[arm-allstar] Kerchunk - OS Sound

[Doug Crompton]

When you say "kerchunks today increased by 1"  What do you mean? Are you
there to know if this is caused by someone or some noise really opening
your radios squelch? Even PL can be falsed with noise occasionally. Turn up
the volume on your node radio so you can hear anything coming in. I doubt
very much it has anything to do with the code but it could be an
interference issue of some kind. I don't think it will change anything but
it would be a good idea to updrade to V1.5.




*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

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

On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 1:24 AM, "James Hatmaker via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> Doug,
>
> Thank you for the reply.  I currently am running with CTCSS (or tone
> enc/dec depending on the radio) 100.0Hz.  When I was running on an desktop
> I did not have this, and only appeared when I switch to a raspberry Pi3.
> In trying to troubleshoot, I have switched the radio which is currently a
> Yaesu VX3.  I have switch the frequency/band between 2m/70cm and the
> problem still persists.  I am using an ARS AllStar Adapter (which is the
> same from the initial Asterisk setup).
> I have tried moving the Pi between wired/wireless (currently running
> wireless).  I have added a ferrite snap-on on the cable going from the
> radio to the USB dongle just to see if that would help.  During my testing
> I had tried  setting the rxondelay=25.
> as a last resort I powered off the radio completely and ran the same test.
>
> running rpt stats
> then dmesg
> then rpt stats again.
> (with the radio off)
> and the Kerchunks today increased by 1.
>
> I know this isnt the image you just released, so I might just rebuild the
> pi.  I am sure I must have inadvertently did something to the pi.
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> James
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 10:19 PM, "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
> > James,
> >
> > "kerchunks" are from RF keyups into your node radio. It is possible your
> > COS line is getting noise pulses from the radio. If this is the case you
> > would also here it on the output of your node radio unless it is very
> short
> > duration. There are no system sounds - assuming you are using a BBB or
> Pi.
> >
> > You should always be using RX PL or DCS on the node radio not just noise
> > squelch. If you are using the V1.5 code you could add some COS delay in
> the
> > simpleusb menu - rxondelay item M.  This would delay the COS signal very
> > slightly and very short spikes would not register as a COS keyup. This
> > should normally not be necessary though. You really need to solve the
> > problem from the receiver first if it exists.
> >
> >
> >
> > *73 Doug*
> >
> > *WA3DSP*
> >
> > *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 9:35 PM, "James Hatmaker via arm-allstar" <
> > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi All -
> > >
> > > I am seeing a high number of kerchunks when I run a rpt status on the
> > node.
> > > It seems that I can reproduce it just by running dmesg on the cmd line.
> > > Did I some how turn on system sounds?  and how can I turn them off if
> > that
> > > is the case.
> > >
> > > Thanks -
> > >
> > > James
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