[arm-allstar] hamvoip as a repeater controller

Sun Jan 26 21:19:22 EST 2020

Larry,

I purchased a mating connector to the MTR2K 96 pin cable from DigiKey 
(p/n A1265-ND). I used the info from: 
https://www.repeater-builder.com/motorola/mtr2k/mtr-interfacing/mtr2000-interfacing.html

You'll need pin:
C2, receiver unsquelched, AKA COR. This pin is acitve HIGH, and you must 
make this setting in SIMPLEUSB
C10, PTT. This pin is active LOW
A19 or B27 or C31 (all the same) GND.

You must have the wireline board installed. Receive audio is on Wireline 
connector pins 2- and 2+ (balanced audio, use either side for ground). 
Transmit audio is on the same connector, pins 1- and 1+ with the same 
note. I found this info on: 
https://www.repeater-builder.com/motorola/mtr2k/more-mtr2k-int/mtr2000-interfacing-followup.html

On reviewing this page it jogged my memory about programming. The link 
above shows all the programming info you need. You will need the RSS to 
set the transmit and receive levels. Be sure to read the HELP files in 
the RSS, there is info there that isn't anywhere else.

I realize I haven't given you a step-by-step guide but the info is there 
for you. As far as the adaptor for the 96 pin connector you have I 
didn't research that but the docs should tell you how to wire it up.

I spent many years making equipment interconnections, especially between 
different types and manufacturers. The key is reading all the docs you 
can find and understanding what you are doing. If you still have 
troubles shoot me an email. You can also trace signals on the wiring. 
You'll need to tell me WHAT is happening, more than 'it doesn't work'.

Good luck!

-John NI0K

"Larry Aycock via ARM-allstar" wrote on 1/26/2020 7:33 PM:
> Hello John,
>
> Thanks for the reply.  I spoke to Dave, AH6OD about this and he is offering some assistance.  Below is a copy and past of what I sent him.  You'll note that we are using a ICS board to adapt the 96-pin connector to a 9-pin connect, and a cable built by Marshall Oldham.  However, the ICS board we purchased is the MTR2000 Linker II Adapter.  There is another ICS board that is a repeater adapter with a different pinout for the 9-pin connector, and now I'm wondering if that was our problem.  We both purchased the adapter that Marshall had sent me the link to, but perhaps it was the wrong adapter by mistake.  Anyway, below is an explanation of what we are trying to do.  At this point, it would be nice to just get AllStar to work with the MTR2000 so we know how to set it up.  Then we can see if we can get it to also work with the digital board.  I would think it should work together since the analog side is different from the digital side, but it depends on how the setup of the MTR2000 has
>    to be for AllStar.
>
>
> To give a little background of what we have so far, below is a link to the device I was talking about which plugs into the 96-pin connector on the MTR2k.  When I was talking with Marshal Oldham, he pointed me to this device and said he has built cables for people to connect from this device to the URIx for use with AllStar.  So we purchased this board and had Marshall build us a cable.  However, we were not successful in getting it setup and working with HamVoip AllStar.  As I mentioned on the radio, we suspect we may not have setup the MTR2k correctly to work with the setup.
>
> MTR2000 Linker II Adapter
> https://ics-ctrl.com/product/mtr2000-linker-ii-adapter/
>
>
> Patrick does have the wireline board, however, he has it removed at the moment.  Currently, he has the MMDVM board linked below installed and working great to make the repeater a mixed-mode repeater, allowing users to use DMR, P25, NXDN, DStar, or, of course, analog.  My hope would be to have the same setup as a mixed mode repeater, but have the Allstar Pi control the analog side of things.  We can remove the digital board when we meet online to get things working just with AllStar at first.  That will allow us to know how to setup the repeater for AllStar.  Then, we can see about adding back in the digital board, and if they will work together.
>
> In the end, if we can't get both AllStar and the digital board to work together, Patrick will keep his repeater using the digital board for mixed-mode capabilities.  However, it will be good to at least know how to setup the MTR2k for Allstar as I may go that route in the future with my current repeater.  I may purchase an MTR-2000 in the future to replace the two CDM-1550's I have on my repeater.
>
>
> STM32-DVM-MTR2K Information
> http://ks-dmr.net/stm32-dvm-mtr2k-information/
>
>
> Thanks again for your offer to help.  I'm looking forward to getting this working.
>
> 73,
> Larry N6LKA
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ARM-allstar <arm-allstar-bounces at hamvoip.org> On Behalf Of "John Simmons via ARM-allstar"
> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2020 4:46 PM
> To: ARM Allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> Cc: John Simmons <jasimmons at pinewooddata.com>
> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] hamvoip as a repeater controller
>
> Larry,
>
> I've done this and it isn't hard. There isn't really anything different in the programming to affect the external connections. What are you having a problem with?
>
> -de John NI0K
>
> "Larry Aycock via ARM-allstar" wrote on 1/26/2020 1:03 PM:
>> Hi Darrell,
>>
>> A friend of mine has an MTR-2000, and we have tried setting up a RPi3 running HamVOIP Allstar, without success.  I was wondering if you could share with me how you have the MTR-2k programmed to work with Allstar?  We aren't sure how to setup the programming of the repeater to get it to work correct, and we suspect that may be our problem.  I'd appreciate any help you can provide.  Feel free to email me directly at N6LKA at outlook.com.
>>
>> 73,
>> Larry N6LKA
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ARM-allstar <arm-allstar-bounces at hamvoip.org> On Behalf Of "Darrell Black via ARM-allstar"
>> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2020 6:45 PM
>> To: ARM Allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
>> Cc: Darrell Black <gigahacker at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] hamvoip as a repeater controller
>>
>> Hi Jed, I have a RPI3 running HAMVOIP's allstar running  a MTR2000 as a talking controller and acting like a allstar and echolink node. No issues works well. Checkout 50026 and do a bubble.
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 8:19 PM "Jed Barton via ARM-allstar" < arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey guys,
>>>    Hope everyone is doing well.  OK, so i have a kenwood repeater.
>>> It's the tkr850.  At my site, i wanna have the hamvoip software run
>>> as a repeater controller and an allstar node.  I'm assuming that can
>>> be done.
>>> What would i need to configure in hamvoip?  I'm assuming you can do
>>> things with courtesy tones and all that?
>>>
>>> My plan is to plug the pi into the Kenwood repeater and have it do both.
>>> Any thoughts?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Jed
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