Using the new Icom IC-9700 in D-Star DV Internal Terminal mode and connecting to the multi-protocol XLX227 B reflector. Radio is running the latest firmware as of June 29, 2019 ver 1.11
The IC-9700 is a very feature rich radio. One feature it has is the ability to make pure IP connections via the built-in ethernet port and connecting to gateways running G3 software from Icom and/or reflectors running “open software”. This is a short guide on connecting to an open reflector XLX227 B.
Connect up the ethernet port on the IC-9700 to your home network and make sure it gets an IP address. The address should be a static address since you will need to open up UDP port 40000 for port forwarding from the Internet to the IP address of the IC-9700 on you local network. The best way to do this is to login to your router/gateway box set up a static entry in the DHCP pool using the MAC address of the IC-9700, you can find that in the information location in the menu – this way when you power on the IC-9700 and it requests an IP address using DHCP from your home router it will always get the same IP address.
In the IC-9700 some things need to be setup – here is a short video on what those settings are: (Validate the network, make sure My Station is setup, set up DV Gateway)
In video I am linking to reflector XLX227 module B. This reflector is capable of linking D-Star, DMR and Fusion nodes/users all in the same room/Talk group/Module. This means you can have a Digital X-Mode QSO with the three different modes: D-star linking to /XLX227B, DMR+ to TG 4670 and YSF to 95093 – you can get the status from the dashboard of the reflector – http://xlx227.hamnet.ro/index.php Look under users/Modules for your call sign and then under Repeaters / Nodes
July 1, 2019 at 3:27 pm
I would like to add some comments to this, to prevent setup failures.
– You need to have a public routable IP address. 3G/4G/LTE connections work poorly because of port forwarding failures and frequent IP changes. Initially it will work, and then fail later on.
– You need to forward port 40000 to your radio. This is not optional and will lead to not hearing anything on the reflector after some 5 minutes (more or less depending on your router’s internal settings). Pressing the PTT will restore the function, but only for another 5 minutes or so.
– The reflector disconnects you after 1 hour. This is needed since there is no reliable way to detect the other end being active. With the default 9700 setup this will coincide with the screen saver setting in. It is NOT a radio issue related to the screen saver.
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