[arm-allstar] ARM-allstar Digest, Vol 94, Issue 4

Phil Hazelton philhazelton at yahoo.co.uk
Sat Mar 5 10:58:40 EST 2022 

Dear All,
Thank you for all your help and suggestions. In the end, I modified a new CM 108 usb sound card fob for the Pi, and, bingo!, PTT now behaves as it should, and all seems ok with my node.
Cheers.
Phil, G8PJH 

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>   3. Re: PTT issue (Bill Clarkson)
>   4. Re: Help with home built Allstar node (Steve Agee)
>   5. Re: PTT issue (w9sbe)
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> Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2022 09:22:30 -0800
> From: jgnatow <jgnatow at gmail.com>
> To: Phil Hazelton via ARM-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> Cc: Phil Hazelton <philhazelton at yahoo.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Help with home built Allstar node
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> Thinking you need to flip the ptt setting in simpleusb.
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> John "Jason" Gnatowsky
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> On Mar 4, 2022 at 9:37 AM, Phil Hazelton via ARM-allstar <
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> Hi All,
> I?m new to Allstar. I am building a new node, using a Pi 3, Hamvoip soft
> ware, Baofeng 888 and a modified CM 108 usb sound card. After much effort,
> it seems it is nearly working. All star sees my node, and the radios are
> talking to each other on power up. However, when I turn on my node, the 888
> starts to Tx and stays Tx?ing until the 888 Tx default time out kicks in.
> When I PTT my external ht the node briefly goes into Rx, then again
> defaults to Tx for the default period.
> Any help/ideas would be appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Phil, G8PJH
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> From: "am_fm_radio at yahoo.com" <am_fm_radio at yahoo.com>
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> A better diagnosis would be available if you provide a schematic of your modified sound card. Is the BF888 keyed directly from a GPIO pin on the Raspberry PI or on the sound chip? Likewise is there a PTT driver transistor.. Is it open collector configuration.
> What I recommend you to do is to lift the PTT line to the radio.. then watch it on an active node to see if operating properly. If you don't have a scope a LED and a resistor can be substituted to watch PTT action.
> Also is the BF888 on high power? Is the BF888 antenna close by? It could be causing RF feedback and causing the PTT circuitry to remain on... That can be caused by RF getting into the BASE of the PTT transistor..? 
> 
> Have you played with PTT inversion option in the SIMPLE USB-TUNE- MENU APPLICATION? 
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> Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2022 18:05:00 +0000
> From: Bill Clarkson <a7776df at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] PTT issue
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> Hi,
> I usually find that it is due to the simple USB tune menu, item I Toggle
> PTT mode requires inverting.
> Cheers,
> Bill
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>> Hi All,
>> I?m new to Allstar. I am building a new node, using a Pi 3, Hamvoip soft
>> ware, Baofeng 888 and a modified CM 108 usb sound card. After much effort,
>> it seems it is nearly working. All star sees my node, and the radios are
>> talking to each other on power up. However, when I turn on my node, the 888
>> starts to Tx and stays Tx?ing until the 888 Tx default time out kicks in.
>> When I PTT my external ht the node briefly goes into Rx, then again
>> defaults to Tx for the default period.
>> Any help/ideas would be appreciated.
>> Thanks,
>> Phil, G8PJH
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> *Since it briefly receives then switches to transmit, it sounds like you 
> have it configured for a full duplex repeater, which is the default. You 
> can convert it to a simplex node by editing the /etc/asterisk/rpt.conf 
> file and adding the following line, or changing it if it already exists:
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> [49876]
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> duplex = 1
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> Then restart asterisk or reboot.
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> N5ZUA
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>> On 3/4/2022 7:01 AM, "Phil Hazelton via ARM-allstar" wrote:
>> Hi All,
>> I?m new to Allstar. I am building a new node, using a Pi 3, Hamvoip soft ware, Baofeng 888 and a modified CM 108 usb sound card. After much effort, it seems it is nearly working. All star sees my node, and the radios are talking to each other on power up. However, when I turn on my node, the 888 starts to Tx and stays Tx?ing until the 888 Tx default time out kicks in. When I PTT my external ht the node briefly goes into Rx, then again defaults to Tx for the default period.
>> Any help/ideas would be appreciated.
>> Thanks,
>> Phil, G8PJH
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> Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:45:03 -0600
> From: w9sbe <w9sbe at comcast.net>
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> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] PTT issue
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> Go to simple usb tune from the menu.Press v for view.At the bottom it should have all clear and the ptt unkeyed.Correct the one that is wrong.73 & glSent via the Samsung Galaxy S9, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone
> -------- Original message --------From: Bill Clarkson via ARM-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> Date: 3/4/22  12:19 PM  (GMT-06:00) To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org Cc: Bill Clarkson <a7776df at gmail.com> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] PTT issue Hi,I usually find that it is due to the simple USB tune menu, item I TogglePTT mode requires inverting.Cheers,BillOn Fri, 4 Mar 2022, 17:00 , <arm-allstar-request at hamvoip.org> wrote:> Send ARM-allstar mailing list submissions to>???????? arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit>???????? http://lists.hamvoip.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/arm-allstar> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to>???????? arm-allstar-request at hamvoip.org>> You can reach the person managing the list at>???????? arm-allstar-owner at hamvoip.org>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific> than "Re: Contents of ARM-allstar digest...">>> Today's Topics:>>??? 1. Help with home built Allstar node (Ph
> il Hazelton)>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------->> Message: 1> Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2022 13:01:30 +0000> From: Phil Hazelton <philhazelton at yahoo.co.uk>> To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> Subject: [arm-allstar] Help with home built Allstar node> Message-ID: <96F4E5C7-1F7D-41D9-8876-645E53C5F0C5 at yahoo.co.uk>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8>>> Hi All,> I?m new to Allstar. I am building a new node, using a Pi 3, Hamvoip soft> ware, Baofeng 888 and a modified CM 108 usb sound card. After much effort,> it seems it is nearly working. All star sees my node, and the radios are> talking to each other on power up. However, when I turn on my node, the 888> starts to Tx and stays Tx?ing until the 888 Tx default time out kicks in.> When I PTT my external ht the node briefly goes into Rx, then again> defaults to Tx for the default period.> Any help/ideas would be appreciated.> Thanks,> Phil, G8PJH> Sent from my iPad>>> ------------------------------>> Subject:
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> Phil;
>    I would start by looking at /etc/asterisk/simpleusb.conf  file.
> 
> You may have one of the settings inverted from what it needs to be based on
> your hardware mod.
> 
> I use:
> 
> carrierfrom=usbinvert
> ctcssfrom=no
> invertptt=0
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> 73 Steve, KM5HT
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>> Hi All,
>> I?m new to Allstar. I am building a new node, using a Pi 3, Hamvoip soft
>> ware, Baofeng 888 and a modified CM 108 usb sound card. After much effort,
>> it seems it is nearly working. All star sees my node, and the radios are
>> talking to each other on power up. However, when I turn on my node, the 888
>> starts to Tx and stays Tx?ing until the 888 Tx default time out kicks in.
>> When I PTT my external ht the node briefly goes into Rx, then again
>> defaults to Tx for the default period.
>> Any help/ideas would be appreciated.
>> Thanks,
>> Phil, G8PJH
>> Sent from my iPad
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