[arm-allstar] Local IP Announce

[Bryan St Clair]

Thanks Doug, makes sense to me!

On Fri, Sep 7, 2018, 21:25 "Doug Crompton via ARM-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> Bryan,
>
>   What he is experiencing is normal behavior.  duplex=0  in rpt.conf stops
> telemetry but not always. Here is how voice playback works. It is not
> always the way you think it would work!
>
> With duplex= anything but 0
>
>  -  The localplay command plays audio to the local node only. This would
> include local iaxrpt and RF connections. It does NOT go beyond the local
> node.
>
> - The playback command plays to all the same as locaplay plus ALL connected
> nodes anywhere. This is used for global announcements like playnews.
>
> With duplex=0
>
> - The localplay command does NOT play anywhere.
>
> - The playback command plays only locally - in other words like the
> localplay command in other duplex modes.
>
> Since the sayip command uses localplay with duplex=0 it would never be
> heard.
>
> I am submitting an updated sayip.sh that will be in the next update and
> uses playback so it will be heard at boot regardless of the duplex setting
> understanding that this command could be turned off in all cases if not
> desired in the /usr/local/etc/allstar.env file. This is never turned off in
> the virgin image for setup purposes and I recommend leaving it on
> especially if you move your node around so that you know what IP it is on
> and can access it.
>
> Lets see how this updated script works. The only gotcha is if duplex is not
> set to 0 and a node is connected at boot very quickly it could spill over
> to that node. This is not likely but could happen.
>
>
> *73 Doug*
>
> *WA3DSP*
>
> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>
> On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 6:40 PM "Bryan St Clair via ARM-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
> > A friend happened to tell him his node was not announcing the IP when
> > booting.
> >
> > From what I saw in his config, all was good.  And IP announce setting was
> > enabled.
> >
> > I decided to look through his entire rpt.conf file, I noticed he picked 0
> > for a duplex setting, instead of 1, for his simplex node.
> >
> > Would a 0 setting also disable IP announcements?  I see it will stop
> > tones.  Other than the enable setting, any other place to check that
> could
> > prevent the announcement?
> >
> > --
> > Bryan
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> > bryan at k6cbr.us
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