[Aaron, N3MBH]

Are you hearing any IDs from the radio or just dead air when it tries to communicate?

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Aaron – N3MBH / WRFV871

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[Randy, AD7LM]

Just loaded up 2.1.3 and get the same behavior.
Tried Parrot. It records and echoes nothing. Does it run locally on the RasPI
or is it VOIP also. If it is local on the Pi, then I do have a problem getting sound from my radio to my Pi. Except DTMF commands are working fine. ????

[Aaron, N3MBH]

Yes it does sound like you have an audio output problem. Yes the parrot module is local…no voip issues. If you are getting DTMF decode and seeing that in the logs then you are getting reasonable audio in. Here’s a few things to try:

– disconnect the audio out from the sound card that goes to the input of the radio and plug in a set of headphones or powered speakers. It will make trouble shooting much easier.
– double and triple check the alsamixer settings, make sure that the output isn’t muted.
-try a different sound card
-use the speaker test function of alsa.

Hope that helps narrow it down.

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Aaron – N3MBH / WRFV871

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[Aaron, N3MBH]

Also in the UI under the sound settings make sure you have the correct channel selected for your setup…left/right. Maybe try the other one.

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[Randy, AD7LM]

captured some of the log:
Sat Mar 27 23:17:50 2021: ORP_SimplexLogic_Port1: digit=9

Sat Mar 27 23:17:53 2021: ORP_SimplexLogic_Port1: digit=#

Sat Mar 27 23:17:53 2021: DTMF command received in module EchoLink: 9999

Sat Mar 27 23:17:53 2021: Connecting to *ECHOTEST* (9999)

Sat Mar 27 23:17:53 2021: EchoLink: Using GSM codec only

Sat Mar 27 23:17:53 2021: TX_Port1: Turning the transmitter ON

Sat Mar 27 23:17:56 2021: *ECHOTEST*: EchoLink QSO state changed to CONNECTING

Sat Mar 27 23:17:56 2021: TX_Port1: Turning the transmitter OFF

Sat Mar 27 23:17:56 2021: *ECHOTEST*: EchoLink QSO state changed to CONNECTED

Sat Mar 27 23:17:56 2021: — EchoLink chat message received from *ECHOTEST* —

Sat Mar 27 23:17:56 2021: CONF Audio test server [6]

Sat Mar 27 23:17:56 2021:

Sat Mar 27 23:17:56 2021: AD7LM Randal Sparks

Sat Mar 27 23:17:56 2021:

Sat Mar 27 23:17:56 2021: This test server simply records

Sat Mar 27 23:17:56 2021: and plays back transmissions

Sat Mar 27 23:17:56 2021: for testing purposes.

Sat Mar 27 23:17:56 2021: Use it all you like.

Sat Mar 27 23:17:56 2021:

Sat Mar 27 23:17:56 2021: TX_Port1: Turning the transmitter ON

Sat Mar 27 23:18:10 2021: TX_Port1: Turning the transmitter OFF

It generally does catch DTMF but not 100 percent reliable.
It ID’s just fine. Hear my call sign CW every 10 minutes.
Have selected left channel sound and that is how I wired my connectors, both.

I will pound on Alsa and sound cards till I get Parrot working.

Thx much for now.

[Aaron, N3MBH]

From that I can see, the logs look normal. We already established rx audio is working at least reasonably since you are getting DTMF decodes. When you say that you can hear your IDs ever 10 minutes, is that from a speaker/headphones as suggested or from the radio? If it’s from the speaker but you aren’t getting audio from the radio, that that would obviously be an interface problem. If you are getting the audio from the radio (meaning ID) then it could be a problem with EchoLink. Still unclear where the audio is coming from and if you were able to get the local parrot module to work.

You can always posts a sanitized version of your svxlink.conf file here for us to look over for possible issues as well. That is located at /etc/svxlink/svxlink.conf

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Aaron – N3MBH / WRFV871

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[Randy, AD7LM]

The ID and all other audio prompts I hear are going through my sound card, my interface, a BaoFeng UV5R, and out over a simplex frequency to another UV5R. Tested my sound card on windows with a mic/headphone set. works ok there. put back on OR and still no Parrot or
Echolink. All else same and results are same. Gotta go get my second Covid shot now. will experiment further this evening.

[Randy, AD7LM]

Have tried a different sound card (Logitech). Same results. Have tried switching all combinations of left and right channels. Switching left vs right on the sound card microphone makes no difference. It is a monaural microphone after all. Switching left vs right on the sound card headphone output just turns on or off my receive audio on my listening radio. It requires left channel, which is how I wired it.

How do I send commands to svxkink if I hook up a headset/mic. I would someway to do the equivalent of DTMF codes?

Here is my sxlink.conf

###############################################################################
#
# OPENREPEATER / SVXLINK CONFIGURATION FILE
# This file was auto generated by OpenRepeater.
# DO NOT MAKE CHANGES IN THIS FILE AS THEY WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
#
###############################################################################

[GLOBAL]
MODULE_PATH=/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/svxlink
LOGICS=ORP_SimplexLogic_Port1
CFG_DIR=svxlink.d
TIMESTAMP_FORMAT=”%c”
CARD_SAMPLE_RATE=48000

###############################################################################

[RX_Port1]
TYPE=Local
AUDIO_DEV=alsa:plughw:1
AUDIO_CHANNEL=0
SQL_DET=GPIO
GPIO_SQL_PIN=gpio25
SQL_HANGTIME=10
SQL_START_DELAY=1
SQL_DELAY=10
SIGLEV_SLOPE=1
SIGLEV_OFFSET=0
SIGLEV_OPEN_THRESH=30
SIGLEV_CLOSE_THRESH=10
DEEMPHASIS=1
PEAK_METER=0
DTMF_DEC_TYPE=INTERNAL
DTMF_MUTING=1
DTMF_HANGTIME=100
DTMF_SERIAL=/dev/ttyS0

###############################################################################

[TX_Port1]
TYPE=Local
AUDIO_DEV=alsa:plughw:1
AUDIO_CHANNEL=0
PTT_TYPE=GPIO
PTT_PORT=GPIO
PTT_PIN=gpio27
PTT_HANGTIME=1000
TIMEOUT=300
TX_DELAY=50
PREEMPHASIS=0
DTMF_TONE_LENGTH=100
DTMF_TONE_SPACING=50
DTMF_TONE_PWR=-18

###############################################################################

[ORP_SimplexLogic_Port1]
TYPE=Simplex
RX=RX_Port1
TX=TX_Port1
MODULES=ModuleHelp,ModuleParrot,ModuleEchoLink
CALLSIGN=AD7LM
SHORT_IDENT_INTERVAL=10
LONG_IDENT_INTERVAL=60
EVENT_HANDLER=/usr/share/svxlink/events.tcl
DEFAULT_LANG=en_US
RGR_SOUND_DELAY=1
REPORT_CTCSS=
TX_CTCSS=ALWAYS
MACROS=Macros
FX_GAIN_NORMAL=0
FX_GAIN_LOW=-12
IDLE_TIMEOUT=1
OPEN_ON_SQL=1
OPEN_SQL_FLANK=OPEN
IDLE_SOUND_INTERVAL=0

[Aaron, N3MBH]

Trying to reply on the go right now, but from your previous reply it sounds like you are getting both audio in and out with IDs.

Still baffles me that you are not getting anything from Parrot. I will have to try it in simplex to be certain it functions. On the surface I’m not picking anything out of your configuration file that looks out of the norm. I would watch the log and ensure that it is activity the module.

I know EchoLink can be weird and only partially function if not all the router and port forwarding is configured properly. I’d focus on getting parrot to work first to ensure the building blocks are working.

73,
Aaron – N3MBH / WRFV871

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