WIRES-X

Starting BrandMeister release 20160421-112227 has support of WIRES-X connectivity.

WIRES-X Link allows:

• To make bridges between DMR talking groups and WIRES-X rooms
• Transfer voice calls between BrandMeister Network and WIRES-X network with audio quality 1:1 and signaling conversion

Benefits

• Fully transparent calls between DMR and WIRES-X
• Full call signaling support in both directions
• Sound quality is 1:1 in both directions
• No extra hardware is required(*)
• Late call entry is supported on both sides in both directions
• System Fusion / WIRES-X side doesn’t loose any features
• Each BrandMeister Server can be connected to several rooms

Conceptual view

Limitations

• Room should be run in digital only mode
• BrandMeister server requires registered node ID and Call-Sign at Yaesu WIRES-X System (these credentials should not be used by any node or you should grant that node with these credentials will never be connected to required rooms)

Additional features

• CLI-based support of chat for WIRES-X administrators:
  • Incoming messages are available via syslog
  • D-BUS API to send messages
  • Additional CLI utility SendWiresXMessage.php (not supplied to distribution)
• Two options to connect:
  • Static IP or dynamic DNS
  • WIRES-X directory service (ILS) - implemented as Registry plug-in
• Built-in support of DN and VW modes

Allocated ports

• UDP 46110
• UDP 46112

Configuration

WiresXLink :
{
  // DTMF ID of local node
  number = NODE ID;
  // Call of local node
  call = "<NODE-ND>";
  // DP-ID of local "radio"
  serial = "xxxxx";
  // Connection profiles
  connections =
  [
    "RoomXXXXX",
    "RoomXXXXX"
  ];  
};

RoomXXXXX :
{
  // Room ID: ITALY
  // Group ID
  number = TG number;
  // Remote node address
  address = "<IP ADRESS or Domain Name>";
  // Connection mode:
  // 0 - Regular
  // 1 - Persistent
  // 2 - Regular, auto-reconnect on inactivity
  // 3 - Persistent, auto-reconnect on inactivity
  mode = 0;
};

Issues with connectivity

No sound from WIRES-X at all, BM Status web page shows “0 members”

Check your firewall rules, port UDP 46112 should be allowed.

DMR radio (and Last Heard) shows talking group number instead ID of operator

• Operator has not registered his call-sign in CCS7 registration system - ask him to register
• CRC check failed during processing of SystemFusion

Autodiscovery

Autodiscovery mode is an alternative mode to connect to WIRES-X rooms. In that mode there is no need to configure profiles in main configuration file. Instead of it the system connects to Yaesu's WIRES-X directory servers and track the changes. To use this mode you have to have an WIRES-X node ID from Yaesu and HRI-200 serial number. There numbers should never be used by another connected WIRES-X node.

Registry.json

  "plugs" :
  {
    "210-FusionDirector" :
    {
      "WiresNodeID" : <ID of registered WIRES-X node>,
      "HRISerial" : "<HRI-200 serial number>"
    }
  }

WiresSubscriptions

  Space WiresSubscriptions:
    1 - BrandMeister Instance ID
    2 - BrandMeister Application ID
    3 - DMR Group ID
    4 - WIRES-X Room ID

  box.space.WiresSubscriptions:replace({ 2621, 262100, 262100, 24007 })