This release brings the Android app up to par with last release for iOS.

73 … Gerry.

This release is recommended for all users.

Number of important changes in this combined release

• Complete re-do of the Node Setup screen. The order of setup items had become quite illogical as individual items were added. The new screen presents setup items logically grouped according to functionality.
• The Node Setup screen now does a better job of validating the values you input to prevent bad settings disrupting your ClearNode’s operation.
• The Audio Streaming function now supports sending your stream to Broadcastify for public consumption. Several new configuration settings in the section Streaming Audio Setup. If you elect to send the stream to Broadcastify, instead of the ClearNode Icecast server, your mobile app will still be able to play the stream.
• You can now archive your ClearNode’s setup to the Node-Ventures server. Once it’s up there it’s available for download should you ever need to recover your node from an SD Card failure or some such. See the two cloud icons in the top right corner of the Node Setup screen.
• Some users found that the popup screens were unusable if they had increased the default font size on their iPhones. We think we’ve fixed most of them – if you find others do report them to us so we can them cleaned up as well.

73 … Gerry.

We took a break from new features to do some re-factoring, extensive testing and have fixed a raft of bugs.

We recommend that ALL users upgrade to this version – tap into the Node Detail page, in the “Versions” section, tap on the “RedNode Version” label and then accept the update in the “Update RedNode Software” dialog.

73 … Gerry.

Fresh batch of ClearNodes off the assembly bench in air pouches. Next stop the test and pre-configuration bench, cleaning, packing and then shipping.

73 … Gerry.

We forgot to mention in the original post that announced AutoSky, that there is a corresponding Custom TimedEvent installed along with AutoSky. By default both AutoSky and the TimedEvent are disabled. If you enable AutoSky at boot – don’t forget to also navigate into TimedEvents and enable “AutoSky Check Advisories”, then Save to commit your changes to ClearNode. If this is not enabled ClearNode will not poll the NWS for any available warning.

73 … Gerry.

(Yes we did skip release 1.14 – all rolled into this release.)

This brings the Android Mobile App up to par with the current Apple iOS release, review those release notes for details.

And a shout-out to our ‘Droid users – thanks for your patience !

73 … Gerry.

We’ve had reports that occasionally, after saving a change to the node setup and the node rebooting, the built-in radio does not initialize properly as the node starts up. The symptom would be that the radio does not announce the IP address or courtesy tones as expected and does not respond to transmissions from your HT. The immediate fix is just reboot the node once more, rarely a power-cycle is needed.

We’re looking into the issue and will report back …

73 … Gerry.

This release updates the DTMF commands in rpt.conf to include AutoSky.OFF and ON.

Two steps are required to deploy this update:

• In the Node Detail screen, in the “Versions” section, tap “RedNode Version”, in the “Update RedNode Software” tap “Update”. Your node will update and reboot. After reboot return to the Node Detail screen and confirm you now have “API Version” # 30.
• After the update, in the Node Detail page, in the “Node setup” section tap “AllStar/Echolink setup” to enter the “Setup” screen. You do not need to update anything, just tap “Save” in the top right corner. Your ClearNode will re-create the configuration files, including “rpt.conf”, from the new templates and apply the new DTMF commands. Your node will reboot.

We don’t publish DTMF commands in the public forums, so customers can email us at gerry.filby@node-ventures.com and we’ll send you the new DTMF commands.

73 … Gerry.

This release installs AutoSky and adds the relevant configuration parameters in Node Setup.

You’ll need to go to the NWS website to discover the county code for your local county. The HamVoIP team have a good document on getting that done: https://www2.hamvoip.org/AutoSky%20howto.pdf – look for the section “Set your County” – follow the instructions and in the example you’re looking for the code e.g. “PAC017” – copy that code and put it in “NWS County Code” in the Node Setup screen.

Don’t hesitate to reach out to us if you need help with AutoSky.

Other changes include:

• implementing cop,49/50 commands to enable/disable incoming connections
• implementing cop,21/22 commands to temporarily enable/disable Parrot mode

See the drop down menu from the icon in the top right corner of the Node detail screen

Also included is the ability to enable/disable the courtesy tone played when the remote AllStar or Echolink node unkeys.

Keep those suggestions coming !!

Stand by Android users – we’ll get you the update just as soon as we can 🙂

73 … Gerry.

AllStar have updated their URL for downloading the AllMon Database. HamVoIP.org have updated the base image and repositories already. To get this update navigate to the node detail page, tap on the 3rd row under “Versions” (starts with “Asterisk…”) and accept the update dialog. If your node does not reboot, do so manually by tapping the power icon in the top right corner and choose “Reboot”. Look for “…V1.6.2-01…” within the Asterisk line after reboot.

73 … Gerry.