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<br><div><div>On Dec 21, 2011, at 12:23 PM, Marshall Oldham wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div class="hmmessage" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; "><div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="088175719-21122011">Jim,</span></font></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="088175719-21122011"></span></font> </div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="088175719-21122011">Okay so one server running Allstar node software at a central location (like my house) can support a dozen RTCM's being used as "Generic" conventional</span></font></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="088175719-21122011">full duplex (repeaters) radio interfaces on far away hilltops even if I do not want to use </span></font><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="088175719-21122011">the RTCM GPS-Timing Multi receiver voting or Simulcast Transmitter features?</span></font></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="088175719-21122011">As long as I have some sort of internet connection at the remote sites back to my house?</span></font></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="088175719-21122011"></span></font> </div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="088175719-21122011">If I understand this correctly this would mean that:</span></font></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="088175719-21122011"></span></font> </div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="088175719-21122011">1) No cost of computer at the radio site.</span></font></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="088175719-21122011">2) No worry about the node computer locking up at the remote radio site and having to reboot or reset it.</span></font></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="088175719-21122011">3) No cost other than the RTCM (Radio Thin Client Module) to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></font><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="088175719-21122011">setup an Allstar node at the remote radio site. (no computer, no URI, no Sound FOB) </span></font></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="088175719-21122011">4) If I use the RTCM (Radio Thin Client Module) I have the ability to setup a normal Allstar node at the present time and then later if I want to I can upgrade the hilltop </span></font></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="088175719-21122011">for GPS-Timing Multi receiver voting and Simulcast Transmitter<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></font><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="088175719-21122011">by simply adding a GPS receiver at the site and reconfiguring the software.</span></font></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="088175719-21122011"></span></font> </div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="088175719-21122011">If so, this seems like a pretty cool little piece of hardware! </span></font></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="088175719-21122011"></span></font> </div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="088175719-21122011">Marshall - ke6pcv </span></font><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="088175719-21122011"> </span></font></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="088175719-21122011"></span></font> </div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="088175719-21122011"> </span></font></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="088175719-21122011"> </span></font></div><br><blockquote dir="ltr" style="border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 255); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; "><div dir="ltr" lang="en-us" class="OutlookMessageHeader" align="left"><hr tabindex="-1"><font face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Jim Duuuude [mailto:telesistant@hotmail.com]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, December 21, 2011 11:52 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Marshall Oldham; app_rpt mailing list<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>RE: [App_rpt-users] Allstar RTCM (Radio Thin Client Module) is nowavailable<br></font><br></div><div></div><div dir="ltr">Yeah, that's the general idea. The location of the Linux server running app_rpt/Asterisk can be<br>more or less anywhere within Internet connectivity of all of the receiver and/or transmitter sites.<br>Of course, "Internet" can mean either some sort of public Internet connection, or a privately-provided<br>Internet connection (low-cost microwave link(s), etc).<br><br>The only limitation is that an RTCM/Voter module *must* be located on the same LAN as the Linux<br>server, to at least provide a GPS-based timing reference. A system could be set up with a server<br>located in some sort of datacenter "on the ground", and all the radios could have an RTCM "on the<br>hill" with them, and as long as there is Internet connectivity of some sort between each of them<br>and the server, the system will work nicely. That is providing that there is an RTCM located at<br>the server location also (whether or not that particular RTCM has radio hardware connected to it<br>or not).<br><br>One minimal Linux server can easily support 1 or 2 dozen RTCM's (on 1 or 2 allstar nodes),<br>and a larger server could easily support MANY dozens of them on dozens of allstar nodes.<br>Of course, you REALLY dont want to put too many of them on a single server, being a potential<br>single point of failure. For pretty much any practical purpose, the reasonable limitation is<br>the point of failure/redundancy issue, not technical limitations.<br><br>I'm not sure if you were clear on this, so I thought I would mention that the RTCM is not just<br>usable as a GPS-timing-based Multi-Receiver Voting system and/or a Simulcast Transmitter system.<br>It can also be used as a "generic" radio interface for a conventional (non-GPS-based) either simplex<br>or full duplex (repeater) radio. The advantage of doing this would be to not have the Linux<br>host "on the hill" with the radio (as mentioned above). In addition, the RTCM allows for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>portable/mobile operation with a mobile/portable Internet connection in both the GPS-based<br>and non-GPS-based environments.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>JIM WB6NIL<br><br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: <a href="mailto:ke6pcv@cal-net.org">ke6pcv@cal-net.org</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org">app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org</a><br>Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:54:18 -0800<br>Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Allstar RTCM (Radio Thin Client Module) is nowavailable<br><br><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="ecx104503518-21122011"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">I have been looking at the Allstar RTCM (Radio Thin Client Module) and it really looks like a GREAT product and addition to the already cool Allstar hardware.</font></span></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="ecx104503518-21122011"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"></font></span> </div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="ecx104503518-21122011"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">Among all the other cool features of the RTCM (Radio Thin Client Module) like Transmitter Simulcasting and Receiver Voting, if</font></span><span class="ecx104503518-21122011"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I understand the documentation</font></span></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="ecx104503518-21122011"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">correctly you can use this very small Radio Thin Client Module at a remote radio site to set up an Allstar repeater node if the site has internet connection without a COMPUTER at the site?</font></span></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="ecx104503518-21122011"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"></font></span> </div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="ecx104503518-21122011"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">Then you can point the node on the hilltop back to a server on the ground somewhere that is easy to get too? </font></span></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="ecx104503518-21122011"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"></font></span> </div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="ecx104503518-21122011"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">How many total sites can you use Radio Thin Client Modules on and point back to a single server on the ground? </font></span></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="ecx104503518-21122011"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"></font></span> </div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="ecx104503518-21122011"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">If this is the case, All I can say is WOW, how cool!</font></span></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="ecx104503518-21122011"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"></font></span> </div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="ecx104503518-21122011"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">73</font></span></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="ecx104503518-21122011"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"></font></span> </div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="ecx104503518-21122011"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">Marshall</font></span></div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="ecx104503518-21122011"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"></font></span> </div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="ecx104503518-21122011"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"></font></span> </div><div dir="ltr" align="left"><span class="ecx104503518-21122011"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"></font></span> </div><br><blockquote dir="ltr" style="border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 255); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; "><div dir="ltr" lang="en-us" class="ecxOutlookMessageHeader" align="left"><hr tabindex="-1"><font face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org">app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org</a> [mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Mark Guibord<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Sunday, December 18, 2011 11:03 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org">app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[App_rpt-users] Allstar RTCM (Radio Thin Client Module) is nowavailable<br></font><br></div><div></div><div class="ecxWordSection1"><pre style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Allstar RTCM Radio Thin-Client Module, an Open-Source VOIP-Based Voting Multi-Receiver and Simulcast Transmit System is now available for purchase. </span></pre><pre style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> </span></pre><pre style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 11pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">F</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; ">or more information visit </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><a href="http://micro-node.com/thin-m1.html" target="_blank">http://micro-node.com/thin-m1.html</a> </span></pre><pre style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; "> </span></pre><pre style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; ">Regards,</span></pre><pre style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; ">Mark Guibord</span></pre><pre style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="color: black; font-size: 11pt; ">Micro-Node International</span></pre><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; 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