[arm-allstar] Image update 12/10/17

[David McGough]

BTW, if you need to convert the .pcm container into a .wav container, so 
that you can play the file with most software, use sox:

sox -t ul -c 1 -r 8000 -U "filename.pcm" "filename.wav"


73, David KB4FXC



On Mon, 11 Dec 2017, "David McGough via arm-allstar" wrote:

> 
> 
> Hi Terry,
> 
> As of the 12/10 update there are now 3 settings related to saving audio 
> and telemetry files:
> 
> archivedir=<path to archived files>
> ;; No changes, works as previously
> 
> archiveaudio=[0|1]
> ;; == 0 means save telemetry log only
> ;; == 1 means telemetry log and audio files
> ;; default value is: 1
> ;; No changes, works as previously
> 
> 
> archivetype=[gsm|pcm]
> ;; == gsm means to save a gsm encoded .wav file
> ;; == pcm means to save a ulaw encoded .pcm file
> ;; default value is: gsm
> ;; Newly added feature
> 
> 
> This new archivetype parameter allows the AllStar user a way to save very
> high quality ulaw audio, rather than the mediocre sounding gsm encoded
> audio, should it be needed for any reason---such as analysis when there is 
> an interference source getting into a repeater.
> 
> 
> 73, David KB4FXC
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 11 Dec 2017, "Terry Bethlehem via arm-allstar" wrote:
> 
> > Did you mean archiveaudio=0 for off (text) and archiveaudio=1 for on (wav)?
> > 
> > On Dec 10, 2017 11:56 PM, Doug Crompton via arm-allstar <
> > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> > 
> > A new update dated 12/10/17 has been released that includes a couple of new
> > commands for the rpt.conf file. Install this update using the ADMIN menu
> > selection 1. These commands if used need to be manually entered into the
> > file.
> > 
> > Startup_macro_delay
> > 
> > The existing startup_macro command allows you to run Asterisk/Allstar
> > commands at boot and is typically used to connect to a node or nodes as
> > part of the startup process. This is often used with a fixed, mobile, or
> > portable node to initiate Allstar commands like connecting to other nodes
> > without operator intervention at boot.
> > 
> > The problem with this command is that if you use it to connect and you have
> > not received connection information for the node you wish to connect to
> > prior to executing the command it will be ignored and never executed. If
> > routing information for the node you were connecting to was hard coded in
> > rpt.conf this would not be a problem but it would almost always not be the
> > case for nodes outside of your local purview with public IP addresses. For
> > rpt_extnodes file lookup it would generally not be updated in time for the
> > connect to complete and even in the upcoming quicker DNS lookup it could
> > still require some amount of delay.
> > 
> > In order to alleviate this problem a startup_macro_delay command has been
> > added. This command if you intend to use it should be added to your
> > rpt.conf file on a line before or after the startup_macro command. This is
> > on a per node basis so be sure to add it to all node stanzas that you want
> > to apply it to. The default delay value if not in rpt.conf is 0 or no
> > delay. The delay is entered in seconds from 0-120.
> > 
> > startup_macro_delay=10  ; 10 second delay before executing the startup macro
> > 
> > The delay would probably be in the area of 5-20 seconds but for the
> > rpt_extnodes file lookup it could exceed this in some instances. Some
> > experimentation for a minimum reliable number is required. There is no
> > danger in setting this too long, it will just take longer to execute at
> > startup.
> > 
> > Another command has been added to allow a format type specification for the
> > archivedir command called archivetype
> > 
> > archivetype=[gsm|pcm] parameter.
> > 
> > This is the format that is used to archive voice data to a hard or solid
> > state drive. The default if not defined is gsm which is the current default
> > in Allstar. Setting the format to pcm gives greater fidelity but at the
> > expense of requiring greater storage space for the files. Never archive to
> > your SD card. Use a USB stick, hard drive, SSD, or remote storage for
> > archiving.  Use the archivedir=<dir> command to set the directory path for
> > archiving and the archiveaudio=0|1 command to turn On/Off the archiving of
> > audio. With audio off only text archiving is stored.
> > 
> > Both the startup_macro_delay and the archivetype commands are on a per node
> > basis. They can be defined and assigned different values in each node on
> > your server.
> > 
> > Information on version updates is available from a link on the hamvoip.org
> > web page or directly at this URL -
> > 
> > https://hamvoip.org/local/allstar_version.php
> > 
> > 
> > *73 Doug*
> > 
> > *WA3DSP*
> > 
> > *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
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