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Wonky NODE...no RF?!?


 

Team,?
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I have a node that is up and running. Has been working fine for over a year. Until recently...I turn it on and I get no sound out to my HT. It shakes hands with wifi, shows up on the portal list as active (green), I can ping just fine with no losses, and DTMF tones are read by the node as per the Asterisk CLI....but still, I get no RF acknowledgment. I checked the SA818-menu programming and nothing changed from before when my node was working. the litlle green LED even blinks as if it's ready for transmission but when I key my HT (on the FREQ and Tone of the node) I get nothing indicating the node has locked, i.e. solid green light.

I hope I gave you every bit of data and detail I could. Oh, and I am up to date on everything running ASL3 and can get into the terminal from the web portal....literally EVERYTHING else is working as it should. I ran a report and it returned nada, as in no file.?
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Any help would be much appreciated. NO, I have not reimaged the sd card and that is my next step, but I was hoping to solve this conundrum as well.?
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Cheers and 73s,?
Brandon KI5SXE


 

From the Asterisk CLI issue the command susb key??
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Does the red LED on the SHARI board illuminate? ?(Use susb unkey to turn it off)
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That worked no problem and my HT RX the open frequency, but no joy on the RF when I PTT the same HT...
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Thanks, I was not expecting such a rapid response!


 

Here are some suggestions:
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Make sure your HT is in simplex and not repeater mode (no TX offset)
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Make sure you have the CTCSS (PL) tone set correctly.
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Do the following -
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sudo asl-menu
Allstar Node Setup Menu
Update Node <your node>
Interface Tune CLI
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Make sure item j) is set to 'no'
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Select V)
Key the HT and see if COS shows 'KEYED'
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Go back to Node settings and select 6) Expert configuration Menu then 1 Edit rpt.conf file
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Scrool down using the down arrow key until you see this
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Verify duplex = 1.? If not set it to 1
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Use <ctrl>X to exit and Y to save if you changed duplex to 1
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Use R) to restart asterisk after any changes
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Hopefully something in the above has fixed your problem.
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