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  • [echoirlp] Why do echolink users get "The repeater is being used locall

    From stevenvk2stg@gmail.com@432:1/101 to echoirlp@groups.io on Sat May 29 23:35:23 2021
    Hello again - I'm back with another question... re. the VK2RFS-R node.
    It seems that when an Echolink user tries to connect to the repeater node while
    the repeater is busy they hear "The Repeater is being used locally" or similar, followed by the connection being dropped. In fact, since writing the last sentence, I've just confirmed it myself. What's more, it then wouldn't let
    me connect via echolink, even once the repeater was quiet. It worked after waiting a few minutes though. It seems to us that it would be better if one could simply connect anyway - but maybe it's a EchoiRLP limitation? Or more likely I've just got something set up wrong... I can't seem to find a relevant setting to change though.
    Thanks very much for all the help given to me already,
    Steven VK2STG


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  • From David McAnally@432:1/101 to echoirlp@groups.io on Sun May 30 01:48:05 2021
    This is an IRLP setting/message. Change "export REPORTBUSY=YES" in "/home/irlp/custom/environment" to NO. Be aware this allows connecting
    nodes to interrupt a QSO in progress on the local repeater.



    On Sat, May 29, 2021 at 8:35 PM <stevenvk2stg@gmail.com> wrote:

    Hello again - I'm back with another question... re. the VK2RFS-R node.
    It seems that when an Echolink user tries to connect to the repeater node while the repeater is busy they hear "The Repeater is being used locally"
    or similar, followed by the connection being dropped. In fact, since
    writing the last sentence, I've just confirmed it myself. What's more, it then wouldn't let me connect via echolink, even once the repeater was
    quiet. It worked after waiting a few minutes though. It seems to us that it would be better if one could simply connect anyway - but maybe it's a EchoiRLP limitation? Or more likely I've just got something set up wrong...
    I can't seem to find a relevant setting to change though.
    Thanks very much for all the help given to me already,
    Steven VK2STG








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  • From stevenvk2stg@gmail.com@432:1/101 to echoirlp@groups.io on Mon May 31 00:38:09 2021
    That fixed it! Thanks David.
    I've also changed the IRLP timeout values - but haven't checked it with Echolink yet. But I'm sure it'll have done the trick there too.
    73,
    Steven


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