[arm-allstar] RIM-Lite/RC210 Users

[Doug Crompton]

I have no experience with the various controllers but I also want people to
be aware that Allstar itself is a repeater controller. There is no real
reason to buy expensive and sometimes complicated repeater controllers. In
a typical situation each Pi running Hamvoip controlling a repeater is
connected to other Pi's doing a similar thing via an Ethernet switch. The
Ethernet switch capability controls the number of ports you can connect
each needing a Pi and FOB if connected to a radio. Ports are connected
together just like you would connect any nodes together. So lets say a a Pi
and FOB costs $75. Four ports would cost $300 plus the cost of an Ethernet
switch. Far below the cost of a controller and much more flexible and
easier to maintain.

Granted that there are some things that a controller can do that Hamvoip
cannot but the opposite is also true. We are working on ways to improve the
Hamvoip code to fix those gaps. The other big advantage to doing it the way
I describe above is redundancy. There is no single point of failure for the
entire system. If one server were to fail the others keep working.

It is hard to teach an old dog new tricks but there are many solely Hamvoip
controlled repeater systems out there.


*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

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

On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 11:52 AM "Jay Urish via ARM-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> Larry,
>
> I guess you have never used an SCOM 7330. Its a night and day
> difference. Just look at the 210's schematic to see how Ken cludged on
> the 3rd port to the cross point switch. Most DFW clubs that had 210's
> have already upgraded to the 7330 and trashed the ARRRGGHHHHcoms...
>
>
> Jay
>
> W5GM
>
> On 8/21/19 9:24 AM, "larry via ARM-allstar" wrote:
> > Jay, I have to disagree with you about the RC-210 having bad audio.
> >
> > We run a bunch of Arcom Controllers around our area with Allstar, IRLP
> > and link radios connected to them. The audio quality is an exact copy
> > of what you feed it when it's setup correctly.  If you have bad audio
> > on it's output you either have the Arcom configured/adjusted wrong or
> > your incoming feed is bad to begin with.
> >
> > Larry - N7FM
> >
> >
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