[arm-allstar] Update V1.5.3-45

[James Hause]

thanks again Doug, and the team !
Got the update done, neat having the new features !!

73, KF5LBT

On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 2:03 AM "Doug Crompton via ARM-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> Update V1.5.3-45 is out. Update 44 was Alpha only. Please use the ADMIN
> menu item 1 to update. This is a major update of the code resulting in
> improved efficiency and reliability. Here is a synopsis of the changes.
> Supermon users please read down to the last item for your changes.
>
> *Major Update* of telemetry lock code. Originally there was one mutex lock
> for everything. This could easily lead to race conditions. A new read/write
> lock has been added which can give just read locks that do not block. These
> new locks have been added at many places where it was done improperly
> before. Much of Allstar was written when we had single core processors and
> the entire process is extremely different and requires much more care in
> multi core environments like we now have on the Pi. The next update will
> have this fixed in the link code. Ultimately we will be updating ALL of the
> Allstar locks systems. This will result in a much more efficient and stable
> system with lower latency.
>
> *Syntax Change*
> The syntax has been changed or better said fixed in both the event system
> and commands such as ilink and cop. There has been a long standing bug
> which required an additional and needless parameter when specifying a
> command that only had one parameter. The extra parameter is no longer
> needed. The commands can now take up to 6 parameters if needed but any
> additional parameters than are needed are ignored. So any existing code is
> not effected but the additional unnecessary parameter could be removed on
> existing code and not used in any new code.
>
> Additionally the events parameters had a bug that prevented them from ever
> working if a command needed more than one parameter. So for instance this
> event -
>
> [events]
> asterisk -rx "rpt cmd 1998 cop 62 GPIO1:1" = s|t|RPT_RXKEYED
>
> can now be replaced much more efficiently by this event -
>
> [events]
> cop,62,GPIO1:1" = c|t|RPT_RXKEYED
>
> Calling the command directly. Prior to this fix and the one allowing a ':'
> in the GPIO statement the only way to do this was to call a script outside
> of Asterisk. This is an exciting change which will allow much more creative
> events. Our next update will include a built-in fan control event.
>
> *Supermon Changes*
>
> Some minor fixes and three additional features have been added to Supermon
> V6.1+
>
> You can now display the local temperature and weather condition using your
> zip code. If  $LOCALZIP = "zip";  is defined in global.inc the weather will
> appear below the display configuration and CPU temperature line. Add -
>
> *$LOCALZIP = "your-zip"; *
>
> to your /srv/http/supermon/global.inc file. The line will not display if
> you omit or comment this variable. The line will look like this. Hopefully
> your temperature will be a little warmer!
>
> [ Weather conditions for Richboro, PA 18954:  31°F, -1°C / Clear  ]
>
> For AutoSky users alerts now display in text in Supermon. This is displayed
> in red after the display configuration line or weather line if activated.
> You will see or hopefully won't see things like this  -   *[ Tornado
> Warning ]*
>
> The refresh time of the screen is now settable. This is necessary to update
> the CPU, weather, and AutoSky displays. The normal node updates which are
> immediate are not effected by this. Recommended refresh is 600 or 5
> minutes. Add this to global.inc
>
>
> *$REFRESH_DELAY = "600";*
>
> You can now specify the server name. The name that appears in browser tabs
> and the title bar. This makes it easier to identify when you have many
> different Supermons opened in a browser.
>
>
> *$SMSERVERNAME = "My Server";*
>
> These changes are reflected in the Supermon howto at hamvoip.org
>
>
> *73 Doug*
>
> *WA3DSP*
>
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