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EDITING / CONFIGURING app_rpt FILES and OPTIONS

Next step, if you started from the beginning of our quickie install example, is to edit and configure the system files. If you want to start from the beginning CLICK HERE

A quick word once again, we are not exploring all the options you may have with this. We are assuming you care not about reading up on this stuff before you make a move. This data only pertains to ACID install.

Some rules here are that any part of a line in a .conf file that starts with ; (semicolon) is ignored and. can appear anywhere on a line but the system ignores anything after it. Lines can be very long so don’t be confused if they wordwrap to the next line.

All .conf files are located in /etc/asterisk

You can edit these .conf files locally using the “NANO” editor (included in install).

We will start with extensions.conf

cd […]

app_rpt – Asterisk HAM Radio Repeater Controller – The Skinny Set-Up

app_rpt is a software app written in C for the open source ASTERISK PBX that will basically turn Asterisk into a voice switch for radio equipment. A repeater controller/remote base with phone patch and internet linking with echolink and/or allstarlink and or private linking between repeaters and/or phone systems.

The primary group of folks using this as a “great ham repeater switch” would be the ALLSTARLINK.ORG group. However, documentation is sparse and some that you find on the net is not fully explained. I could never find the info I was looking for to do a set-up of remote bases and found many broken links to what looked like what I needed. I found a alternative way… looking at the source code. (located in /usr/src/astsrc/asterisk/apps/app_rpt.c)

For those of you looking to get up and running, I will note it does take a little time and even more if you have […]

Must Have’s In Your Engineering Box Of Tricks Toolbox

Well, If you are new to experimenting projects or involved with them frequently, here is a list of inexpensive items you should have in your experimenters box of tricks.

Outside of a basic computer you will find use for these.

1-A couple of RS-232 and/or USB to TTL level converters.

Most modern digital projects now-a-days have communication lines for programming options. A level converter is normally required for using your computer to change the type of signaling required to do the job.

Most of the time a MAXIM max232cpe chip will do the job requiring few external parts and some time to construct but with the supply of inexpensive

USB to TTL converter

imports from China, you can buy cables ready made on eBay at the same expense. Please also note the little jumper cables pictured here are also handy items to have but a bit longer would […]

The Midnight Engineer To Test the MikroKopter Octo-XL & A.R.DRONE RC HELICOPTERS

Not your fathers RC Aircraft would be the word on these truly unique types of helicopters. First is the A.R. Drone made by Parrot (parrot.com) that is a true quad rotor (4 engine/propeller) that uses a iPhone/iPad wifi for the controller. The second is the Mikrokopter OCTO-XL that is a large true 8 rotor helicopter that is so far advanced that it simply blows anything you might have thought about RC aircraft out of the air. […]

Mike’s BTU Calculator For Fuel/BTU Price Comparison

Enter your prices for fuel in your area and your consumption of your fuel and see what it would cost you in other fuels to heat with etc… […]

Kitty-C.A.T. for the Yaesu FT-1000 & D (dos)

CAT Control Software For The Yaesu FT-1000 DOS […]

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