diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 726af6e..47fa3eb 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -10,21 +10,19 @@ This is the only transcoder that will work with the [URF reflector](https://gith This software is loosely based on LX3JL's **ambed**, but is easily different enough to be considered an entirely original work. Here are some major differences with ambed: -- tcd uses both hardware-based and software-based vocoders, providing a bridge between the closed source vocoders used in DStar, DMR and YSF and open-source vocoders used in M17 (Codec2) and P25 (IMBE). +- tcd uses both hardware-based and software-based vocoders, providing a bridge between the closed source vocoders used in DStar, DMR NXDN and YSF and open-source vocoders used in M17 (Codec2) and P25 (IMBE). - *UNIX Sockets* are used to communicate between the reflector and this transcoder. This greatly simplifies the code and significantly improves transcoding performance. - Each configured module has a dedicated encoding and decoding instance running on a different thread. This prevents overloading when processing multiple voice streams and provides the best possible performance for the reflector's clients. ## Constraints and Requirements -This branch uses only one 300x device for the AMBE+(DStar) codec. - Currently, this program must be run locally with its paired URF reflector. Remote transcoding is not yet supported. Only systemd-based operating systems are supported. Debian or Ubuntu is recommended. If you want to install this on a non-systemd based OS, you are on your own. Also, by default, *tcd* is built without gdb support. The P25 IMBE software vocoder library is available [here](https://github.com/nostar/imbe_vocoder). See its README.md file for instructions for compiling and installating this library. -If you are running tcd on an ARM-base processor, you can opt to use a software-based vocoder library available [here](https://github.com/nostar/md380_vocoder). This library is used for the AMBE+2 (DMR/YSF/NXDN) codec. If you are going to use this library, *tcd* must run on an ARM platform like a RPi. +If you are running tcd on an ARM-base processor, you can opt to use a software-based vocoder library available [here](https://github.com/nostar/md380_vocoder) for DMR/YSF vocoding. This library is used for the AMBE+2 (DMR/YSF/NXDN) codec. If you are going to use this library, *tcd* must run on an ARM platform like a RPi. Using this software solution means that you only need one DVSI device to handle D-Star vocoding. The DVSI devices need an FTDI driver which is available [here](https://ftdichip.com/drivers/d2xx-drivers). It's important to know that this driver will only work if the normal Linux kernel ftdi_sio and usbserial drivers are removed. This is automatically done by the system service file used for starting *tcd*. diff --git a/config/tcd.ini b/config/tcd.ini index 0b7ede4..15f68a4 100644 --- a/config/tcd.ini +++ b/config/tcd.ini @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ # up to three modules (for DVSI-3003). Transcoded = A -# 6 dB is a factor of 2 in amplitude, 4 in power. +# All gain values are in dB. # Gain values are limited to -24 to +24. Typical values will usually be less. # Below are suggested values. DStarGainIn = 16