
Steve N4IRS
I can try Firefox on what IOS or ???
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On 12/22/20 7:22 PM, Jeff Lehman, N8ACL
via groups.io wrote:
Now you have sold me…. What about other mobile browsers like
Firefox? I mean I totally get that there are so many browsers out
there, it would be almost impossible to check them all. But still
Safari works for me for this….. Love it!
Jeff
On Dec 22, 2020, at 19:18, Steve N4IRS < szingman@...>
wrote:
The existing clients are Android any
Python. The python client pretty much runs on any
desktop system. As it happens, Mike is spending a LOT of
time making sure the HTML client runs on most browsers
and that includes Safari on IOS.
For the AllStar people among us, The clients will be
able to control the AllStar nodes.
On 12/22/20 7:14 PM, Jeff
Lehman, N8ACL via groups.io wrote:
I’ll be honest, I havn’t looked too closely at the
DVSwitch server because I don’t have an android
device. However, This is incredibly intriguing and
very much changing my mind about dedicating a PI to
this. I love the concept of multiple clients,
especially a web based one. Very much looking forward
to this…
Jeff
On Dec 22, 2020, at 19:06, Patrick
Perdue < patrick@...>
wrote:
Definitely looking forward to
this, especially if you can do something
like referencing the Allstarlink node
database and matching to ID's, if they
exist. Of course, there is a lot of room
for error, since the call sign field for
ASL nodes is technically arbitrary, but it
would be better than what exists now for
passing metadata to digital modes. There
are way too many people who look at
displays and don't listen.
On 12/22/2020
4:21 PM, Steve N4IRS wrote:
We have been talking about hUC (HTTP USRP
Client) since about the time we released
DVSwitch Server. So, where is it already?
hUC in it's early form did not really take
that long. Thought it connects to DVSwitch
Server differently, It's not much
different then pyUC (python USRP Client)
Then we started having our usual "what if"
discussions. Our wives will tell you this
can go on for days. A very big issue with
a web based client is security. If you
expose a HTML client to the internet,
people will play with it. This could be
disastrous. We need security to control
who can do what. I sure don't want anybody
with access to a search engine to start
talking on DMR TG 91 (with my call and DMR
ID) So, security had to be added.
Now I have this DVSwitch Server in the
cloud with a web interface and at least I
can control who has access. We know
DVSwitch Server is single user. It sure
would be nice if I can give my friends
access to my server. Let's face it, I'm
not using it all the time. I can share.
Some friends are more responsible then
others. I would like to give Jack the
ability to transmit, but not move the
Server to another mode or talk group
(tune). I would like to give Jill the
ability to listen, but no transmit and no
tune. OK, we can do that. Jack and Jill
can both listen to traffic on the server.
Jack can transmit. I am the only one that
can tune to another TG or mode. OK, this
is getting good.
We don't want to limit the fun to only web
clients. What about DVSM and pyUC users?
Yes, you can assign the same rights to
DVSM and pyUC users. You can have users
from all 3 clients with different rights.
Everybody that can listen will hear not
only the connected Steerable Bridge
(SBridge) they will hear any client with
transmit rights. Let me be CLEAR, This is
one SBridge shared among multiple users.
This is NOT DVAAS (Digital Voice as a
service)
We did not forget AllStar. You can have
one or more AllStar nodes directly
connected to the Server. AllStar users (by
node) can be assigned rights. RX, TX Tune.
It's up to the Server owner how these
connections are controlled. Some Server
users use AllStar to mix audio from
multiple modes. This is usually done by
bridging each mode into a seperate AllStar
"private node" This give the Server
operator the ability to connect and
disconnect modes into the main AllStar
node. He can also directly connect 2 modes
together without connecting those modes to
anything else. AllStar is VERY versatile
that way. In the case of unlike modes DMR
(AMBE) to P25 (IMBE) this works quite
well.If you are connecting like modes YSFn
(AMBE) to NXDN (AMBE) this leave something
to be desired. This is transcoding where
none is required. It's up to the Server
operator to decide if this is a
disadvantage. No matter if it's like modes
or not, using AllStar to bridge Digital
Voice modes has one downside, You loose
the metadata that is transmitted along
with the voice. Some people don't care,
the advantages of mixing in AllStar
outweighs the disadvantages. I can make a
case for either choice.
So, how do we give people another option.
That option is called Analog_Reflector.
Consider a piece of software tha t will
accept multiple connections from clients
(DVSM, pyUC or hUC) it will also accept
connections from multiple AllStar nodes
either on the same server or a remote
server. (via USRP) You can have multiple
bridges connected. These bridges are fixed
by mode and TG (reflector). Last but not
lease is a Steerable Bridge (SBridge) This
is the bridge you can change modes, you
can change TGs it's exactly like the
bridge in DVSwitch Server now. Any client
(with the proper rights) can steer the
bridge. This includes The AllStar nodes.
One big advantage, no more macros needed
(but still supported) The command path
between AllStar and the reflector is two
way. We can send commands for AllStar to
the reflector (and on to the SBridge) We
can also receive commands from a connected
client and send them to AllStar. If you
want to connect your AllStar node to
another AllStar node, you can do it from a
connected client. AllStar becomes "just
another mode" accessible from a connected
client. (Think Web tranceiver)
One last point I may have glossed over.
EVERYBODY get the metadata. Client,
Bridges, AllStar and SBridges. Everybody
gets the data. Not everybody can do
anything with the metadata (AllStar) but
AllStar does send what little metadata it
knows about the connected and transmitting
stations into the reflector.
Over the next few months we are going to
build a demonstration bridge. we will show
you how to connect like modes without
transcoding. We will show you how to send
traffic to multiple modes at the same
time. An example of this is DMR to YSF AND
P25. We are going to do this with one
instance of MMDVM_Bridge and a transcoder.
Everybody gets the audio, everybody gets
the metadata. Yes, it's all done with UDP
ports. It's all modular. Yes it can get
complex. (we have some thoughts in that
area too)
DVSwitch is about giving you control. You
control the mode, you control the
destination. You control the metadata.
It's your server. Do what YOU want.. There
is SO much more I did not cover (as Mike
will tell me) There is a admin interface
for Analog_Reflector (and a dashboard)
Somebody "sitting on his mike"? Kick him
or mute him. Somebody abusing your server,
ban him. I won't promise you we have
thought of everything. That will come to
light as we see tAnalog_Reflector in the
field.
For DVSwitch,
73, Steve N4IRS
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