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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial><SPAN
class=088175719-21122011>Jim, </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<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>
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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>
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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></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></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>
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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>
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<FONT face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> Jim Duuuude [mailto:telesistant@hotmail.com]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 21, 2011 11:52 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Marshall
Oldham; app_rpt mailing list<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [App_rpt-users] Allstar
RTCM (Radio Thin Client Module) is nowavailable<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<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 <BR>portable/mobile operation with a mobile/portable Internet connection
in both the GPS-based<BR>and non-GPS-based environments. <BR><BR>JIM
WB6NIL<BR><BR><BR>
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From: ke6pcv@cal-net.org<BR>To: app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org<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>
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<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> 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>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=ecx104503518-21122011><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial>73</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=ecx104503518-21122011><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial>Marshall </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org
[mailto:app_rpt-users-bounces@ohnosec.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Mark
Guibord<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 18, 2011 11:03 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
app_rpt-users@ohnosec.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [App_rpt-users] Allstar RTCM
(Radio Thin Client Module) is nowavailable<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV class=ecxWordSection1><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">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: white"><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style="BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">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: white"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Regards,</SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Mark Guibord</SPAN></PRE><PRE style="BACKGROUND: white"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Micro-Node International</SPAN></PRE>
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