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Looking for Mentor
by Kevin Halton 08 May '17

08 May '17

I am a newbie with the idea of crosslinking modes but would love to learn how to setup my own system. I made a valiant attempt and fell far short of the goal. I am looking for someone who can guide me in setting up a crosslink between Allstar and DMR. I believe I have all the equipment required just lack the technical knowledge. Is anyone up to the challenge? I appreciate your time.

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HB_ambe_audio testing
by Steve Zingman 08 May '17

08 May '17

Over the last couple of days we have been listening to The WAN and WIN analog networks through hb_ambe_audio. Thanks to those 2 high traffic networks, we got quite a workout sending analog audio to DMR. Mike rewrote the portion of the code that deals with signaling the presence of, or lack of, traffic from analog to digital. There is very little delay and each transition is positive. Our next step is to test high traffic in the other direction. I am sending DMR traffic from TG 3100 on BrandMeister and send it to 2100. Again in ONE direction only DMR ---> ASL. Let's see how this plays -- "Real programmers us vi, that's why I use nano"

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Allstar and DV4Mini Console on same image
by (KP4TR)Ramon Gonzalez 08 May '17

08 May '17

Hello, Im fairly new to this group so I have something to post. I just modified the RAT-RC2 Allstar image for thr Rpi2/3 Acid image used for the DMRLink gateway made available by N4IRS and added the PIXEL GUI desktop, and the DV4Mini-compact software to use the DV4Mini dongle. So essentially I took my NANO-DV DIGITAL RADIO HOTSPOT I bought last year from Micro-Node and it can now run DV4Mini dongle and Allstar. Added a browser and default page is AllMon2. And it could run the DMRLink gateway if I needed to... Attached image....need to work on splash page...maybe..

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Testing ASL ---> BM via HBlink
by Steve Zingman 07 May '17

07 May '17

I am continuing to test ASL ---> BM uing HBlink rather then DMRlink. Right now it's one way so that we don't disturb ASL users. I'm sending audio from ASL node 2153 to BM TS2 / TG 311222.I am connected (receive only) to the WAN system (2135) in a attempt to get lots of traffic. 73, Steve N4IRS -- --- "Real programmers use vi, that's why I use nano."

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HBlink audio test
by Steve Zingman 07 May '17

07 May '17

It LOOKS like we have a working solution to false positives the so called "loop detector" on BM was generating. Only time will tell. I am continuing to bridge ASL ---> BM on TG 311222. Let's hope. 73, Steve N4IRS -- --- "Real programmers use vi, that's why I use nano."

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hb_ambe_audio
by Steve Zingman 25 Apr '17

25 Apr '17

Mike and I are beta testing ambe_audio and DMRGateway for HBlink. So far so good. The issues with fluttering analog signals and fast keyups has been addressed. This should resolve the issue of the outbound DMR signal lagging behind the analog signal more then a short normal display. This is BETA testing. It is not ready to be released. I am connecting to a number of high activity ASL hubs to test operation. Right one I have it in receive ONLY so we have one way ASL ---> DMR. I am testing on BM The DMR ID is 1311222 and the TG 311222. The ASL node connected is 2135. Let's see how this goes. One advantage to hb_audio is that there is no longer a need to involve BM sysadmins to setup static routing for your connection to BM. hb_ambe_audio also supports smaller local networks of MMDVM based devices without the need for a BM server or a c-Bridge. hb_ambe_audio and hb_parrot provides us insight into connecting other devices to a HBlink network. for DVSwitch, 73 Steve N4IRS -- --- "Real programmers use vi, that's why I use nano."

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DMRGateway failure
by Robert Newberry 20 Apr '17

20 Apr '17

I've encountered a strange problem on my existing system that has been working for over a year without problem. I have not recently updated the software nor have I made any changes. The day I noticed it stopped working correctly I probably haven't even logged into it for weeks. I did all of the simple stuff like rebooting/ removing power to repeaters, routers, RPI's still hasn't fixed the problem. Here is the problem. -When I TX on my local DMR repeater it is heard on BM by my test subject on an open spot, but the audio is not being heard on Allstar -When I TX on Allstar it goes up to BM and is heard by my test subject on his open spot, but the audio does not repeat on my local DMR repeater. -When my test subject TX's on his open spot I hear it on Allstar and DMR. This never used to work this way, If I TX'd on my DMR repeater it was heard on Allstar, and in the opposite if I TX'd on Allstar it would be heard on my DMR repeater locally. I hope that I formulated my question in a way that makes sense. I am unsure how to trouble shoot this because it appears that DMRGateway works in both directions...sort of. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I should start troubleshooting this? -- N1XBM Apparare Scientor Paratus Communicare Allstar Node # 27086, 41540, 41812, 42086, 42658, 42657 www.radioguysrepeaternetwork.com

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DMRGateway / DMRGui / DMRLink /ambe_audio / DV3000u /PiDV /HBlink
by Steve Zingman 19 Apr '17

19 Apr '17

Can I fit anything else on the subject line? Mike has identified a bug in how the transition from transmit to receive is signaled between chan_usrp and DMRGateway. This effects fast short ASL ---> DMR transmissions and weak ASL signals. In preparation for rethinking the signaling from chan_usrp to DMRGateway, there is some other work to be done. Some of this work not only affects DMRGateway. DMRGateway will need some re-work. The upside to the work needed is that a couple of new modules will be created for HBlink. The first is hb_parrot. hb_parrot.py is in the HBlink repository now. The second is ... hb_ambe_audio. What this amounts to is DMRGateway will be able to use either DMRlink or HBlink to connect to their respective networks. DMRGateway will support both IPSC based networks (DMR-MARC, DCI etc) and Home Brew Protocol supporting networks (BM) The big plus to DMRGateway running with HBlink is that it will NOT require any interaction with the BM sysops! And, maybe a few other goodies and refinements. along the way. For DVSwitch, 73, Steve N4IRS

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DMRGateway testing
by ve2dje＠gmail.com 14 Apr '17

14 Apr '17

Hi to everyone . My DMR Gateway software suite is installed and all the testing in the procedure are OK.. I am connecting to Brandmeister 3108 port 55001 TG 3027 . All response are OK . The Brandmeister site shows my DMRlink on the Last Heard window as a Smart PTT Bridge My DMRGAteway windows shows the connection to 127.0.0.1 port 31000 and to my AST USRP 34001 When I do PTT and test audio from Iaxrpt connected to my node . The RED and Green leds on th Thumbsb are flashing. LH list on the server is updated . My DMRGatewy windows shows “Connected ( PTT asserted)” and “Disconnected ( PTT off)” when released My ambe_audio windows shows `” INFO Transmit from gateway to TG3027:” then “INFO Transmit complete “ on PTT release My test MMDVM repeater opened on TG 3027 receives a PTT from network. BUT No audio ( only faint high frequency buzz ) No activity on Hoseline even if Last Heard is being updated..... Any hints as how to test the ThumbDV output ??? Have been experimenting with the outputAudioDevice in DMRGateway.ini without success..... Deffective ThumbDV ?????? . How can I make shure ???? Also I am hearing some audio out on AST node that is not coming from TG3027 ?????? My entry in ambe_audio.cfg is TGfilter = 3027,4327 Loaded the system twice from scratch and ..... Same..... Thanks for any advice Richard VE2DJE Provenance : Courrier pour Windows 10

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DMRGateway /DMRGui question
by Guy Vachon VE2VAG 10 Apr '17

10 Apr '17

Hello Steve and the group, I want to try using DMRGateway in dongle mode. I’ve browsed thru all the mailing list topics to recuperate all the needed infos, and will try to set it up next weekend on a spare Raspberry PI 2. I also have a ThumbDV AMBE dongle. I’ve checked your “Digital Voice Switch” website, and in the files section, the link for the DMRGui app to control DMRGateway does not work. Is it still available to test and try ? I’ll surely have other questions along the way, but I think I should have almost everything I need to experiment for now. I mainly want to connect to Brandmeister, and try the french canadian talkgroup. Thanks and 73s from Guy VE2VAG Quebec, Canada

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