[DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: DSTAR WW Constest Continues

2009-07-27 Thread iz3...@ymail.com
Hello, we worked Saturday and Sunday from IQ3DQ without reflector, hot spots and dongles. Only 50 made the connections 73 Maurizio --- In dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com, Steve Bosshard bossh...@... wrote: I spoke with Steve G4UUI on the Ashford UK repeater this morning. GB7DS A will be

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: First contact with home-made G2 dstar gateway to ICOM's dstar gwy

2009-07-27 Thread dlake02
Scott Sorry to bust your bubble, but I did this over 2 weeks ago now on the real G2 system, not the German one that house a handful of repeaters. As I am fed up with you not listening to what people are saying, may I just repeat for the last time: There is NO European Trust Server. Please

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: First home-made dstar G2 gateway went live today.

2009-07-27 Thread dlake02
John Yes, but my thoughts are why use a relational database to do the job of a Routing Protocol ? Something like ISIS or OSPF is easily able to cope with the number of repeaters and stations we have. And having the Private IP Address space is actually pretty good as we can keep it to an IP

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] Linux G2-Compatible Software

2009-07-27 Thread dlake02
Hello All I've had several emails over the weekend asking very similar questions on my software, so I'm going to make some comments and observations here. Why ? Quite simple - I already have a very busy day (and evening) job, and the time I have to reply/work on the code is very limited. 1)

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] D-STAR Hot-Point software

2009-07-27 Thread Tom Power
Question for the group: This webpage speaks of the D-STAR Hot-Point software. http://darnsimple.net/wp/2009/05/digital-hot-point/ This uses the Dvdongle instead of a node adapter. Is this the same software put out by W9ARP? Thanks, Tom W8RED

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] IC-91A/D Wide Band Modification

2009-07-27 Thread Eric Gildersleeve
My local Emergency Management Agency has made a huge investment into D*STAR Radios, but now we have a need for these radios to have Wide Band Transmit Capability, primarily for Interoperability during disasters. I am aware that the radios would not be considered FCC Type Accepted, however this

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: IC-91A/D Wide Band Modification

2009-07-27 Thread Craig
--- In dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com, Eric Gildersleeve e...@... wrote: I am aware that the radios would not be considered FCC Type Accepted, however this modification would be with approval of the local government agency for use on their frequencies. Local county or municipal agencies do not

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] Anyone knows why ...

2009-07-27 Thread ham44865
...a dstar repeater/gwy local dstar database takes 2 minutes to receive the IP repeater updates and the radio user updates from the TRUST server. My home-made G2 dstar repeater/gateway receives updates from the TRUST two minutes after another repeater sent its update to the TRUST. Is that

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Anyone knows why ...

2009-07-27 Thread dlake02
Scott I think I explained this already. It can take a VERY long time to receive the database sync from the Trust Server. In some instances, up to 2 hours after requesting it. What you are seeing is pretty quick - but I would expect that as you are on a very small system. David --- In

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Anyone knows why ...

2009-07-27 Thread ham44865
Hmmm... that makes sense. 300 repeaters to 25 repeaters. I now believe that is the case. Scott --- In dstar_digital@yahoogroups.com, dlake02 dl...@... wrote: Scott I think I explained this already. It can take a VERY long time to receive the database sync from the Trust Server. In

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: First contact with home-made G2 dstar gateway to ICOM's dstar gwy

2009-07-27 Thread ham44865
Hi dlake2, I am trying to post this but it gets lost. I will try again Thank you for the input. All I know there are two EU TRUST servers. A TEST and a LIVE one. In your IOCM dsipsvd.conf configuration file, a repeater owner sets the TRUST_SERVER variable to the TRUST server hostname that

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: First home-made dstar G2 gateway went live today.

2009-07-27 Thread Stewart Bryant
dlake02 wrote: John Yes, but my thoughts are why use a relational database to do the job of a Routing Protocol ? Something like ISIS or OSPF is easily able to cope with the number of repeaters and stations we have. And having the Private IP Address space is actually pretty good

[DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: First home-made dstar G2 gateway went live today.

2009-07-27 Thread dlake02
Hi John Understood, but the best form of hashtable for routing is the Forwarding Information Base on an IP router. I was just trying to maintain as much compatibility with the current G2 architecture as possible whilst providing a scalable backbone. But, I do understand what you mean about a

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: First home-made dstar G2 gateway went live today.

2009-07-27 Thread Woodrick, Ed
Don't forget the original design of DSTAR with the zones and multiple stacks in a zone. Also, don't forget that there are repeaters that aren't attached to a gateway computer and may never be. That's one of the biggest reasons for the G routing in my mind. Ed WA4YIH From:

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: First home-made dstar G2 gateway went live today.

2009-07-27 Thread John Hays
On Jul 27, 2009, at 2:57 PM, dlake02 wrote: Hi John Understood, but the best form of hashtable for routing is the Forwarding Information Base on an IP router. I was just trying to maintain as much compatibility with the current G2 architecture as possible whilst providing a scalable

RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: First home-made dstar G2 gateway went live today.

2009-07-27 Thread Woodrick, Ed
Don't believe that DNS updates are instantaneous. In common configuration, IP address changes can easily take 6 hours. And if you pull the TTLs down to something short, you start to bang the heck out of the centralized name servers. Whoops, let me say the one centralized name server, because

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: First home-made dstar G2 gateway went live today.

2009-07-27 Thread John Hays
The whole zone concept really is dependent on the DOA (marketing wise) 10 gHz backbone system, using ATM to bring multiple controllers together to provide the zone and optionally share a gateway. A smart controller/gateway would operate the same way whether attached to the Internet or

Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: First home-made dstar G2 gateway went live today.

2009-07-27 Thread John Hays
This is part of the reason I favor having dynamically updated Forwarding Information Bases for D-STAR frame addresses and not even assign an IP to the frame address. On a highly mobile station, that during a QSO might switch between gateways you don't want to wait on centralized updates