[arm-allstar] Mute or attenuate link audio during repeater conversation

[Sam Nabkey]

works good here with a value of about -30.

On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 5:16 PM, David McGough <kb4fxc at inttek.net> wrote:

>
> That's a core feature in app_rpt, so, it's present in the BBB / RPI2
> releases....How well does it work??? I don't know.
>
>
> On Sun, 12 Jul 2015, Sam Nabkey wrote:
>
> > This might be what you want... Although, I am not sure if its in the BBB
> /
> > Rpi2 code..  If Doug doesn't know about it, it probably was removed.
> >
> >
> > http://docs.allstarlink.org/drupal/node/71 states:
> >
> >
> > linkmongain=
> >
> > Link Monitor Gain adjusts the audio level of monitored nodes when a
> signal
> > from another node or the local receiver is received.
> >
> > If linkmongain is set to a negative number the monitored audio will
> > decrease by the set amount in db.
> >
> > If linkmongain set to a positive number monitored audio will increase by
> > the set amount in db.
> >
> > The value of linkmongain is in db. The default value is 0 db.
> >
> > linkmongain=-20   ; reduce link volume 20dB
> >
> > requires app_rpt version 0.323 06/07/2014 or newer
> >
> > On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Doug Crompton <doug at crompton.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Eric,
> > >
> > >  I think that comes under the category of something that could be done
> in
> > > SW but is not there now. But the question is would it really be
> practical?
> > > When your local RF quit the other audio would come back. I think that
> would
> > > be very confusing to the locals. They would not know who they could
> talk to
> > > and who they couldn't.
> > >
> > > Also be careful of receive only connections. If you were to connect
> > > transceive somewhere else while that receive only connection was in
> place
> > > the nodes on the transceive side would hear the audio but not be able
> to
> > > respond. It would be confusing to them as they would not know they were
> > > going through a node that had a receive only connection. For that
> reason I
> > > never use receive only (monitor) mode. I suppose it has uses but not
> when
> > > others are connected transceive.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > *73 DougWA3DSPhttp://www.crompton.com/hamradio
> > > <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------
> > > From: eric at efratnetworks.com
> > > To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
> > > Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2015 03:50:13 -0400
> > > Subject: [arm-allstar] Mute or attenuate link audio during repeater
> > > conversation
> > >
> > >
> > > I have a UHF repeater running on a BBB.  We are often connected in
> receive
> > > only to one of the busy nodes in the USA.
> > >
> > > When the local users have a conversation on the UHF repeater, locally,
> the
> > > link audio is as loud as the repeat audio.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Does anyone have a way to mute or attenuate the link audio when the
> local
> > > repeater is in use?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 73,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Eric
> > >
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