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On 1/2/2019 3:49 PM, Jason Johnston wrote:

This is a fresh start from the software itself, but not the OS.  Is that what you are referring to?

I am running this on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.  Is there any reason this wouldn't work?  In reading online forums, facebook groups, etc - and talking with several people who are using their own DMRlink/HBlink server, I get mixed opinions about whether Ubuntu will work or not.  It is a Debian based OS, but different enough that some say it won't work, even though it works on Raspian, which is much more watered-down than what I am running.

If I am going to start fresh all over again, what OS do you recommend I start with?  It can be anything, I don't care, I just want to know what works best.

This is a fresh start from the software itself, but not the OS.  Is that what you are referring to?

I am running this on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.  Is there any reason this wouldn't work?  In reading online forums, facebook groups, etc - and talking with several people who are using their own DMRlink/HBlink server, I get mixed opinions about whether Ubuntu will work or not.  It is a Debian based OS, but different enough that some say it won't work, even though it works on Raspian, which is much more watered-down than what I am running.

If I am going to start fresh all over again, what OS do you recommend I start with?  It can be anything, I don't care, I just want to know what works best.

On 3 Jan 2019, at 7:51 am, Steve N4IRS <szingman@...> wrote:

Set the USRP audio settings in BOTH ini files to:
aslAudio = AUDIO_USE_GAIN
agcGain = 1.0
dmrAudio = AUDIO_USE_GAIN
dmrGain = 1.0

From there you can go up to 1.5,2,etc or down .9,.8,etc.

On 1/2/2019 3:46 PM, Ian Tulley wrote:

Hi Steve, if I do systemctl status md380-emu it shows it as running, if I TX from the P25 radio, I get very broken audio out of the DMR, if I TX from the DMR Radio I just get very harsh hash from the P25 Radio, that was with the USRP Audio settings as per default. I am assuming I will need to adjust those on both of the Analog_Bridge ini files ??

I have not done any as yet this morning, but will be looking at it hopefully in the next hour.

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Regards

Ian (VK2HK)

On 2 Jan 2019, at 9:36 pm, Steve N4IRS <szingman@...> wrote:

So,
it sounds like P25 is working all the way to Analog_Bridge. It also sounds like you have a problem with Analog_Bridge for DMR.
Are you using the emulator?
Is the emulator running?

Steve

On 1/2/19 2:40 AM, Ian Tulley wrote:

Hi Steve, OK here is what I have been able to achieve, P25Gateway runs fine, I can then start MMDVM_Bridge and it connects to the BM Master successfully, I can TX on both the P25 radio and the DMR radio on different repeaters and see my calls come up on the screen output. I then start up Analog_Bridge_P25.ini and do the same test and again can see myself coming up on the screen output but no audio between them. Now when I startup Analog_Bridge_DMR.ini and do the same test I can see myself come up on the screen output then I get the following error, only on that Stanza, "Emulator Timed out on Decode" or "Emulator Timed out on Encode" depending on the direction of the data and still no audio in either direction, but I can get the DMR repeater to TX "sometimes" when PTT from the P25 radio but no audio.
I'm not sure where to look for this one, please remember this is on a server in the cloud so there are no USB Dongles connected, I'm only using the software decoder.

Regards
Ian (VK2HK)

Hi Steve, if I do systemctl status md380-emu it shows it as running, if I TX from the P25 radio, I get very broken audio out of the DMR, if I TX from the DMR Radio I just get very harsh hash from the P25 Radio, that was with the USRP Audio settings as per default. I am assuming I will need to adjust those on both of the Analog_Bridge ini files ??

I have not done any as yet this morning, but will be looking at it hopefully in the next hour.

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Regards

Ian (VK2HK)

On 2 Jan 2019, at 9:36 pm, Steve N4IRS <szingman@...> wrote:

So,
it sounds like P25 is working all the way to Analog_Bridge. It also sounds like you have a problem with Analog_Bridge for DMR.
Are you using the emulator?
Is the emulator running?

Steve

On 1/2/19 2:40 AM, Ian Tulley wrote:

Hi Steve, OK here is what I have been able to achieve, P25Gateway runs fine, I can then start MMDVM_Bridge and it connects to the BM Master successfully, I can TX on both the P25 radio and the DMR radio on different repeaters and see my calls come up on the screen output. I then start up Analog_Bridge_P25.ini and do the same test and again can see myself coming up on the screen output but no audio between them. Now when I startup Analog_Bridge_DMR.ini and do the same test I can see myself come up on the screen output then I get the following error, only on that Stanza, "Emulator Timed out on Decode" or "Emulator Timed out on Encode" depending on the direction of the data and still no audio in either direction, but I can get the DMR repeater to TX "sometimes" when PTT from the P25 radio but no audio.
I'm not sure where to look for this one, please remember this is on a server in the cloud so there are no USB Dongles connected, I'm only using the software decoder.

Regards
Ian (VK2HK)

On 2 Jan 2019, at 9:36 pm, Steve N4IRS <szingman@...> wrote:

So,
it sounds like P25 is working all the way to Analog_Bridge. It also sounds like you have a problem with Analog_Bridge for DMR.
Are you using the emulator?
Is the emulator running?

Steve

On 1/2/19 2:40 AM, Ian Tulley wrote:

Hi Steve, OK here is what I have been able to achieve, P25Gateway runs fine, I can then start MMDVM_Bridge and it connects to the BM Master successfully, I can TX on both the P25 radio and the DMR radio on different repeaters and see my calls come up on the screen output. I then start up Analog_Bridge_P25.ini and do the same test and again can see myself coming up on the screen output but no audio between them. Now when I startup Analog_Bridge_DMR.ini and do the same test I can see myself come up on the screen output then I get the following error, only on that Stanza, "Emulator Timed out on Decode" or "Emulator Timed out on Encode" depending on the direction of the data and still no audio in either direction, but I can get the DMR repeater to TX "sometimes" when PTT from the P25 radio but no audio.
I'm not sure where to look for this one, please remember this is on a server in the cloud so there are no USB Dongles connected, I'm only using the software decoder.

Regards
Ian (VK2HK)

My MMDVM hotspot is connecting to my server via the HBlink.cfg file.  I show it is connected now.  I am running both the hotspot and the HBlink server here on my home network, so I just have it connecting to an internal IP, but it seems to be working.

Here is the cmd you asked for:

jape@josephus:/opt/dmrlink/HBlink$ pip show dmr_utils

You are using pip version 8.1.1, however version 18.1 is available.

You should consider upgrading via the 'pip install --upgrade pip' command.

 

OK got that done, trying to run the dmrlink.py in the foreground, getting this message below - it doesn't appear to be connecting to the cbridge yet.  I haven't tried the hblink connection yet.

jape@josephus:/opt/dmrlink/DMRlink$ sudo python dmrlink.py

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "dmrlink.py", line 1098, in <module>

    peer_ids, subscriber_ids, talkgroup_ids, local_ids = build_aliases(CONFIG, logger)

  File "dmrlink.py", line 116, in build_aliases

    peer_ids = mk_id_dict(_config['ALIASES']['PATH'], _config['ALIASES']['PEER_FILE'])

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dmr_utils/utils.py", line 107, in mk_id_dict

    dict[int(row[0])] = (row[1])

ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'Repeater ID'

jape@josephus:/opt/dmrlink/DMRlink$ sudo python dmrlink.py

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "dmrlink.py", line 1098, in <module>

    peer_ids, subscriber_ids, talkgroup_ids, local_ids = build_aliases(CONFIG, logger)

  File "dmrlink.py", line 116, in build_aliases

    peer_ids = mk_id_dict(_config['ALIASES']['PATH'], _config['ALIASES']['PEER_FILE'])

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dmr_utils/utils.py", line 107, in mk_id_dict

    dict[int(row[0])] = (row[1])

ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'Repeater ID'

how do I run it in the foreground to watch it?

I've already done all of that, about a year ago upon initial setup, but it seems some things have changed since then.  I will remove all of my current installs and start from scratch.

A couple of questions, though:
How do you start *.py files and how do I run it in the foreground to watch it?

I was able to get it downgraded and I ran the pip install dmr_utils cmd again, and it seems to work - although it says I have everything that I need

I DID do the upgrade manually, since the OS prompted me to do that, so having a line in your instructions, saying to avoid this, would be helpful.

Now that I have that done, what would be the next step to get it to actually connect to the cbridge?  

This Ubuntu box is a test box, we can do anything we want to do, and aren't going to lose anything.  Fire away.

Here is a cat cmd from the file referenced in the error"

#!/usr/bin/python

# GENERATED BY DEBIAN

 

import sys

 

# Run the main entry point, similarly to how setuptools does it, but because

# we didn't install the actual entry point from setup.py, don't use the

# pkg_resources API.

from pip import main

if __name__ == '__main__':

    sys.exit(main())