Welcome to DVSwitch
Purpose
1) Allows “local” networking during an outage of the regional national/international network server.
2) Allows a local network operator to “blend” upstream feeds from different Networks (capital N on purpose). These Networks can’t get their act together and learn how to play nice with each other (everyone guilty as far as we are concerned). They may not like people doing this, but the solution is to grow up and work with each other, and not keep trying to force people to take sides.
3) Allows local segregation of localized traffic with more flexibility.
4) Allows experimentation with linking and how it’s done (part 97 specifies experimentation and advancement of the radio art are a core part of amateur radio).
Mission Statement/Position
WHEREAS the Networks continue to be largely islands and are not working together to create a unified network of Networks.
WHEREAS no firm reason has been given by any of the Networks why a *competent* local network operator cannot make this work effectively.
(US ONLY)
WHEREAS 47 CFR 97 (Amateur Radio Service) specifies that a core component of amateur radio is experimentation and advancement of the radio art [97.1(b)].
BE IT RESOLVED the core group of US amateur radio operators and experimenters organized around the DVSwitch project, and in the spirit of USA 47 CFR 97 and its intentions, support the *responsible* and *thoughtful* use of digital voice networking tools to create localized networks that will interconnect to the national/international Networks, and will support users of its tools in order to do this in the most effective and sustainable way possible.
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Re: Bridging to multiple Brandmeister Talkgroups HBLink
I don't know of any reason you would need to "double vocoder" Everything I see is either AMBE or analog. I also don't see why you can't have multiple connections to BM:
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[TG-1] MODE: PEER ENABLED: True LOOSE: False EXPORT_AMBE: False IP: PORT: 54001 MASTER_IP: 310x.repeater.net MASTER_PORT: 62031 PASSPHRASE: homebrew CALLSIGN: W1ABC RADIO_ID: 311212301 RX_FREQ: 449000000 TX_FREQ: 444000000 TX_POWER: 25 COLORCODE: 1 SLOTS: 1 [TG-2] MODE: PEER ENABLED: True LOOSE: False EXPORT_AMBE: False IP: PORT: 54002 MASTER_IP: 310x.repeater.net MASTER_PORT: 62031 PASSPHRASE: homebrew CALLSIGN: W1ABC RADIO_ID: 311212302 RX_FREQ: 449000000 TX_FREQ: 444000000 TX_POWER: 25 COLORCODE: 1 SLOTS: 1 [TG-3] MODE: PEER ENABLED: True LOOSE: False EXPORT_AMBE: False IP: PORT: 54003 MASTER_IP: 310x.repeater.net MASTER_PORT: 62031 PASSPHRASE: homebrew CALLSIGN: W1ABC RADIO_ID: 311212303 RX_FREQ: 449000000 TX_FREQ: 444000000 TX_POWER: 25 COLORCODE: 1 SLOTS: 1 Maybe I'm missing something. Steve N4IRS
On 10/25/2019 11:20 AM, Skyler Fennell wrote:
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Re: Bridging to multiple Brandmeister Talkgroups HBLink
Skyler Fennell
The thing about openbridge is I have to find someone at BM, and I've always had a hard time dealing with them and getting stuff to work, then it is a permanent connection, not something I can disconnect and edit on the fly to our communications needs. Also, support tickets are useless, I've submitted a few support tickets before on BM, and they usually just randomly disappear after 4 months of me waiting. I thought I would implement HBLink so I could get around double vocoding to bring in multiple talk-groups and systems such as fusion using an asterisk background, but maybe it is better just to do that and deal with the fact that call-sign translation does not happen. I can easily run multiple instances of MMDVMHost with the same 62031 outbound port at the same time, but it does not seem like HBLink will talk to BM that way. If there is any other way I can simply bridge Two talkgroups together using two "hotspot" instances, it would be greatly appreciated. It seems right now that I can only have 1 outbound connection to the BM network at a time on my HBlink instance. My Goal: NORMAL OPERATION ( I CAN Get this to work Right now) ASL <---> ANALOG_BRDGE <---> HBLINK <----> BM SkyHub 310847, YSF REFLECTOR SEVERE WX Operation ASL <---> ANALOG_BRIDGE <---> HBLINK <---> BM SkyHub 310847,BM Colorado WX Talkgroup, YSF Reflector
On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 10:32 AM Skyler Fennell via Groups.Io <electricity440=gmail.com@groups.io> wrote:
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Re: MMDVM_Bridge segfaulting on RPi 1B with Debian Buster
Ben KE8CGS
Florian,
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I ran into something like this previously. What happened for me was the CPU was v6 and the code is compiled for minimum of v7 architecture. Instant segfault. If you run a debugger on it you’ll likely see an invalid instruction reported. I think the tool chain and CPU target advanced somewhere… 73 Ben KE8CGS
On Oct 24, 2019, at 4:26 PM, Florian Wolters <florian@florian-wolters.de> wrote:
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MMDVM_Bridge segfaulting on RPi 1B with Debian Buster
Florian Wolters
Dear folks,
I am trying to rund MMDVM_Bridge on a RPi 1B with Debian Buster. The binary exits with a Segementation Fault right after start. Nothing else on the screen/console. Is this binary not supposed to be run on that old hardware? vy73 de Florian DF2ET
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Re: Bridging to multiple Brandmeister Talkgroups HBLink
Skyler Fennell
Yeah I realized that after doing research after I already posted the question. I won't bridge TGIF in, I've never even messed with TGIF before. So what is different between OpenBridge and the bridges used for repeater-1, repeater2 etc.? Could you send me a sample of openbridge? Even if I'm not bridging 2 brandmiester talkgroups, but say bridging to another HBLINK server on repeater-2, is my configuration right, or can you not have more than 1 repeater on different talkgroups connected to the same conference?
On Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 10:18 AM Alec-N1AJW <alec.wasserman@...> wrote: p.s. you can never bridge any BM TG's and TGIF TG's together. they must remain autonomous of each other in your bridges..
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Re: Bridging to multiple Brandmeister Talkgroups HBLink
p.s. you can never bridge any BM TG's and TGIF TG's together. they must remain autonomous of each other in your bridges..
Alec
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Re: Bridging to multiple Brandmeister Talkgroups HBLink
Use Open Bridge in HBlink.cfg. Submit a support Ticket to BM and give them the TG's you want from BM. These will then always be avail on TS1 once the bridge is made. provide ip of your hblink, your callsign and id used and the tgs. then you can just use the rules as you wish to bridge the talkgroups.
Alec N1AJW
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Re: Sgefault in MMDVM_Bridge
G7RPG - Peter Kendall
Hi Steve, nothing really. The second I transmit into the FCS reflector via another route, MMDVM_Bridge bombs out. loglevel=1 I: 2019-10-24 15:04:39.512 Started the DMR Id lookup reload thread
Looking at the opposite MMDVM_Bridge I: 2019-10-24 15:03:00.731 Started the DMR Id lookup reload thread
Peter
On 24/10/2019 14:42, Steve N4IRS wrote:
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Re: temporarily switching from AMBE to software vocoders
Patrick Perdue
I forgot to mention that the XLX reflector is connected to DMR through an interlink, if that matters.
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On 10/24/2019 9:37 AM, Patrick Perdue via Groups.Io wrote:
Hi all:
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Re: Sgefault in MMDVM_Bridge
Peter,
Thanks for the report. Can you show what was in the log before the crash.
Steve N4IRS
From: main@DVSwitch.groups.io <main@DVSwitch.groups.io> on behalf of G7RPG - Peter Kendall <g7rpg@...>
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2019 9:37:25 AM To: main@DVSwitch.groups.io <main@DVSwitch.groups.io> Subject: [DVSwitch] Sgefault in MMDVM_Bridge I've been experimenting using two instances of MMDVM_Bridge to connect a YSF reflector to an FCS reflector. This is the setup
FCS <> YSFGateway <> MMDVM_Bridge <> MMDVM_Bridge <> YSFReflecor
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temporarily switching from AMBE to software vocoders
Patrick Perdue
Hi all:
I am using XLXD and ambed with two ThumbDV's to bridge DMR to D STAR. XLXD is on a VPS, and I have a box in my apartment with the physical vocoders. Currently, the transcoding is done by XLXD connected to my remote ambed. I'm moving soon, and need a way to keep the translation going for a week or two. What is the best way to shove everything to software on the VPS until I am settled, and can re-establish ambed? Thanks and 73 KE4DYI
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Sgefault in MMDVM_Bridge
G7RPG - Peter Kendall
I've been experimenting using two instances of MMDVM_Bridge to connect a YSF reflector to an FCS reflector. This is the setup
FCS <> YSFGateway <> MMDVM_Bridge <> MMDVM_Bridge <> YSFReflecor
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Re: ADVICE FOR USING ARDUINO2560+AMBE3000
Tony,
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Analog_Bridge supports the NW Digital Radio PiDV™ (formerly DV3000) and ThumbDV. You can also use AMBEServer for hardware. Analog_Bridge supports md380-emu for AMBE and built in P25 and D-Star software emulation. If you want to use your arduino+ambe3000 with Analog_bridge I suggest you check to see if it can be used with AMBEServer. 73, Steve N4IRS
On 10/24/2019 3:55 AM, btp@...
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Good Morning:
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ADVICE FOR USING ARDUINO2560+AMBE3000
btp@...
Good Morning:
I have this situation and after hitting everything I will appreciate any advice: I'm trying to use physical ambe3000 installed on a arduino 2560. this setup works perfect on Win-Bluedv with the correct fw installed on my board as per former instructions (I commment this just fyi to get the picture the board is ok) . the point is when I connect the arduino+ambe300 setup to the RPI (I'm using EA5GVK image), it seems the system does not detect the physical ambe and, as the screen reads (no DV3000 found...), turns to the sw emulation on port 2470. Please correct me if I'm wrong... On the txt file for ambe log located at TEMP, I can only see that the serial port is open but no reference to the ambe board, so that's another symptom that leads me to think the system does not recognize my ambe board. Anyway the system works perfect but I'd love to see this worked out. any help or advice will be much appreciated. REgards from Madrid, Tony EA4gvr btp@...
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Re: Bridging to multiple Brandmeister Talkgroups HBLink
Skyler Fennell
Also, nevermind / just kidding on the TGIF. Pretend I didn't say that
On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 10:40 PM Skyler F <electricity440@...> wrote:
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Bridging to multiple Brandmeister Talkgroups HBLink
Skyler Fennell
I have a need to bridge in another DMR brandmeister talk-group into an HBLink DMR server. This is to connect a Colorado repeater network to a weather net, and I have permission on both talk-groups. I hope this isn't against BM's terms of service, I would like an answer anyways just for educational purposes because I will eventually do this between TGIF and BM in the future once I have permission from TGIF. GOAL: TALKGROUP_2_BRANDMEISTER <----> TALKGROUP_1_HBLINK <----> TALKGROUP_1_BRANDMEISTER On my HBLink.cfg, I have created 3 stanzas. MASTER1, REPEATER1, and REPEATER2. Repeater 1 and Repeater 2 are both connected to the brandmeister network using a different local port and DMR ID. HBLINK.CFG Important STANZAS: [MASTER-1] MODE: MASTER ENABLED: True REPEAT: True MAX_PEERS: 10 EXPORT_AMBE: False IP: PORT: 62030 PASSPHRASE: passw0rd GROUP_HANGTIME: 0 #This was set to 5 USE_ACL: True REG_ACL: DENY:1 SUB_ACL: DENY:1 TGID_TS1_ACL: PERMIT:ALL TGID_TS2_ACL: PERMIT:ALL [REPEATER-1] MODE: PEER ENABLED: True LOOSE: False EXPORT_AMBE: False IP: PORT: 54009 MASTER_IP: 64.94.238.196 MASTER_PORT: 62031 PASSPHRASE: passw0rd CALLSIGN: W0SKY RADIO_ID: my_id_02 COLORCODE: 1
SLOTS: 3
GROUP_HANGTIME: 0 (omitted the rest of the not importatn stuff) [REPEATER-2] MODE: PEER ENABLED: True LOOSE: False EXPORT_AMBE: False IP: PORT: 54008 MASTER_IP: 64.94.238.196 MASTER_PORT: 62031 PASSPHRASE: passw0rd CALLSIGN: W0SKY RADIO_ID: my_id_03 COLORCODE: 1
SLOTS: 3
GROUP_HANGTIME: 0 (omitted the rest of the not importatn stuff) First Attempt: BRIDGES = { 'TEST': [ {'SYSTEM': 'MASTER-1', 'TS': 2, 'TGID': TALKGROUP_1_HBLINK, 'ACTIVE': True, 'TIMEOUT': 2, 'TO_TYPE': 'NONE', 'ON': [2,], 'OFF': [9,10], 'RESET': []}, {'SYSTEM': 'REPEATER-1', 'TS': 2, 'TGID': TALKGROUP_1_BRANDMEISTER, 'ACTIVE': True, 'TIMEOUT': 2, 'TO_TYPE': 'NONE', 'ON': [2,], 'OFF': [9,10], 'RESET': []}, {'SYSTEM': 'REPEATER-2', 'TS': 2, 'TGID': TALKGROUP_2_BRANDMEISTER, 'ACTIVE': True, 'TIMEOUT': 2, 'TO_TYPE': 'NONE', 'ON': [2,], 'OFF': [9,10], 'RESET': []}, ] Audio only routes between TALKGROUP_1_HBLINK and one of the brandmeister talkgroups, not both. Trying each one individually works fine. Second Attempt: BRIDGES = { 'TEST': [ {'SYSTEM': 'MASTER-1', 'TS': 2, 'TGID': TALKGROUP_1_HBLINK, 'ACTIVE': True, 'TIMEOUT': 2, 'TO_TYPE': 'NONE', 'ON': [2,], 'OFF': [9,10], 'RESET': []}, {'SYSTEM': 'REPEATER-1', 'TS': 2, 'TGID': TALKGROUP_1_BRANDMEISTER, 'ACTIVE': True, 'TIMEOUT': 2, 'TO_TYPE': 'NONE', 'ON': [2,], 'OFF': [9,10], 'RESET': []}, ], 'TESTA': [ {'SYSTEM': 'MASTER-1', 'TS': 2, 'TGID': TALKGROUP_1_HBLINK, 'ACTIVE': True, 'TIMEOUT': 2, 'TO_TYPE': 'NONE', 'ON': [2,], 'OFF': [9,10], 'RESET': []}, {'SYSTEM': 'REPEATER-2', 'TS': 2, 'TGID': TALKGROUP_2_BRANDMEISTER, 'ACTIVE': True, 'TIMEOUT': 2, 'TO_TYPE': 'NONE', 'ON': [2,], 'OFF': [9,10], 'RESET': []},
] } Also, if it matters, the HBLINK TG 1 is equal to the BM TG 1. I can make them different.
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Re: Image for Raspberry pi3 with Debian 10 Buster with DVSWICTH SERVER, HBLINK3 AND HBMONITOR.
F/W3PO
success!!!
Thank you very much Russel 73 de Pat W3PO in the Philippines for the winter.
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Re: Image for Raspberry pi3 with Debian 10 Buster with DVSWICTH SERVER, HBLINK3 AND HBMONITOR.
F/W3PO
Well thank you Russel I will try with vnc viewer. Never used it before but I think I can figure it out. 73 de Pat W3PO
On Tue, 22 Oct 2019, 6:34 am Russell, KV4S, <russelljthomas@...> wrote:
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Re: Image for Raspberry pi3 with Debian 10 Buster with DVSWICTH SERVER, HBLINK3 AND HBMONITOR.
i got mine working by using VNC Viewer to see the desktop then run this in a terminal window sudo ircddbgatewayconfig it took about 3-4 minutes for this to come up for me. it wouldn't let me do it from an ssh window remotely. i think it's the dplus authentication it had my callsign with a C just make it your callsign and dstar should work.
On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 5:26 PM F/W3PO <w3po.vq9po@...> wrote: hello all
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Re: Image for Raspberry pi3 with Debian 10 Buster with DVSWICTH SERVER, HBLINK3 AND HBMONITOR.
F/W3PO
hello all
update DMR works but I have the same issue as KV2S on Dstar. No problem on rx but nothing is transmitted. when on DVswitch mobile the app shows transmit and the ptt is red plus the timer is counting up. I have check on the dstar dashboard and my signal does not register and obviously no audio coming out. Thank you in advance for any hints or help Cheers de Pat W3PO
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