[arm-allstar] arm-allstar Digest, Vol 22, Issue 11

[Ted Leonard]

I too would be interested in the beta version as I am experiencing the 
delay issue as well on
my Pi install Allstar adventure.

Thanks, Ted W3VG

On 3/9/2016 10:52 AM, Tom Whiteside via arm-allstar wrote:
> Thanks very much for the thoughtful and interesting replies Doug and David.
> I've sent David a separate note asking for the information he offered on the
> 1.3 beta program...  We have two RPi2 based arm-allstar implementations we
> have just deployed and are extremely pleased except for the delay...
>
> 73 Tom N5TW
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 22:57:25 -0500
> From: Doug Crompton <doug at crompton.com>
> To: ARM Allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] RPi3 operation
> Message-ID: <BLU171-W110DBC031479805E44B6030BAB30 at phx.gbl>
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> Just a quick note on the RPi3. This is a very new product and because of
> that both hardware deliveries and software maturity will take a little while
> to settle down. Probably several months. It may also take awhile until we
> have an image for the Pi3. We are working on getting the 1.3 images for the
> BBB and RPi2 out which should be available in about a month. Once they are
> out the door we will be working on an image for the RPi3. If you in a hurry
> to get a Pi node on the air I would recommend the RPi2. There is plenty of
> stock out there. For most users the RPi3 would offer no noticeable advantage
> over the RPi2 running the current images. That being said given time and
> further programming there will be things the RPi3 can do that the RPi2 could
> not. Stay tuned.
>
> Also the dropouts you are experiencing probably have nothing to do with
> processor speed but rather a USB issue. The new code (1.3) will eliminate
> the simpleusb delay issue on both the RPi2 and BBB (worse on the RPi2).
> Coming soon are complete rewrites of the channel drivers which we are hoping
> will greatly improve and hopefully eliminate most of the USB radio issues.
> For now it is still best to use simpleusb whenever possible.
> 73 Doug
> WA3DSP
> http://www.crompton.com/hamradio
>
> To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
> Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 17:07:16 -0600
> Subject: [arm-allstar] RPi3 operation
> From: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
> CC: tomw at ecpi.com
>
> I was doubtful that the download image for the RPi2 would work on the RPi3
> and it indeed looks like it doesn?t?  Is there a release for the RPi3 on the
> horizon?   I used the RPi2 with USBRadio to interface to a Yaesu DR1-X but
> the audio had lots of dropouts ? switched to USBsimple on advice from K5TRA
> and that made the audio sound wonderful but there is a considerable delay
> with the Fusion so am wanting to try USBRadio again with the faster Pi to
> see if that would cure the dropouts and go back to a reduced delay? Tom N5TW
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