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| chan_simpleusb is ideal for smaller computers and those systems that do not need the chan_usbradio driver. | | chan_simpleusb is ideal for smaller computers and those systems that do not need the chan_usbradio driver. |
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| + | You must enable SimpleUSB.so to load in modules.conf first. |
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| =simpleusb.conf= | | =simpleusb.conf= |
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| [general] | | [general] |
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− | [usb] | + | [usb_<node#>] |
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| eeprom=0 | | eeprom=0 |
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| <pre> | | <pre> |
− | [usb] | + | [usb_<node#1>] ( ie [usb_1234] ) |
| pp6=ptt | | pp6=ptt |
| pp11=cor | | pp11=cor |
| + | ...(+ additional info for this nodes usb config)... |
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| + | [usb_<node#2>] |
| + | pp7=ptt |
| + | pp12=cor |
| </pre> | | </pre> |
| + | ...(+ additional info for this nodes usb config)... |
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| When configuring your simpleusb radio node you '''''MUST''''' ensure that the name of the radio is the same in both rpt.conf and simpleusb.conf. | | When configuring your simpleusb radio node you '''''MUST''''' ensure that the name of the radio is the same in both rpt.conf and simpleusb.conf. |
| + | The system looks inside the file SimpleUSB.conf for the match of the node# to be configured (i.e. usb_1234). |
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| Node names are in format of ''usb_<nodenumber>''. Where <nodenumber> = the AllStar Link node of your system. ''Note that usb and the node number are separated by an underscore (_) character.'' | | Node names are in format of ''usb_<nodenumber>''. Where <nodenumber> = the AllStar Link node of your system. ''Note that usb and the node number are separated by an underscore (_) character.'' |
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| </pre> | | </pre> |
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− | If you are reusing the simpleusb.conf file from an older installation (i.e., ACID), take special note of the change in naming. chan_simpleusb may not work without first making this change to your simpleusb.conf file. | + | If you are reusing the simpleusb.conf file from an older installation (i.e., ACID), take special note of the change in naming. When a exact match is not made, the settings that follow will not be loaded. |
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| + | Additional note on parallel port pin numbers: |
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| + | When you are looking at the pp# addressing, the actual hardware pin numbers are in computer natural logical format. |
| + | So hardware pin " D0 " on lpt port is = to pp1 in the software setup and so hardware pin " D7 " is = pp8 |
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| + | "0" is the first number to a computer as seen at the bios and/or hardware addressing. |
| + | Be sure you are testing/setting/attaching the correct pin number. D0 - D7 = pp1 - pp8 |
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| [[Category:Node Configuration]] | | [[Category:Node Configuration]] |