[arm-allstar] Need some troubleshooting help with Allstar/RPi2/888 w/ FOB

Wed Nov 23 01:41:41 EST 2016

Jason,

 Note that if that was a late radio from Devon it may have the corrected
PTT. Then you would set it to 0  and carrierfrom=usb.   Contact Devon and
see what he says for your unit for those two values.

*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

*http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*

On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 1:20 AM, Jason Frisbee via arm-allstar <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> Thank you Doug - I'll set it usb, and invertptt to 1 as noted. The radio
> was one of the last from Devon before he stopped (understandably).
>
> I also saw the thread with Nathaniel, and will check the rx transmit once
> we get back to hearing audio - this is likely the reason we couldn't talk
> back (had no idea how that menu option worked - I poked in it before but
> was lost).
>
> Being new to ham radio (been listening for months, but just got my ticket
> earlier this month) it's like jumping into ice water - really no idea what
> to expect. I guess dad figured I've been in IT for over 20 years, this
> should be a piece of cake, but until today it was like being blind and
> trying to drive a car.
>
> Tonight was massive progress (in that we know the hardware works) - it's
> down to getting the right settings and we're good :)
>
> Jason
>
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 9:56 PM, Doug Crompton via arm-allstar <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
> > Jason,
> >
> >   Sorry for all your problems. I am not sure what Devon did in that radio
> > but the mods on the web page and all the mods I have made on 888's use
> usb
> > and not usbinvert.  Maybe he picked up the signal from a different
> place. I
> > know that at least on his first batch of radios the PTT was inverted from
> > the default setting.
> >
> > My offer of a phone chat still stands if you can't figure it out. I would
> > refrain from testing on a large system like wan until you get it right.
> >
> >
> >
> > *73 Doug*
> >
> > *WA3DSP*
> >
> > *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 12:30 AM, Jason Frisbee via arm-allstar <
> > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Dad got to talking with a gent about the issue while I was at work, and
> > we
> > > went over the 888 again, to test it out (hadn't had audio from it since
> > the
> > > initial setup). After settings squelch to 0, and turning on the voice,
> we
> > > confirmed the radio worked, and dad/I am able to work the 888 with our
> > HTs.
> > >
> > > With that working correctly, we booted back up and tried commands via
> > > lsnodes - no change. Asterisk was showing rpt/connection_failed when
> > trying
> > > the WIN System hub.
> > >
> > > As a "what if", I flipped invertptt to 0, rebooted, and dad could hear
> > the
> > > messages from dadhi - IP call out, etc. I then joined up with the WIN
> > > System hub, and we both got audio on our HT's from the node. Dad tried
> to
> > > reply, but no audio was sent to to the system (the 888 indicated it
> > > received the audio though).
> > >
> > > I got your email by this time, so I tried setting carrierfrom to usb,
> and
> > > then we lost audio in both direction, and I found I could only hear the
> > > node info messages when I held down the PTT button on the 888.
> > >
> > > Tomorrow I'm going to set carrierfrom back to usbinvert, and try moving
> > the
> > > Pi/radio to another location - in the house, when the node is up and we
> > get
> > > audio to our HTs, the local repeater for WIN System (Loma Prieta) gets
> > > overrun with RF. I also started getting issues with wifi, so there
> > > definitely is an issue with where the radio is at.
> > >
> > > Dad and I really appreciate all the help - I've been bashing my head on
> > > this for about a month, and was getting really frustrated.
> > >
> > > Jason
> > >
> > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 7:21 PM, Doug Crompton via arm-allstar <
> > > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Jason,
> > > >
> > > >   Carrierfrom should be usb for the 888.  carrierfrom=usb
> > > >
> > > > Try that.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > *73 Doug*
> > > >
> > > > *WA3DSP*
> > > >
> > > > *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio
> >*
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 9:17 PM, Jason Frisbee via arm-allstar <
> > > > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi Doug, I checked and confirmed invertptt=1. Here's the
> > > simpleusb.conf:
> > > > >
> > > > > ; simple usb configration added by simpleusb-config.sh
> > > > > ;  2016.10.30.1729
> > > > >
> > > > > [general]
> > > > >
> > > > > [usb]
> > > > > ; Generic Default Settings
> > > > > eeprom=0
> > > > > hdwtype=0
> > > > > rxboost=1
> > > > > carrierfrom=usbinvert
> > > > > ctcssfrom=no
> > > > > txmixa=voice
> > > > > txmixb=no
> > > > > invertptt=1
> > > > > duplex=1
> > > > > plfilter=yes
> > > > > deemphasis=no
> > > > > preemphasis=no
> > > > > rxaudiodelay=0
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