[arm-allstar] Pi GPIO usage

Sat Nov 26 23:41:18 EST 2016

Thanks, Doug. After watching the tube for a while I came back in here 
and got the Wireless working pretty quickly. I have some modified FOBS I 
made up in the past, just seemed that there are these 40 pins, etc... I 
have been using pport on the nodes for a few years now, just seems to 
make it cleaner to not have to modify a sound FOB, though I've done a 
few and have a pile of no-blob FOBS. Was making this node for a friend 
and got it in my brain that using one of those IO pins would be nifty.

I also downloaded DIAL, I think my confusion was that I thought your 
version was DIAL...but all clear on that now...

So I think two hours of "Law and Order" gave me a mind reset.

Not exactly North Jersey, In Toms River, Jersey Shore. It's a simplex 
node on 446.0/2A and if I stay around NJ will turn into something more 
solid, like MSR2000. My old gang in North Jersey has a node on Garrett 
Mountain at the Channel 50 transmitter, W2XTV. Just not very active, in 
fact all of Jersey is pretty quiet on 440. My node stays nailed up to 
W8VT and W8JTW in WVa, and the node I'm building up is for N5JGX in 
Austin. He used to connect to us via Echo, we talked him into Allstar.

Thanks, Doug.

GeorgeC

W2DB 2360

On 11/26/2016 11:14 PM, Doug Crompton via arm-allstar wrote:
> George,
>
>    This forum represents the versions available at hamvoip.org. The latest
> version is 1.02 for the Pi 2/3. There is also a readme associated with that
> version which appears right after the download on the hamvoip.org page.
> Because this version was released early in the Pi 3 cycle the wireless
> scripts need to be downloaded separately which is explained in the readme.
> Wireless on the Pi3 is fully supported and works well. Many of us are using
> it. Since the Pi3 has built-in wireless that is the board we suggest for
> using wireless and also for any new purchases. While wireless is possible
> with the Pi2 you are basically on your own with the drivers because there
> are so many FOBS out there and some work while others do not do so well.
>
> The VK land version you are talking about for GPIO has been around for
> awhile. We experimented with it and decided to take a different route. It
> was a patch on top of already questionable code and did not work that well
> i our opinion.
>
> For now the best way to go is any of the commercial USB FOBS out there
> including the DMK-URI or modifying a sound FOB as described on the
> hamvoip.org web page. There are lots of howto's there on many aspects of
> Allstar. Commercial FOBS are anywhere from $50 to $100 and a DIY
> modification can be done for $5 or so but requires the ability to follow a
> schematic and solder unfortunately some that is missing with many today.
>
> Not to complicate things but we are coming out with a new version before
> the end of the year that will support GPIO using an Arduino Nano. This will
> allow you to use an unmodified sound FOB along with the Nano for I/O to the
> radio. The combined two node price for the entire interface will be around
> $10 assuming you put it together. This would also require some DIY
> experience but no modification of a board and small (surface mount)
> soldering. It looks like there will also be a commercial product for this
> interface as an independent ham is working on that.
>
> The new version will also have many other features beyond that making it
> what we think will be the best small board Allstar release out there.
>
> I have an Allstar hub in Philly which really is more then just the
> immediate area. We often have nodes from all over the states and the world
> connected. Feel free to contact me - Allstar 27225 or echolink 147090
> (WA3DSP-L)
>
> If you have any more questions I would be glad to answer them. It would be
> nice to have another node on in the northern NJ area.
>
>
>
> *73 Doug*
>
> *WA3DSP*
>
> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>
> On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 8:38 PM, George Csahanin via arm-allstar <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
>> Folks, not sure if this is the right forum for this question. Several
>> versions of Asterisk/app_rpt for the Pi has me confused. I've seen
>> reference to using internal pins on the Pi for COS/PTT, etc. I found
>> instructions for it in Aussieland, tried it and it doesn't work. Did the
>> Wifi mod as well, and it starts the wifi hardware but won't get an IP
>> address. An older Pi I had added wireless tools to and the driver for a few
>> adapters and it works fine, and copied the wpa_supplicant.conf file over
>> but doesn't connect.
>>
>> So am I barking up the wrong tree here regarding the GPIO pins on the Pi
>> as COS/PTT, etc? And I guess after ten hours at this today I'm just
>> frazzled and need to walk away. Getting ACID and Limey were simple but it
>> seems like there are many versions for the Pi and it isn't clear to me
>> which is which/does what...
>>
>> Thanks everyone. Gonna watch some TV.
>>
>> GeorgeC
>> W2DB
>> Allstar 2360
>>
>> --
>> George Csahanin
>> 47 Mt. Ararat Ln
>> Toms River, NJ 08753
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