[Allstar Digital] Allstar <> dstar bridging PiDV

Steve Zingman szingman at msgstor.com
Tue Oct 4 10:51:52 EDT 2016


Take a look at ircDDBGateway source, DummyRepeater Source and chan_usrp 
source.

73, Steve N4IRS

On 10/4/2016 10:07 AM, Ken Boyle wrote:
> (off topic) So I'm looking into learning about programming, I know the
> basics of c++ from high school 10+ years ago. What kind of things should
> I be looking into to interface with hardware and do the things we are
> doing here.
>
> Thanks
> Ken
> KC2IDB
>
>
> On Oct 3, 2016 10:32 PM, "John D. Hays" <john at hays.org> wrote:
>
>     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
>     <mailto: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
>             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
>             <mailto: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
>             <mailto: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
>                     <mailto: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
>                     <mailto: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
>                             <mailto: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/DMRGatewayDiagram.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1
>                                 <https://sites.google.com/site/dvhamswitch/file-cabinet/DMRGatewayDiagram.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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