Rpt.conf

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Rpt.conf is where the majority of the node configuration occurs. Important node settings such as the node CW and voice ID, touchtone commands and timers are set. The default DIAL rpt.conf is well commented (see rpt.conf on GitHub).

Node Number Stanza

The node number stanza is the first stanza in rpt.conf.

[1999]    ; Replace with your assigned node number

rxchannel

The rxchannel key/value pair selects the radio interface. There must be only one rxchannel per node. The selections are:

Value Description
dahdi/pseudo No radio, used for hubs
SimpleUSB/usb_1999 SimpleUSB (limited DSP)
Radio/usb_1999 USBRadio (full DSP)
voter/1990 RTCM
Pi/1 Raspberry Pi PiTA
Dahdi/1 PCI Quad card
Beagle/1 BeagleBoard
USRP/127.0.0.1:34001:32001 GNU Radio interface USRP

Sample:

rxchannel = dahdi/pseudo     ; No radio (hub)

Note: This is selecting what is known as (in Asterisk terminology) the channel driver.

duplex

The duplex key/value pairs sets the duplex mode for desired radio operation. Duplex mode 2 is the default if none specified.

Duplex Mode Description
0 Half duplex with no telemetry tones or hang time. Special Case: Full duplex if linktolink is set to yes. This mode is preferred when interfacing with an external multiport repeater controller. Comment out idrecording and idtalkover to suppress IDs.
1 Half duplex with telemetry tones and hang time. Does not repeat audio. This mode is preferred when interfacing a simplex node.
2 Full Duplex with telemetry tones and hang time. This mode is preferred when interfacing a repeater.
3 Full Duplex with telemetry tones and hang time, but no repeated audio.
4 Full Duplex with telemetry tones and hang time. Repeated audio only when the autopatch is down.

Sample:

duplex = 0     ; 0 = Half duplex with no telemetry tones or hang time.

controlstates

This setting defines the name of the variable named control state stanza. Control states are an optional feature which allows groups of control operator commands to be executed all at once. To use control states, define an entry in your node stanzas to point to a dedicated control state stanza like this:

controlstates = controlstates     ; points to variable named control state stanza

[controlstates]
0 = rptena,lnkena,apena,totena,ufena,noicd  ; Normal operation                                  
1 = rptena,lnkena,apdis,totdis,ufena,noice  ; Net and news operation                                             
2 = rptena,lnkdis,apdis,totena,ufdis,noice  ; Repeater only operation

Functions Stanza

Status Commands

Status commands provide general information about the node.

Status Status Function
1 Force ID (global)
2 Give Time of Day (global)
3 Give software Version (global)
4 Give GPS location info
5 Speak the last (dtmf) user
11 Force ID (local only)
12 Give Time of Day (local only)

COP Commands

COP (control operator) commands are privileged commands. Node admins may provide some of these to their user community based on personal preference. COP commands within rpt.conf take the general format of key/value pairs. This COP 7 example would set touchtone *99 to enable the timeout timer.

99 = cop,7

Some COP commands can take multiple parameters. For example this COP 48 would send #3#607 on command.

900=cop,48,#,3,#,6,0,7
COP COP Function
1 System warm boot
2 System enable
3 System disable
4 Test Tone On/Off
5 Dump System Variables on Console (debug)
6 PTT (phone mode only)
7 Time out timer enable
8 Time out timer disable
9 Autopatch enable
10 Autopatch disable
11 Link enable
12 Link disable
13 Query System State
14 Change System State
15 Scheduler Enable
16 Scheduler Disable
17 User functions (time, id, etc) enable
18 User functions (time, id, etc) disable
19 Select alternate hang timer
20 Select standard hang timer
21 Enable Parrot Mode
22 Disable Parrot Mode
23 Birdbath (Current Parrot Cleanup/Flush)
24 Flush all telemetry
25 Query last node un-keyed
26 Query all nodes keyed/unkeyed
27 Reset DAQ minimum on a pin
28 Reset DAQ maximum on a pin
30 Recall Memory Setting in Attached Xcvr
31 Channel Selector for Parallel Programmed Xcvr
32 Touchtone pad test: command + Digit string + # to playback all digits pressed
33 Local Telemetry Output Enable
34 Local Telemetry Output Disable
35 Local Telemetry Output on Demand
36 Foreign Link Local Output Path Enable
37 Foreign Link Local Output Path Disable
38 Foreign Link Local Output Path Follows Local Telemetry
39 Foreign Link Local Output Path on Demand
42 Echolink announce node # only
43 Echolink announce node Callsign only
44 Echolink announce node # & Callsign
45 Link Activity timer enable
46 Link Activity timer disable
47 Reset "Link Config Changed" Flag
48 Send Page Tone (Tone specs separated by parenthesis)
49 Disable incoming connections (control state noice)
50 Enable incoming connections (control state noicd)
51 Enable sleep mode
52 Disable sleep mode
53 Wake up from sleep
54 Go to sleep
55 Parrot Once if parrot mode is disabled
56 Rx CTCSS Enable
57 Rx CTCSS Disable
58 Tx CTCSS On Input only Enable
59 Tx CTCSS On Input only Disable
60 Send MDC-1200 Burst (cop,60,type,UnitID[,DestID,SubCode])

Type is 'I' for PttID, 'E' for Emergency, and 'C' for Call (SelCall or Alert), or 'SX' for STS (ststus), where X is 0-F. DestID and subcode are only specified for the 'C' type message. UnitID is the local systems UnitID. DestID is the MDC1200 ID of the radio being called, and the subcodes are as follows: Subcode '8205' is Voice Selective Call for Spectra ('Call') Subcode '8015' is Voice Selective Call for Maxtrac ('SC') or Astro-Saber('Call') Subcode '810D' is Call Alert (like Maxtrac 'CA')

61 Send Message to USB to control GPIO pins (cop,61,GPIO1=0[,GPIO4=1].....)
62 Send Message to USB to control GPIO pins, quietly (cop,62,GPIO1=0[,GPIO4=1].....)
63 Send pre-configred APRSTT notification (cop,63,CALL[,OVERLAYCHR])
64 Send pre-configred APRSTT notification, quietly (cop,64,CALL[,OVERLAYCHR])
65 Send POCSAG page (equipped channel types only)

Linking Commands

Remote Base Commands

Nodes Stanza

[nodes]

Telemetry Stanza

Morse Stanza

Wait Times Stanza

Memory Stanza

Macro Stanza

Control States Stanza

Schedule Stanza

DAQ List Stanza

Meter Faces Stanza

Alarms Stanza