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84 lines
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Building a QnetGateway + MMDVMHost System
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Copyright (C) 2018 by Thomas A. Early N7TAE
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I'll assume you'll be doing this on a Raspberry Pi, but any modern Debian-based
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system should work. It just needs a g++ compiler with version greater than 4.9.
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These instructions assume you have configured your system with the locale, keyboard
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and time zone. When choosing locale, always choose a "UTF-8" version of your
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locale. And make sure you do "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade" before
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your start. On a Raspberry Pi, you can do all of this with the configureation menu:
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"sudo raspi-config".
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If you are using a device that uses the GPIO header on the raspberry pi, you need to
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disable the serial0 console in the /boot/cmdline.txt file: Remove the reference to
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"console=serial0,115200" in this file. You should also disable bluetooth by adding:
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"dtoverlay=pi3-disable-bt" (without the quotes) to the end of the /boot/config.txt.
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In your home directory...
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1) Clone the MMDVMHost repository: git clone git://github.com/g4klx/MMDVMHost.git
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2) cd into the MMDVMHost directory and compile: make
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If you're system has multiple processors, use: make -jx
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where x is the number of processors on you system.
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To tell how many processors you have: cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep processor | wc -l
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3) Copy the ini file template: cp MMDVM.ini MMDVM.qn
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4) Edit the MMDVM.qn file. Set your Callsign and Id. Turn off duplex. Enable an
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external display, if you have one. Set the Frequency(s). Set the Latitude and
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other location info if you want. Change the log levels. I use DisplayLevel=2
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and FileLevel=0. Set the Port on your modem. Disable all services except for
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D-Star (at least for now). Very important: Set the [D-Star] Module. For UHF
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use B and for VHF use C.
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5) Let's test it! Start it: ./MMDVMHost MMDVM.qn
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6) Key your radio and see if the MMDVMHost responds with an acknowledgment. Then
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you'll know that everything on the MMDVM side is fine.
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7) Stop the MMDVMHost with a Control-C and edit the MMDVM.qn file again. Change
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the [D-Star] AckReply=0
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You won't/don't want this reply from MMDVMhost. You want the acknowledgment
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from QnetGateway, it's more informative.
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We'll come back to MMDVMHost later, but for now let's work on the QnetGateway.
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8) cd back to the home directory and clone the QnetGateway. Type:
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git clone git://github.com/n7tae/QnetGateway.git
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9) Get into the build directory. Type: cd QnetGateway
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10) You need a configuration file called qn.cfg for QnetGateway. Start the
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configuration script: ./qnconfig
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This script will allow you to change any configuration parameter from its
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default value. At a minimum, you need to set your login callsign in the ircddb
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section and define at least one module. If you want to use the legacy,
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closed-source D-Plus reflectors and repeaters, be sure to enable it in the
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D-Plus menu. Be sure to write out your configruation file after you have entered
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all your changes, then you can exit the configuration script.
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11) Next, your ready to install your software. For that, start the administration
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script. Type: ./qnadmin
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First you want to create you gwys.txt file. This file contains a list of
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reflectors and repeaters you might like to link. Got into the gwys.txt menu
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creation sub-menu with "gw" and select one of three different methods to
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generate a gwys.txt file. You can add and/or delete records manually in
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this sub-menu. Return to the main menu because your now ready to build and
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install your system. Install your configured system with "is". This will
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compile and install everything that you have configured.
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12) You also need to install your MMDVMHost with "im".
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You should be up and running now! Congratulations! <Fireworks!>
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13) There are many additional things that can be done in the administration menu.
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Enter the log menu with "l" and from there you can view logs from each
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running process.
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14) DTMF is _not_ enabled by default if you want it, type "id" in the main menu.
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15) Build and start other MMDVMHost services...
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