Ubuntu Manpage: svxreflector - The SvxLink conference server audio reflector

NAME

       svxreflector - The SvxLink conference server audio reflector

SYNOPSIS

       svxreflector  [--help] [--daemon] [--logfile=log file] [--config=configuration file] [--pidfile=pid file]
       [--runasuser=user name]

DESCRIPTION

The SvxReflector server is used to interconnect multiple SvxLink nodes into one network. Traffic is
switched using talk groups in the SvxReflector server so that all audio sent to the reflector from one
node is retransmitted on all other nodes that have selected the same talk group. Only one talker is
allowed at a time on each talk group so if another node starts sending audio when another one is already
active, the second node will not interrupt the first talker.

A TCP/IP connection is used for the control messages and the audio is transported via UDP. Make sure to
open up the configured TCP and UDP ports in your firewall for incoming traffic on the server. By default
the port number is set to 5300 for both TCP and UDP. The clients do not have to open any ports in their
firewall. Each node must have a unique user ID, typically the callsign. It is not allowed for a client,
using the same user ID, to connect more than one time to the server. The connections are password
protected.

On the SvxLink node side, a ReflectorLogic should be used to connect to the SvxReflector server. The
connection to the SvxReflector from other logics in that node can be activated and deactivated using
standard logic linking. Read more about how to set up a SvxLink node for use with the SvxReflector in the
svxlink.conf(5) manual page.

The SvxReflector offer a QSY functionality which is used to switch all active nodes to another talk
group. This can be used to make a call on a broad talk group, like a large region or the entire country,
and when the called party answers a QSY can be performed to a talk group where only the active nodes are
included.

OPTIONS

       --help Print a help message and exit.

       --daemon
              Start the SvxReflector server as a daemon.

       --runasuser
              Start SvxReflector as the specified user. The switch to the new user will happen after the log and
              pid files has been opened.

       --logfile=log file
              Specify a log file to put all output into. Both stdout and stderr will be redirected  to  the  log
              file.

       --pidfile=pid file
              Specify a pid file to write the process ID into.

       --config=configuration file
              Specify which configuration file to use.

FILES

       /etc/svxlink/svxreflector.conf
              The system wide configuration file. See svxreflector.conf(5) for further details.

       ~/.svxlink/svxreflector.conf
              Per user configuration file. See svxreflector.conf(5) for further details.

       /etc/svxlink/svxreflector.d/*
              Additional configuration files. This directory is setup by the CFG_DIR configuration variable.

ENVIRONMENT

       HOME   Used to find the per user configuration file.

AUTHOR

       Tobias Blomberg (SM0SVX) <sm0svx at svxlink dot org>

REPORTING BUGS

       Bugs should be reported using the issue tracker at https://github.com/sm0svx/svxlink.

       Questions  about  SvxLink  should  not be asked using the issue tracker. Instead use the group set up for
       this purpose at groups.io: https://groups.io/g/svxlink