dstar-site/README.md

D-Star Site - MMDVMHost Split Controller

MMDVMHost with D-Star split controller Name= registration support. Connects Raspberry Pi 3 sites to cloud DStarRepeater split controller.

What this does

Patches MMDVMHost to send a NETWORK_REGISTER packet with a site name to the DStarRepeater split controller, allowing the controller to identify each site by name rather than IP address only.

Sites

Site	Name	Gateway Port	Local Port	Description
ORNG	ORNG	20013	20016	Orange Portable
ORNG2	ORNG2	20013	20017	Orange TXRX

Cloud Split Controller

• IP: 10.121.15.78
• DStarRepeater split controller
• ircDDBGateway / DStarGateway on cloud side

Fresh Install

# On fresh Raspberry Pi OS Lite
git clone http://git.rdcclouds.com/ryan/dstar-site
cd dstar-site
sudo bash install.sh

Select site when prompted. Script handles everything:

• Dependencies
• Serial port configuration
• MMDVMHost compile with patches
• Config generation
• Systemd service

Update

cd dstar-site
sudo bash update.sh

Files Modified in MMDVMHost

• DStarNetwork.cpp - Added writeRegister() sending 0x0B NETWORK_REGISTER packet
• DStarNetwork.h - Added m_name member and writeRegister() declaration
• Conf.h - Added m_dstarNetworkName member and getDStarNetworkName()
• Conf.cpp - Added Name= parser and getter (via patch script)
• MMDVM-Host.cpp - Pass name to CDStarNetwork constructor (via patch script)

Hardware

• Raspberry Pi 3
• MMDVM board on /dev/ttyAMA0
• 115200 baud

Adding a New Site

1. Create sites/NEWSITE/site.conf from existing template
2. Add TXName/RXName to cloud DStarRepeater split config
3. Run sudo bash install.sh on new Pi and select site