[arm-allstar] Nano Allstar Interface code?

Thu Jul 6 21:26:18 EST 2017

Hi Doug,

I liked the idea of using the Arduino as it has lots of I/O including analog which could be used for things like RSSI and temperature monitoring which in turn would allow PWM fan speed control for cooling the radios. All of this extra data could be passed to allmon to allow better monitoring of repeaters/gateways.

At the moment I'm using the Dallas DS18B20 one wire temperature sensors into the RPi and controlling the fans on/off state depending on temperature. The temperature and fan status is displayed with a modified allmon by inserting variables into asterisk using a script. It works well.

Regards,

Neil
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From: arm-allstar <arm-allstar-bounces at hamvoip.org> on behalf of "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar" <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
Sent: 06 July 2017 23:44:41
To: ARM Allstar
Cc: Doug Crompton
Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Nano Allstar Interface code?

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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