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Re: Using Qnet to link Icom Dstar UHF repaeter to a XLX Dstar reflector.

 

I run QNet IcomGateway on a Pi 3 connected to my first gen Icom DStar repeater in Dallas GA.? QNet connects to my XLX reflector; which is on Digital Ocean.? Works very well.??
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Look me up on QRZ if you would like chat about it.
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Dan
W4DTO
Re: Using Qnet to link Icom Dstar UHF repaeter to a XLX Dstar reflector.

 

Yes....... Pursuing this with the blessings of the repeater admin. The repeater is running Icom software and does not allow linking to a non "US Trust" reflector. Just looking for something that I can do on my end to find a viable workaround.
Thanks
Ed
AK7AN
Re: Using Qnet to link Icom Dstar UHF repaeter to a XLX Dstar reflector.

 

Traditionally the repeater would make the connection to the reflector via an internal command or via RF by a user. The reflector does not generate an outbound connection request to a D-STAR repeater.
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Please do NOT use your station as a ¡°bridge¡± from the repeater to any reflector without coordinating such an effort between the repeater owner and the reflector admin. There may be other connections not apparent that would/could cause unnecessary loops or network conflicts.
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Talk the repeater owner and let them be your guide in how to pursue your end goal.
Using Qnet to link Icom Dstar UHF repaeter to a XLX Dstar reflector.

 

First off, thanks for developing such a useful ham radio program.?
Let me say that I am by no means an expert of doing things like what I have been trying to do, so I apologize if this is an elementary task, bear with me.
I am trying to help a radio club in Georgia link their UHF Icom Dstar repeater to a XLX Reflector that I host on a simple debian server that is located in Utah. The Repeater has a public facing static IP address as does my XLX reflector. Would I be able to use Qnet, installed on a Raspberry pi3B+, to link to the repeater, and then connect the Qnet on the pi to my XLX reflector? Allowing the clubs repeater to have reflector access. Or would it make more sense to install Qnet on my debian server that also host my XLX reflector and accomplish the same goal?
Once again forgive me for my ignorance, but I am very willing to learn and do the work to make this happen.
Ed
AK7AN
OLED display doesn't work

 

I've got QnetGateway work well on Raspberry Pi Zero 2W, and a MMDVM HS hat. Everything is ok but the OLED on MMDVM hat doesn't work. The OLED goes well with Pi-Star 2.1.8.
Followed every step of F5UII's tutorial (), but still not work.
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My system version: Linux raspberrypi 6.6.51+rpt-rpi-v7 #1 SMP Raspbian 1:6.6.51-1+rpt2 (2024-10-01) armv7l GNU/Linux
MMDVM HAT firmware: MMDVM_HS_Dual_Hat-v1.6.1 20230526 14.7456MHz dual ADF7021 FW by CA6JAU GitID #7ff74ed
QnetGateway and MMDVMHost are all the latest version cloned from github.com
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Anyone in this group have ever got the OLED work?
Re: Port forwarding

 

If you want dual stack operation, make sure that in the IRCDDB qnconfig submenu, ha is set to ircv6.openquad.net and hb is ircv4.openquad.net. See lines 80 - 83 of the CONFIG+INSTALL file.
Re: Port forwarding

 

I don't see any binds to port 40000. Where are you getting that info?
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~/QnetGateway# ss -tulp
Netid ? ? ? ?State ? ? ? ? Recv-Q ? ? ? ?Send-Q ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Local Address:Port ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Peer Address:Port ? ? ? ?Process ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
udp ? ? ? ? ?UNCONN ? ? ? ?0 ? ? ? ? ? ? 0 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 0.0.0.0:30001 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?0.0.0.0:* ? ? ? ? ? ?users:(("qnlink",pid=13162,fd=7)) ? ? ? ??
udp ? ? ? ? ?UNCONN ? ? ? ?0 ? ? ? ? ? ? 0 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 0.0.0.0:30051 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?0.0.0.0:* ? ? ? ? ? ?users:(("qnlink",pid=13162,fd=8)) ? ? ? ??
udp ? ? ? ? ?UNCONN ? ? ? ?0 ? ? ? ? ? ? 0 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 0.0.0.0:20001 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?0.0.0.0:* ? ? ? ? ? ?users:(("qnlink",pid=13162,fd=9)) ? ? ? ??
udp ? ? ? ? ?UNCONN ? ? ? ?0 ? ? ? ? ? ? 0 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? *:30001 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?*:* ? ? ? ? ? ?users:(("qnlink",pid=13162,fd=4)) ? ? ? ??
udp ? ? ? ? ?UNCONN ? ? ? ?0 ? ? ? ? ? ? 0 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? *:9011 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? *:* ? ? ? ? ? ?users:(("qngateway",pid=715,fd=9)) ? ? ? ?
udp ? ? ? ? ?UNCONN ? ? ? ?0 ? ? ? ? ? ? 0 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? *:30051 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?*:* ? ? ? ? ? ?users:(("qnlink",pid=13162,fd=5)) ? ? ? ??
udp ? ? ? ? ?UNCONN ? ? ? ?0 ? ? ? ? ? ? 0 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? *:20001 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?*:* ? ? ? ? ? ?users:(("qnlink",pid=13162,fd=6)) ? ? ? ??
tcp ? ? ? ? ?LISTEN ? ? ? ?0 ? ? ? ? ? ? 4096 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?0.0.0.0:http ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 0.0.0.0:* ? ? ? ? ? ?users:(("php",pid=9816,fd=4)) ? ? ? ? ? ??
tcp ? ? ? ? ?LISTEN ? ? ? ?0 ? ? ? ? ? ? 128 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 0.0.0.0:ssh ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?0.0.0.0:* ? ? ? ? ? ?users:(("sshd",pid=729,fd=3)) ? ? ? ? ? ??
tcp ? ? ? ? ?LISTEN ? ? ? ?0 ? ? ? ? ? ? 128 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?[::]:ssh ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? [::]:* ? ? ? ? ? ?users:(("sshd",pid=729,fd=4))
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Are you sure port 9011 isn't used for both ipv4 and ipv6? qnetgateway uses *.9011 which means both ipv4 and ipv6 in Linux.
Re: Anyone else have issues with qnvoice on the IcomGateway?

 

Thanks Tom!

I actually went through starting at 50 working up to 56 sequentially last night, but never thought to try removing up to 57.
I admittedly am not very knowledgeable on the AMBE format but what you said makes perfect sense. Will definitely check my file sizes for conformity from now on

That being said, removing 57 did the trick. Please do update the readme for those who walk in my footsteps!


Thanks for all you have done with this project, and I am sure I will have more questions for you.

Have a good one!

Sincerely,

Carter - KN4DLY
Re: Anyone else have issues with qnvoice on the IcomGateway?

 

Sorry Carter, quite some time ago, I changed the format of the header block in the recorded voicemail. I think you need to strip off the first 57 bytes file to generate your .dat file, not the first 56. The bottom line is the resulting .dat file should have a file size of an exact multiple of 9. There are 9 bytes in a 20-millisecond block of ambe data, so if you don't cut the file in exactly the right place, it's useless.

Try that and get back to me and if it works, I'll update the README and push it up to the repo.
Anyone else have issues with qnvoice on the IcomGateway?

 

Hey guys, just recently got a club repeater stack on the air with QNet for the first time instead of G2/G3.

So far it has been smooth sailing. but I am setting up some voice announcement scripts, and cant get qnvoice to play a non-garbled stream for the life of me.

It plays the default .dat files from the announce directory no problem, but if I make my own file using the method described in:

(leave a voice mail with "S0", then chop off the first 56 octets with "tail -c +56")

It just comes out trashed.

On the other hand, I noticed that when I rename that custom created file (with the 56 octets trimmed off) to id.dat, and copy it to the announcement file directory,
it plays automatically once or twice with no issues (but then stops playing automatically?) The thing that is getting me here, is that if I use qnvoice to play the same exact file, its just totally trashed on the RX end.

So what gives???
Is this a known thing? Am I just doing something wrong?

Any help would be greatly appreciated here as it would save me from having to get a DVdongle and record / convert my files for another program like ambestream to playback.

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Thanks,

Carter - KN4DLY
Re: DVAP VHF Dongle

 

I have used the red UHF DVAP dongle on DSTAR ?since about 2010 ! and now in 2024, the RF seems to be flaky. After a while, maybe several minutes ... TOOL shows the network traffic properly, but no RF in or out ...?

sparks
Re: build error

 
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My Raspberry Pi OS Lite Bookworm, based on Debian 12.4 works fine, so I'm a bit perplexed. My pi is reporting the g++ version of 12.2.0. What version is your system at (do g++ --version).

You can try adding

#include <cstring>

to ircddb/IRCDDBApp.h". Put it in with the other #include lines and see if that fixes the problem.
build error

 

Hi Everyone,

I'm trying to build the QnetGateway on a Debian 12 system, but it keeps failing. Any suggestions on how to fix this? I was able to get it to work on CentOS, but much prefer Debian if possible.?Thanks in advance!

g++ -W -std=c++11 -Iircddb -DCFG_DIR=\"/usr/local/etc\" -DBIN_DIR=\"/usr/local/bin\" -MMD -MD -c ircddb/IRCDDBApp.cpp -o ircddb/IRCDDBApp.o
g++ -W -std=c++11 -Iircddb -DCFG_DIR=\"/usr/local/etc\" -DBIN_DIR=\"/usr/local/bin\" -MMD -MD -c DPlusAuthenticator.cpp -o DPlusAuthenticator.o
g++ -W -std=c++11 -Iircddb -DCFG_DIR=\"/usr/local/etc\" -DBIN_DIR=\"/usr/local/bin\" -MMD -MD -c UDPSocket.cpp -o UDPSocket.o
ircddb/IRCDDBApp.cpp: In member function ¡®void IRCDDBApp::msgQuery(IRCMessage*)¡¯:
ircddb/IRCDDBApp.cpp:551:18: error: ¡®strcmp¡¯ was not declared in this scope
? 551 |? ? ? ? ?if (0 == strcmp(m->getPrefixNick().substr(0,2).c_str(), "s-") && (m->numParams >= 2))? ?// server msg
? ? ? |? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ^~~~~~
ircddb/IRCDDBApp.cpp:9:1: note: ¡®strcmp¡¯ is defined in header ¡®<cstring>¡¯; did you forget to ¡®#include <cstring>¡¯?
? ? 8 | #include "IRCutils.h"
? +++ |+#include <cstring>
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g++ -W -std=c++11 -Iircddb -DCFG_DIR=\"/usr/local/etc\" -DBIN_DIR=\"/usr/local/bin\" -MMD -MD -c QnetIcomStack.cpp -o QnetIcomStack.o
g++ -W -std=c++11 -Iircddb -DCFG_DIR=\"/usr/local/etc\" -DBIN_DIR=\"/usr/local/bin\" -MMD -MD -c QnetRemote.cpp -o QnetRemote.o
make: *** [Makefile:60: ircddb/IRCDDBApp.o] Error 1
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
g++ -W -std=c++11 -Iircddb -DCFG_DIR=\"/usr/local/etc\" -DBIN_DIR=\"/usr/local/bin\" -MMD -MD -c ircddb/IRCDDBApp.cpp -o ircddb/IRCDDBApp.o
ircddb/IRCDDBApp.cpp: In member function ¡®void IRCDDBApp::msgQuery(IRCMessage*)¡¯:
ircddb/IRCDDBApp.cpp:551:18: error: ¡®strcmp¡¯ was not declared in this scope
? 551 |? ? ? ? ?if (0 == strcmp(m->getPrefixNick().substr(0,2).c_str(), "s-") && (m->numParams >= 2))? ?// server msg
? ? ? |? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ^~~~~~
ircddb/IRCDDBApp.cpp:9:1: note: ¡®strcmp¡¯ is defined in header ¡®<cstring>¡¯; did you forget to ¡®#include <cstring>¡¯?
? ? 8 | #include "IRCutils.h"
? +++ |+#include <cstring>
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make: *** [Makefile:60: ircddb/IRCDDBApp.o] Error 1
Hello

Gerald Manthey
 

Thanks for letting me join. I am sure I will have lots of questions later.
I still trying to figure out this whole D-Star thing.
I just purchased a ID4100A new in the box and unopened.
I bought the Bluetooth and opc2350LU cables too.
I am trying to get this working in my new bronco.
I am always on the ranch or fishing and no towers close by. I do have cell service so trying to get terminal mode running.
Thanks again
Gerald KC6CNN
Re: DVAP VHF Dongle

 
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The DVAP works well with QNET gateway, mine has been running for a few years without a glitch, the same gateway also has a zumspot running, so I have VHF and UHF on the same hotspot. Now, running any of these hotspots as quasi repeaters is a bit fraught, the receivers are pretty deaf and the transmitters are pretty dirty, As well, trying to drive a PA with the 20mW is a bit tricky and it will definitely make you unpopular if you succeed. ?So, the short answer is it can be done, but why would you do it?
Re: DVAP VHF Dongle

 

I have not tried to use QnetGateway with a DVAP, simply because I do not have one.

I can tell you that the bigger issue would be using something like a DVAP with a gain antenna at high elevation would be receiver overload. ?Tiny SoC radios with no filtering would be overwhelmed with noise in that setup, particularly on 2m which is a noisy band. ?

Setups like what you refer to are best done with an MMDVM board connected to a mobile radio for RF using the data port, or using an Icom radio with terminal mode; and the latter works flawlessly with QnetGateway.
DVAP VHF Dongle

 

Hi everyone.

Just joined the group.

Wonder if anyone is using?the DVAP VHF Dongle (the red one) with the QnetGateway?

Looking at buying one as a base for a VHF higher powered, high elevation hotspot.

Cheers

Finn, VK4LL.
Re: QnetGateway Responsive Dashboard

 

Looking forward to a V2, looking at his Peanut site now, looks interesting.? on a positive note the repeater was deployed today and so far working well with QnetGateway
Re: QnetGateway Responsive Dashboard

 

Thanks that worked like a charm, guess I should have looked closer to the config page as I was enabling it :-)
Re: QnetGateway Responsive Dashboard

 

Oh wow, that responsive dashboard is still in use. That's good to know.

I first created that dashboard as part of a project I was doing for a graduate level User Experience course I did as part of my Masters', but have not had time to properly maintain it. I am finishing up my masters this spring and I will therefore have a bit more time from May on to maintain this dashboard. While I must admit I am new to front-end development, I am hoping to borrow some of the good work David, PA7LIM, did in creating his Peanut dashboard (s) (i.e.??) as it looks and reacts a bit better than my proof of concept when creating this one. So... hopefully by fall a new V2 dashboard will be in place.

Rob - VY1RG
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