[arm-allstar] SimpleUSB / USBRadio

[Doug Crompton]

Brad,

 I am not following item 1 - and the many times a minute? Is this valid
traffic or noise? If it drops the timeout would be reset.

I can only tell you that simpleusb should interface fine as long as you
have things setup correctly. Often the settings used when connecting as you
are is  duplex=0 and linktolink=yes   Have you tried that?  Many others
have link to controllers successfully and possibly someone using that
particular controller could give you some advice.

We generally do not recommend using usbradio on the Pi. It has some
substantial flaws which could probably be fixed. It was written as a single
thread application and would require a lot of rework to make it right. As
you know our answer is iopipe which I expect you will see in beta sometime
later this spring. But again I see no reason why simpleusb with the proper
settings would not work. Maybe you need to get rid of that controller and
use network connected Pi's running Allstar as you controllers! It certainly
would be a lot more flexible and redundant.


*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

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



On Sat, Mar 30, 2019 at 1:22 AM "Brad Trogdon via ARM-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> Good AM to all reading this.  I have searched the archives as well as
> Google whom is not showing the love.  :)
>
> I understand that the preferred Channel Driver is SimpleUSB but....
>
> Here is my scenario..  After two (2) years I have Internet at my repeater
> site and can drop the RF Linking (Simplex Node) to connect AllStar.  My
> repeater has a ZR310 controller of which the URIx connects to the Assy
> port.  All works fine with few exceptions.
>
> 1. Any RF received on input triggers COS which opens all connected
> repeaters. (Not local but network connected ones.) Occurs many times a
> minute and I don't want to be the guy that times out the network
> repeaters.  No audio passes unless it includes a PL/DPL authorized in the
> controller.
>
> 2. Network initiated traffic transmits fine but does not TX a PL.  (141.3
> is whats desired)
>
> Reading the options available I have experimented with USBRadio I am able
> to hear (via local repeater) Network initiated traffic and 141.3 as the PL
> well.
>
> My issue with USBRadio is that:
>
> 1. Local Repeater traffic is not detected (actually nothing is detected)
> where network side transmits just fine.  Documentation found offers no new
> suggestions to try.
>
> Any suggestions??  or additional questions?
>
> Any progress on the IOPipe Channel Driver?
>
> Thanks for what everyone does and to those that contribute to the HamVoIP
> community.
>
> -Brad
> W4INT - WQTG-303
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