MODULEFRN.CONF(5)

NAME
ModuleFrn.conf - Configuration file for the SvxLink server Free Radio Network (FRN) module

DESCRIPTION
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.

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 FRN module understands.

  ModuleFrn

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)

FRN NEW USER REGISTRATION
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

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/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.

AUTHOR
Tobias Blomberg (SM0SVX) <sm0svx at svxlink dot org>

REPORTING BUGS
Bugs should be reported using the issue tracker at https://github.com/sm0svx/svxlink.

Questions about SvxLink should not be asked using the issue tracker. Instead use the group set up for this purpose at groups.io: https://groups.io/g/svxlink

SEE ALSO
svxlink.conf(5)