[arm-allstar] USB radio - no repeat audio

Thu Nov 11 09:16:18 EST 2021

Yea I did not want to restart it at the time as it is also the host for the Florida HUB 27892 which serves around 15 nodes. 
Decided to try a restart this morning and bingo. 
Lesson learned. 
Lu
KA4EPS

> On Nov 11, 2021, at 9:08 AM, Dave Petrie <wa2kjc at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Great!! I was burnt by that, as nice and easy as is the rpt reload is, I had to do a restart to fix a problem.
> Glad it worked out for you. What's the first thing remote support says when you call them, did you try a power clear?
> And there goes all the log files I needed, oh well been there too.
> Hey, have a nice day.
> Dave
> 
>> On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 9:01 AM Lu Vencl <ka4eps at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Well got an update. Looks like a false alarm. 
>> I thought a reload would have sufficed but apparently not. I assume reload has more authority over RPT reload? I tried a complete system restart just now and the problem is resolved now. So I guess the lesson here is when in doubt do a complete restart.
>> It was originally set to duplex=3 as I took an image from another node / repeater  that required it. Due to local repeat audio mixing with AllStar repeat audio causing echo.
>> All good now. Thanks!
>> 
>> > On Nov 11, 2021, at 8:06 AM, Dave Petrie via ARM-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>> > 
>> > Hi Lu, maybe check the, devstr=1-1.2:1.0, that are in the
>> > simpleusb_tune_usb1.conf, and see if they match what you see when you run
>> > this command with your usb card plugged in. Just trying to verify you are
>> > plugged into the right usb port as they change with different models of
>> > raspberry. It's a little confusing when linux calls the device0 or device1
>> > when it has nothing to do with the devstr= number.
>> > .
>> > how to find my usb sound cards in linux:
>> > log into the site computer, log in as root. I use putty SSH from another
>> > windows computer on the system.
>> > Menu item 9 enter and then type:
>> > cd \ [there is a space after cd , then hit enter and then enter again, then
>> > cd / enter, to make sure you’re at the root command
>> > prompt,
>> > my login looks like this: [root at WA2KJC-PI /]#
>> > Then type:
>> > cat /proc/asound/cards
>> > and here is what I get:
>> > [root at WA2KJC-PI ~]# cat /proc/asound/cards
>> > 0 [Device ]: USB-Audio - USB PnP Sound Device
>> > C-Media Electronics Inc. USB PnP Sound Device at usb-3f980000.usb-1.2, full
>> > spe
>> > 1 [Device_1 ]: USB-Audio - USB PnP Sound Device
>> > C-Media Electronics Inc. USB PnP Sound Device at usb-3f980000.usb-1.1.3,
>> > full s
>> > Note: don’t pay attention to the 0[Device] or the 1[Device] that’s only the
>> > order in which they were inserted
>> > Not where they actually are in the 4 port usb connector:
>> > Usb is bottom left with the Ethernet on the left. Usb1 is bottom right.
>> > Usb2 is top left. Usb3 is top right.
>> > So insert only one usb audio card at a time and run the command and make a
>> > note of the “usb-1.2” or “usb-
>> > 1.1.3” etc etc
>> > bottom left usb usb-1.1.3
>> > bottom right usb usb-1.2
>> > top right usb usb-1.3
>> > top left usb usb-1.1.2
>> > The actual sound card doesn’t have any influence on the result, it’s only
>> > the port it’s plugged into is being
>> > identified with the usb something.
>> > 
>> > After typing all this, some copy and paste, all you really have to do is
>> > plug the usb into a different port and
>> > try your audio test again until all ports have been tested. It might be a
>> > quicker way, maybe you already did that.
>> > Dave
>> > 
>> >> On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 7:21 AM "David McGough via ARM-allstar" <
>> >> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> Hi Lu,
>> >> 
>> >> No flames---chan_usbradio does work (with some "audio glitches") on
>> >> RPi3 or RPi4 hardware.  I'm not sure what's happening with your setup?
>> >> 
>> >> ...I just tested on an RPi3A radio-less node and chan_usbradio works okay
>> >> in duplex=2 for me, using these settings:
>> >> 
>> >> ;usbradio.conf
>> >> [usb1]
>> >> hdwtype=0
>> >> rxboost=1
>> >> txboost=1
>> >> rxctcssrelax=1
>> >> txctcssdefault=100.0
>> >> rxctcssfreqs=100.0
>> >> txctcssfreqs=100.0
>> >> ;rxctcssoverride=0
>> >> carrierfrom=usbinvert
>> >> ctcssfrom=no
>> >> rxdemod=flat
>> >> txprelim=yes
>> >> txlimonly=no
>> >> txtoctype=notone
>> >> txmixa=composite
>> >> txmixb=0
>> >> invertptt=0
>> >> duplex=1
>> >> rxondelay=0
>> >> rxnoisefiltype=0
>> >> eeprom=0
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> ;rpt.conf
>> >> [1234]
>> >> rxchannel=Radio/usb1
>> >> duplex=2
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> 73, David KB4FXC
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >>> On Wed, 10 Nov 2021, "Lu Vencl via ARM-allstar" wrote:
>> >>> 
>> >>> I know I'm going to get flamed for this post, but as I mentioned before
>> >>> I still have a need on a couple of my nodes to use USB radio. I'm using
>> >>> simple USB everywhere I can but 2 of my 10 repeaters need to use USB
>> >>> radio. I just uncovered that there is no repeat audio when you use USB
>> >>> radio even with duplex=2. Just want to confirm that someone else knows
>> >>> about this or has experienced the same issue?
>> >> 
>> >>> I don't believe I have anything else set up incorrectly but I just
>> >>> wanna confirm that I did not miss something? I transitioned from an old
>> >>> acid box to  hamvoip and copied everything over manually, including usb
>> >>> tune settings  .Everything else works perfectly fine. Just when local
>> >>> traffic occurs on the repeater, people can't hear each other.
>> >>> 
>> >>> Thanks
>> >>> 
>> >>> Lu
>> >>> KA4EPS
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