[arm-allstar] Nano Allstar Interface code?

Thu Jul 6 17:44:41 EST 2017

Larry,

  Well the Nano is cheap so no great loss if you don't use it. I do think
we eventually will have an interface mode for it  but my point in my
previous email was that there is nothing wrong with the USB FOBs at this
point. I have built the Nano - it was the one that was in the howto and
after building it kind of dawned on me that it was a lot more work and more
complicated (more things to go wrong) than just modifying a FOB. You still
have to do a lot of wiring and interfacing and in the end it is not as
clean as a FOB because you have signals coming from two different places
and you are using an extra USB port. I know it is neat to use a Nano but
why make extra work just to play. I suspect if and when the Nano is
supported it will have limited use compared to just using a USB FOB. As you
know the Nano does not replace the FOB you still need it anyway.

Everyone should buy a supply of these FOBs. They are easy to modify and if
we get enough on hand we will never have to worry about running out!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/272374780193

*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

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

On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 1:53 PM, "Larry via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> Greetings Doug,
>
> I understand all of You and Dave's comments and realize all the effort
> both of you have put forth to make this a great system.
>
> I like Andy, and I'm sure others who have built or bought hardware all
> sitting at the ready anticipating it's hinted at release with V1.5,
>
> None of us are asking you to release or support something you and Dave
> feel isn't ready.
> However since at some point You/Dave had a working model (good or bad).
> Some hint about the intended process (block Diagram, flow chart, modules
> it needed to utilize it at all) would at least give us a starting place for
> playing with the interface.
> If nothing else we might possibly find a use for it not necessarily
> instantaneous radio control but something useful rather than pitching the
> hardware.
>
> 73
> Larry - N7FM
>
>
>
>
> On 07/06/2017 09:02 AM, "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar" wrote:
>
>> As Dave has pointed out the Nano interface project is temporarily on hold
>> mainly because of more pressing issues and family matters but since its
>> its
>> inception a number of other things have come about. One is that the fear
>> of
>> not having good USB FOB's has for the most part gone away. The advent of
>> the open board FOB has somewhat changed things. It is well made and easy
>> to
>> modify.
>>
>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/272374780193
>>
>> There have also been more and less expensive commercial products available
>> like the RA-35 -
>>
>> http://www.masterscommunications.com/products/radio-adapter/ra35.html
>>
>> The USB adapters work fine and of course if you desire there is always the
>> old standby DMK-URI, the more expensive RIM, etc..
>>
>> There are also several people modifying FOBS and selling them and club
>> projects are doing it on a mass scale. So at this point there is no
>> shortage of interface products for Allstar. I am not saying the Nano
>> project is dead but we also cannot say when it might be available. For
>> that
>> reason I have temporarily removed the link to the Nano board project on
>> the
>> hamvoip.org web page.
>>
>> I have gone through this many time as this often comes up when people want
>> a cheap and easy way to do things. You can have cheap with a little work
>> or
>> easy with more cost but not both. Using the GPIO or Nano require just as
>> much work as modifying the FOB and those methods have their own issues
>> they
>> are not a panacea either. The amount of required parts and assembly is
>> actually the same or more using these methods.
>>
>>
>> *73 Doug*
>>
>> *WA3DSP*
>>
>> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 12:36 AM, "David McGough via arm-allstar" <
>> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Andy,
>>>
>>> This project got slowed down due to unanticipated personal obligations on
>>> my part. No code has been released yet. Hopefully we'll have something
>>> before too much longer.
>>>
>>>
>>> 73, David KB4FXC
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, 6 Jul 2017, "K1RA - Andy Z via arm-allstar" wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>>    I've recently built the Arduino Nano Allstar interface published here
>>>>
>>>> http://crompton.com/hamradio/Nano_Allstar_Interface/
>>>>
>>>> and schematic here
>>>>
>>>> http://crompton.com/hamradio/Nano_Allstar_Interface/
>>>>
>>> Hamvoip%20Nano%20GPIO%20Interface%20Schematic.pdf
>>>
>>>>
>>>> but I can't seem to find any reference to the sketch, INO or PDE file
>>>>
>>> that
>>>
>>>> would represent the code one would download to the device using the
>>>>
>>> Arduino
>>>
>>>> IDE.  Can anyone post a link to the source? I'm interested in
>>>>
>>> experimenting
>>>
>>>> with this asap.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks & 73
>>>>
>>>> andyz - K1RA
>>>> http://k1ra.us/
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