View my blog for a bit more in depth information. Early this afternoon the 146.76 repeater was modified to allow touch tone events to be sent through th repeater to the repeater output. This was needed in order to tell the EchoLink system to setup, or tear down connections by users with touch tone capable radios.
Not everything is completely worked out yet. However for the most part you should be able to connect to users, links, and conferences online. I'm checking into adding Repeater connectivity.
The September TCFMC postcard to members includes a small table of commands that you can use to verify for yourself that the EchoLink system is up and running, etc. I discovered that there are a few postcards that are missing most of the first column of characters. Unfortunately this happened to about half the cards that were sent out. This is a slight variation on that chart, and you will find more in my blog or this forum as updates are made.
* - Node Information
# - Disconnect the current or most recent connection.
00 - Connect to a random Node
01 - Connect to a random Link
02 - Connect to a random Conference
03 - Connect to a random User
08 - Status - will tell you if the system is connected to someone or not, and if so, who.
09 - Reconnect - will reconnect the last connection (If possible) If the remote node is no longer on-line, forget it.
66 - Link Down - This tells the Echolink software to disconnect from the server providing connectivity to other echolink users.
73 - Disconnect All - This drops all the nodes that are connected at the time the code is sent.
88 - Link Up - Tells the Echolink software to re-connect.
99 - Listen Only - Sets up Echolink to not transmit over the air. This can be handy for capturing a long running connection, or if you are concerned that the user at the far end is not a licensed operator, but you do not want to disconnect the node entirely.
If you see something that you think I am doing wrong, because you have experienced specific problems, please feel free to send me a message, and I will be happy to discuss the issue with you.
Thank you
-Rusty - kc0vcu