Gary, your calling it a flaw in D-Star. Remember, D-Star is a protocol... The FLAW is in Icom's production of the gateway software. Not D-Star. It would be nice to have a central access location, but remember, this is POOR MANS CELLULAR RADIO. the registration is a tiny thing to this whole concept. Like other people have stated, once your registered, your in. The only thing the 'terminal' has anything to do with anything, is HSDD. or the ID-1 and your laptop. yeah, we have blown the database up with 3,5,7,9 radio terminals for the sake of DPRS reasoning..... callsign routing.... or what ever. Only the ID-1 and the High Speed Digital Data side of the D-STAR protocol does the terminal REALLY MATTER. of the 13,000 PLUS REGISTERED TERMINALS your probably going to see MAYBE less then 100 of us who have ID-1's in use. USER EDUCATION is more like the needed thing here... Agree? You have a Cellphone, why do you need all 3 of your NAMS with a cellphone number? Can you carry on 3 phone calls at once with your cellphone? (one call on each NAM) Why do it with your radio at your side? Demo's I can buy, but not in one mobile.... User Education. That is what is needed the most. The other thing is User Support. We do not do this for pay, we do this for fun and advancement of our hobby. At least support your local gateway personnel who keep the gateway running.... I can not argue the need for centralized management, but yes, if one gateway goes down, you should be able to re-register on another.... AS FOR THE DUAL GATEWAY REGISTRATION THEORIST.... I will not condemn, nor condone, but will say, the system is NOT CRIPPLED by multi gateway registrations. IT WILL NOT BREAK IT. I HAVE PROVED IT, time and time again, it will not break the network, it does add to the load of information when replicating with the USROOT, but it will NOT cripple the network. Check for dupes at http://query.kj4byi.org but if your HOME gateway is MIA, go support your next local gateway, throw them a few bucks for support to KEEP IT RUNNING, and have fun. At least let the admin or sysop know what is going on first before your bang away at the door...... then leave a nice monetary tip in the offering plate as you join the new gateway. It's not that hard you know gang.... off the soapbox and heading to Outback Steak House for some dinner. PEACE!
Evans F. Mitchell KD4EFM / WQFK-894 Fla. D-Star Tech Support Group http://www.florida-dstar.info <http://www.florida-dstar.info/> Polk ARES A.E.C. http://www.polkemcomm.org <http://www.polkemcomm.org/> BB8330 PIN: 30965B58 _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gary Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 2:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Home repeater no longer exists on the network, what to do? This sounds like a flaw in Dstar. Repeaters do come and go, there should be something to accommodate this. Im not saying K2DIG is gone, it just dropped of the Gateway a month ago (http://dsyncg2. <http://dsyncg2.dstarusers.org/index.php?gw_status=K2DIG> dstarusers.org/index.php?gw_status=K2DIG) Im not sure this is the forum for this, but shouldnt user registration data be a bit more redundantly accessible? Gary KB2BSL From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Francis Miele Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 1:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Home repeater no longer exists on the network, what to do? You cannot change your info via another gateway. it must be done on the gateway you registered on. Also, new people are suppose to register on the gateway closest to them within their own state Fran, W1FJM On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Gary <g...@garyandevie. <mailto:[email protected]> com> wrote: Ted, I am already registered. I wish to modify my existing registration to add additional terminals. I have always been under the assumption that this needs to be done from your home. Ill try another gateway and see if I can access my information. Thanks Gary KB2BSL From: dstar_digital@ <mailto:[email protected]> yahoogroups.com [mailto:dstar_digital@ <mailto:[email protected]> yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ted Wrobel Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 11:22 AM To: dstar_digital@ <mailto:[email protected]> yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [DSTAR_DIGITAL] Re: Home repeater no longer exists on the network, what to do? You can register anywhere, does not have to be the same repeater. Just locate another place to register. 73 Ted W1GRI
