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Welcome to the AllStarLink Wiki

AllStarLink is a world wide network of Amateur Radio repeaters, remote base stations, and hot spots accessible to each other via the Internet and/or private IP networks. AllStar software runs on a dedicated Linux computer (including the Raspberry Pi) that you host at your home, radio site, clubhouse, school, university, workplace, or computer center. AllStar is based on the open source Asterisk PBX and is released under the GNU GPL and is free for anyone to use. The core of AllStar and AllStarLink is the powerful app_rpt application and associated modules that load into the Asterisk PBX system.

Main Menus

• What is AllStar? - A YouTube Video from Ham Radio Dude with KC9ONA.
• Beginners Guide - Step by step instructions to create your account and AllStarLink node.
• Features - List of the many AllStarLink Features
• ASL FAQ - Frequently asked questions about AllStarLink
• How To's - A collection of AllStarLink how to's.
• Radio Connections - Instructions to Connect Radios, Repeaters and Other Devices to AllStar.
• Radioless Connections - How to connect to an AllStarLink node if you don't have a radio.
• Node Configuration - Detailed configuration settings.
• Troubleshooting - Troubleshooting common problems, things to try, and hints to solve the problem.
• Allmon2 Install - Allmon2 step by step instructions for install and setup Allmon2.
• NNX - Node Number Extensions. Expand any issued node number to as many as 10 node numbers.
• ASL Website Password Reset - How to reset your password at www.allstarlink.org.
• Change call sign - Step by step on how to change your callsign on your ASL account and node.
• Find my node number - How can you find your node number(s) on your ASL account.
• Change node password - Step by step call sign change passwords.
• Development - Information regarding development of the AllStarLink software (i.e., contributing, etc).
• Credits / Contributions - Credits to all of the people that made this project possible.

Use the All Pages link to see a complete list of everything on the Wiki.

Downloads

• ASL 1.01 Intel/AMD Latest AllStarLink installer for x86/AMD
• Pi 1.01 Latest AllStarLink image for the Raspberry Pi
• ASL Images AllStarLink Images
• ASL FAQ - Install ASL on your existing Debian box or VM

Note: The ASL 1.01 installer is a Network installer and still uses the dvswitch.org site to download the .deb install files.

ASL Beta Images

The distribution has been updated to Debian 10 (buster) to allow users to use the latest apt packages, kernels, and boot on a Raspberry Pi 2, 3, or 4. The core Asterisk AllStarLink version has also been updated to 2.0.0-beta, and has several updates and fixes. Beta images should only be used by advanced users. Use at your own risk.

ASL 2 Beta Changelog

Have fun!

Beta Download

• AllStarLink ASL 2.0.0-beta Images for Intel/AMD and the Raspberry Pi 2, 3, or 4

These are the same files but without html page in front of them:

• ASL Images Beta AllStarLink BETA Images Repository
• Pi2-3-4 BETA AllStarLink image for the Raspberry Pi 2, 3, or 4

Beta Documentation

ASL Beta Documentation

Install from ASL Repository

As an alternative to installing the ASL image, you can install Debian 10 (11 and 12 soon, I hope) yourself and then add the ASL repo. This is the recommended procedure to install on a VM where a .iso cannot be uploaded. The DAHDI package can be finicky with newer kernels and this won't work if the Linux headers don't match the Linux kernel.

Install the ASL Repository

As root (or with sudo) run the following commands to install the ASL repo. Overwrite the keyring file if prompted.

apt update
apt install curl gpg

cd /tmp
wget http://apt.allstarlink.org/repos/asl_builds/install-allstarlink-repository
chmod +x install-allstarlink-repository
./install-allstarlink-repository

Install ASL

Next as root (or with sudo) run the following commands to install ASL.

apt -y install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
apt -y install asl-asterisk
apt -y install allstar-helpers
apt -y install asl-dahdi-linux
apt -y install asl-update-node-list

If you are installing on a Raspberry Pi add:

apt -y install asl-raspberrypi-kernel
apt -y install asl-raspberrypi-kernel-headers

Bug Reports

Have a problem with the new ASL? Submit a bug/issue report here:

https://github.com/AllStarLink/ASL-Live-Build/issues

Development / Building

• Compiling - Building ASL from source
• Development - Pages related to AllStarLink Development
• Contributing - How to contribute to the AllStarLink project. We are currently looking for new volunteers!
• Public APIs - Public JSON APIs that you can consume to get node information.
• URI scheme - Used to instruct clients to perform certain commands on nodes
• DAHDI Dummy - How to fix audio stutter on ASL based Raspberry PI images
• Infrastructure - Information about AllStarLink's backend infrastructure

Como Hacer

• Guia para principaintes - Configuración paso a paso de AllStarLink para principiantes.
• Instalación de Allmon2 - Instalación y configuración de Allmon2 para principiantes.
• Resetear contraseña ASL - Como resetear la contraseña de su cuenta en el sitio allstarlink.
• Cambiar el indicativo - Guía paso a paso para cambiar indicativo en el sitio y el nodo.
• Ver mi número de nodo - Como ver tu número de nodo(s) en tu cuenta de ASL.
• Cambiar la contraseña de un nodo - Guia paso a paso para cambiar la contraseña en un nodo.

Descargas

• ASL AMD Última versión del instalador de AllStarLink para x86/AMD (sitio principal).
• ASL AMD Última versión del instalador de AllStarLink para x86/AMD (sitio alterno).
• Pi Última versión de la imágen de AllStarLink para Raspberry Pi.

Related Links

• AllStarLink - Sign up and administer your AllStar nodes.
• Live Node Count - Live count of registered and online AllStarLink nodes.
• AllStarLink Nodelist - The searchable and sortable node list.
• AllStarLink Stats - Live node statistics, such as current connections, and keyed up nodes.
• AllStarLink Support Forum - Ask any AllStar question, find answers, communicate with other users and AllStarLink principals.
• AllStarLink Helpdesk - The help desk is primarily for assistance with your AllStarLink account.
• Source Code - All of the source code for the AllStarLink Asterisk and app_rpt is available on GitHub.

History

• History from the Duuude, Jim Dixon WB6NIL SK 12/16/2016.
• Thru-hole Voter Board from Jim Dixon

Organization

• ASLCorporate:The Organization - AllStarLink Inc - What is AllStarLink?
• ASLCorporate:The Beginning - AllStarLink Inc - How AllStarLink came to be.
• ASLCorporate:ASL Meeting Minutes - AllStarLink, Inc Official Meeting Minutes

References

• Git - The Simple Guide - A handy reference for getting started with Git.
• Ryans Tutorials - Linux Tutorial - Cheat Sheet Handy Cheat Sheet of Linux commands.
• The Linux Training Foundation - Introduction to Linux A free eight week course with optional certificate that teaches how to use Linux.