Can key COS and receive PTT but no COS light or audio

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Noob to Allstar. I'm using an AURSINC Shari-"style" hat (prior to me knowing this was a SHARI clone--I've subsequently purchased a SHARI from Kits4Hams) and a Libre Le Potato running on Debian 12 Bookworm and ASL3. HT is Anytone 878. I've run this question by another Allstar user and he's stumped. I am not using a PL tone.

simpleusb-tune-menu tests:

  1. I can key/activate COS but its LED does not light up;
  2. PTT light comes on and HT receives audio;
  3. I do not see any audio during the RX level test
  4. No audio heard, e.g., parrot tests do not work

I tried my radio, including DTMF tones, with friend's node, and it operates it fine.

alsamixer -- I have designated "Default 1" "USB Audio Device" as my card (other option was LIBRETECH-CC "Default 0"). Speaker set @ 32 and and MIC capture @ 60; MIC is muted.

I am somewhat suspicious of what alsamixer is calling the two sound cards Default 0 (LIBRETECH-CC) and Default 1 (USB Audio Device) but am unclear whether it has any bearing on my problem.

Happy to supply more diagnostic info, but I'll stop here in an attempt to not supply irrelevant info. Any tips on where to troubleshoot next? THX

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BTW, this is what I'm seeing with command aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: LIBRETECHCC [LIBRETECH-CC], device 0: fe.dai-link-0 (*)
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Device [USB Audio Device], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

I've made these system-wide changes using to ALSA conf file to ensure Card 1 ("USB Audio Device") was the default sound card then rebooted. No changes, i.e., no COS light, no audio.

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ASL3 does not use ALSA so setting that will do nothing. What does the command asl-find-sound report about compatible audio devices?

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It returns C-Media Electronics Inc (e.g., CM108 IC manufacturer).

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Does that devstring match what’s in simpleusb.conf?

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Need a little help. When I go to asl-menu>Expert>edit simpleusb.conf, I can't find where that CM108 sound card would be. Can you tell me where to go to answer your question? When I go to asl-menu>Expert> edit module.conf, it is loading that chan_simpleusb.so file.

When I look at lsusb, I see the CM108 listed as audio device. idVendor = 0d8c; idProduct = 0012 (looks like it's supported; CM108b).

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First off, please exec the asl-find-sound command. This will list out the ASL3 compatible interfaces and their device strings.

To edit the simpleusb.conf file from the menus :

  1. exec asl-menu
  2. choose Expert Configuration Menu
  3. choose Edit simpleusb.conf
  4. near the end of the file you should see your node in square brackets (e.g. [1234]). Below that line you should see a line that specifies the device string (devstr =) for your interface. This line needs to match the device string reported by asl-find-sound (e.g. "1-1.4:1.0") or be blank.
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It's blank. Device string is 1-1.2:1.0

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If you only have 1 ASL supported interface then a blank device string is fine.

Next up for you would be to check the interface tune settings to ensure that they match your interface.

  • asl-menu
  • Node Settings
  • AllStar Node Setup Menu
  • Update node <your-node>
  • Interface Tune CLI
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I appreciate the help. I went through everything, and I can't see anything which appears amiss. When I'm doing something for the first time, I have a hard time believing that I got a bad unit, but I'm going to send it back as I don't know what else to try. Thanks again for giving me a hand.

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Update: I received a new unit and I have the exact same problem, e.g., COS shows being keyed but LED doesn't light up, PTT test in simpleusb-tune-menu returns audio with red flashing PTT, and I'm not able to use parrot, go to another's node, etc.