Monthly Archives: February 2018

WHERE DO I GET A NXDN UID (Number)

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Many have been pointed to a Google Spreadsheet style location, a new site has already, taking over the role of assigning ID’s.

The site is http://radioid.net
Radio ID is the master site for obtaining DMR, NXDN ID’s for amatuer use.
P25 ID’s can also use the DMR ID format, which some people follow that ID use also.

SO, please, kindly keep it within the parameters of 1 to 65519, and even though you CAN enter your full DMR ID, please register with radioid.net and follow all instructions withing the site.

Some additional information I wanted to put out:
For MMDVM email List go to: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mmdvm/info
For the FaceBook PiStar group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pistar/

I will add this to the Side Links area also.

Thanks and Welcome newcomers!

Evans
KD4EFM

NXDN and MMDVM

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What is all this buzz about MMDVM and NXDN and ???????? other homebrew kits that are joining the Digital Ham Radio Era?

Well, like most forms of digital technology comes advancement of it. In this case it came from Jonathan Naylor G4KLX and his project for D-Star, Fusion and P25 (aka P25NX).
*I only know of those modes from Jonathan
But for some of you, you already know what it is and does. For others, it’s where you can take micro-computing to the next communications level, and have a “repeater controller” doing all the hard work with simple radio gear, and OR a hotspot 2-way now.

Here is where things stand at the moment, from the MMDVM Yahoo group, by way of Jonathan:
“I have merged he NXDN branch for both the modem firmware and the host into master. This means that the default version of the code is now NXDN enabled.

It has basic networking built-in, talking to the single MMDVM NXDN reflector. I posted details of how to use it a couple of weeks ago. I am working on making the software compatible with the official NXDN amateur network, and in due course, that, along with some form of gateway will be released. At that time the MMDVM NXDN reflector will be retired.

Please note that the extra processing load of the NXDN code means that it isn’t possible to run five modes on an Arduino Due. Aside from NXDN, D-Star and DMR are the next heaviest protocols for processing, so it may be possible to run (say) NXDN and P25 on a Due, and maybe more. The more powerful STM32 and Teensy based systems can easily run all five modes. I believe firmware for the ZUMSpot and MMDVM_HS boards will also be available soon.

In unrelated news. I’ve been adding FCS support into the YSF Gateway and taking the opportunity to clean the code up also. I did a first test this evening trying to log into FCS001-20 but with no success 🙁 It’s early days though.

Jonathan  G4KLX ”

So with that being said, the next level of NXDN and the Homebrew world is network linking, which is still being tested at this time, though the MMDVM network has a function for linking, it is not currently connected to the NXCore 65000 relm at this time.
I will let you know when that chapter comes into play, but do expect to see a SURGE of new users to say hello to!

Thanks
Evans Mitchell
KD4EFM

NXDN and the MMDVM project

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I have a note from Johnathan about his project. See Below!!

 

Hi All

I converted the MMDVM NXDN implementation over to very-narrow mode, aka NXDN 4800. I decided not to make it switchable to NXDN 9600 as it would then mean that people could choose to make their systems incompatible with existing networks. So NXDN 4800 it is.

It’s all been checked into GitHub for both the MMDVMHost and MMDVM firmware under the nxdn branch.

Currently it’ll be an RF only repeater, but it will allow you to play. I intend to get a simple NXDN reflector active and make a simple NXDN parrot available too. This will allow basic testing and communication until we can do something better.

There is a bug in the display code, maybe Nextion only, where the screen doesn’t update correctly at the end of a transmission, and I can’t find it! So any takers to look at that would be appreciated.

I’ve asked Andy CA6JAU to review my new filters for NXDN 4800 to make sure that they’re correct and that I have transmit amplitude (deviation) correct also. Even if they aren’t, you can try installing it and talking to yourself.

 

Jonathan  G4KLX