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==The History of App_Rpt
'''By Jim Dixon WB6NIL'''<br/>
'''By Jim Dixon WB6NIL'''<br/>
<p>Once upon a time, there was [http://www.asterisk.org Asterisk PBX]. I was heavily involved in its initial practical implementation (<font size="-1">if interested, see link below <i>(The History of the Zapata Telephony Project as it relates to the Asterisk PBX</i></font>).</p>
<p>Once upon a time, there was [http://www.asterisk.org Asterisk PBX]. I was heavily involved in its initial practical implementation (<font size="-1">if interested, see link below <i>(The History of the Zapata Telephony Project as it relates to the Asterisk PBX</i></font>).</p>
<p>I learned from and was inspired by some of the best ideas and implementations and also from some of the worst, and tried to create a workable and desirable system that met as many needs as possible.</p>
<p>I learned from and was inspired by some of the best ideas and implementations and also from some of the worst, and tried to create a workable and desirable system that met as many needs as possible.</p>
<p>My first big hurdle was to design a radio interface that cound interconnect with a PC internally and the typical interface signals of a two-way radio. In the interest of keeping the technology simple and inexpensive, I designed a board (the ARIB board) which interfaced 2 analog FXS ports (either on a multiport analog card, like the [http://www.digium.com Digium] [http://www.digiumcards.com/tdm400p.html TDM400P], or a channel bank connected to the PC through a T1 card, that is already part of an existing phone switch) to the Radio signals (and provide buffering, level control, etc).</p>
<p>My first big hurdle was to design a radio interface that cound interconnect with a PC internally and the typical interface signals of a two-way radio. In the interest of keeping the technology simple and inexpensive, I designed a board (the ARIB board) which interfaced 2 analog FXS ports (either on a multiport analog card, like the [http://www.digium.com Digium] [http://www.digiumcards.com/tdm400p.html TDM400P], or a channel bank connected to the PC through a T1 card, that is already part of an existing phone switch) to the Radio signals (and provide buffering, level control, etc).</p>
[[File:AnalogRadioInterface.jpg|thumb|Rev. C. Analog Radio Interface Board]]
===Analog Radio Interface
[[File:AnalogRadioInterface.jpg|left|Rev. C. Analog Radio Interface Board]]
<p>This interface <i>did</i> work well to allow me to do the initial development of the software, and first half a dozen deployments, since most of us that had it first already had <a href="http://www.asterisk.org">Asterisk</a> phone switches already in opertion, with spare ports on our channel banks.</p>
<p>This interface <i>did</i> work well to allow me to do the initial development of the software, and first half a dozen deployments, since most of us that had it first already had <a href="http://www.asterisk.org">Asterisk</a> phone switches already in opertion, with spare ports on our channel banks.</p>
<p>The systems were originally deployed in Northern California (<a href="http://www.city-data.com/city/Oakhurst-California.html">Oakhurst</a> area) at a couple of locations, and in San Diego by Steve, WA6ZFT.</p>
<p>The systems were originally deployed in Northern California (<a href="http://www.city-data.com/city/Oakhurst-California.html">Oakhurst</a> area) at a couple of locations, and in San Diego by Steve, WA6ZFT.</p>