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

[Steve Agee]

Doug,

Thanks for the reminder on this. How about a quick crash course "how to" 
on this. I insert a USB stick. Will Debian then auto mount it, or is 
human intervention required, and once mounted, how do I point the 
recorded audio to the USB stick please?

N5ZUA

On 12/11/2017 10:40 PM, "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar" wrote:
> 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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