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From: "David Ranch"
To: RaspberryPi-4-HamRadio@groups.io
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2023 09:28:01 AM
Subject: Re: [RaspberryPi-4-HamRadio] Newbie Question on CM108 Audio Fob for Allstar Node

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> Hello Scott,
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> > David - Thank you for the quick response and info about dmesg. I know
> > almost nothing about Linux commands so every little bit helps. I ended
> > up simply cleaning the usb fob contacts with a pencil eraser and it
> > magically began to work fine.
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> How old is this FOB? If it's pretty new, you might have a problem.
> There are a lot of these units that are very poorly made and if your USB
> contacts are getting a lot of oxidation now, you probably will have more
> issues in the future. I personally have had very good luck with the $7
> Syba units.
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> > I am now playing with various recording qualities as a way to learn
> > about the Pi. My goal is to build a Ham Allstar node but I want to
> > understand all the hardware connections before I start blindy
> > following any of the many on-line "how-tos". I've managed to find a
> > decent schematic for the CM108 fob I am using as a starting point so
> > I'm going through each of the I/O lines that will eventually go to my
> > HT radio, which is primarily the audio in/out, Carrier On Squelch, and
> > Push-to-Talk signals.
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> Always a good plan
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> > Not sure if you can answer but once I download the current Allstar
> > Asterick s/w onto a uSD card, do I simply insert that in place of the
> > RPi OS card currently in the slot and re-boot the Pi?
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> Which Allstar software are you considering as there are several?
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> - The true Allstar project software either has Raspberry Pi image
> but the ASL2 Beta version is based on the Debian 10 Buster release which
> doesn't get security updates anymore and the overall installed ASL
> software is also very very old (2021-03-24). There is evidently a lot
> of politics going on in that group and while
> gives some hints to it, there haven't been
> any updates since 2021.
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> - You can try using the newest Raspberry Pi OS image (a new Debian
> 12 / Bookworm release is due any month now) and then overlay the
> currently available Allstar software on top of it.
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> - There is the HamVoIP project which is both a well maintained
> project and tuned software but it's almost a fork of Allstar. It's
> still compatible with the overall Allstar network but they don't
> contribute their core code changes back the the Allstar community. This
> is bad for the overall Allstar project but if your OK with running the
> HamVoIP (psedo-fork), it should work fine.
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> Maybe others can chime in here on other possible options..
>
> --David
> KI6ZHD
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