[arm-allstar] DSTAR

[Patrick Perdue]

Correction:

The vocoder dongle made by NWDigital is the ThumbDV, which is based on 
the DV3000 chip, as is the DVstick30.


On 6/18/2022 9:33 PM, Patrick Perdue wrote:
> Hi David:
>
> I don't have an existing image that isn't "dirty"/highly customized 
> for my setup.
>
> For a DSTAR bridge, you'll need DVSwitch running along-side either ASL 
> or HamVoIP, and a vocoder dongle -- NWDigital DV3000 or DVMega 
> DVstick30. These are basically the same. The DV3000 is manufactured in 
> the U.S. and the DVstick is not. Get which ever is cheapest. I have 
> some of both. They look and perform exactly the same. I have no idea 
> about current availability, but I know that it was pretty hard to get 
> either of them for quite a while last year.
>
> You can add DVSwitch to an existing HamVoIP node. This is perhaps best 
> done on a fresh HamVoIP image, but can be integrated into an existing 
> one just fine.
>
> https://dvswitch.groups.io/g/HamVoiP/wiki/29110
>
> There is a DVSwitch Server image on dvswitch.org somewhere
>
> https://dvswitch.groups.io/g/main/topic/dvswitch_server_raspberry_pi/77730609 
>
>
> I've never used it, so I don't know if it comes with ASL or not. If it 
> doesn't, it should be easy enough to install ASL from their package 
> repository.
>
> You can also install all the components yourself on other Linux 
> distributions.
>
> Regardless of what method you use for installation, I recommend 
> reading the DVSwitch Server manual, as there is a bit of stuff going 
> on to make it work. Finding an existing image probably won't save you 
> a lot of time in the long run, in this case, unless *everything* is 
> already configured for you.
>
> http://dvswitch.org/DVSwitch_install.pdf
>
> 73
> N2DYI
> On 6/18/2022 11:44 AM, "Dave Petrie via ARM-allstar" wrote:
>> I am looking to help a friend with a dstar repeater, running on 
>> windows 10,
>> bridge to hamvoip allstar node repeater I am setting up for him.
>> rather than spend the rest of the summer learning can anyone
>> provide me with a download I can image to an sd card and put
>> on a raspberry pi as the stand-alone bridge or i can add to the
>> raspberry pi 3B+ hamvoip latest version allstar node I am setting up
>> with one usb modified sound card to the repeater. I will edit were ever
>> necessary to make the image have the correct callsign and node 
>> numbers etc
>> as needed.
>> I have done several alstar hamvoip raspberry nodes but haven't played 
>> with
>> dstar, now I am helping, my interest is growing, but It doesn't happen
>> overnight.
>> I found one ham providing an image on google drive but can't unzip it
>> without errors
>> so here I am.
>> Thanks
>> Dave
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