[Freetel-codec2] Lightning killed my Codec2 repeater, the FT-450

2019-04-08 Thread Al Beard
Sorry guys, On 22nd March lightning here in Emu Heights NSW destroyed: FT-450 FT-977 ADSL router on Telstra line Phone base on the Optus HFC cable 2x PCs, "main", "backup" and my wife's Hackintosh. BUT, no data loss, all hard disks survived. I put "main"'s disk in another box, works. Thanks to

Re: [Freetel-codec2] Latest code from GitHub, compiled, in c2 repeater BUT

2019-04-14 Thread Al Beard
uot; guru to add something to CMakeLists.txt so we can have a useful Revision number? Alan VK2ZIW On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 19:23:27 -0400, Boudewijn (Bob) Tenty wrote > git describe --tags > > Bob VE3TOK > > On 2019-04-13 5:40 p.m., Al Beard wrote: > > Hi all, > > > >

Re: [Freetel-codec2] Latest code from GitHub, compiled, in c2 repeater BUT

2019-04-14 Thread Al Beard
ag, that tag is missing here. > > git describe -- always   gives  the first seven hexadecimal > numbers of the commit hash > > Bob VE3TOK > > On 2019-04-14 5:59 p.m., Al Beard wrote: > > Hi Bob, > > > > Actually "git describe --tags" is not useful as o

[Freetel-codec2] Latest code from GitHub, compiled, in c2 repeater BUT

2019-04-13 Thread Al Beard
Hi all, Lightning destroyed threee radios here including the FT-450D running my Codec2 repeater. BUT I have to replace the feedline (RG58) as this took all the lightning current. Actually it was the tree next door that took the main hit. And I haven't looked in the AT-220 tuner. I now have an

Re: [Freetel-codec2] FreeDV 2020 compiled on Armbian on Banana Pi M2 Berry

2019-05-27 Thread Al Beard
rhard OE3GBB >   > > Am 27.05.2019 04:01, schrieb Al Beard: Hi Gerhard, > > > Virtual Audio Cable ...  on Linux. > > > Oh the Windoze world . VAC is a Windoze term. > > > It is the "loopback" device, part of the ALSA system since Day 1. > >

Re: [Freetel-codec2] FreeDV 2020 compiled on Ubuntu 18.04 audio issues

2019-05-27 Thread Al Beard
st 30 - 50% of one core in 2020 mode. "Waterfall" takes a bit more. Can somebody try this attachment: FDVstereo2020.tgz please? Alan VK2ZIW On Thu, 23 May 2019 15:28:00 +1000, Al Beard wrote > Hi all, > > Can somebody compile this up and test please? > > You will need &q

[Freetel-codec2] FreeDV 2020 compiled on Armbian on Banana Pi M2 Berry

2019-05-26 Thread Al Beard
yet. With Waterfall: 60% of one CPU core With Spectrum: 30% or one CPU core In short, light load. Alan VK2ZIW On Thu, 23 May 2019 15:28:00 +1000, Al Beard wrote > Hi all, > > Can somebody compile this up and test please? > > You will need "rtaudio" package in

[Freetel-codec2] Chat, a group on AHRDF.net, just for FreeDV

2019-05-25 Thread Al Beard
Hi all, Can I suggest we use Doug's AHRDF chat site for coordination of FreeDV on-air testing. As far as I can see, all the VK and ZL chat activity for VHF and up has moved to www.vkspotter.com so it is unused. I have asked both ON4KST and Hil VK2AZ for a Low Bitrate Digital Voice chat group.

Re: [Freetel-codec2] Chat, a group on AHRDF.net, just for FreeDV

2019-05-26 Thread Al Beard
Hi all, If I remember right, we had 44.x.x.x addresses with AX25 actually well before the Public Internet happened. I had it up on an XT with 704Kb memory and running Xenix because Minix program sizes were too small to run the network stack. Alan VK2ZIW On Sun, 26 May 2019 08:56:49 -0500,

Re: [Freetel-codec2] FreeDV 2020 compiled on Armbian on Banana Pi M2 Berry

2019-05-26 Thread Al Beard
pulsaudio, but it didn't work correctly as I didn't > see the audio device in FreeDV. > Any other methode to use virtual audio cable on Ubuntu? > regards > Gerhard OE3GBB >   > > Am 26.05.2019 13:59, schrieb Al Beard: > Well, > > After a bit of "hacking" r

Re: [Freetel-codec2] FreeDV 2020 compiled on Debian 9.9 on Pi, audio tests

2019-06-04 Thread Al Beard
umb And, no mention of "armv8" or "neon". So, at this stage, I can't tell you if FreeDV mode 2020 works on a 64bit Pi. Alan VK2ZIW On Tue, 4 Jun 2019 09:55:06 +1000, Al Beard wrote > Hi all, > Yes, I'm replying to myself. > > > Playing a file ./wav/all_20

Re: [Freetel-codec2] FreeDV 2020 compiled on Debian 9.9 on Pi, audio tests

2019-06-03 Thread Al Beard
ut whether the "neon" extended instruction set is in use at this stage. If any of you developers would like to login to my Pi here, just ask. Who knows what next year will bring to the ARM family Alan VK2ZIW On Tue, 4 Jun 2019 08:35:53 +1000, Al Beard wrote > Hi all, > > &

[Freetel-codec2] FreeDV 2020 compiled on Debian 9.9 on Pi, audio tests

2019-06-03 Thread Al Beard
nd run later > today. > Any further proposals? > Regards > Gerhard OE3GBB > > Am 28.05.2019 06:07, schrieb Al Beard: > Hi all, > > I've fixed my issues running the FreedV 1.4 2020 app on Ubuntu and Fedora. > One MUST use the "build_linux.sh" script. &

[Freetel-codec2] Comms Connect, Rose Hill, Sydney 12 & 13 June

2019-05-27 Thread Al Beard
Just letting you all know https://sydney.comms-connect.com.au/registration/ Alan VK2ZIW --- Alan Beard OpenWebMail 2.53 ___ Freetel-codec2 mailing list Freetel-codec2@lists.sourceforge.net

Re: [Freetel-codec2] FreeDV 2020 compiled on Debian 9.9 on Pi, audio tests

2019-06-12 Thread Al Beard
Hi Steve, This is from NetBSD on aarch64 and the GCC maintainer sais it "just works, magically". Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=gcc COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/libexec/lto-wrapper Target: aarch64--netbsd Configured with: /usr/src/tools/gcc/../../external/gpl3/gcc/dist/configure

[Freetel-codec2] Compiling on the aarch64 processors, LPCNet issues

2019-06-23 Thread Al Beard
Hi all, I notice when looking through the LPCNet code that it uses, on x86_64, it uses "intrinsics" to use the AVX/AVX2 extended instructions in modern CPUs. I'm not a "super guru" C or C++ programmer. How "compatible" are the x86_64 and the aarch64 "intrinsics" ? On the aarch64 box here,

[Freetel-codec2] FreeDV mode 2020 running on other than Intel x86_64

2019-06-15 Thread Al Beard
Hi all, The LPCNet sourcecode mentions the ARMv8 architecture. I have the RockPro64 board and have downloaded various Lunux flavours. None so far have ALL "bits", NEON in the kernel, NEON in the C compiler. So I've been helping the NetBSD team where it, NEON, "just works" according to the GCC

[Freetel-codec2] freedv-gui Brad branch, issue, src_data.output_frames_gen

2019-05-11 Thread Al Beard
Hi all, In the "git" downloaded version of the 2020 gui git rev-list --count HEAD 1919 src/fdmdv2_main.cpp I cannot find where src_data.output_frames_gen is defined so the statement: return src_data.output_frames_gen; in function: int resample(SRC_STATE *src, so I get values eg.:

[Freetel-codec2] FreeDV 2020 compiled on Ubuntu 18.04 audio issues

2019-05-22 Thread Al Beard
Hi all, Not so fast... On this Asus H110M-A system with a Pentium G4560 @ 3.50GHz we only have USB3 ports: 3 [S3 ]: USB-Audio - Sound Blaster Play! 3 The audio from "fdvcore" is "bitsy", not the nice smooth audio when the same USB dongle is on the Armbian system (Banana Pi M2

Re: [Freetel-codec2] FreeDV 2020 compiled on Ubuntu 18.04 audio issues

2019-05-22 Thread Al Beard
e and note the audio. Then try 2020 mode. All I get is blurt, silence, blurt, silence etc.. I want this app working for a portable setup ie. no PC or laptop. A Pi. Alan VK2ZIW On Thu, 23 May 2019 12:48:01 +1000, Al Beard wrote > Hi all, > > Not so fast... > > On this Asus H110M-A sy

Re: [Freetel-codec2] FreeDV 2020 compiled on Fedora 29 crashes

2019-05-19 Thread Al Beard
9450b18d790a1910e52780 > > - David > > On 18/05/19 10:51, Al Beard wrote: > > *Hi guys,* > > * > > * > > *"crashes" have moved to when [Stop] is pressed in 2020 mode:* > > * > > * > > *1921    Crashes when stopping 2020 rx mode. > >

[Freetel-codec2] FreeDV 2020 compiled on Fedora 29 crashes

2019-05-17 Thread Al Beard
ped) Alan VK2ZIW On Tue, 14 May 2019 22:05:43 +1000, Al Beard wrote > Hi Mark, > > > Can I ask what OS and computer you are running on and what audio interface > are you using > for the radio? > > > I'm using Fedora 29 x86_64 on an Intel i3 8100 with it's i915 vid

[Freetel-codec2] FreeDV 2020 compiled on Ubuntu 18.04 gotcha

2019-05-21 Thread Al Beard
on the Pentium G4560 box, mode 2020. And, the box draws 32 Watts. Not bad. It's an Asus H110M-A m/b with 8Gb ram and a 2Tb hard disk. Next to connect the radio. The audio device, A VOLANS VL-UA01 Keep smiling Alan VK2ZIW On Sun, 19 May 2019 21:38:18 +1000, Al Beard wrote > Hi all, > > A

[Freetel-codec2] FreeDV 2020 compiled on Fedora 29, Audio setup box

2019-05-07 Thread Al Beard
Hi, Bug: Cannot set Audio Options. Negative size dialogue box. in file src/dlg_audiooptions.cpp line 80 a default size is commented out. Uncomment and it works!! Easy Now for the 2020 crash issue. I suspect, after [Start] is pressed, a flush of the audio input is needed. or at least until

[Freetel-codec2] Mode 2020, codec2 library use

2019-05-07 Thread Al Beard
Hi all, Has anyone tried this command line application yet? As mentioned, it works on mode 700D but not 2020. Are there any extra steps needed for 2020 when calling the Codec2 library? Alan VK2ZIW --- Alan Beard OpenWebMail 2.53

[Freetel-codec2] FreeDV running on Fedora 29 x86_64 issues

2019-04-20 Thread Al Beard
Hi all, FreeDV compiles OK but running, I can't use Tools-> Audio Config Errots: Gtk-WARNING **: 08:00:36.144: Negative content width -1 (allocation 1, extents 1x1) while allocating gadget (node notebook, owner GtkNotebook) === BUT = Tools-> PTT Config Works just fine!! Any clues?

Re: [Freetel-codec2] FreeDV 2020 compiled on Fedora 29 crashes

2019-05-06 Thread Al Beard
Hi mark, No such luck, sorry, mostly this output:   rxInAudioDeviceName: USB Audio CODEC: - (hw:4,0)   rxOutAudioDeviceName: pulse   txInAudioDeviceName: pulse   txOutAudioDeviceName: USB Audio CODEC: - (hw:4,0) freedv_get_n_speech_samples(g_pfreedv): -1766359989

[Freetel-codec2] FDVCore, now stereo, mode 2020 no Tx audio

2019-05-06 Thread Al Beard
Hi all, I've added mode 2020 to the FDVCore application I've modded to stereo but it appears not to work. Though, doesn't crash. In 700D mode, switch to Tx and audio is generated. In 2020 mode, silence. If your email looses the source, it's at: www.unixservice.com.au/parrot "fdvcore" is a

Re: [Freetel-codec2] FreeDV 2020 compiled on Fedora 29 crashes

2019-05-06 Thread Al Beard
020. > >   cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep avx > > We have a TODO item to add detection for this. > > - David > > On 06/05/19 06:40, Al Beard wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > On this rebuilt Fedora 29 box, i3 8100, with the LXDE desktop > > I've downloaded: > > LPC

[Freetel-codec2] Codec2 appliance, FDVCore, progress

2019-05-03 Thread Al Beard
Hi all, I'm still recovering from lightning damage, 23/3/19, anyway... Having a Codec2 repeater on HF is one thing but having an appliance (small box, goes between speaker and mic to SSB transceiver) might get some activity out there. FDVCore: Copyright (C) 2018 by Matt Roberts, KK5JY *All

Re: [Freetel-codec2] Compiling on the aarch64 processors, LPCNet issues

2019-07-05 Thread Al Beard
ortex-a53-843419 Thread model: posix gcc version 8.3.0 (GCC) On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 16:16:45 +1000, Al Beard wrote > Thanks Glen for the update, > > Odroid N2 > > Software supportLinux > > Two Ubuntu 18.04 LTS images are available with Kernel version 4.9.162 LTS as > of t

Re: [Freetel-codec2] Compiling on the aarch64 processors, LPCNet issues

2019-06-26 Thread Al Beard
r testing DATV H.265. Does anybody know > if this would be sufficent also for FreeDV mode 2020? > 73's > Gerhard OE3GBB >   > > Am 26.06.2019 08:16, schrieb Al Beard: Thanks Glen for the update, > > Odroid N2 > > Software supportLinux > > Two Ubuntu 18.04 L

[Freetel-codec2] Compiling on the aarch64 processors, LPCNet issues

2019-07-11 Thread Al Beard
Hi Glen and all, in LPCNet/src I'm trying to compile nnet.c with: (first I move nnet_data.c and .h into this directory) (and in nnet.c line 47 I force the use of vec_neon.h) gcc -S -c -march=armv8.3-a+simd -mtune=cortex-a53 nnet.c then looking in nnet.s looking for the NEON instructions around

Re: [Freetel-codec2] sm1000 and FreeDV 700D

2019-07-08 Thread Al Beard
Terrific, I'm trying with an aarch64 board running, a Linux with a 5.XX.XX kernel and 8.XX.XX C compiler, Linux called "Manjara". Trying to get my head around ARM "intrinsics". Back in the 80s I did Z80 machine code programming then some 8051 code doing MIDI. I note in the LPCNet code, several

Re: [Freetel-codec2] FreeDV running on Fedora 29 x86_64 issues

2019-04-21 Thread Al Beard
, 21 Apr 2019 07:43:26 +0930, David Rowe wrote > Hi Alan, > > Is that: > > https://github.com/drowe67/freedv-gui.git > > you are building? > > - David > > On 21/04/19 07:38, Al Beard wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > FreeDV compiles OK but ru

Re: [Freetel-codec2] FreeDV running on Fedora 29 x86_64 issues

2019-04-21 Thread Al Beard
lan, > > Is that: > > https://github.com/drowe67/freedv-gui.git > > you are building? > > - David > > On 21/04/19 07:38, Al Beard wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > FreeDV compiles OK but running, I can't use > > > > Tools-> Audio Config > > >

Re: [Freetel-codec2] FreeDV running on Fedora 29 x86_64 issues

2019-04-21 Thread Al Beard
" had to be changed to make FreeDV work. Alan VK2ZIW On Sun, 21 Apr 2019 07:43:26 +0930, David Rowe wrote > Hi Alan, > > Is that: > > https://github.com/drowe67/freedv-gui.git > > you are building? > > - David > > On 21/04/19 07:38, Al Beard wrote: > > Hi all,

Re: [Freetel-codec2] Compiling on the aarch64 processors, LPCNet issues

2019-06-26 Thread Al Beard
/odroid-n2-with-4gbyte-ram/ > > you can get a cheaper, smaller RAM version, also. > > -glen > > On 26/06/2019 3:14 PM, Al Beard wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > The aarch64 *puma-RK3399* board, I emailed and asked: > > > > I would like: > > ___

Re: [Freetel-codec2] Compiling on the aarch64 processors, LPCNet issues

2019-06-25 Thread Al Beard
or have further questions. Best regards, Makeljana Extras that'd be "super cool", a SATA port or a PCIe socket.( to add disk storage either SSD or old fashioned SATA hard disk ) Again: Haikou has a PCIe socket. On 20.06.2019, at 00:25, Al Beard wrote: Guys,On your website, do you

Re: [Freetel-codec2] FreeBeacon and it's use with current libraries.

2019-08-14 Thread Al Beard
Hi Steve, Actually I can determine the problem occurred between SVN 4038 and 4089. I do know, when changing USB sound device types, the audio levels are all different. Also, as far as I know, in the FreeDV API there are no calls into PortAudio. The top level program hands audio to the FreeDV

Re: [Freetel-codec2] Problems with freedv_tx in 700D mode, my parrot rpt

2019-08-18 Thread Al Beard
Hi Steve, Yes, I see the bug/feature for the SM1000 in freedv_api.c. I've "fixed" freedv_api.c and here is the result: No crashes but no output either. bash-4.4$ ~/bin/freedv_tx 700D 26aug18_really_good/2018-08-26-11.47.38_to_radio.700C junk8 --codectx codec2 in raw WAV out   <-   my

Re: [Freetel-codec2] FreeBeacon and it's use with current libraries.

2019-08-14 Thread Al Beard
an VK2ZIW On Tue, 13 Aug 2019 11:19:57 +1000, Al Beard wrote > Well it (freebeacon) worked perfectly, mode 700D. > > With the Codec2 library, gitRevision > 832034f > 4284 > > downloaded today. But not before it hung once. So I suspect > a USB sound card driver prob

Re: [Freetel-codec2] FreeBeacon and it's use with current libraries.

2019-08-13 Thread Al Beard
, third party Hitachi disks, Emulex disk controllers, CDC 1/2 inch tape drives. And, we did some manufacturing of boards here, the Webster Q-Bus ST506 disk controller and the serial port MUX cards. Alan VK2ZIW On Tue, 13 Aug 2019 11:19:57 +1000, Al Beard wrote > Well it (freebeacon) worked perfec

Re: [Freetel-codec2] FreeBeacon and it's use with current libraries.

2019-08-12 Thread Al Beard
lems again and again. Open > source is a broad church, and we all enjoy working with it in different > ways. > > Re your question - yes you could run a beacon/repeater using just the > 2020 modem and avoid having to decode the speech. > > - David > > On 12/08/19 06

[Freetel-codec2] FreeBeacon and it's use with current libraries.

2019-08-11 Thread Al Beard
Hi all, Somewhere back in about Februrary this year I believe there's been a change in the Codec2 library such that "freebeacon" will nolonger get sync reliably ie. more than 20% of the time when receiving ve9qrp_700d_int1_fast_snr2dB.wav one of the test samples. "freebeacon" configured to do

Re: [Freetel-codec2] FreeBeacon and it's use with current libraries.

2019-08-11 Thread Al Beard
Hi Steve, That's great but we don't have a QO-100 satellite in the Pacific. so we have to use the ionosphere as our repeater and to help that along, terrestrial repeaters. As mentioned, I'm no C or C++ guru. All I'm asking is, some pointers to using the latest Codec2 library to get

Re: [Freetel-codec2] OSX Build Help

2019-08-11 Thread Al Beard
Hi, Running OSX on ordinary PC hardware, have you heard of Hackintosh? Nowhere on the OSX package box does it stipulate exactly which Apple hardware it's meant to use. Is just an Apple keyboard enough? A mouse? And yes I have an Apple keyboard and mouse from the Power days. Alan VK2ZIW On

Re: [Freetel-codec2] Problems with freedv_tx in 700D mode, my parrot rpt

2019-08-19 Thread Al Beard
enc 700D blank blank.c2 freedvC2_tx 700D blank.c2 blank2 --codectx    <-  produces a file 25600 bytes somezing is wrong. Alan VK2ZIW On Mon, 19 Aug 2019 08:35:22 -0500, Steve wrote > On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 4:19 AM Al Beard > wrote: > > > > ./src/freedv_tx 700D blank.c2 bla

Re: [Freetel-codec2] Problems with freedv_tx in 700D mode, my parrot rpt

2019-08-19 Thread Al Beard
ame = speech_in;            float energy = 0; -- Sort of indicates our input is going to be Codec2. Looks like I've more work to do Alan VK2ZIW On Mon, 19 Aug 2019 08:35:22 -0500, Steve wrote > On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 4:19 AM Al Beard > wrote: > > > > ./src/freedv_tx 700

Re: [Freetel-codec2] Problems with freedv_tx in 700D mode, my parrot rpt

2019-08-19 Thread Al Beard
0200, Danilo Beuche wrote > Hi Al, > > On 19 Aug 2019 01:38, Al Beard wrote: > Hi all, I need to bet back to basics: At the command line, do I have the tools for a "parrot" repeater? Let's start: 1) a silence "raw" file dd if=/dev/zero of=blank count=1 2)

Re: [Freetel-codec2] Problems with freedv_tx in 700D mode, my parrot rpt

2019-08-18 Thread Al Beard
le freedv_tx 700D blank.c2 blank.raw --codectx Today this doesn't work, so did it ever? Must run, Men's Shed.. Alan VK2ZIW On Sat, 17 Aug 2019 16:32:28 +1000, Al Beard wrote > Hi all, > > I've been having problems with my "parrot" repeater all this year. > Crashing occasio

[Freetel-codec2] Problems with freedv_tx in 700D mode, my parrot rpt

2019-08-17 Thread Al Beard
Hi all, I've been having problems with my "parrot" repeater all this year. Crashing occasionally. I've now recovered from a lightning strike in March. So back to testing. Looking at the sourcecode of "freedv_tx" with the command line option "--codectx" I should be able to generate the raw WAV

[Freetel-codec2] freedv_tx with tx fron c2 file

2019-08-20 Thread Al Beard
Hi all, I've added the option "--c2tx" to the freedv_tx source. I've noticed some, what I think is strange behavior: dd if=/dev/zero of=blank5k count=10 Four Codec2 frames of silence. c2enc 700C blank5k blank5k.c2 dd if=/dev/zero of=blank10k count=20 c2enc 700C blank10k blank10k.c2

Re: [Freetel-codec2] Support TAPR DCC Video Kickstarter Campaign - Discounted TAPR DCC Registration & Hotel Rate Ending This Week

2019-08-26 Thread Al Beard
Hi all, Do we have a Codec2 rep going? Can they have a repeater demo available? My "parrot" code is always available. Alan VK2ZIW On Mon, 26 Aug 2019 15:09:19 + (UTC), Mark Thompson via Freetel-codec2 wrote > 2019 ARRL/TAPR DCC  > (Digital Communications Conference)  > > Detroit, MI

[Freetel-codec2] Codec2 "parrot" repeater source code

2019-08-27 Thread Al Beard
Hi all, http://www.unixservice.com.au/parrot/src Keep smiling Alan VK2ZIW --- Alan Beard OpenWebMail 2.53 ___ Freetel-codec2 mailing list Freetel-codec2@lists.sourceforge.net

[Freetel-codec2] freedv_tx with tx from c2 file

2019-08-22 Thread Al Beard
ZIW On Wed, 21 Aug 2019 15:08:44 +1000, Al Beard wrote > Hi all, > > I've added the option "--c2tx" to the freedv_tx source. > > I've noticed some, what I think is strange behavior: > > dd if=/dev/zero of=blank5k count=10 > > Four Codec2 frames of silence.

Re: [Freetel-codec2] freedv_tx with tx from c2 file

2019-08-23 Thread Al Beard
Hi all, CORRECTION, takes 700C files WITH the c2 header. Works only in 700D mode. (crashes in 700C mode, why??) Remember, the 700D mode takes the 700C speech compression data and feeds it through the OFDM modem.  Alan VK2ZIW On Fri, 23 Aug 2019 15:45:33 +1000, Al Beard wrote > Hi

[Freetel-codec2] Problems with freedv_tx in 700C mode, my parrot rpt

2019-08-23 Thread Al Beard
 Hi all, Has anybody tried, of late, "freedv_tx" in 700C mode? After much consternation with later codec2-dev libraries form Github, I've reverted to older versions from SourceForge and have my "parrot" repeater working again. If anyone wants the earlier codec2-dev versions source-code, ask.

Re: [Freetel-codec2] Clone of Gqrx with transmit support

2019-09-07 Thread Al Beard
Hi Adrian, Yes please, HackRF One here and busily making 2.4G and 3.4G horn antennae for it, Alan VK2ZIW On Sat, 7 Sep 2019 21:34:46 +0300, Adrian Musceac wrote > Hi, > I made a clone of Gqrx with transmit support for digital and analog voice, > video and IP data. > You can see it in action

Re: [Freetel-codec2] Clone of Gqrx with transmit support

2019-09-08 Thread Al Beard
Hi Adrian, I've just compiled up the "next" branch and am just trying to figure out how to set it into Codec2 mode and, which mode. I note on your video, you are using the "QPSK 10K" mode. In my compiled version, I see the "BPSK 1K (700B)" mode, can we have the 700D mode as this is becoming

Re: [Freetel-codec2] A Question about CODEC2 and FDMDV

2019-07-30 Thread Al Beard
ime ? Actually I > don't have any experience in Linux or Rasberry Pie I think it uses Pyhton > language ? I am C and C++ guy.   > > On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 1:20 PM Al Beard wrote: > > > Hi Ammar, > > I'm successfully running the FreeDV app in Mode 700D on a Banana Pi

Re: [Freetel-codec2] sm1000 and FreeDV 700D

2019-07-30 Thread Al Beard
Hi Stuart, I have a 1/2 inch Real to Real tape drive, will do 6250BPi. And a Pertec to SCSI tape controller??? >I haven't lost my mind... > ...it's backed up on a tape somewhere. Alan VK2ZIW with a 6BK4 to replace the 73. On Tue, 30 Jul 2019 17:26:17 +1000, Stuart Longland wrote > On 17/7/19

Re: [Freetel-codec2] A Question about CODEC2 and FDMDV

2019-07-30 Thread Al Beard
Hi Ammar, I'm successfully running the FreeDV app in Mode 700D on a Banana Pi (original) with a full Linux operating system. This is a Dual Core 700MHz Allwinner A20 SoC which is ARMv7 with Floating Point included. 1Gb ram, 8Gb SD card. Is there some reason why you want to run on less

Re: [Freetel-codec2] A Question about CODEC2 and FDMDV

2019-07-30 Thread Al Beard
ports needed.  >   > > On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 3:25 PM Stuart Longland > wrote: > On 30/7/19 6:19 pm, Al Beard wrote: > > Is there some reason why you want to run on less powerful hardware than > > a Raspberry Pi or > > clone? > > - Power consumption: a DSP o

Re: [Freetel-codec2] "freebeacon" has anybody compiled it up with the latest Codec2

2019-08-07 Thread Al Beard
Hi all, I'm having problems with "parrot" which is derived from "freebeacon". When it gets to: state: Rx Maybe UnSync peak: 53 When I stop the Rx signal CPU load goes to 100% and it hangs. cd codec2 git log -1 --format=%h b1ff0a5 Alan VK2ZIW On Wed, 7 Aug 201

[Freetel-codec2] "freebeacon" has anybody compiled it up with the latest Codec2

2019-08-07 Thread Al Beard
Hi all, David's "freebeacon". Every instance in file.line freebeacon.c:476: undefined reference to `fifo_create' freebeacon.c:616: undefined reference to `fifo_write' freebeacon.c:621: undefined reference to `fifo_read' freebeacon.c:874: undefined reference to `fifo_destroy' needs to be

Re: [Freetel-codec2] "freebeacon" has anybody compiled it up with the latest Codec2

2019-08-07 Thread Al Beard
av Alan VK2ZIW On Thu, 8 Aug 2019 05:33:18 +0930, David Rowe wrote > Yes that project probably needs some maintenance, or Travis/Github > treatment. > > - David > > On 07/08/19 21:20, Al Beard wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > David's "freebeacon". Ev

Re: [Freetel-codec2] "freebeacon" has anybody compiled it up with the latest Codec2

2019-08-07 Thread Al Beard
Intel machines are out, too power hungry. (and too large and too expensive) It's slow progress. Is there a difference between the two FIFO versions, not just a rename? Alan VK2ZIW On Thu, 8 Aug 2019 11:55:14 +1000, Al Beard wrote > Hi all, > > I've just tried "freebeacon&quo

Re: [Freetel-codec2] "freebeacon" has anybody compiled it up with the latest Codec2

2019-08-08 Thread Al Beard
it. Alan VK2ZIW On Thu, 8 Aug 2019 14:24:17 +1000, Al Beard wrote > Hi all, > > > More testing with earlier code: > > > With SVN 3939 and 4010 (from sourceforge) of Codec2-dev, I have freebeacon > working > with Mode 700D so there's nothing wrong with my hardware.

[Freetel-codec2] A FreeDV mode 700D "parrot" repeater sourcecode

2019-08-05 Thread Al Beard
Hi all, I've gotten back to the "parrot repeater" project and fixed the build cmake project (originally freebeacon) and added instructions in PARROT.txt. System here: Banana Pi M2 Berry and Ubuntu 16.04. Since the lightning damage here in March, not much done. Though, all new finals 2m, 70cm

Re: [Freetel-codec2] ARDC sells 22 bits of the Global 44-Net to Amazon Inc.

2019-07-20 Thread Al Beard
Hi all, I did get a 44.x.x.x IP address back in the 80 or 90s for Packet Radio under the callsign VK2ZGU. This callsign then lapsed. and I regained my original callsign VK2ZIW in 2007. I tried to "move" my IP address to my new callsign. Got nowhere. === Fixed IPv4 address == I'm

Re: [Freetel-codec2] ARM NEON instruction set

2019-12-15 Thread Al Beard
Hi Adrian, On reading the Intel/AMD docs, the AVX/AVX2 additions in the i3 and up do 256bit. ie. 8 simultaneous 16bit number crunches. But the aarch64 NEON, as far as I know only do 128bit. ie. Only 4. I'd look at utilising the other CPU cores, perhaps for alternate frames. Or the GUI. I'm

[Freetel-codec2] transmit testing of 700C frames

2019-12-05 Thread Al Beard
Hi all, In my testing of "parrot" a repeater for Codec2 mode 700D, there have been crashes, I believe in the transmit of the off-air Codec2 frames. They may be corrupt but these off-air files can be successfully decoded to Q5 speech. I'm looking for a command line tool to do this please? I note

[Freetel-codec2] transmit testing of 700C frames

2019-12-05 Thread Al Beard
Hi all, In my testing of "parrot" a repeater for Codec2 mode 700D, there have been crashes, I believe in the transmit of the off-air Codec2 frames. They may be corrupt but these off-air files can be successfully decoded to Q5 speech. I'm looking for a command line tool to do this please? I note

[Freetel-codec2] transmit testing of 700C frames

2019-12-05 Thread Al Beard
Hi all, In my testing of "parrot" a repeater for Codec2 mode 700D, there have been crashes, I believe in the transmit of the off-air Codec2 frames. They may be corrupt but these off-air files can be successfully decoded to Q5 speech. I'm looking for a command line tool to do this please? I note

Re: [Freetel-codec2] FreeDV/Codec2 to FM mixed mode repeater and network connection in QRadioLink

2019-10-20 Thread Al Beard
on't need umurmur. That is for > connecting repeaters or radios over the internet. Just enable TX and RX in > qradiolink, set the TX shift in kHz and then enable the repeater. You can use > two separate devices in qradiolink. > > Adrian > > On October 20, 2019 8:23:31

Re: [Freetel-codec2] FreeDV/Codec2 to FM mixed mode repeater and network connection in QRadioLink

2019-10-22 Thread Al Beard
t works well, please let me know. > If you use non-linear amplifiers with the HackRF, there are two 2FSK modes > which support both Codec2 (2FSK-2K) and Opus (2FSK-10K), as well as 800XA. > 2400A is not yet added. > > Cheers, > Adrian > > On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 4:22 PM Al Bear

Re: [Freetel-codec2] FreeDV/Codec2 to FM mixed mode repeater and network connection in QRadioLink

2019-10-17 Thread Al Beard
Hi Adrain and David and group, I've now two HackRF One's to "play" lower microwave bands with. I'll give it a go with these. Alan VK2ZIW On Fri, 18 Oct 2019 06:21:26 +1030, David Rowe wrote > > But I'll add it as well once that's figured out. By the way, can I > > suggest for libcodec2 Git

Re: [Freetel-codec2] FreeDV/Codec2 to FM mixed mode repeater and network connection in QRadioLink

2019-10-20 Thread Al Beard
Hi Adrian and David, Noting the Mumble protocol and looking for a server, I found uMurmur on github and tried to compile it on my Fedora 29 x86_64 here but am lost in cmake finding the SDL library. To make a cross band codec2 to FM repeater, can you give a quick run down using your software?

Re: [Freetel-codec2] FreeDV/Codec2 to FM mixed mode repeater and network connection in QRadioLink

2019-10-22 Thread Al Beard
ckPro64, all of them 64bit. Today's PIC is a Pi3.  Alan VK2ZIW On Tue, 22 Oct 2019 17:40:13 +, Adrian Musceac wrote > Alan, the instructions say one of openssl, polarssl/mbedtls or gnutls >= 3.0 > The cmake flag -DSSL selects what is used. > > Adrian > > On October 22, 2

Re: [Freetel-codec2] Fwd: M17 and codec 2

2019-12-01 Thread Al Beard
Hi all, I looked at the RF design:  Starting with the HMC5416 RF Tx/Rx switch and am puzzled that 4W on 50ohms is 20V ie. 40V peak to peak into that GaAs device. I did look at the data sheet matching in/out circuits and noticed a DC connection between ALL Rx, Tx and Ant. pins, through

[Freetel-codec2] Bit quiet?? - Alan VK2ZIW

2019-10-14 Thread Al Beard
Hi all, Yes, I've been busy with other projects, building systems for Men's Shed etc.. Is there any real interest in my "parrot" repeater? Alan VK2ZIW --- Alan Beard OpenWebMail 2.53 ___

Re: [Freetel-codec2] Porting to GCC 10, Teensy 4

2020-02-28 Thread Al Beard
Hi Steve and all, At $25 ea. I've acquired two Teensy 4 boards for my Codec 2 project. How's the code going? Alan VK2ZIW On Sun, 16 Feb 2020 13:07:48 -0600, Steve wrote > > ...adding the static keyword > > on to functions that are only called from within a single file. > > That is my own

Re: [Freetel-codec2] STM32 gcc-arm update

2020-02-15 Thread Al Beard
Hi Steve and all, Looking at the Teensy 4.0 memory map https://www.pjrc.com/store/teensy40.html I take it, the new compiler (or linker) can allocate code segments into the right memory areas. I have a Teensy 3.6 for MMDVM development, loaded but unused. My Men's Shed (Orchard Hills, NSW) has

[Freetel-codec2] Linking and AllStar and HamVOIP

2020-02-14 Thread Al Beard
Hi all, What is the state of the nation here? Do we have any linking systems for Codec2 mode 700D? Such that HF stations that do not have 3000+ bits/sec capability or licensing can participate. --- Alan VK2ZIW OpenWebMail 2.53

Re: [Freetel-codec2] Codec2 vs MELPe: high bitrates and sound quality

2020-01-11 Thread Al Beard
Hi [UTF-8?]Макс [UTF-8?]Карпов (Sorry no name in plain text) I think we are comparing apples to oranges. As I see it, Codec2 voice compression is about determining what a human voice is doing and digitising that. And, to as low a data bitrate as practical in carrying good

Re: [Freetel-codec2] Introducing a new FM mode: 6000

2020-04-18 Thread Al Beard
Has a module for Allstar been considered? I have here a RPi4B loaded with ARM-Allstar loaded and on it compiled the Codec2-dev library, for a start. Thanks Glen on the radio info. True in the Philips/Simoco PRM80 radios, there's a balance pot, Ref Xtal and PLL VCO. Possible repeater here, a

Re: [Freetel-codec2] Freebeacon operational issues

2020-04-18 Thread Al Beard
Hi Bob, About a year and a half ago now, I downloaded "freebeacon" and 'hacked' it into a Repeater. "parrot" style, (store, decode to data and retransmit from data, not audio). So yes, I did the "#define" steps as you did. I found data transmit problems probably because the "data" was not

[Freetel-codec2] HamVOIP, Codec2 module

2020-04-06 Thread Al Beard
Hi, I've just loaded a Raspberry Pi 4B with the latest HamVOIP. RPi2-3-4 Version 1.6-09 Allstar - March 01, 2020 - KB4FXC, WA3DSP and downloaded the codec2-dev library and compiled it. My thoughts were to complete a Tait T800 VHF repeater system I have here and it having a RPi4B, it should be

Re: [Freetel-codec2] The LPCNet packaging problem...

2020-04-27 Thread Al Beard
n, Apr 26, 2020 at 6:39 AM Al Beard wrote: > > > It's GCC Ver 10 that has all the smarts on optimisation. > (not yet released). > > > Fedora Rawhide is already on gcc 10 (Fedora is the test ground for gcc and > new kernels). I should be able to setup Fedoa Toolbox

Re: [Freetel-codec2] The LPCNet packaging problem...

2020-04-28 Thread Al Beard
10 which I hope can compile FreeDV. Alan VK2ZIW On Tue, 28 Apr 2020 21:24:51 +1000, Al Beard wrote > Thanks Richard, > > > I've downloaded the Fedora 32 aarch64 SD card image. Made an SD card. > > > But, though the DTB file is there for the Odroid N2 there is no loader

Re: [Freetel-codec2] The LPCNet packaging problem...

2020-04-29 Thread Al Beard
vtstrm aes pmull sha1 sha2 crc32 cpuid CPU implementer : 0x41 CPU architecture: 8 CPU variant : 0x0 CPU part : 0xd09 CPU revision : 2 and just apply the gcc option -march=armv8-a+sve Keep smiling Alan On Tue, 28 Apr 2020 08:21:25 -0500, Richard Shaw wrote > On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 8:05 AM Al

Re: [Freetel-codec2] The LPCNet packaging problem...

2020-04-26 Thread Al Beard
Hi David and Bruce, arm64 testing. I've just installed Debian Buster on my Odroid N2 from: https://forum.odroid.com/viewtopic.php?t=35658 and discovered we have GCC Ver 8.3 whereas Ubuntu on the Odroid N2 has GCC Ver 7.5 so we should have some of the new instructions. It's GCC Ver 10 that has

Re: [Freetel-codec2] Arch specific vector optimizations for LPCNet?

2020-04-22 Thread Al Beard
i 4B Keep smiling Alan VK2ZIW On Wed, 22 Apr 2020 06:56:47 -0500, Richard Shaw wrote > On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 12:54 AM Al Beard wrote: > > > > Hi Richard, > > > Is this useful? > > > https://indico-jsc.fz-juelich.de/event/105/contribution/5/material/slides

Re: [Freetel-codec2] Arch specific vector optimizations for LPCNet?

2020-04-21 Thread Al Beard
Hi Richard, Is this useful? https://indico-jsc.fz-juelich.de/event/105/contribution/5/material/slides/1.pdf Alan VK2ZIW On Mon, 20 Apr 2020 12:52:25 -0500, Richard Shaw wrote > I ended up fixing it using __aarch64__ instead. > >

Re: [Freetel-codec2] The LPCNet packaging problem...

2020-05-01 Thread Al Beard
% CPU usage with the waterfall. (I hacked the FreeDV GUI source to enable mode 2020) GIT revision b097ce7 2053 Looking good. Alan VK2ZIW On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 16:30:06 +1000, Al Beard wrote > Hi, > On my Odroid N2 running Fedora 32 via "chroot" on Armbian, > > > gcc -

Re: [Freetel-codec2] The LPCNet packaging problem...

2020-05-01 Thread Al Beard
. have SVE of 512bits or better? Alan VK2ZIW On Fri, 1 May 2020 17:52:11 +1000, Al Beard wrote > Hi all, > > > FreeDV on the Odroid N2 > > > I loaded Armbian from:  > https://forum.armbian.com/topic/12162-single-armbian-image-for-rk-aml-aw/ > and one extra step: cp /BOOT/

Re: [Freetel-codec2] The LPCNet packaging problem...

2020-05-02 Thread Al Beard
be limited by theNEON performance) > I expect that the a73 core will get a lot closer to 1, but probablynot quite > there yet. > If it is close it might be interesting to try to optimize the codesome more, > if it is lets say less than .5 it will probably nevermake it. >

Re: [Freetel-codec2] The LPCNet packaging problem...

2020-04-28 Thread Al Beard
r 2020 06:18:00 -0500, Richard Shaw wrote > On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 5:35 AM Al Beard wrote: > > > > Hi Richard, > > > I've looked here and only find gcc ver 9.3.1 > > > https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/gcc/ > > Hmm.. I'm not famili

Re: [Freetel-codec2] Fwd: Microhams Conference, Saturday May 9 - Live Streamed on YouTube

2020-05-16 Thread Al Beard
+0200, Helmut Oeller wrote > Al, do you have an EZNEC file available of that advanced feed design? > DC6NY >   > > Von: Al Beard [mailto:bear...@unixservice.com.au] > Gesendet: Samstag, 16. Mai 2020 12:49 > An: freetel-codec2@lists.sourceforge.net > Betreff: Re: [Freete

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