John Barrett wrote: > Someone tell me that echolink can be configured for LAN only, or that astersk > can be setup for start on boot without using a special radio interface board, > and we'll move forward along those lines :)
Asterisk doesn't require a special radio interface board. There are people using it with USB sound card "dongles" that have been modified to pull a hardware wire out for logical control of PTT and sensing of COS. You might also want to look into Skip WB2YMH's "The Link Box" or "tlb". It probably can easily do what you're trying to do. It can also use the USB dongles. The first "commercially available" pre-wired dongle I saw was this one: http://dmkeng.com/Products.htm But there's info on the mailing lists about how to find the appropriate ones via online vendors (need a specific chipset) for about $8 and do the mods to add the in/out logic wiring yourself. Neither of the above overally solutions is "plug and play"... you gotta work at it a bit. Might have to build tlb from source, even. The only "plug and pray" setup I know of is the MultiTech device. Nate WY0X
