[Aaron, N3MBH]

Hi John,
Yes this is the “Brain” of a repeater setup. It is essentially replacing a conventional repeater controller. Most controllers are usually proprietary hardware boards and are limited to specific functions and are difficult to program. OpenRepeater is merging software and basic hardware to make this more flexible and upgradable all while being Open Source to support the ham community.

As a typical repeater you would need two radios, or one RX and one TX, or a repeater transceiver. We are considering adding modes down the road where you could use it as a node.

We have considered an interface board with radios on it and yes they would definitely need linear amplifier, preamp, and proper RF shielding to prevent desense of the receiver as well as proper cavities/duplexers to notch the frequencies properly. In most cases there probably won’t be a need to change frequencies remotely due to repeater coordination and tuning of duplexers.

Right now we are focused on building a rock solid platform, then we can consider expanding that.

73,
Aaron – N3MBH / WRFV871

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[Aaron, N3MBH]

Also in the command line try to issue the commands “service svxlink stop” and “service svxlink start” and see if that helps. You won’t see any results in the command line but see if that gets it working for you.

73,
Aaron – N3MBH / WRFV871

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[Aaron, N3MBH]

If you post your node call, I will check on my phone.

73,
Aaron – N3MBH / WRFV871

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[Aaron, N3MBH]

Thanks for your feedback Joe. I definitely think it is something with your card best I can tell. We are working to try and make sound config a little easier too in the next versions. We are going to make a script that greps the aplay results and format it into a list of available devices and channels so you only have to choose from a drop down menu instead of typing things in like “alsa:plughw:1” and a channel number.

Just for kicks, try changing your values for alsa:plughw:1 to alsa:plughw:0 as well as toggling the channel from 0 and 1 and see if that helps. I have also had my card crap out on me and not start working again until after a reboot.

73,
Aaron – N3MBH / WRFV871

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I don’t have a RPI2 at the moment, but I have one on the way. Richard might be able to offer some insight on RPI2 related topics. As for the sound card, I have no issues with the C-Media CM-108 cards. I have a few variants of that and all seem to work on my BBB. Thanks for hanging in there guys as we smooth out some of the bumps. Your testing is important to the success of the project.

73,
Aaron – N3MBH / WRFV871

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[Aaron, N3MBH]

Greetings RIM,
And Welcome to the forums and thanks for your interest in the project. Looks like you have everything up and running correctly as it is showing no errors with your RX and TX and it looks like it is logging you into the Echolink servers. If you are not showing up in the directory even after some time, my guess would be that you do not have your routing on your network configured correctly. There is a brief explanation on the EchoLink settings page in the GUI or your can find more info here: http://www.echolink.org/firewall-friendly.htm

Let us know if that works for you.

73,
Aaron – N3MBH / WRFV871

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[Aaron, N3MBH]

This one looks weird. It shouldn’t be loading “SimplexLogic” at all. That’s an indication it is loading the wrong config file. Check the recommendations I just posted in your other topic regarding port settings.

Also, if you are trying to start/stop svxlink via SSH, make sure you are using “service svxlink stop” and “service svxlink start”. Just typing “svxlink” will not work as expected and give you the above results. OpenRepeater runs svxlink as a service and not as cli.

73,
Aaron – N3MBH / WRFV871

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[Aaron, N3MBH]

Milan,
I checked with Richard earlier tonight and he is running Beta 3 with no issues like this. Looking at your code my hunch is that the sound cards under ports is configured incorrectly. That may partially be my fault for not documenting it very clearly. I just updated the Getting Starting Guide with a little more detail.

Here is an excerpt:

Before the repeater will be operational you will need to set the following:

• Go to the “Repeater” settings menu, set your Callsign and click “Update”.
• Go to the “TX/RX Ports” menu, set your TX and RX port settings and click “Update”. Sample Settings:
  • RX Mode: COS
  • RX GPIO Pin: 22
  • RX Audio Device: alsa:plughw:1
  • RX Audio Channel: 0
  • TX GPIO Pin: 27
  • TX Audio Device: alsa:plughw:1
  • TX Audio Channel: 1
• At the top of the screen click the “Rebuild Configs & Restart SVXLink” button.
• Restart the system. This is necessary to initiate the GPIO pins you just set with the OS.

Your settings may vary some. Give this a try and let me know if this helps.

73,
Aaron – N3MBH / WRFV871

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[Aaron, N3MBH]

Joe,
I checked with Richard earlier tonight and he is running Beta 3 with no issues like this. Looking at your code my hunch is that the sound cards under ports is configured incorrectly. That may partially be my fault for not documenting it very clearly. I just updated the Getting Starting Guide with a little more detail.

Here is an excerpt:

Before the repeater will be operational you will need to set the following:

• Go to the “Repeater” settings menu, set your Callsign and click “Update”.
• Go to the “TX/RX Ports” menu, set your TX and RX port settings and click “Update”. Sample Settings:
  • RX Mode: COS
  • RX GPIO Pin: 22
  • RX Audio Device: alsa:plughw:1
  • RX Audio Channel: 0
  • TX GPIO Pin: 27
  • TX Audio Device: alsa:plughw:1
  • TX Audio Channel: 1
• At the top of the screen click the “Rebuild Configs & Restart SVXLink” button.
• Restart the system. This is necessary to initiate the GPIO pins you just set with the OS.

Your settings may vary some. Give this a try and let me know if this helps.

73,
Aaron – N3MBH / WRFV871

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[Aaron, N3MBH]

Hello Milan,
Welcome to the forums. The errors that you are getting looks like it might be related to your USB sound card. First make sure that card is showing up using “lsusb” and “aplay -l”. Also check that you audio ports are set correctly in the PORTS tab in the web interface. If they are not you’d probably get an error like this. “RepeaterLogic” is part of the SVXLink core system. It is looking to RX and TX sections in the config file and if they have errors then it cannot start. So it is a domino effect. You get rid of the audio card issue, then everything else will likely resolve also. Good luck and let us know how it goes.

73,
Aaron

73,
Aaron – N3MBH / WRFV871

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