For example, if you wanted to take the same DMR and put it on D-Star you would need to drop it to audio first and back because D-Star uses the older AMBE protocol. That is possible because both use the AMBE2 format. For example, a our XLX reflector translates from Brandmeister DMR TG 31241 to XLX336 Module B all in software digitally. There are some that may be able to make the translation using software. Very similar to what cross band repeat does. One method is simply setting up a Wires-X node with a radio and setting up a YSF/FCS node with a radio on the same frequency. I am not sure of the technology that is being used for YSF or the FCS services for America Link. There are multiple ways you can bridge between the networks. When it hears something on Wires-X it sends it to YSF and the opposite happens when it hears something on YSF. Since YSF cannot directly talk to Wires-X, there is a bridge that can talk to both YSF and Wires-X. It is similar in concept to a cross band repeater that for example takes in a signal on 2 Meters and transmits it back out on 70cm. BridgeĪ bridge is a way of connecting 2 different protocols or technology together. This means there is a bridge that connects them together. Like the YSF servers, the FCS servers cannot directly connect to Wires-X. FCS-190 is on one server, FCS-290 another on and FCS-390 on another. That is why you have 3 different FCS servers for America Link. It is my understanding that the each server can handle 99 rooms. They are now used by more than just the DV4Mini. The FCS servers can hold multiple rooms on a single server and rooms were added quickly as the DV4Mini became popular. They have really grown since their creation. FCS ServersįCS servers were originally created for use with DV4Mini. Some of you may also know it as Pi-Star which is a pretty interface over the MMDVM software. You can find YSF rooms connected on some repeaters that are running the MMDVM software as their repeater controller. To get from Wires-X on Yaesu System Fusion to a YSF server, you need a bridge (more on that in a bit). The important thing to note is that System Fusion repeaters cannot directly access these servers. There are directories of YSF servers (for example: and many of the digital softwares you run on your computer also maintain lists for easy selection. Unlike Wires-X, there is no central management of the rooms that are up and available. It is another method of creating a room where other System Fusion users can connect together. YSF short for Yaesu System Fusion really is not a Yaesu technology when looking at the YSF servers. Without Wires-X, System Fusion is just a communication protocol. There is also the ability to send messages and pictures, put them in a common message store on each node or room for others to read (think of news). Some radios have more features than others because of touch screens, etc. In addition, Wires-X provides a way from the radio to change to a different room, search rooms and more. Wires-X provides a directory of connected rooms and manages the connections from Nodes/Repeaters to each room. A room is similar to a reflector in D-Star, a Talk Group in DMR and a conference in Echolink. Wires-X has a concept called rooms where multiple repeaters and nodes can connect and talk to each other. Wires-X is a technology that runs on top of System Fusion. You can learn about System Fusion on the Yaesu website here: Wires-X It is not a new technology but a marketing term created by Yaesu for referring to their C4FM. This is the name that Yaesu has given their implementation of C4FM. What your radio uses over the air to talk digitally to other digital radios and repeaters. However, we do have a YSF server up and Running.īefore bringing in the diagram, lets talk about a couple of terms that we will be using: C4FMĬ4FM stands for Continuous Four Level Frequency Modulation and is a FDMA (Frequency Division Multiple Access) modulation method. Neither MAWCG or FARG have a fusion repeater but our close partner FARC does. I hope with this post to make it a little clearer. In our local group recently there has been some confusion and questions about how Fusion, Wires-X, YSF and FCS works. How does Fusion, Wires-X, YSF and FCS work?.How do I get a ham radio (amateur radio) license?.Ham Radio Unlimited Youtube Channel Toggle sub-menu.Digital-Tracker (formerly D-Star Tracker).
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