[App_rpt-users] RTCM and voting setup

[Brett Friermood]

It's the radios. There are many reports of poor DTMF transmission on
most of the chinese radios.

Brett KQ9N

On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 11:00 PM, Mark Johnston <markjohnston73 at gmail.com> wrote:
> No idea how it got fixed other then multiple reboots later - no PL being
> heard now that is great!
> two other issues I have with the voter modules (RTCM) can those devices or
> can the allstar/asterisk do
> CTCSS on rx, I see it can do it on TX but I want it to be my tone decoder -
> Just seems odd if they cannot
> since it would for a USB device why not here?
>
> Two, for some reason one radio I have Wouxun the DTMF digits do not work
> except the 9 when watching the
> asterisk -r .... except sometimes if I hold each digit for 2-3 seconds then
> it does.  Is there a setting I can adjust?
> As far as I can tell by the config and listening to my signal levels sound
> about right/proper deviation etc.
> The Baofang works 100% of the time with the briefest of key presses even if
> I tweak the rx a bit. When I monitor
> the output from the wouxun through the node the tones sound distorted - from
> the baofang they sound clean.
> Maybe it's the radio?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Mark
>
> KC7DMF
>
>
> "Got Root?"
>
> How many software engineers does it take to change a light bulb?
> None. It's a hardware problem.
>
>
> Unix is user friendly. It's just very particular about who it's friends are.
> WINDOWS: Will Install Needless Data On Whole System
> MICROSOFT: Most Intelligent Customers Realize Our Software Only Fools
> Teenagers.
>
>
> A ntennas
> P oorly
> P laced
> L acks
> E ngineering
>
> The best way to accelerate a computer running Windows is at 9.81 m/s².
>
> "I get paid to support Windows, I use Linux to get work done."
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Mark Johnston <markjohnston73 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> Trying to setup 2 RTCM's for voting - starting off with 1 for the master
>> timing source - no Radio.
>> and one currently at the same site for testing purposes, both have GPS
>> configured & working.
>>
>> The radio is a GE Mastr II base - I located a point where the CTCSS
>> decoder gets the discriminator audio
>> and removed the board for CTCSS decode. Plugged in the audio to the RTCM
>> there.
>>
>> I do hear the audio, but am having multiple issues, first audio sounds OK
>> locally (repeat) but the biggest
>> issue there is the PL is loud and plfilter = y in the voter.conf appears
>> to do nothing for that.
>>
>> Second issue I am not seeing a way to decode PL either in the RTCM or in
>> asterisk from a voter.
>> I know with usbradio/simplusb it has the option but from what I know those
>> are not going to do anything here?
>>
>> also during the RTCM setup the SQ adjustment appears to calibrate go from
>> flashing to solid on the LD3 indicator.
>> but when adjusting the SQ pot 10 , 50 , or 150 turns does nothing to
>> extinguish the LD3 as it should, unless I am
>> misunderstanding the directions - does not make sense. Anyone know if
>> there is something I could be missing?
>>
>> below are the rpt.conf (partial) and voter.conf files
>>
>> rpt.conf ----
>>
>> [28344]                                 ; Change this to your assigned
>> node number
>> rxchannel=voter/28344
>> duplex=2
>> ;erxgain=-3
>> ;etxgain=3
>> ;controlstates=controlstates
>> scheduler=schedule28344
>> morse=morse28344
>> macro=macro28344
>> functions=functions28344
>> phone_functions=functions28344
>> link_functions=functions28344
>> telemetry=telemetry
>> wait_times=wait-times
>> context =  radio
>> callerid = "Repeater" <0000000000>
>> idrecording = |iKC7DMF
>> accountcode=RADIO
>> hangtime=100
>> althangtime=100
>> totime=530000
>> idtime=540000
>> politeid=3000
>> idtalkover=|iKC7DMF
>> unlinkedct=ct2
>> ;discpgm=yourdisconnectprogram
>> ;lnkactenable=0
>> ;lnkacttime=1800
>> ;lnkactmacro=*52
>> ;lnkacttimerwarn=30seconds
>> ;remote_inact_timeout=1800
>> ;remote_timeout=3600
>> nounkeyct=0
>> ;holdofftelem=0
>> beaconing=0
>> linktolink=yes
>> telemdefault=2
>> propagate_dtmf = yes
>> propagate_phonedtmf = yes
>>
>> ;
>> ; *** Status Reporting ***
>>
>> ######
>>
>>
>> /etc/asterisk/voter.conf
>>
>> ;[general]
>>
>> port = 667
>> buflen = 500
>> password = pwblah
>>
>> [28344]
>>
>> 1306 = pw1blah,master
>> plfilter = y
>> thresholds = 255,110=5
>> linger=6
>> 1300 = pw2blah,transmit
>> plfilter = y
>> thresholds = 255,110=5
>> linger=10
>>
>> #####
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>  Mark KC7DMF
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> App_rpt-users mailing list
> App_rpt-users at ohnosec.org
> http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users
>
> To unsubscribe from this list please visit
> http://ohnosec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users and scroll down to
> the bottom of the page. Enter your email address and press the "Unsubscribe
> or edit options button"
> You do not need a password to unsubscribe, you can do it via email
> confirmation. If you have trouble unsubscribing, please send a message to
> the list detailing the problem.