[arm-allstar] Allstar Automated - NWS Weather Alerts & Analogue Repeater Backbones

[Doug Crompton]

John,

Unfortunately duplex=0 turns off ALL telemetry which includes any voice
announcements. Duplex=0 and duplex=1 which does send telemetry are simplex
modes so changing from duplex=0 to duplex=2 might be your problem. 0 would
be simplex and not send telemetry, 2 would be duplex and send telemetry. In
duplex when the RX COS goes true it keys the PTT unlike simplex where it
does not. Did you really mean 2 or was it 1. If in fact you were using 2
try 1.

The rxondelay parameter in simpleusb.conf settable in simpleusb-tune-menu
is used to delay COS in 20ms increments to avoid ping-pong effects. You
might want to try that. Every situation will be different. If you go into
simpleusb-tune-menu and use the V commands you can see its effects while
keying a radio into your node. The COS input will show immediately and the
composite COS will delay by the rxondelay number times 20ms.


On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 3:19 PM, "John Hoser-Smith via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> This is a bit tricky…
>
> We have an Allstar Node that uses its directly interfaced UHFLink Radio
> into an old fashion FM Repeater Backbone in our Radio club…
>
> Further, this same Allstar Node is also/simultaneouslyconnected to an
> Allstar SERVER/HUB via the Internet.  Other independent Allstar Nodes can
> nowconnect to that same Server/HUB and use their remote Allstar Node Radios
> totalk to anyone using the old fashion Repeater Backbone for our Ham Radio
> club.  Our Allstar Server/HUB has no radio attachedto it.
>
>
> This works the way we want, mostly.
>
>
> What doesn’t work (read: get re-broadcasted) to the FMRepeater Backbone
> are the automated NWS Weather alerts – found and configuredin Doug’s
> Autosky Scripts.  We want folkslistening to the Club’s FM - Repeater
> Backbone to hear those NWS Alerts for ourCounty.
>
> (yes, we have other independent Allstar Nodes running those AutoskyWeather
> alerts just fine)
>
>  We’ve isolated that(no re-broadcast) problem to the entry inside the
> rpt.conf   file for the Node with the UHF Link Radio.
>
> That Allstar Node has set     the     Duplex=0   inside the  rpt.conf
> file.   This works great for normal Repeater and HT use – but prevents the
> NWSAnnouncement from being re-Broadcast.
>
> Now for the tricky part:  Changing the entry in the   rpt.conf   to
> Duplex=2 (from Duplex=0)  solved the problem of “re-broadcasting the
> NWSAlerts” HOWEVER – this Duplex setting keeps “bringing up  and down” the
> entire FM RepeaterBackbone.  A kind of an Audio “ping pong”(key up/key
> down) is heard all over the Repeater Backbone.  Oooops, not what we want.
>
>
> So the question is:   Can we set (how?) the Allstar Node with thedirect
> connection to the UHF Link radio to play the Autosky Weather
> Alerts…withouthaving this “ping-pong” up and down going on, on our Repeater
> Backbone?  Our Club’s Allstar geography spans (3)Counties and we’d like to
> broadcast the NWS Alerts from the Node directly connectedto the FM Repeater
> Backbone.
>
> Your comments/suggestions welcome.  N0ECT
>
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