[arm-allstar] Issue with USB fob going offline.

[Jesse Royall]

If you have a spare card, try that. I have a paging system that worked for a year and then all the sudden couldn’t keep it running for about 3 months swapping hard ware but never the sd card. Finally gave up when I was having to reimagine every week and it’s been happy ever since. 

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> On Feb 13, 2019, at 10:41 AM, Doug Crompton via ARM-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> 
> Simon,
> 
>  There could be several causes for this but most involve hardware issues
> not software.  Here is a list of things that could cause it:
> 
> - A bad FOB - even if it works sometimes it might be flaky
> - Bad power - This is often an issue. Make sure you Pi power supply is
> sufficient. Try another one.
> - Power glitches - ground differentials can cause problems. Make sure
> things are bonded.
> - RF - This is not only from HF but also from the node radio especially if
> using a close by antenna.
> - Possibly corrupt code. Try setting up another SD card and using it.
> - A bad Pi or USB port. Try a different port, different Pi
> 
> What power are you using and what FOB are you using?
> 
> 
> *73 Doug*
> 
> *WA3DSP*
> 
> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
> 
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 9:12 AM "Simon - ZL1SWW via ARM-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I have had an allstar node running quite well for some time like 6 months
>> or
>> so. Up till now, it has been going well.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> As of about 3 week ago, I have been having issues where the USB sound fob
>> drops off and non responsive to or from the attached radio. An asterisk
>> restart won't work but a warm boot from the menu will restore the usb fob
>> and the radio works again. It will last a day or so and then die.
>> 
>> I can connect via my cell using DVswitch  and all runs fine from the
>> asterisk point of view. I can even reboot via the IAX client and all is
>> good
>> again for a while.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I thought some power glitches / outages may have corrupted the SD card
>> image
>> and so rebuilt it. The day after the rebuild, it's failing again just as
>> before. Using the latest image off the site. It's an RPi 2 with a USB wlan
>> dongle working ok.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The messages file shows many entries as below:
>> 
>> [Feb 13 21:53:09] ERROR[14444] chan_simpleusb.c: Not able to detach the USB
>> device
>> 
>> [Feb 13 21:53:10] ERROR[14444] chan_simpleusb.c: Not able to detach the USB
>> device
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Asterisk CLI console shows loads of:
>> 
>> [89837.644648] usb 1-1.5: 1:1: usb_set_interface failed (-32)
>> 
>> [89837.652889] usb 1-1.5: 2:1: usb_set_interface failed (-32)
>> 
>> [89837.660900] usb 1-1.5: 2:1: usb_set_interface failed (-32)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> And
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> [Feb 13 21:58:01] NOTICE[14444]: chan_simpleusb.c:1488 hidthread: Loaded
>> parameters from simpleusb_tune_usb.conf for device usb .
>> 
>> [Feb 13 21:58:01] WARNING[14444]: chan_simpleusb.c:1789 setformat: Unable
>> to
>> re-open DSP device 0 (usb): Device or resource busy
>> 
>>  == Set device 1-1.5:1.0 to usb
>> 
>> [Feb 13 21:58:01] NOTICE[14444]: chan_simpleusb.c:1488 hidthread: Loaded
>> parameters from simpleusb_tune_usb.conf for device usb .
>> 
>> [Feb 13 21:58:01] WARNING[14444]: chan_simpleusb.c:1802 setformat: Unable
>> to
>> set format to 16-bit signed
>> 
>>  == Set device 1-1.5:1.0 to usb
>> 
>> [Feb 13 21:58:02] NOTICE[14444]: chan_simpleusb.c:1488 hidthread: Loaded
>> parameters from simpleusb_tune_usb.conf for device usb .
>> 
>> [Feb 13 21:58:02] WARNING[14444]: chan_simpleusb.c:1802 setformat: Unable
>> to
>> set format to 16-bit signed
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> It seems to show up as a module from lsusb.
>> 
>> [root at zl1sww-47563 asterisk]# lsusb
>> 
>> Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0d8c:0012 C-Media Electronics, Inc.
>> 
>> Bus 001 Device 004: ID 148f:5370 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT5370 Wireless
>> Adapter
>> 
>> Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp. SMSC9512/9514
>> Fast Ethernet Adapter
>> 
>> Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9514 Standard Microsystems Corp. SMC9514 Hub
>> 
>> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
>> 
>> [root at zl1sww-47563 asterisk]#
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> In the simpleusbtune menu it shows as not available.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Note this is a clean build so should be fine. Don't think it is hardware as
>> the thing runs fine after a warm boot. The warm boot most likely power
>> cycles the USB subsystem though. Hope it's not the URI piece as it is home
>> built and a pain to change.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Any ideas or someone who has had the same issue?
>> 
>> Any extra debugging I can do?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers and thanks,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Simon
>> 
>> ZL1SWW.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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