[Allstar Digital] All-star to Dstar and back

[David KE6UPI]

I like it. ASL<-> D-Star and DMR. How about Yaesu Fusion?

David

On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 6:13 AM, Michael J. Wolthuis <wolthuis at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The other way to do this, which I have done successfully is to connect
> dextra_client to an XLX (XRF) reflector.  I connect Allstar using node
> 1000, using the dstar channel driver.
> Then anything that connects to XLX004 on slot A is connected to Allstar
> 2363.  Works pretty good, utilizes the old blue DV Dongle like listed in
> this email.
>
> Pretty close to the same as exact design, but I don’t steer dextra_client
> at all, just leave it on the XLX.
>
> The USRP model like DMRGateway would be so much better, I think it will
> just take time.
>
> Mike
> Kb8zgl
>
>
> On 3/14/17, 4:52 AM, "Allstar-Digital on behalf of Toussaint OTTAVI" <
> allstar-digital-bounces at lists.keekles.org on behalf of t.ottavi at bc-109.com>
> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     Le 14/03/2017 à 03:25, Steve Zingman a écrit :
>     > As of today there is a limited solution that only runs on the x86.
>     > I'll let someone else who knows it better describe it. The way I
> think
>     > it should be done is like how we did DMRGateway. Use the USRP channel
>     > driver in ASL.Modify DummyRepeater to output PCM instead of analog
>     > audio and to accept PCM rather then analog audio. connect that to the
>     > USRP channel driver. That way you can use ircDDBGateway and all the
>     > other modern D-Star tools. Yes, you will still need the DV3000.
>
>     I had similar needs, and I made some tests. Here are my results :
>     - The only working solution I found would be to use some old (and
>     partially closed-source) software from Scott, KI4LKF : chan_dstar
>     (open-source) and dextra_cli (source not available). This software
> needs
>     an old AMBE2000 chip. It can not work with recent AMBE3000 chips (such
>     as the ones found in ThumbDV and PiDV, for ex.), because the data
>     exchange protocol with the chip has changed.
>     - There's no out-ot-the-box solution using  recent AMBE chip and modern
>     open-source software (AMBEServer, idcDDBGateway, etc...)
>
>     Then, the ideal solution would be to develop the required software :
>     - Modifying DummyRepeater as described is one option, but it requires
>     skills in C programming
>     - As far as the "repeater" function is not needed, and ircDDBGateway is
>     not strictly required, another option would be to develop an
> independant
>     gateway with three UDP connections:
>          - Taking UDP audio flow from Asterisk / USRP channel driver
>          - Connecting to an existing reflector, using any protocol (DCS,
>     XRF, or better : XLX)
>          - Connecting to AMBEServer software
>
>     Anyway, I have no skills (and no fun !) in C programming. And I am too
>     busy to start such a project for now.
>
>     Maybe an analog audio loopback will do the job easily...
>
>     73 de TK1BI
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