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DMRGateway on ASL 2100
by Steve Zingman 03 Jun '16

03 Jun '16

Well, We survived Dayton. ;) More about this in a future post. We received a lot of good feedback about DMRGateway and DMRGui. Mike and I are working on a roadmap for future programs. At this point DMRgateway is pretty solid and we will be publishing the source soon. I'm thinking it's time to lock down DMRGateway on 2100 as a full time gateway between ASL and BrandMeister. I don't think it's a good idea to put it in transceive on a busy TG like 3100. I think our best bet is to put it on a dedicated TG full time. In looking around there is a TG "assigned" to AllStar on DCI. It's TG 3167 TS2. DMRGateway is steerable and we may in the future allow it to be moved around with a timer that puts it back to 3167 after a period of time. Anybody have another idea. Note, to support a second or third full time TS/TG each gateway requires a DV3000 from NW Digital Radio. (This is NOT a request for additional equipment) 73, Steve N4IRS -- "Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about." 1st Law of Logic

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Audio board for AllStar
by Steve Zingman 17 May '16

17 May '16

I see that NW Digital has published a block diagram of their upcoming UDRC board. It looks like it will be possible to make it work with AllStar. Mike and I will take a look at Dayton and maybe get a couple so we can make it work with AllStar. It's early, so we have to see how it goes. the diagram is at <http://nwdigitalradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/UDRCDS.pdf> 73, Steve N4IRS -- "Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about." 1st Law of Logic

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DMRGateway more testing
by Robert Newberry 17 May '16

17 May '16

I have been using ASL to steer to Area 3 on BM to do some testing with N3FE. We noticed some things. The audio delay starts out at about 1-2 seconds then goes to about 20 seconds. I know a while back Steve mentioned turning back all of the logging, which I did. Sometimes not all audio from analog makes it to DMR. Could this have something to do with maybe slot being busy that the particular ID uses? I think this has already been addressed Cory noted a tail on the DMR side, I've turned all of that off in the rpt.conf, but I believe you mentioned there is a tail being introduced by usrp. The last I doubt there's much that can be done. The quality of audio is quite usable but does sound different than dmr to dmr, with the same person. A non technical description was "squashed". N1XBM Apparare Scientor Paratus Communicare Allstar Node # 27086, 41540, 41812, 42086, 42658, 42657 www.radioguysrepeaternetwork.com

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Dv4mini
by Robert Newberry 15 May '16

15 May '16

I noticed my dv4mini isn't working so hot. I looked at it and when I attempt to transmit with my HT the LED on the dv4mini switches from blue to green, but will alternate to yellow. Looking at the control panel it appears to switching from active rx to idle repeatedly. Is there a user group for these things? N1XBM Apparare Scientor Paratus Communicare Allstar Node # 27086, 41540, 41812, 42086, 42658, 42657 www.radioguysrepeaternetwork.com

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Yaesu Fusion
by David Shaw 15 May '16

15 May '16

Hello Everyone, I'll be heading to Dayton this year. I wanted to ask this group if they are going to work on a ASL <-> Fusion. Just wanted to see before I spent my money on the DV4Home. http://wirelesshold.com/dv4home-2.aspx -- Gun Control https://youtu.be/GpOX7ICsnJk -- In 1988, America was strong. We had Ronald Reagan, Steve Jobs, Johnny Cash, and Bob Hope. Today, we have Obama, no Jobs, no Cash, and no Hope. Thanks, David

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DMRGateway Steering one way audio
by Robert Newberry 13 May '16

13 May '16

Well I sat down tonight and started working on gateway steering. So I added to /opt/dmrlink/ambe_audio/ambe_audio.cfg. [ME_SW] tgFilter = 3123 txTg = 3123 txTs = 2 I then typed from the shell prompt. echo -n "section=ME_SW" | nc 127.0.0.1 31002 I have one way audio. I can hear audio coming from BM, but audio from DMRGateway is not being heard across BM. I'm able to steer, but only part way. N1XBM Apparare Scientor Paratus Communicare Allstar Node # 27086, 41540, 41812, 42086, 42658, 42657 www.radioguysrepeaternetwork.com

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What booth at Dayton?
by Robert Newberry 12 May '16

12 May '16

What booth space will you be at during Dayton? My friend will be there he wanted to stop by. N1XBM Apparare Scientor Paratus Communicare Allstar Node # 27086, 41540, 41812, 42086, 42658, 42657 www.radioguysrepeaternetwork.com

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Using AllStar DTMF to steer DMRGateway
by Steve Zingman 11 May '16

11 May '16

It's easy to steer your DMRGateway via DTMF or CLI or AllMon or AndroidIAX. Consider the following snip from ambe_audio.cfg section = BM # Use BM section values # order of precedence: dmrlink.cfg, section=, DEFAULTS [BM] # Listen to all, TX on TG3100 TS1 tgFilter = 3100,3106,31094 # A list of TG IDs to monitor. All TGs will be passed to DMRGateway txTg = 3100 # TG to use for all frames received from DMRGateway -> IPSC txTs = 2 # Slot to use for frames received from DMRGateway -> IPSC [BM3100] # Brandmeister tgFilter = 3100 # USA Nationwide txTg = 3100 txTs = 1 [BM3106] # Brandmeister tgFilter = 3106 # California Statewide txTg = 3106 txTs = 2 [BM31094] # Brandmeister tgFilter = 31094 # US call area 4 txTg = 31094 txTs = 1 [Sandbox] # Sandbox network tgFilter = 3120 txTg = 3120 txTs = 2 [LOCAL] # Local network tgFilter = 3 txTg = 3 txTs = 2 [Shutup] # Be quiet tgFilter = 0 txTg = 0 txTs = 2 /etc/asterisk/rpt.conf ; DMRGateway Commands 73 = cmd,/bin/bash -c 'echo -n "section=Shutup" | nc 127.0.0.1 31002' 74 = cmd,/bin/bash -c 'echo -n "section=BM" | nc 127.0.0.1 31002' 76 = cmd,/bin/bash -c 'echo -n "section=DMR-MARC" | nc 127.0.0.1 31002' 77 = cmd,/bin/bash -c 'echo -n "section=BM3100" | nc 127.0.0.1 31002' 78 = cmd,/bin/bash -c 'echo -n "section=BM3106" | nc 127.0.0.1 31002' 79 = cmd,/bin/bash -c 'echo -n "section=BM31094" | nc 127.0.0.1 31002' Issue a *73 from a radio (simplified for example) and ambe_audio will use the section [Shutup] Issue a *77 from a radio (simplified for example) and ambe_audio will use the section [BM3100] Replace radio with CLI or AllMon or AndroidIAX. Add a script to cron ... Available remote control commands: 'reread_subscribers' 'reread_config' 'txTg' 'txTs' 'section' 'gateway_dmr_id' 'gateway_peer_id' 'restart' 'playbackFromFile' 'tgs' 'dump_template' 'get_info' See: <https://github.com/N4IRS/DMRGateway/blob/master/DMRGatewayDiagram.pdf> <https://github.com/N4IRS/DMRGateway/blob/master/DMRGateway.rtf> <https://github.com/N4IRS/DMRGateway/blob/master/DMRGatewayTechOverview.pdf> For INAD, 73 Steve N4IRS -- "Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about." 1st Law of Logic

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DMRGateway.ini
by Robert Newberry 11 May '16

11 May '16

I decided to change the subject to more accurately reflect what we're talking about. I took a look at /etc/DMRGateway.ini. Currently my RPI2 and DV3000 reside at the site with the repeater. I'd like to set something like this up at home. I have a few questions. Can I just get another pi and install DMRlink and DMRGateway and point DMRGateway.ini to my remote site via IP? Or would I need to also have a DV3000 installed at home as well? I assume the cheap little USB fobs we use for ASL would be OK? N1XBM Apparare Scientor Paratus Communicare Allstar Node # 27086, 41540, 41812, 42086, 42658, 42657 www.radioguysrepeaternetwork.com

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D-STAR to DMR via AllStar
by n8ohu＠yahoo.com 11 May '16

11 May '16

Good evening folks, I'm in the process of bringing my AllStar nodes back up after a goofy issue with my network and was wondering if anyone here was considering implementing a D-STAR to DMR bridge on their AllStar node, and what the best way to do it would be. I have a DV-Dongle and a DV-3000 that I could use for the purpose. Matthew PIttsN8OHU

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