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USER MANUAL FOR HARDWARE REV 3.11
07-APR-2018
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4
GETTING STARTED WITH SVXLINK
Introduction: svxlink is a powerful open source controller software that works on many Linux based
platforms. This implementation is specific to the ICS-CTRL hardware which includes additional
modules that allows you to have access to specific hardware included with your ICS-CTRL PI-Repeater-
2x.
Svxlink supports custom code so you can create new features beyond what we have included if your
application has specific needs not covered by our base image. We would love to hear about your
custom needs, and especially your custom modules. Odds are if you have a specific need, you are not
unique and sharing your code will help to support others who follow.
4.1
HARDWARE PIN NUMBERS (SVXLINK BASED)
Port 1 PINS:
PTT – GPIO506 Active high
COS – GPIO26 Active Low
CTCSS – GPIO24 Active Low
Audio input – FE Pi Right Channel
Audio output – FE PI Right Channel
PORT 2 PINS:
PTT – GPIO507 Active high
COS – GPIO23 Active Low
CTCSS – GPIO25 Active Low
Audio input – FE Pi Left Channel
Audio output – FE PI Left Channel
GPIO PINS:
GPA0
–
GPIO496
GPA1
–
GPIO497
GPA2
–
GPIO498
GPA3
–
GPIO499
GPA4
–
GPIO500
GPA5
–
GPIO501
GPA6
–
GPIO502
GPA7
–
GPIO503
4.2
ADVANCED CONFIGURATIONS
Svxlink has a lot of features and they are continuously evolving, so be sure to have a recent copy of the
manual for svxlink at hand. We will provide some examples for the most common setups encountered
as starting points. Sample configurations will be provided on our Yahoo group and our website as we
get them created.
If you have a specific hardware need, please make the request to the Yahoo Group for ICS-Controllers
or for SVXlink support, at the SVXlink support page respectively. Both pages have a good support
community and we monitor the ICS-Controllers group actively.
As the SVXlink software updates frequently, it is best to ask there for software specific issues, but we
will do our best to help as well, but may not have the depth of knowledge that you will get from the
SVXlink community.
Hardware Support Page:
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/ICS-Controllers/info
SVXlink Support Page:
https://github.com/sm0svx/svxlink/wiki/GettingSupport
