ModuleFrn.conf - Configuration file for the SvxLink server Free
Radio Network (FRN) module
svxlink is a general purpose voice service system for ham
radio use. This man-page describe the SvxLink server configuration for the
FRN module.
The FRN module is used to connect to Free Radio Network (FRN)
servers.
There are a couple of configuration variables that are common to
all modules. The documentation for these can be found in the
svxlink.conf(5) manual page.
Here is the description of all module specific configuration
variables that the SvxLink FRN module understands.
- SERVER
- Free Radio Network (FRN) server hostname or ip address, you can find a
list of active servers using FRN desktop application or at
http://freeradionetwork.eu web page.
- PORT
- FRN server port number
- SERVER_BACKUP
- Free Radio Network (FRN) backup server hostname or ip address. When
connectivity to main SERVER is not possible connection will fallback to
this server.
- PORT_BACKUP
- FRN backup server port number
- VERSION
- Identify itself as a FRN client with this version.
- EMAIL_ADDRESS
- Your email address, which was used during registration.
- DYN_PASSWORD
- Password provided to you by FRN on registration.
- CLIENT_TYPE
- Type of the client:
0 - crosslink
1 - gateway
2 - pc only
Read more at http://freeradionetwork.eu/frnprotocol.htm web
page.
- CALLSIGN_AND_USER
- Your callsign and user name used during registration, for example
"1234, Bob".
- BAND_AND_CHANNEL
- In case of PC only user, this is 'PC Only'. In case of a crosslink this is
'Crosslink'. In case of a gateway this is the frequancy in full Mhz and
kHz separated by a
'.' (dot), followed by the mode 'FM', 'AM' or 'DIG', followed by a space
and the squelch type 'CTC', 'DSC' or 'NONE' followed by the CTC frequency
or ID code.
Examples:
446.03125FM CTC131.8
28.12500AM
145.43750FM DCS828
446.02625DIG CID123
- DESCRIPTION
- Custom extra information about the node.
- COUNTRY
- Full name of the country.
- CITY_CITY_PART
- The city and the part of the city, or the part of the country and the city
divided by a minus sign, for example "City - Street".
- NET
- Network (room) where to connect, each server holds up to 32 networks
(rooms).
- FRN_DEBUG
- Define to enable extensive module logging, including FRN request and
response printout.
- DISABLE_RF
- Define to disable sending voice from FRN to RIG. Nothing will be
transmitted by radio (could be switched ON by DTMF command later if
needed)
To register at FRN service it is possible to use native desktop
client or just register using netcat:
echo 'IG:\
<ON>[CallsignAndUser]</ON>\
<EA>[EMailAddress]</EA>\
<BC>[BandAndChannel]</BC>\
<DS>[Description]</DS>\
<NN>[Country]</NN>\
<CT>[CityCityPart]</CT>' | nc -v sysman.freeradionetwork.eu
10025
FRN System Manager should return OK in case of successful
registration.
More information about new user registration is available at
http://freeradionetwork.eu/frnprotocol.htm
- /etc/svxlink/svxlink.conf (or deprecated
/etc/svxlink.conf)
- The system wide configuration file.
- ~/.svxlink/svxlink.conf
- Per user configuration file.
- /etc/svxlink/svxlink.d/ModuleFrn.conf
- Global modularized configuration file. Depends on the CFG_DIR
configuration variable setting.
- ~/.svxlink/svxlink.d/ModuleFrn.conf
- Per user modularized configuration file. Depends on the CFG_DIR
configuration variable setting.
Tobias Blomberg (SM0SVX) <sm0svx at users dot sourceforge dot
net>