[Allstar Digital] BBB use?

Mon Nov 30 18:33:02 EST 2015

I will support chan_usrp in the upcoming DIAL version for the BBB.
I don't know any other BBB version.

Steve

On 11/30/2015 06:29 PM, Chris HIll/K7AZ wrote:
> Will a BBB work for this interface?
>
> /Sent from my dumb-smart DROID.../
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> Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 14:29:14 -0500
> From: Mike Zingman <mike.zingman at gmail.com>
> To: Digital linking using Asterisk and app_rpt
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> Subject: Re: [Allstar Digital] A new Pi
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> I am using an OrangePi. For $15 it is a great value. I would see the 
> new pi
> as an internet of things IoT device.
> On Nov 27, 2015 2:20 PM, "Buddy Brannan" <buddy at brannan.name> wrote:
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> > I'm also interested in this:
> > http://getchip.com
> >
> > Wonder how things will run on it? Sounds good, price is right.
> >
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> > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> > Phone: 814-860-3194
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> > > On Nov 27, 2015, at 2:03 PM, Mike Zingman <mike.zingman at gmail.com>
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> > > http://techcrunch.com/2015/11/26/raspberry-pi-zero/?ncid=rss
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> Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 14:40:00 -0500
> From: "Bryan D. Boyle" <bdboyle at bdboyle.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Allstar Digital] Allstar-Digital Digest, Vol 2, Issue 25
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> OK, I realize that I'm a little late coming to the party here...but, is
> there a BOM (bill of materials) aside from a DMR repeater and a working
> allstar (been doing it for 6 years...so, I think I can spin up another
> node...) node?
>
> Reason I'm asking is that I've come into the ability to get onto a 500'
> tower that already has a 440 stick near the top.  Now, I'll have to get
> a 5.8 gig link back to my central net access point (about 8 air
> miles...Ubnt equipment is your friend), but, also have a moto UHF DMR
> repeater sitting in a box ready to go, and my local coord body is going
> to hunt for a pair on narrowband spacing to assign to me.
>
> So, assuming I have the repeater (and amp), duplexer, Pi2B, net
> connection...I think I'll need some dongle (AMBE?) to do the
> transcoding, another channel driver for allstar...a legit node number
> (though, I don't see this ever showing up on DMR-MARC like my other
> machine in Fairless Hills); I only plan on using this as a DMR link into
> my existing allstar network...)
>
> Thinking that the Pi uses the DIAL release?  Or is Compton's version
> workable?  saw something about a different channel driver...so, that's
> on the list to acquire and gen into the system (haven't looked to see if
> it is part of the distro).
>
> Am I missing something?  I'll offer to collect FAQ information and
> re-post as need be (I know what it's like cranking on code and then
> facing doing the dox...) if that would be a help.
>
> And if I'm off base, I'm ok with that and will go back to lurking...
>
> 73 all
> Bryan WB0YLE
>
>
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> Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 15:55:55 -0500
> From: Steve Zingman <szingman at msgstor.com>
> To: Digital linking using Asterisk and app_rpt
> <allstar-digital at lists.keekles.org>
> Subject: Re: [Allstar Digital] Allstar-Digital Digest, Vol 2, Issue 25
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> I'll take my PC hat off her. That's Politically Correct.
> Some people want you to think that it's a magic trick to run AllStar
> Asterisk on a specific board. It's not true. AllStar Asterisk has a few
> requirements that the underlying Linux must provide. DAHDI needs to be
> compiled as a kernel module, so the kernel headers are required. For
> most sound hardware, OSS (Open Sound System) is required. That's about
> it. I too have been around AllStar for quite a while and it was a
> problem compiling app_rpt on Debian early on. Since ACID was the
> official distribution, I had to go it alone if I wanted Debian. I
> started building my scripts and patches so I could run AllStar Asterisk
> on Debian. Someone called the scripts and patches just a collection of
> files. That's quite true. Just as AllStar is just a collection of files.
>
> We decided to run AllStar on a RPI1 as a test. For me, it was fun to try
> to shoehorn AllStar in a limited resource machine like the Pi1. It
> worked. It's not great but it works. At the same time, more and more
> people were running into problem with ACID on newer hardware. ACID was
> built on a older version of Centos. Either it would not run, or there
> were no drivers for needed hardware. Since I ran my nodes on current
> Debian, I already had the scripts and patches to run AllStar on current
> hardware under Debian. I decided To take those scripts and build a
> complete installer. It took someone from "Bare Metal" to a up and
> running node.
>
> Jim WB6NIL asked me if the Bare Metal installer I built could be used to
> replace the aging ACID distribution. I said sure since it would reduce
> the pain people were running into. Jim published the installer as DIAL.
> As they say, what's in a name. Jim knew we had already built AllStar on
> a RPi so he asked if I would create a image for the RPI2. I really don't
> like images because they can get bloated with unneeded fluff. But people
> prefer to download a disk image and burn it to a card. So I built DIAL
> for the RPi2 and Jim published it.
>
> DIAL on the X86 or DIAL on the ARM are just AllStar Asterisk. No more no
> less. All the apps, functions and channel drivers from the SVN
> repository are included. I do disable what I consider unneeded modules
> in modules.conf, simple to turn on when needed by editing modules.conf.
> ALL the code is compiled and installed, just not enabled for run time.
> This reduces the CPU load, the memory footprint and keeps asterisk form
> logging complaints about missing unneeded configuration files. Lean and
> mean is the motto. I continue to build version of DIAL on machines like
> the BBB and OrangePi. X86 uses a very slightly tweaked version of the
> Debian Net installer. It's pretty lean. For the RPi2 I did not like the
> bloat included with the stock Raspbian images. So we built a stripped
> down distribution based on stock Debian. The idea was not to strip out
> what was not needed, the idea was to never include the fluff in the
> first place. This is one of the reasons people are reporting good
> success running 2 active nodes on a RPi2 with the chan_USB drivers. The
> only added post install scripts were updated scripts from ACID. Jim
> wanted these for new people, so they were includes. There are no weather
> scripts, no talking clocks, no "hold you hand" junk. There is room to
> add that stuff if you want.
>
> DMRGateway uses exactly nothing out of AllStar. Huh? DMRGateway feeds
> audio to and receives audio from AllStar through the stock USRP channel
> driver. The USRP channel drivers job is simple, take in PCM on a UDP
> port and send it into Asterisk. It sends Asterisk audio out via UDP. It
> also handles the PTT and COR signals app_rpt expects. The same way you
> add Echolink (yuck) to AllStar, you add USRP to AllStar. From there
> DMRGateway, DV3000 and DMRLink make up everything needed to connect
> AllStar to a IPSC network.
>
> Bottom line, All of the meat and none of the fat. DMRGateway will work
> with any version of AllStar that has the stock USRP channel driver.
>
> For INAD, 73, Steve N4IRS.
>
> On 11/27/2015 02:40 PM, Bryan D. Boyle wrote:
> > OK, I realize that I'm a little late coming to the party here...but,
> > is there a BOM (bill of materials) aside from a DMR repeater and a
> > working allstar (been doing it for 6 years...so, I think I can spin up
> > another node...) node?
> >
> > Reason I'm asking is that I've come into the ability to get onto a
> > 500' tower that already has a 440 stick near the top.  Now, I'll have
> > to get a 5.8 gig link back to my central net access point (about 8 air
> > miles...Ubnt equipment is your friend), but, also have a moto UHF DMR
> > repeater sitting in a box ready to go, and my local coord body is
> > going to hunt for a pair on narrowband spacing to assign to me.
> >
> > So, assuming I have the repeater (and amp), duplexer, Pi2B, net
> > connection...I think I'll need some dongle (AMBE?) to do the
> > transcoding, another channel driver for allstar...a legit node number
> > (though, I don't see this ever showing up on DMR-MARC like my other
> > machine in Fairless Hills); I only plan on using this as a DMR link
> > into my existing allstar network...)
> >
> > Thinking that the Pi uses the DIAL release?  Or is Compton's version
> > workable?  saw something about a different channel driver...so, that's
> > on the list to acquire and gen into the system (haven't looked to see
> > if it is part of the distro).
> >
> > Am I missing something?  I'll offer to collect FAQ information and
> > re-post as need be (I know what it's like cranking on code and then
> > facing doing the dox...) if that would be a help.
> >
> > And if I'm off base, I'm ok with that and will go back to lurking...
> >
> > 73 all
> > Bryan WB0YLE
> >
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