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TNC for a pi running YAAC

 

Hey folks- I have been running an RX I-GATE on a raspbery pi running YAAC for a couple of years now. I am using direwolf and an SDR receiver. I'd like to add a TNC and a radio to make it a fill in DIGI + I-GATE. My question/quandary has to do with finding an appropriate TNC that is currently available (e.g., tnc-pi do not seem to be available). I would interface with some spare radio that I have.?

What TNC's are people using with YAAC and a pi? Should I consider using a software solution (e.g., direwolf + sound card interface) or a hardware TNC? I'm open to advice and hearing about the setups that others have.?

73 de Bud
W0RMT
 

direwolf is the only answer
if your have a computer on site? run direwolf??
it will run circles around hardware devices

On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 2:46 PM Bud --W0RMT <w0rmt.1@...> wrote:
Hey folks- I have been running an RX I-GATE on a raspbery pi running YAAC for a couple of years now. I am using direwolf and an SDR receiver. I'd like to add a TNC and a radio to make it a fill in DIGI + I-GATE. My question/quandary has to do with finding an appropriate TNC that is currently available (e.g., tnc-pi do not seem to be available). I would interface with some spare radio that I have.?

What TNC's are people using with YAAC and a pi? Should I consider using a software solution (e.g., direwolf + sound card interface) or a hardware TNC? I'm open to advice and hearing about the setups that others have.?

73 de Bud
W0RMT

 

OK I already run direwolf with my USB SDR receiver. Do you have a sound card radio interface that you would suggest to interface the software layer with the radio?
 

forgot the interface!??
I am partial to the series of interfaces
have been using a RL-20 for several years at one of our sites with Direwolf
we use these same interfaces to handle all of our AllStar networked repeaters
quality stuff

On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 3:01 PM Bud --W0RMT <w0rmt.1@...> wrote:
OK I already run direwolf with my USB SDR receiver. Do you have a sound card radio interface that you would suggest to interface the software layer with the radio?

 

A hardware TNC will still work if you have one.? I would never say that software?was the only answer.

On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 3:59 PM k9wkj <k9wkjham@...> wrote:
direwolf is the only answer
if your have a computer on site? run direwolf??
it will run circles around hardware devices

On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 2:46 PM Bud --W0RMT <w0rmt.1@...> wrote:
Hey folks- I have been running an RX I-GATE on a raspbery pi running YAAC for a couple of years now. I am using direwolf and an SDR receiver. I'd like to add a TNC and a radio to make it a fill in DIGI + I-GATE. My question/quandary has to do with finding an appropriate TNC that is currently available (e.g., tnc-pi do not seem to be available). I would interface with some spare radio that I have.?

What TNC's are people using with YAAC and a pi? Should I consider using a software solution (e.g., direwolf + sound card interface) or a hardware TNC? I'm open to advice and hearing about the setups that others have.?

73 de Bud
W0RMT

 

I *might* have a spare Masters Communications DRA around that I could use. So perhaps I'll see if I can set that up first, provided I don't need the DRA elsewhere right now.?
 

I'm liking that RL-20

On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 4:06 PM k9wkj <k9wkjham@...> wrote:
forgot the interface!??
I am partial to the series of interfaces
have been using a RL-20 for several years at one of our sites with Direwolf
we use these same interfaces to handle all of our AllStar networked repeaters
quality stuff

On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 3:01 PM Bud --W0RMT <w0rmt.1@...> wrote:
OK I already run direwolf with my USB SDR receiver. Do you have a sound card radio interface that you would suggest to interface the software layer with the radio?

 

Bud, I have a similar configuration.? YAAC running as an i-Gate (no digipeating). One feature I like is being able to pull up the map from YAAC from any device in the house with

Hardware config is: RasPi 400, connected via USB to a TNC-X (sadly no longer available) connected to a old Yaesu FT-1500M (also no longer available).? I think MFJ makes a TNC-X equivalent now.

I previously ran Xastir on a an old RasPi B, Not sure what I will use if/when I upgrade, sound card is appealing as it seems to be better at decoding weak signals. I have not personally done a side-by-side comparison, for where I am at right now, hardware TNC works well.

73,
Joe
N9UX
 

I've been using a NINO TNC for a few years with raspi, mini-pc, android tablet/phone, and windows pc. it has no extra features like a full TNC might, just KISS interface. Having never used anything else I don't know what I don't know about, but I'm happy with it.
 

I am also using Direwolf as a TNC and iGate on a Pi. I use YAAC to connect to it over my network.

You can configure Direwolf to be your iGate, no extra software required.
According to the Direwolf community, "You won't find a hardware TNC that can outperform modern software TNCs", and this is likely because in the old days hardware TNCs were needed to offload the load of coding and decoding. With modern machines it's not really needed, but I sure it can be debated. However Direwolf does do a decent job and it just sits on my shelf working away.
Heck, if you wanted you could connect multiple radios and Direwolf will handle them all if configured correctly. I haven't done this yet.

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