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

[Doug Crompton]

And remember and I can't emphasize this enough - DO NOT even think of
archiving to the SD card!!! If you use archive use a USB stick, hard or SS
drive, or sshfs, samba, to another computer.


*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

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


On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 10:34 PM, "David McGough via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

>
> 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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