[Patrick, KD7WPQ]

Well tested it a few times and it seemed to work, so I’m not sure what happened and why it was locking up on startup.

[Patrick, KD7WPQ]

and I can see that potential and it shows that this group has a long term goal in mind.

I really wish I knew more about this stuff and was able to help.

I could ask around, see if someone would be willing to help create a module of AllStar. I’m not sure how all that would play out with the need for SVXLink and Asterisks. My thought was, while HAMVOIP and AllStar may be having it’s own set of problems, why not see if it would be possible to team up with AllStar to create a compatible module. That would allow for them to spend more time on the back end while others such as ORP help everyone else get connected. This would in a sense remove the load for them to need to create and/or modify the software.

AllStar’s uncertainty also means they are at a tipping point where it’s either going to take off (which it does look like) or it will fail. That also means that getting in now (if it does take off) would be a great idea! Get in while on the ground floor and ride the wave on up.

It was a thought anyhow. And I don’t really know if they’d be interested or not. I know HAMVOIP and the AllStar team haven’t played nice together and if I recall correctly HAMVOIP branched from AllStar.

I can post around and see if anyone is interested, maybe ask around. As I said before, I think dipping your toes into AllStar and maybe even IRLP would get you quite a bit of attention, attention means more people, more people means there’s a chance you might even be able to find more people that can help.

Thus far the only thing I’d like to do is build some RF backbones with my node and not be 100% dependent on internet that can fail without notice. I’d like to not use HAMVOIP but there aren’t many options for AllStar besides AllStar and HAMVOIP.

[Patrick, KD7WPQ]

As I’ve already managed to get mine to boot with the rpi-update and don’t have a spare SD card that works in the pi I’ll need to make a image of what I have then write the stock 2.0.0 image back and give it another whirl. I know it locked up before but I’ll double check and take a picture.

Here is the Pi I have and ordered.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BDR5PDW/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It is indeed a 3B+

I’ll write back when I have more to report.

[Patrick, KD7WPQ]

I do have a allstar node working right now but I don’t have any experience as a programmer or at scripting.
I’m currently running HAMVOIP and I like much of what they’ve done though you really have to dig into the config files and make changes in the config. I however don’t like the arrogance of the HAMVOIP team. It’s EXTREMELY difficult to get any assistance and I’ll just leave it at that.

Anyhow, I’ve been keeping my eye on OpenRepeater for a while, I like where you guys are going and your approach.
The fact that you have a FORUM is a HUGE plus! Makes it so much easier to dig around and find information and get community support.

I believe if you get a AllStar module added in you’ll start seeing a lot more interest and likely a lot more community pitching in. Some of the HAM community is just realizing that AllStar is out there and are starting to setup nodes.

If it were me I’d be tempted to get a hold of AllStar (https://allstarlink.org/) and let them know you are interested in making a module for your OpenRepeater project and see if you can get a endorsement and work with them to make it happen. They likely will respond positively as I doubt you’d be stepping on any toes as your project is not focused on AllStar but instead focus on being a repeater with optional modules.

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