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From: "David Ranch"
To:
[email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2023 09:28:01 AM
Subject: Re: [RaspberryPi-4-HamRadio] Newbie Question on CM108
Audio Fob for Allstar Node
>
> Hello Scott,
>
> > 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.
>
> 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.
>
>
> > 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.
>
> Always a good plan
>
>
> > 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?
>
> Which Allstar software are you considering as there are
several?
>
> - 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.
>
> - 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.
>
> - 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.
>
>
> Maybe others can chime in here on other possible options..
>
> --David
> KI6ZHD
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Scott Eckert
Steve-N8AR