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

[Kenneth Fowler]

Has anyone had any issues with an RF link from a hamshack hotline phone?
I have followed all of the instructions and added the new code.

Kenneth
N4VKF


Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2021 15:17:01 -0500 (EST)
From: David McGough <kb4fxc at inttek.net>
To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
Subject: [arm-allstar] MAJOR HamVoIP UPDATE 1.7.0-01 RELEASED

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://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhamvoip.org%2Frelease-notes%2Fhamvoip-asterisk-2021-12-21.html&data=04%7C01%7C%7C5948a538c99f46f4218908d9ca4d7b79%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637763256418417426%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=tcOtSmNPrGYc8SXqplceaO27uj%2FtivtaOWjWsrVnED8%3D&reserved=0

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

73, David KB4FXC



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