[arm-allstar] BBB/Pi or RTCM

[David McGough]

Hi, 

The RTCM is currently the only AllStar-based voting solution.  
Technically speaking, you'd have an RTCM at each site where you've got a
receiver or transmitter. Then, all the RTCM's would connect back to a
central server (which could be in a data center, etc.) via an IP data
network. The central server would perform the actual voting action and
send the resultant audio and telemetry back the the transmitter site.

You could use a BBB, RPi2 or regular PC as the central server, the RPi2
or PC being preferred for new installations.

73, David KB4FXC



On Wed, 18 Nov 2015, R. Wayne wrote:

> Most of the threads in here are well above my head even though I am a 
System Administrator for a hosting company. I build PC’s and load and 
configure the OS all the time. I get the OS side of the threads most of 
the time here. But I don’t read questions like, should I use a BBB or a 
Pi instead of a RTCM if I want a voted RX system with a central TX site. 
Our Los Angeles area TX can be heard for 150 miles in most directions due 
to our great location. But our RX is compromised by having the outputs of 
two repeaters within 15KHz of our RX frequency. So... we need a higher RX 
field strength. Voting multiple RX sites seems to be the solution.
> 
> So okay... how would a BBB or Pi be a better solution than a RTCM?