[arm-allstar] RTCM setup questions

[Tim Sawyer]

Chris,

Yes,  if I understand you correctly, you could do that. You would need 2
RTCM's. Connect each RTCM to a port on your 850. PTT out of the controller
connects to COR on the RTCM and vise versa. Use your Pi for the node. Both
RTCMs will connect to the same node number on the Pi. That links the two
850s together full time, full duplex and allows touch tones to pass between
them. We have done this on a lot of systems to connect controllers
back-to-back, typically replacing 420 links. It works really well.

There is extensive RTCM documentation at http://wiki.allstarlink.org.
Here's what your config files would look like.

rpt.conf change your rxchannel

rxchannel=Voter/<node number>

Add a voter.conf

[general]

port = 667

password = BLAH

utos = y


[<node number>]

Site1 = password1,transmit,nodeemp,noplfilter

Site2 = password2,transmit,nodeemp,noplfilter

buflen = 250

mixminus = y

plfilter = n

On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 6:19 PM, "Chris Zenchenko via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> I'm considering RTCM modules and hope somebody can give me exact details on
> setting things up to do what I want or to tell me it can't be done.
> If it is possible great.
> If not then ideas on doing something that will work are just as welcome.
>
> The setup:
> I have two repeater systems.
> Both run RC850 controllers.
> The main system is not currently on Allstar.
> The secondary system is connected to a PI3 running the latest hamvoip
> version.
> The node is connected to the system via the link port on the RC850 and
> macros on the 850 are set to always activate the link port in rx/tx mode.
> When on the 440 machine, (secondary) system all operates as I wish with
> users on the system unable to tell if they are talking to a local "RF" user
> or an Allstar user.
>
> The main system operates on 220 and has remotes on several bands through an
> FC900 that allows for control of Icom band modules.
> Currently I can link from 220 to 440 via RF but there is no way for an
> Allstar user connected to 440 to force a connection to 220.
> I can do it using dtmf since the remote on 220 typically is listening to
> the
> 440 frequency even if users have turned off the remote.
> If a user forgets to put the remote back after visiting on other 440
> frequencies there is no way to bring the remote back using Allstar or the
> 440 repeater.
>
> What I want to do is connect the two repeaters seemlessly so that it
> doesn't
> matter which repeater you talk on.
> Talk on 220 to a 440 user or an Allstar user
> Allstar users or 440 users talk on 220.
> Operate the remotes from 220, 440 or Allstar.
> Essentially I want the two systems to appear to the users as a single
> system.
> The users could be on any of the three main connections or even be on the
> remote band modules.
>
> To avoid overloading the list please contact me privately.
> If a final positive or negative answer is reached I'll then share it back
> on
> the list.
> 73
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-- 
Tim WD6AWP