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D-STAR D-STAR Repeater Basics Icom America Inc. TSR

D-STAR D-STAR Repeater Basics Icom America Inc. TSR. TSR. What is D-STAR?. D-STAR: D igital S mart T echnology for A mateur R adio Open protocol, published by the JARL (Japanese Amateur Radio League). Available to be implemented by anyone.

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D-STAR D-STAR Repeater Basics Icom America Inc. TSR

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  1. D-STAR D-STAR Repeater Basics Icom America Inc. TSR

  2. TSR What is D-STAR? D-STAR: Digital Smart Technology for Amateur Radio Open protocol, published by the JARL (Japanese Amateur Radio League). Available to be implemented by anyone. Digital voice (DV) and Digital Data (DD) operation. Currently, Icom is the first and only radio manufacturer selling D-STAR radios in the USA. http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/regulations/techchar/

  3. TSR What is D-STAR? Icom D-STAR Digital Voice and Digital Data rates. 144 and 440 MHz data rate – 4800 bps Digital voice @ 3600 bps (including error correction) Digital data @ 1200 bps 1.2 GHz Data rate – 128 kbps High speed data @ 128 kbps (Ethernet connection) or Digital voice @ 3600 bps (including error correction) Digital data @ 1200 bps

  4. TSR What’s required? Repeater Call Sign First, you need is a unique / club call for the repeater. * You can not have the same call sign in 2 different “roles” in the D-STAR network. (eg, the repeater call sign can not also be your individual call sign.) You will need a unique / club call sign for your repeater system that is not used anywhere else in the network.

  5. TSR What’s required? Repeater Components Next, you need the desired repeater modules. The RP2C is REQUIRED for the D-STAR repeater system. The current D-STAR repeater modules are: RP2D 1.2GHz, 128K Digital Data (DD) RP2V 1.2GHz Digital Voice (DV) RP4000V 440MHz Digital Voice (DV) RP2000V 144MHz Digital Voice (DV)

  6. TSR What’s required? Additional hardware Each physical install is different. What your install requires may vary. Examples of additional equipment: Duplexers Power Supply Antennas Window Filter

  7. D-STAR RP2C Controller Icom America Inc. TSR

  8. Gateway Configuration Diagram

  9. TSR What’s required? Programming PC (Windows) To program the repeater controller and frequencies you need: Windows based PC with at least 1 Ethernet and 1 USB port USB A to B cable Ethernet cable (not crossover) Install the included software on the Windows PC for: ID-RP2C ID-RP2VD ID-PR2000V ID-RP4000V

  10. What’s required? Before programming you must know the IP address of your RP2C controller. Default: 172.16.0.1 Recommended: 172.16.0.10

  11. TSR RP2C controller The controller is programmed via the Ethernet port on the front.

  12. TSR RP2C controller We must configure the PC to the same IP scheme as the controller to program.

  13. TSR RP2C controller Start the RP2C software and enter the controller IP address in the “Network Setup”.Default from Icom is either 172.16.0.1 or 172.16.0.10

  14. TSR RP2C controller Click the “Read” button and enter the password. (PASSWORD, all in caps, is the default password.)

  15. TSR RP2C controller Now, you should see something like this 

  16. TSR RP2C controller Enter the repeater call sign

  17. TSR RP2C controller Select the “module configuration” from the drop down menu.

  18. TSR RP2C controller Select the “active ports”

  19. TSR RP2C controller And assign the proper module letter designation. Recommended designations: RP2D (1.2 GHZ) A RP4000V (UHF) B RP2000V (VHF) C

  20. TSR RP2C controller The RP2V and RP2D must be “A”.

  21. TSR RP2C controller Select “Use Gateway” if connecting to a gateway PC.

  22. TSR RP2C controller Click “Write” to save the settings to the controller

  23. Repeater Module The repeater modules are programmed via the USB ports on the front of the repeater. There is one port for TX and one port for RX.

  24. Repeater Module

  25. D-STAR Router / Linux Configuration Icom America Inc. TSR

  26. Gateway Configuration Diagram

  27. TSR What’s required? Internet Connection (Fixed IP address) The D-STAR gateway software REQUIRES a fixed IP address and, at least a DSL speed connection. You will also need a router capable of: Class “A” internal subnet (LAN) 10.0.0.1 / 255.0.0.0 Port forwarding Setting a fixed IP address, such as for PPPoE for WAN Refer to the RS-RP2C manual for additional requirements. (The Linksys WRV54G meets all the requirements)

  28. TSR What’s required? Gateway server PC (Linux) This is what we are here for, right? Minimum PC requirements (per Icom) Linux OS (recommend Fedora Core 3 or 4) Pentium grade 2.4GHz or faster CPU At least 512MB RAM 2 LAN cards (NIC from Intel recommended) At least 10GB hard drive free space **These instructions are based on a Linux Fedora Core 3 install.**

  29. TSR Router settings Make sure your “local IP” settings are set as shown. 

  30. TSR Router settings You need to forward a few ports through the router. Data sync: 20005 TCP Voice RX: 40000 UDP Data RX: 40001 TCP

  31. TSR Router settings You may also want to allow additional ports like: SSH:

  32. TSR Gateway server configuration Select “statically set IP” Input the settings for eth0 as shown Eth0 (LAN side) Address: 10.0.0.2 Subnet: 255.0.0.0 Def Gateway: 10.0.0.1

  33. TSR Gateway server configuration Select “static IP” for eth1 as well and enter the proper settings. Eth1 (gateway / RP2C side) Address: 172.16.0.20 Subnet: 255.0.0.0 Def Gateway: none

  34. TSR Gateway server configuration Select the “DNS” tab. Set the Primary DNS as shown in the manual. When complete, close and save. Primary DNS: 127.0.0.1

  35. TSR Gateway server configuration Add these lines to the named.conf with your favorite Linux text editor. Syntax is VERY important here.

  36. TSR Gateway server configuration Create a new folder “/var/dsipsvd” This is where the software stores the backup files.

  37. TSR Gateway server configuration Next, you need to create the “dstar.local.db” database file, once again using your favorite Linux text editor. This file will reside at: /var/named/chroot/var/named/dstar.local.db

  38. TSR Gateway server configuration Syntax is VERY important in this file!

  39. TSR Gateway server configuration After creating the dstar.local.db file, activate and re-start the “named” service. Select and edit “runlevel 3” from the menu.

  40. TSR Gateway server configuration In Runlevel 3, and Runlevel 5 click on “named” and then click “restart” * An error in the “named” configuration is a common cause for the gateway to not operate properly.

  41. TSR Gateway server configuration In a terminal window, type: dig router.dstar.local You should see an answer like this  If it’s all correct, you should see the router’s IP address here (10.0.0.1)

  42. D-STAR Gateway Software Icom America Inc. TSR

  43. Gateway Configuration Diagram

  44. TSR What’s required? D-STAR / Gateway software Icom’s Gateway software is a licensed vendor product, and can not be copied, shared or re-distributed.

  45. TSR Gateway software configuration Double click the application to extract.

  46. TSR Gateway software configuration Make sure to extract the program to the “root” directory. (A new folder will be created.) DO NOT create a dstar directory.

  47. TSR Gateway software configuration Edit the following in the dsipsvd.conf file: TRUST_SERVER ZR_CALLSIGN IPSV_ADDR DNS_ZONE_FILE_PATH NAMED_PID_FILE NOTE: The IP address of the Icom test system is 65.102.167.146

  48. TSR MAC address Type the command “arp” in a terminal window. Look for 10.0.0.1 and the MAC address connected to it. Take note of the MAC address for use in the dsgwd.conf file.

  49. TSR Gateway software configuration Edit the following in the dsgwd.conf file: ZR_ADDR ZR_CALLSIGN DNS_MAC

  50. TSR Gateway software configuration Add the lines here in the /etc/syslog.conf file: # for D-STAR local0.* /var/log/dsgwd.log local2.* /var/log/dsipsvd.log Make sure to type this right. It’s “local” before the number.

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