GPS/Data Application

This repository contains everything needed to decode DMR GPS packets and SMS for HBLink3. This application can act as a master or peer and receive data as a group call or private call.

Files modified from original master branch of HBLink3:

• bridge.py
• config.py

Required modules

• pynmea2
• aprslib

This should work for DMR radios that send location data as a UTF-8 NMEA sentence. I am hopping to add support for more radios in the future.

Differences in branches

• GPS: Contains the GPS/Data Application.
• aprs_features: Contains the GPS/Data Application and a modified version of the APRS implementation for repeaters and hotspots by IU7IGU. (See https://github.com/iu7igu/hblink3-aprs for his work). I combined these for convenience.

Confirmed working:

Actually tested

• Anytone D878

Most likely to work:

Not tested yet

• Anytone D868
• Anytone D578
• BTech DMR-6x2

How it works

A user should configure their radio for the DMR ID of the application and private or group call. When a position is received by the application, it will extract the coordinates and create an APRS position packet. The application will find the callsign of the user based on the sending radio's DMR ID. It is essential to have an up to date subscriber_ids file for this to work. A predefined APRS SSID is appended to the callsign. The APRS location packet is then uploaded to APRS-IS. No setup is required beforehand on the part of the user. This is pretty much "plug and play."

For example, N0CALL has a DMR ID of 1234567. N0CALL's radio sends a position to the application. The application will query the subscriber_ids file for DMR ID 1234567. The result will be N0CALL. An APRS location pack is created and uploaded to APRS-IS.

Configuration

See hblink_SAMPLE.cfg, rules_SAMPLE.py, and gps_data_SAMPLE.cfg for examples.

Resources for DMR data

I spent many hours looking at the following for this project. You may find these links useful.

https://github.com/travisgoodspeed/md380tools/issues/160

https://jpronans.github.io/ei7ig/dmr.html

http://cloud.dstar.su/files/G4KLX/MMDVM/MMDVM%20Specification%2020150922.pdf

https://wiki.brandmeister.network/index.php/NMEA_Location_Reporting

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/motorola-lrrp-protocol.370081/

https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/lrrp-decoding.359575/

https://github.com/polkabana/go-dmr

https://github.com/nonoo/dmrshark

https://wiki.brandmeister.network/index.php/Compressed_Location_Reporting

All of the ETSI DMR documents (ETSI 102 361-1 through 361-4).

The Shark RF forums.

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PROJECT: Open Source HomeBrew Repeater Proctol Client/Master.

UPDATES:

PURPOSE: Thanks to the work of Jonathan Naylor, G4KLX; Hans Barthen, DL5DI; Torsten Shultze, DG1HT we have an open protocol for internetworking DMR repeaters. Unfortunately, there's no generic client and/or master stacks. This project is to build an open-source, python-based implementation. You are free to use this software however you want, however we ask that you provide attribution in some public venue (such as project, club, organization web site). This helps us see where the software is in use and track how it is used.

For those who will ask: This is a piece of software that implements an open-source, amateur radio networking protocol. It is not a network. It is not intended to be a network. It is not intended to replace or circumvent a network. People do those things, code doesn't.

PROPERTY:
This work represents the author's interpretation of the HomeBrew Repeater Protocol, based on the 2015-07-26 documents from DMRplus, "IPSC Protocol Specs for homebrew DMR repeater" as written by Jonathan Naylor, G4KLX; Hans Barthen, DL5DI; Torsten Shultze, DG1HT, also licenced under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license.

WARRANTY None. The owners of this work make absolutely no warranty, express or implied. Use this software at your own risk.

PRE-REQUISITE KNOWLEDGE:
This document assumes the reader is familiar with Linux/UNIX, the Python programming language and DMR.

Using docker version

To work with provided docker setup you will need:

• A private repository with your configuration files (all .cfg files in repo will be copyed to the application root directory on start up)
• A service user able to read your private repository (or be brave and publish your configuration, or be really brave and give your username and password to the docker)
• A server with docker installed
• Follow this simple steps:

Build your own image from source

docker build . -t millaguie/hblink:3.0.0

Or user a prebuilt one in docker hub: millaguie/hblink:3.0.0

Wake up your container

touch /var/log/hblink.log
chown 65000  /var/log/hblink.log
 run -v /var/log/hblink.log:/var/log/hblink.log -e GIT_USER=$USER -e GIT_PASSWORD=$PASSWORD -e GIT_REPO=$URL_TO_REPO_WITHOUT_HTTPS://  -p 54000:54000  millaguie/hblink:3.0.0

MORE DOCUMENTATION TO COME

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