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diff --git a/ham/svxlink/README b/ham/svxlink/README index f3d2afb694..c22dacb91e 100644 --- a/ham/svxlink/README +++ b/ham/svxlink/README @@ -1,19 +1,34 @@ The SvxLink Server is a general purpose voice services system, -which when connected to a transceiver, can act as both an advanced repeater -system and can also operate on a simplex channel. One could call it a radio -operating system since it sits between the hardware (transceiver) and the -applications (modules) and handle basic system services as well as input and output. +which when connected to a transceiver, can act as both an advanced +repeater system and can also operate on a simplex channel. One could +call it a radio operating system since it sits between the hardware +(transceiver) and the applications (modules) and handle basic system +services as well as input and output. -SvxLink is very extensible and modular. Voice services are implemented as modules -which are isolated from each other. Modules can be implemented in either C++ or TCL. +SvxLink is very extensible and modular. Voice services are implemented +as modules which are isolated from each other. Modules can be +implemented in either C++ or TCL. The project also includes Qtel, the Qt EchoLink client, is a graphical application used to access the EchoLink network. -This release includes a new revision of the SvxReflector application, which is -meant to be used as a center point to link SvxLink nodes together. +The SvxReflector application, which is meant to be used as a center +point to link SvxLink nodes together, is also included in this build. -You can build only svxlink server (no Qtel) by passing QTEL=NO to the script: +This release introduce talkgroups in the SvxReflector. +That make it possible to use the reflector server for multiple parallel +QSOs and provide a new set of features. Also multiple CTCSS tones are +now supported. + +A SvxLink node can now be configured to use multiple SvxReflector +addresses, that allow for simple redundancy where all nodes will switch +to a backup node if the primary SvxReflector stops responding. + +Be careful with configuration files since config variables have +changed in this release. Make sure to move them accordingly. + +You can build only svxlink server (no Qtel) by passing QTEL=NO to the +script: QTEL=NO ./svxlink.SlackBuild Opus is an optional (and, based on the audio quality, suggested!) |