OpenRepeater - Backing Up & Restoring Settings

[@mikemcdonald5147]

cool project definitely different love learning about these things. General class ham here

[@GamingKing545]

can i do this without a radio i only want the node function

[@OpenrepeaterProject]

In theory this should be possible. You probably want at least a USB sound card even if you have nothing plugged into it. The. You can just assign dummy GPIOs that don’t connect to anything. You’d still need your registered EchoLink IDs to use it. You’d need separate IDs for each device if you are planning to connect to it with say something like a phone app.

[@GamingKing545]

@@OpenrepeaterProject will i still have full echolink fuction

[@OpenrepeaterProject]

@@GamingKing545 I can’t say I understand how you wish to use the node. You could use a usb headset for your sound card if you plan to use it locally. Then rig up talk button to a GPIO pin to trigger the COS. Maybe a led to the PTT GPIO to know when someone is transmitting back.
As for commands I’ve used a DTMF dial pad app successfully before. There are some more advanced ways to enable a DTMF PTY so you can pass commands via the command-line. But those are topics for more advanced Linux users.

[@GamingKing545]

@@OpenrepeaterProject i only want a echolink node without any local rx/tx functionality

[@UrbanDahlias]

Looks like there hasn't been much progress since 2019 is this project dead?

[@OpenrepeaterProject]

Nope…still active. If you check the GitHub page there has been recent development activity.