[arm-allstar] Simpleusbhelp !!

[gm4upx at gb7jd.co.uk]

Hello Doug,

TNX for the reply, I have taken one of my BBB's " out of service " while 
I start at the beginning with a fresh install.
The clue is in the name [ simpleusb ] but nothing seems simple for me 
<smile>; I guess I must have made some change in my previous set up 
although it does seem strange that it worked for an hour then decided 
not to.
Regards,
Ian..

> Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 21:22:40 -0500
> From: Doug Crompton <doug at crompton.com>
> To: BeagleBone Black ARM Allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Simpleusb HELP !!
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> 
> Ian,
> 
>   Not sure what you are doing but the stock BBB simpleusb will work
> just fine with that radio. Use the carrierfrom=usb  or usbinvert. Not
> sure which is proper for that radio.  Connect the radio COS to pin 8
> on the URI or whatever pin is cos on the FOB you are using. Use
> simpleusb-tune-menu to set levels.
> 
> The only things you need to change are the carrierfrom=usb  or
> usbinvert and the rxboost if you need more or less level. ctcssfrom
> should be set to none or off. plfilter=yes
> You are making it much more complicated using usbradio. There is no
> need to do PL decode in SW, do it in the radio.
> 
> 73 Doug
> WA3DSP
> http://www.crompton.com/hamradio
> 
> 
>> Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 22:49:15 +0000
>> From: gm4upx at gb7jd.co.uk
>> To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
>> Subject: [arm-allstar] Simpleusb HELP !!
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I am struggling with simpleusb and would appreciate some information 
>> on
>> the difference between usbradio and simpleusb.
>> eg: if I change the CTCSSfrom and CARRIERfrom in usbradio.conf does 
>> that
>> reduce the " load " on the CPU ? that seems to
>> be the reason to choose simpleusb over usbradio ??
>> 
>> Here's the setup:
>> 
>> I modified a Baofeng 888 as per the link [ W0FCM's Modification of a
>> Baofeng BF-888s as an Allstar node ], very clear and
>> straightforward instructions, THANKS .. My plan is to use this in a
>> mobile setup. After various attempts with simpleusb I
>> walked away from it after shutting everything down then returned about
>> 30 mins later, switched everything on and it worked,
>> had a contact for 40 mins or so, had a break, feeling good !, returned
>> and found that I couldn't tx via the node but could
>> rx.
>> 
>> No amount of pushing and shoving could coax the node to do what I 
>> wanted
>> so I returned to usbradio, set the aforementioned
>> parms from dsp to usb and I now have a working node.  There is some 
>> fine
>> tuning still to be done. With [ rxdemod=speaker ]
>> and [ txctcssdefault=118.8 rxctcssfreqs=118.8 txctcssfreqs=118.8 ] I 
>> can
>> access the node without any CTCSS tones.
>> 
>> So going back to my question how can I get simpleusb to work ??
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Ian.