[Allstar Digital] Allstar <> dstar bridging PiDV

Mon Oct 3 22:32:51 EDT 2016

The PiDV and ThumbDV both have the same programming interface, the DVDongle
has a different one and takes more buffer management as I understand it.

On Oct 3, 2016 6:30 PM, "Steve Zingman" <szingman at msgstor.com> wrote:

> 1: Do not know if it's possible to use the Blue Dongle. Both versions of
> the DV3000 will be supported. DO NOT run out and get one for D-StarGateway
> any time soon.
> 2: DMRGateway should run on Compass just fine. Compass is a modified
> version of Raspbian. There is no nor will there be a image for the Gateways.
> 3: I don't see where both vocoders would be required.
>
> Steve
>
> On 10/03/2016 09:25 PM, Neil k8it wrote:
>
>> Steve
>>
>> 1)    Will you also support the Blue Dongle? Or which version of the NWD
>> 3000 will  you use? I will have to get one.
>>
>> 2)    Do you also think that you can port the DMR Gateway to Compass?
>>
>> If you could support both  the Blue Dongle and the NWD 3000 together with
>> Allstar, it would be great.
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>> 73 Neil Sablatzky  K8IT
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>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Steve Zingman" <szingman at msgstor.com>
>> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2016 7:09 PM
>> To: "Digital linking using Asterisk and app_rpt" <
>> allstar-digital at lists.keekles.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Allstar Digital] Allstar <> dstar bridging PiDV
>>
>> The plan is to reduce the number of components needed to build the
>>> gateway. ircDDBGateway, D-StarGateway and the DV3000u would be the simplest
>>> method of building a D-Star <---> AllStar Gateway.
>>> The UDRC does add D-Star to a existing Yaesu Fusion repeater. It's a
>>> very nice product and I have a channel driver that I think will work with
>>> it. Once I either build a new kernel and headers for Compass or get the
>>> existing headers I need, I'll port AllStar to Compass.
>>>
>>> 73, Steve N4IRS
>>>
>>> On 10/03/2016 04:46 PM, Neil k8it wrote:
>>>
>>>> I also have a operational DSTAR to Allstar running on a Northwest
>>>> Digital UDRC connected to a DR-1X .The call sign on DSTAR is KE8EVF. I also
>>>> use the old KI4LKF software running on an ACID X86 machine.
>>>> I would also like to move the function from the ACID machine to a
>>>> RASPBERRY PI.
>>>> Right now the KI4LKF  software talks over the intranet to the IRCDDB
>>>> Gateway behind my router. This lets me talk on DSTAR via Allstar, ECHOlink,
>>>> Wires-X and my local RF connections using C4FM. ITS pretty neat to be on
>>>> DSTAR using a C4FM radio while talking on ALLSTAR
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> 73 Neil Sablatzky  K8IT
>>>> Allstar Node 41838 KITLINK
>>>> Allstar Node 42087 KITLINK HUB
>>>> IRLP Node exp0068
>>>> Echolink K8IT-L
>>>> WIRES-X K8IT 11479 Room 21479
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>> From: "Steve Zingman" <szingman at msgstor.com>
>>>> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2016 2:14 PM
>>>> To: "Digital linking using Asterisk and app_rpt" <
>>>> allstar-digital at lists.keekles.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Allstar Digital] Allstar <> dstar bridging PiDV
>>>>
>>>> Either way will work. If you emulate or better yet modify Dummy
>>>>> Repeater and feed the PCM to USRP you are good to go.
>>>>>
>>>>> Dummy Repeater <---> USRP ... done. Let Dummy Repeater do all the work.
>>>>>
>>>>> 73, Steve N4IRS
>>>>>
>>>>> On 10/3/2016 1:21 PM, Matthew Pitts wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Well, there are a couple of paths we can take at this point; I used
>>>>>> to run an AllStar to D-STAR bridge on my XReflector using the blue dongle
>>>>>> and the KI4LKF software for AllStar. I think we can do away with the
>>>>>> AllStar module he wrote by using the same interface used for the DMRGateway
>>>>>> within AllStar. The ideal way to go would be to emulate the G4KLX
>>>>>> DummyRepeater module at the ircDDBGateway end.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Matthew Pitts
>>>>>> N8OHU
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On October 3, 2016 1:04:29 PM EDT, Steve Zingman <
>>>>>> szingman at msgstor.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ken,
>>>>>>> If you replace DMRlink with ircDDBGateway You have the "backend"
>>>>>>> Replace DMRGateway with the yet to be written D-StarGateway.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/dvhamswitch/file-cabinet/DMRG
>>>>>>> atewayDiagram.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Steve
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 10/3/2016 12:58 PM, Ken Boyle wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I looked at dmrgateway today for a little bit. I'm not very familiar
>>>>>>>> with the dmr backend and it's confusing to me. I do however have
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> plenty
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> backend experience with dstar and have operated a bridge in the past
>>>>>>>> using the blue dongle.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The software exists, but cannot be run on a pi because there is no
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> port
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> to arm for the dongle.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Also development on that has long since stopped.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I appreciate what you are doing Steve, and I understand time
>>>>>>>> constraints, as I also work and have a billion things going on.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I just wanted express my interest in the project,  and being that I
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> no programming experience it's out of my hands for now. I would like
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> learn, however time is the major factor there too.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 73 thanks again
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ken
>>>>>>>> KC2IDB
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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