[App_rpt-users] Beagle Board-xM + LOX OS and power consumption

[Tim Sawyer]

The RTCM's do facilitate simulcasting. They sync the transmit audio and generate PL. You only need to add frequency stabilization to each of your transmitters to have a simulcast system.
--
Tim
:wq

On Dec 24, 2011, at 9:43 AM, Ron Morell wrote:

> Trying to catch up on the threads of information and now trying to
> understand the Beagle Board and LOX.  So reading along, I find this
> board is using an ARM DM3730CBP 1GHz processor in the current versions. 
> I find that Pickle Linux is supplying an Asterisk+app_rpt ISO image
> meant to be written to a 4Gbyte mini SD Card, and that GMK Engineering
> is selling a LOX board with adapter cables to connect it to the Beagle
> Board-xM and that this device will connect up to 2 radios.
> 
> Reading on, there is the RTCM device that is capable of replacing an
> Asterisk+app_rpt computer at a radio site, but these devices need to
> connect to a "Hub" Asterisk+app_rpt to be addressable through the
> AllStar Link Network.  Recently WB6NIL has added firmware updates to
> manage these RTCM devices as a simple repeater controller in the event
> they lose connection with the "Hub" Asterisk+app_rpt switch controller.
> 
> So my questions so far are:
> how much power in watts does the Beagle Board-xM with LOX use on average? 
> how much power in watts does the RTCM use on average?
> Has anyone compiled a Debian OS with Asterisk+app_rpt for use on the
> Beagle Board-xM, or is Pickle Linux the only currently available OS
> solution?
> Is the current Beagle Board-xM the recommended computer to use, or is
> another version better supported?
> Do the Beagle Board users need to have a JTAG device to debug and
> interface with the system and upgrade uBoot?  If so, which JTAG device
> is recommended?
> 
> OK, enough with the questions.  Given that the RTCM seems to be an
> attractive solution and the Beagle Boards are supporting up to 2 radios
> per device with a very elegant solution, I would like to learn as much
> as I can about these devices and their intended as well as extended
> uses.  I'm not at all competent with the discussion on simulcasting
> repeaters and nodes, but from what I've read that is not really the
> scope of these devices, or is there something about simulcast that I've
> missed in the threads here?
> 
> 73 and Merry Christmas,
> Ron - KA7U
> 
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