[App_rpt-users] Moving URI between USB ports.

Sun Jul 17 21:11:07 UTC 2011

Hi Lu (and other),

I've been trying different things (but not a complete re-install yet).  
One thing I have noticed is that when I have the URI plugged into the 
add-on PCI USB card the green LED flashes slower than when it is plugged 
directly into the motherboards USB sockets. I have the URI USB address 
correctly entered into the
usbradio_tune_usb27871.conf file. Receive audio is fine, COS is fine, 
PTT is fine... just no transmit audio.

And strangely last night, I keyed up my box to hear the telemetry tail 
and when I keyed *81, I got the time announced to me... and then it 
stopped again.

I think for now I will revert back to the motherboard USB sockets and 
put up with the occasional motorboating audio. I'm just not familiar 
enough with Asterisk to start trying to work out what is going on with 
the "no transmit audio" issue.  Hopefully someone else will work out 
what is going on.

Thanks to all for your input into my problem.

Michael.
VK5ZEA

On 17/07/2011 23:53, Lu Vencl wrote:
> Wow,
> I thought this was déjà vu for a moment because I actually thought I 
> wrote
> the email that Michael wrote as I went through the exact thing last 
> night. I
> installed an Belkin Hi-Speen USB 2.0 Dual-Port PCI card in my Asus box in
> the hopes that this would solve my motorboating problem because I just 
> have
> no other idea what could be causing this motorboating issue on all of 
> these
> boxes (same ASUS motherboard) and have exhausted all other options as 
> far as
> I know.
> So I also had no audio as described my Michael, so since I really had
> nothing to lose, I just reinstalled the entire package and that got the
> audio working and when it did work, the motorboating issue seemed to be
> completely gone!
> The only problem that I had was that after a period of time, the audio 
> and
> telemetry would just stop working again. If I restarted asterisk, it 
> would
> return most of the time.. Worse case, I would reboot the box and it would
> also return but to only disappear minutes later.
> So I finally gave up and just found another box that did not use the same
> ASUS motherboard to get my next node built..  Since I do have 8 of these
> boxes, I would like to find a solution though as I really would hate 
> to toss
> them out and I have 8 nodes to deploy here in South Florida.
> If anyone knows of a USB card that does work, let me know and I will try
> it.. I did read that some of these cards will only do USB 1.1 under 
> Centos
> 5.5 and above.. Not sure if that could be the issue?  Are we supposed 
> to be
> USB 2.0 with the URI?
> I am going to look at what Paul suggested one more time with this USB 
> card
> just in case, but since it does work for a short time, I figured that it
> must be configured correctly, no?
> I would appreciate any comments.
> Thanks and 73
> Lu
> KA4EPS ..
> -----Original Message-----
> From: app_rpt-users-bounces at ohnosec.org
> [mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces at ohnosec.org] On Behalf Of Paul J. Agamata
> Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 7:57 AM
> To: jrorke at cogeco.ca; APP_RPT_Users
> Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Moving URI between USB ports.
>
>
> do a 'dmesg | grep usb' and you'll ge this:
>
> usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
> usbcore: registered new driver hub
> usbcore: registered new driver hiddev
> usbcore: registered new driver usbhid
> drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver
> usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> usb usb5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
> usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> input: USB HID v1.00 Device [C-Media Electronics Inc.       USB PnP Sound
> Device] on usb-0000:00:1d.1-1
> usbcore: registered new driver snd-usb-audio
>
> Notice the usb 3-1 before the C-Media Electronic Inc. device.... 
> That's the
> address of your URI
>
> In your usbradio_tune_usb0.conf file make sure you match the new devices
> port address to this listed below:
>
> [usb0]
> ; name=usb0
> ; devicenum=0
> devstr=3-1<==============  Make sure it has the port
> address of the new port you plugged it in to
> rxmixerset=438
> txmixaset=407
> txmixbset=0
> rxvoiceadj=1.263154
> rxctcssadj=2.154079
> txctcssadj=199
> rxsquelchadj=900
>
> restart asterisk....
>
>
> If you don't get the device address right, all your tuning parameters 
> will
> be thrown off as well.
>
> _______________________________
> Paul Agamata
> Sysman at Xceptions.COM
> ________________________________________
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> [app_rpt-users-bounces at ohnosec.org]
> On Behalf Of REDBUTTON_CTRL [jrorke at cogeco.ca]
> Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 1:21 AM
> To: APP_RPT_Users
> Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Moving URI between USB ports.
>
> Hi Michael, I tried a PCI 4 port USB card and didn't have much luck with
> it. Not to say they don't work, but I never got it to work properly.
>
> I did make sure that it was USB 2.0.
>
> You might want to try to make a small adjustment to your radio tune file
> like bumping the squelch setting by 1 notch, then re-saving. That will
> update your radio tune file with the current USB port.
>
> As example, if your squelch was set to 850 do a "radio tune rxsquelch 
> 851"
> Then save with "radio tune save".
>
> Perhaps restart Asterisk and see if that works.
>
> I have always relied on PCs that are P4 3G boxes that have 4 - 6 USB 2.0
> ports on board and have had no trouble there.
>
> What is the speed of your box? Does it meet the min specs? USB ports
> must be 2.0 or you will have problems.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jon VA3RQ
>
> On 7/17/2011 3:23 AM, Michael Carey wrote:
>> Hi Everybody,
>>
>> In an attempt to fix a random "motorboating" audio issue on transmit I
>> have with my new AllStarLink node, I fitted a PCI USB2.0 board (NEC
>> chipset) to the computer.
>> CentOS found the new card fine. I shifted my URI to one of the new USB
>> ports and everything seems to be working... EXCEPT I am not getting
>> any transmitted audio.
>> Receive audio is fine, the radio will key up OK... but I get no
>> telemetry tones nor any incoming audio.
>>
>> What needs to be done when you move a URI to another USB port? Why
>> would receive audio be fine and transmitted audio not?
>>
>> Please be gentle, I am still a little green with this new stuff.
>>
>> Michael.
>> VK5ZEA
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