our 70cms repeater

Repeater is based on a Tait T800 II and I have it working in test mode at the moment

I have made lots of changes to the code so it suits the UK NOV if you are interested get back to me

73s Simon GW6TKK

[Aaron, N3MBH]

Hi Simon,
I believe that you contacted me via FB. If you want to pick up the conversation there, that’s fine. We are working on the next release, so I hope to have some option(s) to remote disable for compliance.

73,
Aaron – N3MBH / WRFV871

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