3x repeater systems using pi-star/MMDVM connected over a local network into a physical server running both XLX and AMBEd along with the Vocoder Chips. With the Anytone 578 mobile, DMR can be on 220MHZ ( just as an example), D-Star on UHF, and Fusion on VHF, with little attenuation between all 3 modes. For a relatively low cost and ease of installation, all without requiring internet, expensive combiner equipment, at a single high profile site, all digital modes can talk together. Fortunately there are ways to combat this argument. It’s a valid argument for those who are weary of the digital world. I wanted to toss out a unique way to use DMR Gateway to solve for any local regions problem of “I dont like Digital because the modes cant talk to each other” dilemma. Most admins will spin up a cloud server or use a spare computer hosted locally for installing and running XLX. A Single tower site that transcodes all digital voice modes The main difference is the XLX reflector is setup as a private reflector not advertised or accessible without manually editing inbound host files on their pi-star devices.Ĥ.
This example is not much different from the last example. Private network for you and friends/family If you have a bunch of local regional DMR repeaters, this is a great use to cluster them together with your own infrastructure.ģ. Meaning, if BM is peered to your XLX reflector and the peer drops, you can still connect inbound via DMR. This can also be used as a backup connection to your personal XLX reflector IF you use Brandmeister as your main connection for DMR. So when TG 6 has traffic all repeaters connected will also have the same traffic. In this example, you can configure TG 6 to link directly to an XLX reflector module along with any other DMR repeater. Cluster DMR repeaters together (over the internet or local WiFi / VPN coverage) This helps make it easy to never miss anything on your favorite TG or network.Ģ. In this example, with Pi-Star and your radio’s codeplug configured already, you can use DMRGateway to listen to Brandmeister, an XLX reflector, and TGIF, and use each network by simply changing channels on your DMR radio.
The master is responsible for handling network call/sms routing, access control, and other features specific to a brand or network. A DMR Master device is where the logic and smarts are housed. At a high level, there is not much to configure Frequency, Color code, Network master IP and config (if there is one) and maybe a couple personalized settings. If you have never configured a commercial DMR Repeater before, its important to know for the most part, DMR repeaters are “Dumb” devices in the grand scheme of a network. DMR Gateway is a part of the MMDVM_Host suite created by Johnathan Naylor (G4KLX) to add features and functionalities to the DMR side of the MMDVM.