Building my Allstar Node - Node Number 49801

I decided to build an Allstar node because I got a Raspberry Pi 3 B+ for Christmas and I have various Baofeng Bf-888 UHF radios. I just neede to decide what Interface to use between the Pi and radio.
I tried using the USB FOB, but the sodering was a battle for me and a friend suggested I use the ARA-1 interface.

So How to start:

The software and instructions are on https://hamvoip.org/

Before starting with the Raspberry Pi and interface, you will need to modify the radio for the interface. This will vary from Radio to radio, and there is a lot of information on hamvoip.org
I will do the radio I will be using:

   Down load the software:

The image file must be downloaded and written to a microSD card. This can be done on a Windows or Linux PC. If you are using Windows and win32diskimager the procedure is to first unzip the downloaded file. You should then have the image (.img) file in your directory. Then insert the card in your reader, start the win32diskimager program, select the file you downloaded and then select write.

Download win32diskimager - http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager

A "First Time" script has been added that runs only on the first boot of the system. It asks you to change your password and host name then asks if you want an address assigned by dhcp (the default) or if you want to assign your own static IP. Although not recommended you also have the option of aborting the script and doing this manually by following the manual directions below.   

If for some reason you stuff it up, you can run the script manually from:

/usr/local/sbin/firsttime.sh  

If you need to change your network seetings you can run this script:

/usr/local/sbin/netsetup.sh 

You can check you Time Zone with this script:

timedatectl status  

Once this first step has been complete, you will need to configure asterick