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

[Terry Bethlehem]

I haven't tried it yet to see what happens. If you gave the path to your
external drive to store the audio files, what would happen if the flash
drive wasn't there and archiving was on? Would it not save or would it try
to put the files on the sd card? I'm guessing nothing would happen since
the target drive isn't there.

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*
>
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