[arm-allstar] MAJOR HamVoIP UPDATE 1.7.0-01 RELEASED

[David Bufkin]

David,
Thanks again sir! I look forward to it! The m710 and the V7a (blue face) radios will get good use at a great remote location with plenty of elevation.
Although I will not have any idea how to steer any of it but I am sure you will have a pretty good instruction manual with it. Please keep me updated with that! 
Hope you had a good Christmas and have a happy new year.
David
Attached it the diagram of the interface I made for the V7a (blue face)
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> On Dec 26, 2021, at 12:51 PM, David McGough via ARM-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> 
> ?
> Lu,
> 
> This is a runtime installed update. So, just use admin option #1 to 
> download and install this update on any recent HamVoIP node.
> 
> 73, David KB4FXC
> 
> 
>> On Sun, 26 Dec 2021, Lu Vencl wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks David!  Is this updated reflected in the downloadable image? Or is that coming later?
>> Lu
>> KA4Eps
>> 
>>>> On Dec 25, 2021, at 3:17 PM, David McGough via ARM-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> ?
>>> Hi Everyone!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> After about 1.5 years worth of development effort, I have just released a
>>> MAJOR upgrade to the hamvoip-asterisk package.  This package includes the
>>> Asterisk/app_rpt software, which is the software that drives AllStar.  
>>> 
>>> This is the biggest upgrade in at least a decade, with about 15,000 lines 
>>> of changed software!!
>>> 
>>> For hot-spot, repeater and node radio users, the most visible change will
>>> be improved performance over the older software--meaning fewer crashes and
>>> fewer audio pops and clicks.
>>> 
>>> Hub users still running older software will notice major stability
>>> improvements.  This software is currently in use on ALL the worlds biggest
>>> AllStar hubs.
>>> 
>>> NOTE that if you're a user of Zoiper, DVSwitch Mobile, IAXRPT or other IAX
>>> client software, these clients may NO LONGER CONNECT without a minor
>>> configuration change on the HamVoIP node.  As of this software release,
>>> the IAX2 protocol has "call tokens" ENABLED.  This is a VERY IMPORTANT
>>> security mechanism, which classically was always forced off in the AllStar
>>> software.  This is now changed.  To allow connections from software not 
>>> supporting call tokens, simply modify the iax.conf file incoming stanza. 
>>> For example:
>>> 
>>> ; iax.conf
>>> [iaxphone]
>>> requirecalltoken=no
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The whole list of changes is HUGE.  Some of the highlights are:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> * app_rpt module -- Massive refactoring of code. Complete overhaul of 
>>>   internal data structures and statistical reporting code, including 
>>>   the AMI interface.  Old highly problematic "remote base" code 
>>>   completely removed (a new remote base system is coming). Major 
>>>   changes in process threads and priority, using work queues for 
>>>   low-priority processing.
>>> 
>>> * Echolink driver -- The longstanding "garbled audio" issue is fixed! 
>>>   Module unload and reload functions now work. Overall stability 
>>>   greatly improved.  Echolink node "can't connect" issues common 
>>>   after the client software was just launched are fixed.
>>> 
>>> * VOTER channel driver -- Major AMI performance improvements. stability 
>>>   improvements, including resolving some memory corruption bugs 
>>>   and mutex issues.
>>> 
>>> * Many, many areas of the core asterisk code, including IAX2 and Dahdi -- 
>>>   Major stability improvements.
>>> 
>>> *** Please see a partial partial release comments list at the URL, below.  
>>>   These are many of the changes since the last major 
>>>   hamvoip-asterisk package release on June 01, 2020.  Note that the 
>>>   gaps in revisions are where I left out long/complex descriptions 
>>>   of algorithm changes---these are too detailed to be relevant to 
>>>   the general user.
>>> 
>>>   https://hamvoip.org/release-notes/hamvoip-asterisk-2021-12-21.html
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> MERRY CHRISTMAS!
>>> 
>>> 73, David KB4FXC
>>> 
>>> 
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