Move from ASL3

Before you start #

• Mutara and ASL3 cannot operate at the same time. Both use UDP port 4569 and the USB radio.
• If you want to keep the ASL3 computer as it is, use a second SD card with Raspberry Pi OS for Mutara.

Switch the node to Mutara #

The installer finds ASL3 and asks if you want to switch. The beta guide gives the command. When you agree, the installer does these steps:

1. It copies the ASL3 settings into Mutara.
2. It shows the settings that it copied and the settings that it did not copy.
3. It stops ASL3.
4. It starts Mutara.

Result: Mutara runs with your node number and your node password. Open the dashboard and create the admin account. Then make sure that the settings are correct.

The installer keeps ASL3 safe:

• If Mutara cannot copy the settings, the installer stops before it stops ASL3. ASL3 continues to operate, and the installer says so.
• If Mutara does not start, the installer starts ASL3 again.

The installer did not ask

The installer asks only when it runs in a terminal. If it runs from a script, or over SSH without a terminal, it cannot ask. Then it installs Mutara but does not start it, and ASL3 continues to operate. The installer shows the commands that switch. To switch, use one of these commands:

sudo mutara-switch mutara

curl -fsSL https://mutara.wc8mi.net/get.sh | sudo sh -s -- --switch

To install Mutara and keep ASL3 in operation, use --keep-asl3 in place of --switch. To copy a different node, add --node and the node number, for example --node 2101.

What Mutara copies #

• The node number and the node password
• The callsign and the timers
• The courtesy tone
• The DTMF functions, the macros and the schedule
• The permanent links of the startup macro
• The entries for private nodes on other computers
• The USB radio settings (simpleusb or usbradio)
• The logins of IAX apps

Mutara only reads the ASL3 files. It does not change them.

An ASL3 install with several nodes

Mutara copies all the nodes. The node with the USB radio becomes the first node. Each other node becomes one more node of the same install. Read Nodes and modules. To make a different node the first node, read The ASL3 importer in the reference.

Switch back to ASL3 #

1. Open a terminal on the node.
2. Type sudo mutara-switch asl3 and press Enter.

Result: Mutara stops and ASL3 starts with its own settings.

To use Mutara again, type sudo mutara-switch mutara. If Mutara does not start, this command starts ASL3 again.