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NAME

       ModuleEchoLink.conf - Configuration file for the SvxLink server EchoLink module

DESCRIPTION

       svxlink  is  a  general  purpose  voice  service  system  for ham radio use. This man-page
       describe the SvxLink server configuration for the EchoLink module.

       The EchoLink module is used to connect to other EchoLink stations.

CONFIGURATION VARIABLES

       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
       EchoLink module understands.

   ModuleEchoLink
       ALLOW_IP
              Use this variable very carefully. Connections originating  from  the  given  subnet
              will not be checked against the EchoLink directory server. A typical use of this is
              if you want to connect to your own svxlink server and both the server and  you  are
              behind a IP masquerading firewall.

       DROP_INCOMING
              Drop  all  incoming  connections  where  the  remote  callsign  match  this regular
              expression. No message will be sent to the remote station notifying about the drop.
              The  connection  will just be ignored.  For more information on the syntax, see the
              REGULAR EXPRESSIONS chapter below.

       REJECT_INCOMING
              Reject all incoming connections  where  the  remote  callsign  match  this  regular
              expression.  A  message  will  be  sent  to  the remote station indicating that the
              connection was rejected.  The DROP_INCOMING  directive  will  be  evaluated  before
              REJECT_INCOMING.   For  more information on the syntax, see the REGULAR EXPRESSIONS
              chapter below.

       ACCEPT_INCOMING
              Only accept incoming connections where  the  remote  callsign  match  this  regular
              expression.  If  the  callsign  doesn't match, a message will be sent to the remote
              station indicating  that  the  connection  was  rejected.   The  DROP_INCOMING  and
              REJECT_INCOMING  directives  will  be  evaluated  before ACCEPT_INCOMING.  For more
              information on the syntax, see the REGULAR EXPRESSIONS chapter below.

       REJECT_OUTGOING
              Reject all outgoing connections  where  the  remote  callsign  match  this  regular
              expression. For more information on the syntax, see the REGULAR EXPRESSIONS chapter
              below.

       REJECT_CONF
              When this is set to 1, reject all incoming connections where the name of the remote
              station  ends  in  the  word  CONF.  A  message  will be sent to the remote station
              indicating that the connection was rejected.  This blocks  connects  from  stations
              that  are  in  conference  mode.   When  a  station  enters  conference  mode after
              connecting, and transmits towards us, it will be disconnected as well.

       CHECK_NR_CONNECTS
              If a station connects to often it can be blocked  for  a  configurable  time  span.
              Example:  CHECK_NR_CONNECTS=3,300,120  If a station connects more than 3 times with
              less than 300 seconds in between each connect, that station will  be  rejected  for
              120 minutes.

       ACCEPT_OUTGOING
              Only  accept  outgoing  connections  where  the  remote callsign match this regular
              expression. The REJECT_OUTGOING directive will be evaluated before ACCEPT_OUTGOING.
              For more information on the syntax, see the REGULAR EXPRESSIONS chapter below.

       SERVERS
              A  space  separated list of IP addresses or names of the EchoLink directory servers
              to use. The specified servers will be tried in order until one is found that works.
              SvxLink will then stick to that server. If that server fail, SvxLink will again try
              the next server in the list and when the end of the  list  has  been  reached,  the
              search  start  from  the  beginning  again.   Hostnames that resolve to multiple IP
              addresses, like servers.echolink.org, will also be correctly handled  so  that  all
              returned IP addresses will be tried if necessary.

       CALLSIGN
              The callsign to use to login to the EchoLink directory server.

       SYSOPNAME
              The name of the person or club that is responsible for this system.

       PASSWORD
              The EchoLink directory server password to use.

       LOCATION
              The  location  of the station. Note: In the default configuration file the value of
              this configuration variable starts with "[Svx]". This is of  course  not  necessary
              but it's fun to see which other stations are running SvxLink.

       PROXY_SERVER
              If  set, connect to the given EchoLink proxy server host. All EchoLink connections,
              both incoming and outgoing, will then go through the proxy.

       PROXY_PORT
              Set the TCP port used for connecing to an EchoLink proxy server. Default is 8100.

       PROXY_PASSWORD
              Set the EchoLink proxy password used when connecting to an EchoLink  proxy  server.
              Use the password PUBLIC for public proxy servers.

       BIND_ADDR
              This  configuration  variable  can be set to bind the EchoLink network sockets to a
              specific IP-address/interface. This may be needed if the computer  is  fitted  with
              more than one ethernet interface and EchoLink should only be used on one of them.

              Example: BIND_ADDR=192.168.0.1

       MAX_QSOS
              The  maximum  number  of  stations that can participate in a conference QSO on this
              node. If more stations try to connect, the connect request will be rejected.

       USE_GSM_ONLY
              On smaller systems with a less powerful CPU it is a good idea  to  prevent  SvxLink
              from  switching into the Speex codec when another SvxLink station is connecting via
              EchoLink.  If this param is set to 1 SvxLink remains in the default codec (GSM).

       DEFAULT_LANG
              Set the language to use for announcements sent to remote EchoLink stations.  If not
              set,  it  will  be  the  same  as the one chosen for the logic core. The reason for
              setting this up may be that you want one language for the core and another language
              for annoncements sent to remote EchoLink stations.

       MAX_CONNECTIONS
              When  more  stations  than  specified in MAX_QSOS try to connect, a connection will
              temporarily be established long enough to play a message telling the remote station
              that the connection was rejected. The connection is then immediately terminated. If
              the number of connections exceeds MAX_CONNECTIONS,  the  connect  request  is  just
              ignored.  This  variable  is  typically  set to MAX_QSOS+1 or more if using a large
              number for MAX_QSOS.

       LINK_IDLE_TIMEOUT
              The number of seconds that a connection is idle before  disconnection  will  occur.
              This  is  to  prevent  a link to stay open if someone forget to disconnect. Disable
              this feature by setting this config variable to zero (or comment it out).

       AUTOCON_ECHOLINK_ID
              Set this variable to an EchoLink ID that you  want  to  automatically  connect  to.
              SvxLink will autoconnect only when no other station is connected.

       AUTOCON_TIME
              Set this to the time in seconds that you want in between autoconnect tries.

       DESCRIPTION
              A  longer  description  that  is  sent  to  remote  stations  upon connection. This
              description  should  typically  include  detailed  station  information  like  QTH,
              transceiver frequency/power, antenna, CTCSS tone frequency etc.

       COMMAND_PTY
              Specify  the path to a PTY that can be used to control the EchoLink module from the
              operating system. Commands:  "KILL"  will  disconnect  the  current  talker,  "DISC
              callsign"  will  disconnect  the  station  with the given callsign. Commands can be
              issued using a simple echo command from the shell.

       REMOTE_RGR_SOUND
              Set this to 1 to enable sending of a roger sound (beep) to remote Echolink stations
              when the squelch closes on the local node. It's disabled by default.

REGULAR EXPRESSIONS

       Regular  expressions  are  used  in the DROP, REJECT and ACCEPT configuration variables. A
       regular expression can be quite complex and the syntax is fully described in the  regex(7)
       manual page. This is just a quick tutorial for the most important features.

       ^      match the beginning of a string.

       $      match the end of a string.

       .      match one character.

       *      match the previous expression zero or more times.

       |      match the expression before OR after the |.

       \      escape  the  following character. Note that backslash is also parsed by the SvxLink
              configuration parser so a backslash must actually be typed as two.  For example  to
              include a * in the matching pattern it must be escaped as \\*.

       ()     grouping an expression.

       []     match any of the characters inside of the brackets.

       Some examples:

       ^(AB1CDE|BA5CBA-L)$
              Match AB1CDE or BA5CBA-L.

       ^(AB1CDE-[LR])$
              Match AB1CDE-L or AB1CDR-R.

       ^(AB1.*)$
              Match all callsigns starting with AB1.

       ^(\\*.*\\*)$
              Match  all  conference  "callsigns".  We need to escape the star character since it
              would otherwise be parsed by the  regular  expression  parser.  We  also  need  two
              backslah characters so that the SvxLink configuration reader doesn't parse it as an
              escape sequence.

       The matches in SvxLink are case insensitive so "sm3" and "SM3" are the same.  SvxLink  use
       extended  regular expressions (see regex(7) ). You almost always want to start the regular
       expression with "^(" and end it with ")$" so that the whole callsign will be used  in  the
       match.

FILES

       /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/ModuleEchoLink.conf
              Global  modularized  configuration  file.  Depends  on  the  CFG_DIR  configuration
              variable setting.

       ~/.svxlink/svxlink.d/ModuleEchoLink.conf
              Per user modularized configuration  file.  Depends  on  the  CFG_DIR  configuration
              variable setting.

AUTHOR

       Tobias Blomberg (SM0SVX) <sm0svx at users dot sourceforge dot net>

SEE ALSO

       svxlink.conf(5)