So ... VA3UV. Has he given up the G2_link project? If yes, then where does that leave us? I do note that it's G2_link and not G3_link, so if the "G" relates to the Icom bits, now G3.2, does this mean it's pretty old? I don't have the software (I know - I haven't asked The Right Guy - it's fine) so don't know what it consists of. If it's scripts, we can probably make do. If it's binaries and we have no source ... Peter -- Peter Laws | VE[23]UWY / N5UWY | plaws0 gmail com | Travel by Train!

Good day everyone. With the release of G3.2 supporting Alma 9 as Icom moves away from the EOL of Centos 7, it looks like we need to address the future of g2_link. I am not a “coder”. I can look at code and read it well enough, but I do not know where to begin in a migration from Centos 7 to Alma 9 and g2_link. Is there anyone in the group that has some knowledge in this vein? Or even knows someone who would take a look at the task? Any thoughts? Terry KA8SCP -- Terry Stader - KA8SCP D-STAR Gateway & Reflector Admin

Did anyone come up with a AlmaLinux version of the init.d “service” file for g2_link? Terry -- Terry Stader - KA8SCP D-STAR Gateway & Reflector Admin

From Tomek SQ5DCP: I made some small changes to my installation. 295 instruction line: #/root/g2_link/g2_lh -m "B" -o /var/www/html/fs.html -b "$GW_CALL D-STAR" -r -t /root/g2_link/g2_lh.tpl $GW_CALL I removed the word "D-STAR" because it caused the table to expand beyond 700px. #/root/g2_link/g2_lh -m "B" -o /var/www/html/fs.html -b "$GW_CALL" -r -t /root/g2_link/g2_lh.tpl $GW_CALL I also made my own multidash.html file instead of sidebyside.html (attached). Thanks to this, the tables are displayed next to each other on a wide screen, and below each other on a narrow screen (mobile device). Use it if you like it. ;-) -- Terry Stader - KA8SCP D-STAR Gateway & Reflector Admin

Hi, I'm with a D-STAR user group which has a long standing Icom repeater stack with G3 gateway. As this is an important site for USTRUST registrations, we want to keep our G3 gateway intact, but add connectivity to XRF and DCS reflectors, as I run an XLX reflector that our user base is unable to access (I also run a dplus reflector which is heavily used by the system). As I am more familiar with the open source systems (ircDDB, xlxd, etc), I'm doing the research for adding the capabilities to access these systems to the gateway, and am working with the repeater admin who does the hands on work with the system. I found out about g2_link by asking around the OpenDV group, and got led here. g2_link looks like one of the pieces we need to upgrade the system, and I would like to get it installed on our system. What do I (or more correctly, what does our admin) need to do to get g2_link running on our system?

While installing g_link on W4THM, ran in to a situation where that system used an IP other than the “default” 10.0.0.2 gateway assignment. The issue was in the dashboard fs.html generation, the cron command to create and update the g2_link dashboard failed, the command timed out. Sure enough, the g2_lh has some “switches” you can use… one was a “-a” which allowed an IP to be defined. So I inserted a “-a 192.168.1.172” in front of the -m and saved it… the dashboard was created and now updates just fine. Terry Terry M Stader KA8SCP WB1GOF Repeaters Proprietor -- Terry Stader - KA8SCP D-STAR Gateway & Reflector Admin

The SSL certificate that Robin AA4RC provides for those gateways that use the MYCALL.dstargateway.org domain... attached are two ways to update it. Thanks to William Franzin VE4VR for one of the tools. The SSL certificate expired yesterday. Terry -- Terry Stader - KA8SCP D-STAR Gateway & Reflector Admin

What is needed to download and get installation instructions for the G2-Link software?

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Just out of curiosity, where does the current g2_link package live these days as documented in https://groups.io/g/g2-link/files/g2_link-v4.0-QA.pdf GitHub is returning blanks. 73, K6EEN

Long story, but our old date repeater had a controller failure so we replaced it with a new Icom repeater (dual mode). Our old admin left the state and the replacement admin has been out of ham radio. we had an interim person who replaced the repeat and noted the GatewayServer had some non-standard ports. Due to time constraints and the lack of availability to get at the repeater, he had to beg off the project. So, now it sort of falls on me since no one else in the club is stepping up. The interim person suggested we reinstall the OS and software on the computer. I was able to get the computer from the repeater from the site and set it up at home. The power supply fan was squealing so I replaced that. Now to think about reinstalling the software. I think I have some info on CentOS and Gateway 3.1 software and reviewing that. One thing our members asked for is installing g2_link for the additional reflectors. It seems that I can get some directions here on how to do that once the g3 software is installed, so just starting that ball rolling. Thanks in advance for any help, Eric, KF0S

Hello, my name is Darrell W8DSB. We recently suddenly lost our DStar admin (sk). I think I am going to be handling any or all of the day to day issue that might come up with the gateway. This repeater is the least used and one of the biggest sites we have. The issue is, we are all interconnected with XLX, DMR and YSF (using HBLINK) but the dstart stack only does real REF reflectors. I read that G2_link can help us connect this repeater stack to our XLX allowing for a wider group to use it. I see from reading other post that I need to request the software link ==> w8dsb@... I assume this will do what is needed to connect our hardware via the internet to our XLX server? Will this connection be static? If so, do I have to run one for each module or just one from the controller to controller? This is a low level project for me so I plan on doing a bunch of reading and trying to get it done before next fall.

Good morning Rich, On my g2_link system, there is a cron job that runs every morning at 2AM where the gwys.txt as well as the valid_users.txt files are updated. Here they are: ============================= [root@wb1gof my_scripts]# cat /etc/cron.d/update_gwys 5 2 * * * root /root/my_scripts/get_gwy_list.sh > /var/log/get_gwy_list.log 2>&1 ============================= [root@wb1gof my_scripts]# cat get_gwy_list.sh #/bin/bash /root/my_scripts/create_active_users.sh cd /root/g2_link /bin/cp /root/g2_link/gwys.txt /root/g2_link/gwys.txt.bak /bin/rm -rf /root/g2_link/gwys.txt wget http://xlx405.va3uv.com/gwys.txt if [ -f /root/g2_link/gwys.txt ] then /usr/bin/nc -u -w 1 127.0.0.1 30003 <<EOF rfr EOF else /bin/mv /root/g2_link/gwys.txt.bak /root/g2_link/gwys.txt fi exit 0 ============================= [root@wb1gof my_scripts]# cat /root/my_scripts/create_active_users.sh /usr/bin/psql -d dstar_global -f /root/my_scripts/create_active_users.sql -U postgres cp /tmp/valid_users.txt /root/g2_link/valid_users.txt ============================= Hope this answers your question? Terry

Last Thursday the NT4MC DSTAR gateway computer was interrupted during an update using yum. I have been able to restore services EXCEPT for dsipsvd. Is there a way to restore the dsipsvd functionality other than a total rebuild? Thanks, Jimmy NQ4U

While messaging with another D-STAR admin, about the coexistence of dplus and g2_link and how it used to be with a single command structure. Oh well. It did give me an idea.... dplus supports using 0-9 and A-Z in the 7th position and X in the 8th spot to execute a shell script. So maybe we can make it easier for users to use dplus to change to an XRF/DCS reflector? I created a test script, exec-U.sh in the /dstar/scripts directory, made it executable with the chmod +x command: =========================== #!/bin/bash # script to automatically connect # A port connect to DCS351D using the g2_link tool # disconnect first /usr/bin/nc -u -w 1 10.0.0.2 30003 <<EOF um A EOF # sleep 3 # disconnect dplus echo " U" >/dstar/tmp/link-a # sleep 3 # first connect with netcat to port # then connect to DCS351D /usr/bin/nc -u -w 1 10.0.0.2 30003 <<EOF lm ADCS351D EOF exit 0 ===================== I then added a new entry in to the DV memory of my ID-51A with a NAME of whatever you want and then the CALL SIGN:______UX (6 spaces, the U and then an X) Transmitted to the repeater: ==> dplus.log <== User update (KA8SCP ) rpt (WB1GOF C) 2022/09/22 12:51:16.303 Remote client forward start streamid 3932 2022/09/22 12:51:16.312 rpt2 (WB1GOF G) rpt1 (WB1GOF C) urcall ( UX) mycall (KA8SCP /ID51) Exec start streamid 3932 2022/09/22 12:51:16.312 rpt2 (WB1GOF G) rpt1 (WB1GOF C) urcall ( UX) mycall (KA8SCP /ID51) user message (Terry - Westford MA ) mycall (KA8SCP ) streamid 3932 Stream end streamid 3932 cnt 45 missed 0 elapsed 00:01 2022/09/22 12:51:17.165 exec file /dstar/scripts/exec-U.sh submitted ==> g2_link.log <== 092222 at 12:51:17:Received command [um A] from [10.0.0.2] 092222 at 12:51:17:cmd=[um], parameter=[A] 092222 at 12:51:17:Unlinking from [DCS351 ] mod D 092222 at 12:51:20:sending File:[/root/g2_link/unlinked.dat], mod:[A], RADIO_ID=[UNLINKED ] ==> dplus.log <== Reading link file /dstar/tmp/link-a for 'A' streamid 2e4d 2022/09/22 12:51:20.464 Reflector/Gateway unlink request streamid 2e4d 2022/09/22 12:51:20.464 rpt2 (WB1GOF G) rpt1 (WB1GOF A) urcall ( U) mycall (WB1GOF / ) playfile /dstar/dv/alreadyunlinked.dvtool to A Adding message >Not Linked < to /dstar/tmp/play-a.dvmsg playfile mod 0 tvs/u 1663865481/465050 tvps/u 0/699660 timediff 1713137214 Reading file /dstar/tmp/play-a.dvtool to 'A' streamid 2b71 2022/09/22 12:51:21.465 Read msg file for playback rpt2 (WB1GOF A) rpt1 (WB1GOF G) urcall (CQCQCQ ) mycall (WB1GOF /RPTR) Finished reading file /dstar/tmp/play-a.dvtool to 'A' streamid 2b71 2022/09/22 12:51:21.465 Play file recall to module A stream 2b71 ==> g2_link.log <== 092222 at 12:51:21:finished sending File to mod:[A] 092222 at 12:51:23:Received command [lm ADCS351D] from [10.0.0.2] 092222 at 12:51:23:cmd=[lm], parameter=[ADCS351D] 092222 at 12:51:23:sending link request from mod A to link with: [DCS351 ] mod D [45.33.127.97] ==> dplus.log <== OK ==> g2_link.log <== 092222 at 12:51:23:Connected from: DCS351 092222 at 12:51:26:sending File:[/root/g2_link/linked.dat], mod:[A], RADIO_ID=[LINKED DCS351 D ] 092222 at 12:51:27:finished sending File to mod:[A] ================================================ Still working on trying to figure out why an XLX reflector request times out. -- Terry Stader - KA8SCP D-STAR Gateway & Reflector Admin

We have a number of new members in the last 2 days. There is not much message traffic, so make sure you read thru the old message, check out the file section and also the wiki. For those of you that have been here awhile, are you still running g2_link? If so, maybe you can identify the gateway/repeater you are running it on? I saw a link to a good explanation of the reflector types and the various gateway software packages on how they access the reflectors. Take a look at https://www.cnharc.org/repeaters/digital-voice/d-star-linking-and-un-linking-on-a-repeater-gateway/ Terry -- Terry Stader - KA8SCP D-STAR Gateway & Reflector Admin

Hello again... Quite often I get asked if we can connect to XLX reflectors with our repeater. Interesting enough, the answer appears to be probably! I wrote a little script called "xlx351d-a-start.sh": #!/bin/bash # script to automatically connect # A port to XLX351D using the g2_link tool # disconnect first /usr/bin/nc -u -w 1 10.0.0.2 30003 <<EOF um A EOF # sleep 3 # disconnect dplus echo " U" >/dstar/tmp/link-a # sleep 3 # first connect with netcat to port # then connect to XLX351D /usr/bin/nc -u -w 1 10.0.0.2 30003 <<EOF lm AXLX351D EOF exit 0 ======================= Made it executable and then ran it. Sure enough it connected. The gateway was registered on the XLX dashboard with the DCS protocol (that is how it is supposed to be if you look at the gwys.txt file). After a minute or so, it times out. g2_link.log file shows: 091922 at 18:24:12:Received command [um A] from [10.0.0.2] 091922 at 18:24:12:cmd=[um], parameter=[A] 091922 at 18:24:18:Received command [lm AXLX351D] from [10.0.0.2] 091922 at 18:24:18:cmd=[lm], parameter=[AXLX351D] 091922 at 18:24:18:sending link request from mod A to link with: [XLX351 ] mod D [45.33.127.97] 091922 at 18:24:18:Connected from: XLX351 091922 at 18:24:21:sending File:[/root/g2_link/linked.dat], mod:[A], RADIO_ID=[LINKED XLX351 D ] 091922 at 18:24:22:finished sending File to mod:[A] 091922 at 18:25:09:Unlinked from [XLX351 ] mod D, TIMEOUT... 091922 at 18:25:12:sending File:[/root/g2_link/unlinked.dat], mod:[A], RADIO_ID=[UNLINKED TIMEOUT ] 091922 at 18:25:13:finished sending File to mod:[A] Since the XLX connection is being made as DCS 30051 UDP connection and other DCS connections stay connected: 091922 at 18:44:30:Received command [lm ADCS351D] from [10.0.0.2] 091922 at 18:44:30:cmd=[lm], parameter=[ADCS351D] 091922 at 18:44:30:sending link request from mod A to link with: [DCS351 ] mod D [45.33.127.97] 091922 at 18:44:30:Connected from: DCS351 091922 at 18:44:33:sending File:[/root/g2_link/linked.dat], mod:[A], RADIO_ID=[LINKED DCS351 D ] 091922 at 18:44:34:finished sending File to mod:[A] Wondering why the XLX version does not? -- Terry Stader - KA8SCP D-STAR Gateway & Reflector Admin