David, I think the idea is to first emulate ICOM so that eventually we can get away from the poor design. This is already being done succesfully. On another note, that is another reason to have an isolated network. Right now many people are enjoying the DSTAR network the way it is. Having a seperate system running for people who want to experiment is the sane thing to do. Even the K5TIT group has a test trust server for new gateways to connect to before they connect to the regular Trust Server to make sure the new gateway is not going to break the fragile Trust Server that is supplied by ICOM.
I certainly can not speak for Jim M, but I have to believe that he is just waiting for software to be finished and proven that will make his job alot easier. But I am sure he appreciates the experimenters not hammering on the current North American Trust Server while they get it right. Dan Thompson d...@waycom.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "dlake02" <dl...@cisco.com> To: <dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 5:23 AM Subject: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: First home-made dstar G2 gateway went live today. Scott Do not twist my words please. I didn't say that a Trust Server didn't work. What I said was that whilst Icom have designed the G2 Trust Server to be able to be run as a devolved system, that piece of code doesn't work. You cannot build the Icom system as a cascade of units. IF the Icom software was able to be run as several replicating units across the world, we wouldn't be having this conversation ! Now, to make it clear. No users registered to the German Trust Server will be able to G2 route to users registered to the World-Wide system run by K5TIT or vice-versa. Users that wish to use both systems will need to register to both independently. That is a severely retrograde step in the world of D-Star, especially at a time when Icom themselves have spent time and money fixing the issue of the isolation of the Japanese D-Star network. David
