[arm-allstar] simpleusb / channel driver merge status?

[Doug Crompton]

Richard,

 Yes you can mix simpleusb and usbradio on a server but usbradio which we
basically have not touched has several problems and not great audio. That
is why we have discouraged its use and also why we have developed a new
driver.

Also as you probably know but for the sake of others if you do use usbradio
you must not use radio pre/deemphasized audio and many radios do not
externally have that option.


*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

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


On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 8:25 PM, "Richard Bateman via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> Awesome.  Please note that I'm just asking, not complaining =]
>
> I'd also prefer to use the radio's PL and COR, but I've been having
> issues and it'd be nice to be able to eliminate those as potential
> root causes.
>
> Speaking of which, do you know if it's possible to use usbradio for
> just one of the two nodes on a system and leave the other node on
> simpleusb? And if so, how I would switch which interface gets used for
> which?
>
> It's an hour drive to get on top of the mountain, plus a lot of
> soldering and tinkering to build a new cable just to test a theory...
> I'm thinking I could set it up to use usbradio and see if I still have
> the same issues without changing anything but the audio quality, then
> roll it back with better cables if I can confirm that's really the
> issue.
>
> Richard
>
> On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 5:46 PM, "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar"
> <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> > Richard,
> >
> >   It a radio has PL or DTS and you don't need to dynamically change it,
> it
> > is always best to use it in the radio then in SW.  It would be best to
> > solve the issues with external leads if that in fact is the problem.
> >
> > As far as channel driver updates are concerned the answer is yes, we are
> > working on an integrated and much improved driver called iopipe.  The
> > reason this has been delayed is the update pipeline priorities change. At
> > the moment it is the dns lookup which is working great and soon to be
> > introduce to all. I suspect once things settle a bit the iopipe will be
> the
> > next big update hopefully by the end of the year.
> >
> >
> > *73 Doug*
> >
> > *WA3DSP*
> >
> > *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 6:02 PM, "Richard Bateman via arm-allstar" <
> > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I've been having some issues that I'm starting to suspect might be
> >> related to RF getting into my interface cables triggering my COR and
> >> CTCSS lines (not in any way convinced, but it's on my list of
> >> suspects) and have been toying with the idea of using usbradio instead
> >> of simpleusb for awhile; last time I did that the audio was kinda
> >> crappy, so I switched to simpleusb.
> >>
> >> While looking around I noticed that there is a "TODO" on the hamvoip
> >> page about merging the channel drivers, which I assume might be
> >> something along the lines of using DSP for COR and CTCSS detect but
> >> using the other audio for actual TX?
> >>
> >> Anyway, I'm just wondering what the status of that is and if there is
> >> any way I can help with the efforts; it would help me out a lot on
> >> several different projects.
> >>
> >> Richard
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