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Added Voter Buffer section
Of course Duplex Mode 3 support can't be used with voting or simulcast. You also loose Touch Tone muting, Time Out Timer and Repeater Disable functions because the repeat path is not through app_rpt.
Of course Duplex Mode 3 support can't be used with voting or simulcast. You also loose Touch Tone muting, Time Out Timer and Repeater Disable functions because the repeat path is not through app_rpt.
= Setting Voter Buffers =
Voter ping is useful for end-to-end network evaluation when ICMP ping is turned off and/or the RTCM is behind a firewall and is not ICMP reachable. It can also help with finding the correct RTCM and voter.conf buffer settings.
=== Voter Ping Usage ===
The voter ping asterisk CLI syntax is:
*CLI>voter ping nameOfClient [packetCount]
If packetCount is not specified 8 pings will be sent. Use packetCount of 0 to stop an in progress voter ping. Set packetCount to at least 100 when evaluating link quality.
The result will be similar to:
...
PING (nameOfClient): Packets tx: 100, rx: 100, oos: 0, Avg.: 26.710 ms
PING (nameOfClient): Worst: 38 ms, Best: 22 ms, 100.0% Packets successfully received (0.0% loss)
The output above is self evident except for oos which is a count of out of sequence packets. Voter ping requires RTCM firmware 1.23 or newer and chan_voter 2013-08-04 or newer.
=== RX Buffer Size ===
Ping all the receiver sites and look for the worst response of the worst client. As a rough rule of thumb the buflen setting in voter.conf should be set to the worst response + 40ms or 120 whichever is greater. Using the above case the buflen should be set to 120 (38+40
=== TX Buffer Size ===
Ping all the transmitter sites and look for the worst response of the worst client. The RTCM TX Buffer Length should be set to (worst response + 40ms) * 8 or 480 whichever is greater. Using the above case the RTCM TX Buffer Length should be set to 624 ((38+40)*8).
=== Assumptions ===
* The minimum TX buffer size is 480 (60ms) and the minimum RX buffer is 120ms. These were derived by testing on a LAN segment with chan_voter 2013-08-04 and RTCM 1.26.
* The ping times are not round trip times but they are in fact round trip times. Therefore the worst response could (should?) be divided by 2. Ie RX buffer = 38/2+40=59 and TX buffer = (38/2 + 40) * 8 = 472. Minimums still apply.
* The internet path to and from the RTCM under test is symmetrical.
* The added 40ms pad is an estimate of buffer ingress and egress.
As always your milage may vary. Some trial and error may be required to find the optimum settings.
=== Setup ===
The RX buffer is set with buflen=120 in /etc/asterisk/voter.conf. The value is in milliseconds. The TX buffer is set in the RTCM with menu item 7. The value is in 125 microsecond increments. To match the size of the TX to the RX buffer, use the RX buffer * 8 to get the TX buffer size.
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