EVERY D-STAR RADIO HAS A SERIAL DATA PORT

Connecting a D-STAR radio

Connecting a D-STAR radio

OPC-1529R

2.5 mm

D-RATS

By Dan Smith - KK7DS

D-RATS

By Dan Smith - KK7DS

Goal

All-in-one tool for D-STAR data ops

Make use of the low speed data channel

Oriented to EmComm operations

No dependence on infrastructure

Originally targeted for simplex

All network interaction at endpoints

Interface with existing technologies

IRC style chat

FTP style file transfers

E-mail messaging

APRS like mapping

OVERVIEW

Typical Station

TNC – The analog gateway to D-RATS data

Use a KISS-mode TNC with D-RATS Gives you point-to-point data transfer Limited AX.25 support

Simpler to setup Lower overhead

Interface with D-STAR users through stations running both formats

WL2K Connectivity

Data in an Emergency Fast, error-free transfer of electronic records

Situation status reports Resource requests Patient manifests Pictures of damage

Quiet operation Put radio operators directly in an EOC Field stations in noisy environments

Integrated logging of messages with times and dates

Chat

Free-form multicast chat messages

– Checksum-protected

– Channels

– “Private” chat

– Text filters

– Automated QSTs

– Quick messages

– Highlight and lowlight text

Messaging

Structured messages (Forms)

Use XML to convey structure and content

XSL at the endpoints for presentation

Messages can contain attachments

Automatic message routing support

Email-like interface

Custom form builder

Messaging Email gateway

SMTP for outgoing emails

Rich forms go as HTML emails

POP3 gateway for remote mail checks WL2K gateway

Any internet-connected station can gateway

Experimental RMS packet client

Seamless and bi-directional SMTP/POP3 servers integrated

Paclink-like functionality

Files and Images

Arbitrary file transfers with sliding window, compression, and resume

“File server” for remoteretrieval

Integrated resize/resampleof image files

Block size and windowscaling

Positional Awareness

Captures and sends ICOM GPS/GPS-A strings Distance and direction calculation Integrated map display (free!) Moving stations updated in real-time Input for external GPS receiver

Ratflector

Connect to other D-RATS users via Internet

Easy and clean for testing

Data-only reflector

Configure D-RATS radio port for one of:

Network port on ref.d-rats.com, port 9000

Network port on ref.d-rats.com, port 9001

User-run ratflectors too! Included in download

Repeater(Ratflector)

Implementation

Written in Python/GTK

Runs on Linux, Mac, and Windows

OpenStreetMap.org for free maps

Availability

Windows: Installer.exe Linux: .deb, .rpm

APT and Yum repositories available Thanks to Mike, N0SO!

MacOS: .app (and one-time base package)

References

D-RATS Website http://www.d-rats.com

D-RATS Mailing List Yahoo! Group

– http://groups.yahoo.com/group/d-rats_group/