[Dstar] Re: Getting Started Outback [SUMMARY]

[Tony Langdon]

At 06:53 PM 10/16/2007, you wrote:
>On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 05:09:22PM +1000, Tony Langdon wrote:
> > Also, consider that as you are in a remote area, you would need to
> > provide your own gateway (DPRS - APRS IGate).  As you have been
> > informed, there is open source software to do this..
>
>Yes, sounds easy.
>
>Is there a gateway to IRLP and EchoLink?  We haven't even got IRLP out
>yet, but we're about to put it in.

Not between D-STAR and IRLP/Echolink on a large scale.  From what I 
understand, there are a number of technical issues involved, because 
D-STAR has a lot more routing functionality, which would be difficult 
to duplicate on the IRLP/Echolink side, especially on the end user RF 
channels.  However, it would be handy to be able to connect to one or 
more of the major IRLP/Echolink shared conferences for 
interoperability purposes.  The link won't be as transparent as it is 
between IRLP and Echolink, due to the fact that the audio will need 
to be transcoded between AMBE and GSM (shared facilities use GSM), 
but this would be a useful facility to have.

>I like the radio count reduction effect you mentioned.  That appeals
>to me.  I share my car with my wife, who is considering getting her
>license too.

That would be useful indeed.


> > I could do it portable, except that all my portable GPSs are
> > Bluetooth.  Is there such a thing as a device to connect Bluetooth to
> > serial (and not need a PC to do so, at least after pairing)?
>
>Not that I know of, at least not without using a USB Bluetooth dongle
>and some USB host to work it.  Serial data over Bluetooth is a
>reasonably rich protocol stack, which would need a fair bit of demux.

I figured as much, but no harm in asking. :)


>Getting a serial GPS module might be better.  One I used several years
>ago is an FV18.  http://quozl.linux.org.au/fv18/  The serial output was
>TTL levels, so I needed to add the usual MAX232 level converter.

OK, guess I'll have to get yet ANOTHER GPS LOL.  Got a serial GPS for 
the car, but it's not as suitable for the bike.

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