User`s Manual
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1. PAP eB rca Baer A Kera Buoue rer west tor f Fav oa fe fof racon f cottoo J visable Po Running s EF 1o30 09 22 02 1o30 02 22 02 E The Console Screen is the main monitor and control screen for the operation of the IRLP Node The Console Main Display Window shows the following information about the status of the Node The Top Line displays the nodes current state If the node is connected it shows the connection type IRLP or ECHO and the connected node s Node Number and Callsign Last_In Last_Out and Last CW display the Last Call Received Last Call Made and Last Call Waiting The connection Time or Date if greater than 24 hours is also shown If the Time shows a minus it is the previous days time Interval displays the length of time the node has been in its current state Codec and Port display the Codec and Port being used when connected to another node TimeOut displays whether the Connection Timer is Enabled or Disabled EchoLink displays whether EchoLink operation is Enabled or Disabled This Item is only shown if EcholIRLP has been installed on the node CONSOLE cont The lower Window in the display shows the command response information returned from the last command sent from the console The Indicators to the left of the main window show the states of the nodes various Inputs and Outputs The Buttons belo2. Click the highlighted caption to Toggle the EchoLink Operation Mode This only works if the node is not connected to another node CONSOLE cont Standard IRLP Functions ae g koza fo accry 9 kkzav uvode Retl west Ret f Fav A i oo E Clicking the Enable button will Enable IRLP operation Clicking the Disable button will Disable IRLP operation Clicking the Get_Log button will display the latest entries in the IRLP Log File in the display window Clicking the End_Call button will Disconnect the current connection Send DTMF Commands amp Regenerated Tones Age g za fo aes o krav funodererf west Ret f Fav a ERF la To Send a DIMF Command enter the DTMF Text Code in the Yellow DTMF Text Box above the DTMF Buttons Valid characters are 0123456789ABCD SP To Send the DTMF Code as a Command to the Node Click the DTMF_Out button To Regenerate the DTMF Code as Audio Tones out of the Node Click the DTMF_Reg button Note If the node is using a Prefix DTMF Code be sure to add the Prefix Code to the Command DTMF Code CONSOLE cont Favorite Node Buttons PPI ven Dacor A rav fonoa nerf west nor f Fav x NOG Ena can Enable DTMF Reo Mig EOE W IRLPvCON can have up to 15 Favorite Nodes programmed into it The Favorite Nodes are arranged as three 3 banks of five 5 nodes each Clicking a Favorite Butt
3. IRLPvCON 4 00 USER S MANUAL IRLPvCON Software Package A Visual Point amp Click User Interface amp Monitor For IRLP Nodes K6IB 3 IRLP 3332 Freq 434 300 Mhz ECHO 304744 9660 Reflector cos ose l 3724 AUX 1 S 1 9660 AUX 2 1028 I 3012 AUX 3 DTMF DIGIT PL 85 4 Hz CONNECTED K7IZA R Codec ADPCM Reflector Port 2074 AE6TV R TimeOut Disabled 10 26 K6IB Hode 3184 NODE IDLE North Pacific Last IN 6 l 3724 K7IZA R Codec Ocean Last OUT 2A 1 9660 Reflector Port TRANSMIT Last CW i I 3012 AE6GTV R TimeOut Enabled on Interval EchoLink Enabled PEN End vCon Reply OK D aux aux 2 a aux 3 D oT DIGIT OTMF em ea vcore orav unose rer wester rav a es eero nime p oee running Bb ga ia 09 22 02 LOCAL 1030 02 22 02 E SOFTWARE VERSION 4 00 K6IB com Fremont California IRLPVCON K6IB Hode 3184 NODE IDLE Last IN 10 26 l 3724 K7IZA R Codec Last OUT 11 424 1 9660 Reflector Port Last CV 10 28 l 3012 AE6TV R TimeOut Enabled Interval 14 39 27 EchoLink Enabled End vCon Reply OK efef ea f asm f kav funodererf west Ret f Fav a BIE r 10 30 09 22 02 10 30 02 22 02 E The IRLPVCON package was created to provide a complete real time visual admin console for an IRLP node It provides all of the monitoring and control functions necessary to operate an IRLP EcholR
4. LP node using a JavaScript Enabled Web Browser It also includes a real time status monitor IRLPVMON and connection map monitor IRLPVMAP To access IRLPvCON point a JavaScript Enabled browser to the URL your ip address irlpvcon This will bring up the main IRLPvCON Display with the Console Screen The buttons along the bottom of the display are used to bring up different screens Clicking the Console button will bring up the Console Screen which is the main monitor and control screen for the operation of the IRLP Node Clicking the Map button will bring up the Connected Node Map Screen Clicking the Setup button will bring up the IRLPVCON Setup Screen used to setup information about the node and IRLPvCON operation Clicking the Admin button will bring up the Admin Screen which is used to set password protection for IRLPvCON IMPORTANT NOTE The IRLPvCON program can be Password Protected This protection is setup through the Setup Screen It is Strongly Recommended that Password Protection be used if the unit s HTTP Server Port is exposed to the Wide Area Network Internet CONSOLE Paes IRLP 9660 Reflector CONNECTED Last IN 10 26 l 3724 K7IZA R Codec ADPCM Last OUT 11 424 l 9660 Reflector Port 2074 Last CVV 10 28 l 3012 AE6TV R TimeOut Disabled Interval 14 39 27 EchoLink Enabled COMMAND LINK ESTABLISHED End vCon Reply OK
5. Password Protection Leave The USER NAME and PASSWORD Text Boxes Blank And Click SET PASSWORD See the Trouble Shooting Section on how to Reset Password Protection if password login information is forgotten IMPORTANT NOTE It is Strongly Recommended that Password Protection be used if the unit s HTTP Server Port is exposed to the Wide Area Network Internet USERS MANUAL FOR IRLPvCON 4 00 Click the USER_MANUAL button to view the PDF Users Manual for IRLPVCON 4 00 IRLPVMON The IRLPVMON Monitor Screen is a display that shows the real time status of the node It is a Monitor Only and has No Control Capability Since the monitor has no capability to control anything on the node it is not behind the IRLPVCON password protection system This allows the Monitor to be viewed by anyone while still providing protection to the IRLPvCON package To access the Monitor Screen point a JavaScript Enabled browser to the URL your ip address irlpvmon ADD IRLPvMON TO YOUR WEB SITE IRLPvVMON can be easily added to any web site by inserting it as an IFrame in an HTML document on any server HTML Code Example lt IFRAME HEIGHT 200 WIDTH 540 BORDER 0 FRAMEBORDER 0 SCROLLING NO NORESIZE NORESIZE SRC your ip address irlpvmon gt lt IFRAME gt In order to make the monitor blend in with your web site s colors the background color of the monitor may be set to any color This
6. ace built on the board use Ox3BC In rare cases it may have been setup as LPT2 with the address of 0x278 If necessary try each setting to find the one that makes the indicators work properly Note Be sure to click the Submit button after Making Changes to Setup Values SETUP cont IRLPvCON SETUP Favorite Button Setup DTMF Code Button Caption 3724 KZA 3019 AEGTV 3515 KK7AV 9660 uNode Ref 9250 West Ref SETUP FAVORITE NODE BUTTONS The Favorite Buttons are arranged as three 3 banks each having five 5 favorites Favorites A 1 through A 5 are in Bank A Favorites B 1 through B 5 are in Bank B and Favorites C 1 through C 5 are in Bank C To add a Favorite enter the DTMF Command to use for the Favorite in the DTMF Code column and the Button Caption to display in the Button Caption column The number of characters for the caption is limited to fit within the button Valid Characters for the DTMF Command Code Are 0123456789ABCDSP Note If the node is using a Prefix DTMF Code be sure to add the Prefix Code to the Command DTMF Codes Note Be sure to click the Submit button after Making Changes to Setup Values SETUP cont IRLPvCON SETUP Function Button Setup Checking Regen Box Sends Regenerated DTMF Tones Instead Of A DTMF Command Send DTMF Code Popup Caption Regen so Speak Node Status 4 s9 Speak Local Time KA I D123P1 Enable L
7. eb Site K6IB com IRLPvCON Software Package License Agreement By Downloading Installing Copying or Otherwise Using the IRLPvCON Software Package you agree to be bound by the following terms of agreement IRLPVCON is a copyrighted package that is provided on a royalty free license basis to Radio Amateurs for use on their Personal or Club IRLP Nodes Modification is permitted as long as the Copyright Information Remains Intact Any Copying Distribution Modification For Distribution or Any Commercial Use Requires Written Permission While a great deal of effort has gone into testing and verifying the package the IRLPvCON package is provided AS IS without warranty of any kind There is no guarantee that it will work on all IRLP nodes The Person Downloading And Or Using The Package assumes any and all consequences arising out of the installation and use or inability to use this software package 2009 by Brent W Sylvester K6IB All Rights Reserved
8. grammed in the Setup Screen When the node is connected to another node that node s location will be displayed with a Green Marker Either marker will display a Yellow Dot when that node is transmitting The Location plus the Distance and Bearing from the Local node to the connected node can be displayed by clicking the INFO button This will bring up an Info window in the lower left of the map Clicking the Center buttons will center the map on the selected node or both The Zoom buttons zoom the map view In amp Out This screen displays real time information and can be started or halted by clicking the RUNNING button Notes The Node s Latitude amp Longitude Values MUST BE SET in the Setup Screen before the Map Monitor will work The Map will only show locations of IRLP nodes that have provided Lat Long information to IRLP net The Map Will Not Show Locations For EchoLink Connections SETUP IRLPvCON SETUP Monitor Setup Information Enter The Node Frequency In Mhz For Monitor Display Example 146 230 Enter The Node PL Tone In Hz For Monitor Display Example 100 0 Enter The Latitude Of The Node For Map Monitor Decimal Degrees Enter A NEGATIVE Number For A SOUTH Latiatude Value Enter The Longitude Of The Node For Map Monitor Longitude 122 04 l Decimal Degrees Enter A NEGATIVE Number For A WEST Longitude Value ehol ink Node 304744 Enter The EchoLink Node Numbe
9. he node This permits a remote computer running the SpeakFreely program to communicate over the node It Does Not Allow A Connection with Any Other IRLP Node To make a Remote Call to your node enter the IP Address of the computer running the IRLPVCON program in the Blue Remote Call Text Box This Must Be An IP Address and Not A DNS Name Select the Codec Type to use ADPCM or GSM Click the Rmt_Call button This will connect the computer running IRLPVCON to the node You can now use the SpeakFreely program to Talk and Listen over the node CONSOLE cont Running Start amp Indicators pa eh kaza f aestru o kkzav uvode Rerll west Ret f Fav a i oo a The Running Start button sets the Console mode to Run or Halt When the console is in the Run mode its buttons are active and the display is continuously updated with real time node information The T indicator lights Yellow when the console is Transmitting a Command The R indicator lights Green when the console is receiving a new update 7T MB AB SK r ON jn 4 MT r ND MN Da a Je OR p wy sD P KT a NE IL yy OH PA KS MO KY OK AR TN MS AL 399 Miles 105 The Map Screen displays the Local location and the location of any connected IRLP node The Local location is shown with a Red Marker This location is taken from the Latitude and Longitude values pro
10. he node is using EcholRLP This value is only used to display the EchoLink node number on the IRLPvMON Monitor Refresh Interval Enter the update refresh time interval in Milliseconds for the IRLPVMON and IRLPvMAP Monitor Displays The minimum interval value is 500 Milliseconds Refresh Loops Enter the number of update refresh cycles to display before the IRLPVMON and IRLPvMAP Monitors time out and have to be restarted Enter 0 to Disable this Timout Option Log Lines Enter the number of Log Entry Lines to be returned to the Console Display when the Get Log button is clicked This may be a value of 5 to 99 lines Console Color Enter an RGB Console Background Color This color will be used for the background color for the IRLPVCON Console Display The value Must Be a Six 6 Digit Hex RGB value between 000000 and FFFFFF Monitor Color Enter an RGB Monitor Background Color This color will be used for the background color for both the IRLPVMON and IRLPvMAP Monitor Displays The value Must Be a Six 6 Digit Hex RGB value between 000000 and FFFFFF LPT Port Address In order for IRLPvCON to display the Indicators correctly it needs to know the LPT Port Address that the node is using for the IRLP Interface If This Value Is Set Incorrectly All The Indicators Will Be ON Use the Dropdown Box to select the Port Address for IRLPvCON to monitor Most nodes use the default address of 0x378 Some computers that have the Video and LPT interf
11. ink x D123P0 Disable Link mE SETUP FUNCTION BUTTONS To add a Special Function enter the DTMF Command or Regenerated Code to use for the Special Function in the Send DTMF Code column and the Popup Caption to display in the Popup Caption column If the DTMF Code is to be sent as an IRLP DTMF Command leave the Regen Box Unchecked If the DTMF Code is to be sent as Regenerated DTMF Audio check the Regen Box Valid Characters for the DTMF Command Code Are 0123456789ABCDSP Note If the node is using a Prefix DTMF Code be sure to add the Prefix Code to the Command DTMF Codes Note Be sure to click the Submit button after Making Changes ADMIN SET IRLPvCON PASSWORD PROTECTION To Set IRLPyCon Pa ord Protection Enter 4 User Name Anc ford B SET PASSWORD USER MANUAL Click USER MANUAL To View The Users Manual For IRLPvCON 4 00 Console Map Setup Admin SET PROTECTED IRLPvCON ACCESS To setup or change the setting for Protected Access to the IRLPvCON program enter the User Name and Password to use in the USER_NAME and PASSWORD Text Boxes Be aware that Both Of These Are Case Sensitive After entering the User Name and Password click the SET_PASSWORD Button This will bring up a Verify Screen To set the new User Name and Password click the SUBMIT button on the Verify Screen Note To Disable
12. is done using the Monitor Color setting in the Setup Screen IRLPvVMAP es i MN a 3 wi tv P A A MN NI IL yy OH PA KS MO ey vats OK ar IN NC SC MS AL sD NE Reflector The IRLPvVMAP Monitor Screen is a real time map display that shows your node s location and the location of any IRLP node that is connected to it To work It requires the Latitude and Longitude information be set using the Setup Screen It is a Monitor Only and like the Monitor Screen it is not behind the IRLPVCON password protection system To access the IRLPvMAP Screen point a JavaScript Enabled browser to the URL your ip address irlpvmap ADD IRLPvMAP TO YOUR WEB SITE IRLPvMAP can be easily added to any web site by inserting it as an IFrame in an HTML document on any server HTML Code Example lt IFRAME HEIGHT 364 WIDTH 620 BORDER 0 FRAMEBORDER 0 SCROLLING NO NORESIZE NORESIZE SRC your ip address irlpvmap gt lt IFRAME gt In order to make the monitor blend in with your web site s colors the background color of the monitor may be set to any color This is done using the Monitor Color setting in the Setup Screen TROUBLE SHOOTING Remove IRLPvCON Password Protection In case the IRLPvCON Password Protection information is forgotten the protection can be removed by doing the following Log into Linux as user root and enter the command var www irlpvutil remove_pwd Connection Informatio
13. n Does Not Display If the connection information does not display and the node already had the scripts custom_on amp custom_off installed for other operations it is possible that the new lines for IRLPVCON were not placed in a location where they would be executed To fix this problem make sure the lines below are located in their respective script file where they will always be executed and not after an Exit statement or ina Conditional Section Make sure that the line var www irlpvutil vstat_on 1 in the home irlp custom custom_on file Will Always Be Executed and the line var www irlpvutil vstat_off in the home irlp custom custom_off file Will Always Be Executed All The Console Indicators Are On The IRLPvCON program LPT Port Address is probably set incorrectly Read about LPT Port Address in the Setup Section of this Manual Apache Listen Port Setting Be Aware If you have installed the IRLP Remote Admin Program Apache may have been set to listen on port 15426 If that is the case All Browser Calls to the Apache server Must be made with that port number Example http your ip address 15426 irlpvcon APPENDIX IRLPvCON Software Package hope you will find IRLPvCon a useful tool on your IRLP node If you encounter problems or have questions or comments let me know Please include the word irlovcon in the subject line of any E Mails Brent K6I B E Mail irlp K6IB com W
14. on will connect the node to that Favorite s Programmed Node The far right Select Fav button is used to step between the three Favorite Banks Special Function Buttons Say Node Status ji J cnacan f ceto nisabie f Enae Running i IRLPvCon can have up to 6 Special Functions programmed into it These functions can be either a DTMF Command to the node or Regenerated DTMF Audio Tones for controlling a repeater linked to the node Clicking a Special Function button will perform that buttons programmed function Moving the mouse cursor over the button will bring up the Popup Caption Name for that function Note Both the Favorite Node amp Special Function Buttons Captions and DTMF Codes are programmed using the Setup Screen CONSOLE cont Flip Frame K ECE EA ETA a a POU eca ooo DTMF Reo Mg fa The bottom right section of the console contains a Flip Frame This frame can be set to display several items To change which Flip Frame is in view click the button TIME CLOCK FRAME The Time Clock Frame displays the current time in both UTC and the Local computer time Clicking on LOCAL in the time display can change the display format of the Local Time This time is derived from the local computer s clock and not the IRLP Node REMOTE ADMIN FRAME The Remote Admin Frame displays controls Remote Admin operation The IRLP program allows for a Remote Call to t
15. r If Node Is Using EcholRLP EchoLink Node ns Used For Monitor Display Only s F N ili itor R i Refresh Interval 4000 Enter umber Of Miliseconds Between Monitor Refreshes Minimum 500 The IRLPvCON Setup Screen is used to set node information and operation variables for the operation of IRLPvCON IRLPvVMON and IRLPvMap programs Enter the information and then click the Submit Button to save the information After submitting changes it may be necessary to refresh the various monitor screens for the changes to take effect SETUP PROGRAM VARIABLES Frequency Enter the Frequency in MHz that the node operates on This value sets the Frequency that will be displayed on the IRLPvMON Monitor PL Tone Enter the PL Tone Frequency in Hz That the node uses This value sets the PL Tone that will be displayed on the IRLPvMON Monitor Latitude Enter the Latitude in decimal degrees of where the node is located Precede the value with a minus if the value is a South Latitude value This will determine where the Local Node Map Marker Is Displayed and MUST BE SET for the IRLPvMAP Monitor to work Longitude Enter the Longitude in decimal degrees of where the node is located Precede the value with a minus if the value is a West Longitude value This will determine where the Local Node Map Marker Is Displayed and MUST BE SET for the IRLPvMAP Monitor to work SETUP cont EchoLink Node Enter the EchoLink Node Number if t
16. w the main display window are used to send commands and control various functions on the Node A detailed description of these buttons and their functions plus other command control options follows Note In operation it should be noted that depending on the state of the node various buttons and options are disabled For example if the node were connected any button or option that would attempt to make a connection would be disabled while the End Call button would be enabled CONSOLE cont Outputs Last Reconnect Connect Timer EchoLink H oe __ 4A 2 ir 14 39 27 The operation of the nodes Aux outputs can be controlled by moving the mouse cursor over the desired Indicator At that time the indicator will show a 0 and 1 box Click the 0 to force the Output Off or click the 1 to force the Output On To reconnect to any of the Last Connections move the mouse cursor over the desired Last Connection caption The caption will become highlighted Click the highlighted caption to reconnect to that node This only works if the node is Idle To Disable or Enable the connection Time Out Timer move the mouse cursor over the Time Out caption The caption will become highlighted Click the highlighted caption to toggle the Time Out Timer operation If the node has EcholRLP Installed then Echolink operation can be Enabled or Disabled by moving the mouse cursor over the EchoLink caption The caption will become highlighted
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