We’ve cleared the latest batch of releases from AllStarLink.org for their Version 3 distribution. If you have ASL3 installed on your Pi4 or Pi5 based ClearNode you should get a warning that it’s time to upgrade. Please upgrade as soon as you can.
BE PATIENT ! The upgrade takes several minutes – do not interrupt power or reboot your node.
73 … Gerry.
Here’s what’s new …
73 … Gerry.
Minor bug fixes – most importantly the DTMF command *76 and “Disconnect before connect” has been fixed in the ASL3 distribution. Recommended for all users.
73 … Gerry.
We were able to get a considerable supply of components before the current turmoil in international trade set in. However, we are now having to start ordering under the terms of the current import duties, those components that aren’t available in the US, and inevitably have to come from overseas, primarily China.
Interestingly, one of the more costly components is the PCB and we do source that here in California. That cost has more than doubled in the last few months !
We are currently re-calculating the Bill Of Materials and will shortly determine what are the best prices we can offer for our products, to remain profitable enough to stay in business.
Look out for the new pricing around the middle of June.
73 … Gerry.
We got reports that “Disconnect before connect” is not working in the ASL3 installations. That’s confirmed … some changes in the AllStar management interface mean our existing use of the interface is failing. We are going to make a minor change to compensate in the short term – look out for the next API release. Meanwhile the good folks at AllStarLink are looking at that interface and will be releasing their own update at some point …
73 … Gerry.
With this release we are adding support for SIP phone connections into your nodes. See “Node Details > AllStar Setup > SIP Phone Setup” to enable and configure.
Be aware that some of the larger popular hubs will disconnect your node from their system if they detect that you have a SIP connection inbound to your node.
We are aware of an issue with some Polycom phones disconnecting the connection after 30 seconds.
73 … Gerry.
We now have a stable update for the folks running ASL3 on their ClearNodes. You should now start seeing the upgrade offer in your copy of the ClearNode Smartphone app. The new version is “Asterisk 22.2.0+asl3-3.4.5-1.deb12”.
IMPORTANT: Be thoughtful about when you run the update – for most users it will take many minutes – plan to have your node unavailable for some time. Be patient. Don’t interrupt the update. Expect a couple of reboots.
Good luck !
73 … Gerry.
We have finally developed support for multiple USB Audio Setups in both the Smartphone apps. This has been requested by multiple users who have a variety of HTs that have different deviation levels and thus transmit varying audio gain levels through their nodes. Up to now they had to change the default settings every time they switched HTs. Now you can store multiple audio setups and switch between them from a list.
More info here: Audio Tuning
There is no corresponding API release for this new functionality – API 132 remains current.
73 … Gerry.
We’re getting ready to release the latest update to ASL3 for those of you running ASL3 on your nodes. The folks over at AllStarLink.org have been burning the midnight oil to give you reliable and up-to-date functionality in this next release – and they still find time to help us out so we can improve the ClearNode deployment process for ASL3 !
In that vein, this release is aimed at getting those deployment process improvements onto your nodes and Smartphone apps ready for the upgrade. Continue to hold off updating ASL3 for now – there will be announcements soon.
Also included are bug fixes for the incidents we see reported – so this is a release for ALL users. Keep those reports coming !
73 … Gerry.
If you are using ASL3 on your node – DO NOT upgrade to the latest release – continue to wait … we will report back here as soon as the coast is clear.
73 … Gerry.