The rtpdir bridge - to bridge EchoLink, IRLP, D-Star and Asterisk   by Scott, KI4LKF  (2007)

This was one of Scott Lawson's first projects.   From this project he went on to develop some of the first open source programs for D-Star.  At some point in 2013 he discontinued his work and was no longer answering emails.

While Scott may be gone from development, fortunately a lot of his software has been archived and mirrored.  His code has also been the base for several forked projects, that are derived from initial work.

http://rtpdir.weebly.com/

Ver 1.60 local mirror: rtpDir bridge irlp_echolink_asterisk_160.zip

Unfortunately Scott destroyed the source code for rtp_Dir.  This is a copy of the very last release he made of it for Linux and Windows.  But it will only run on an x86 system's not on any arm based systems.

Your best bet to find like minded hams and support is on any of these discussion groups:

rtpDir - Yahoo group

Amateur Radio Experimenters Corner - Yahoo group

asterisk_radio - Yahoo group

allstar-digital - mailman/pipermail - Sponsored by the Florida simulcast group


This group was set up to host the RtpDir bridge software(Real Time Protocol Director).
RtpDir is a VoIP software for Amateur(ham) operators.  It can also be used on other bands, Government, commercial and private nets, or direct user to user without any radios connected.
If a band requires an FCC license, it is the responsibility of the end-user to obtain one.  rtpDir runs on Linux or Windows platforms.  NEW FEATURE: *Asterisk*/app_rpt PBX interface. There are 3 versions: 

- Linux GUI
- Windows GUI
- Linux (text mode - rtpDir_tm)

This group was set up to host the RTPDir bridge software(Real Time Protocol Director).
It can be used on the Amateur bands, Government, commercial and private nets, or direct user to user without any radios connected.
If a band requires an FCC license, it is the responsibility of the end-user to obtain one.
3 versions: Linux GUI, Windows GUI, Linux (text mode).
To download, click on "Files".
NEW: Listen to D-Star real-time audio.
NEW: TX/RX to/from D-Star.

Basic features:
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Bridges and RX/TX from/to D-Star, Asterisk/app_rpt, IRLP, Echolink, Speak-Freely.
Create and operate your own private VoIP net.
Full-featured IRLP and Echolink node(link, repeater, ...).
Multiple Asterisk, Echolink nodes are accepted even when an IRLP node is connected.

Basic features:

GUI Screenshot:

 


 INTRODUCTION---rtpDir:   An Asterisk/app_rpt-IRLP-Echolink application.
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   rtpDir is a VoIP software that can run on any station, repeater or link.
The current version 1.31 runs also as a BRIDGE conference server with a graphical interface.
rtpDir uses RTP/RTCP protocol.


Configuration choices
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   It can be configured to run as Echolink/Echolink conference.
   It can be configured to run as Echolink + IRLP with codec GSM or ADPCM.
   It can be configured to run as an IRLP reflector/Echolink conference
      on a specific reflector channel(port) with codec GSM or ADPCM.
   IRLP Links and repeaters, Echolink links and repeaters are also supported.
   *Asterisk*/app_rpt nodes are also supported.

rtpDir bridge now accepts *Asterisk*/app_rpt node connections.  Three nodes types will be accepted: *Asterisk*, IRLP, Echolink.

  The following codec transcoders and protocol converters are built-in:
  
  IRLP/gsm ---> IRLP/adpcm
  IRLP/adpcm ---> IRLP/gsm
  IRLP/adpcm ---> Echolink/gsm
  IRLP/gsm ---> Echolink/gsm
  Echolink/gsm ---> IRLP/adpcm
  Echolink/gsm ---> IRLP/gsm
  Asterisk ---> IRLP/adpcm
  Asterisk ---> IRLP/gsm
  Asterisk ---> Echolink/gsm
  IRLP/adpcm ---> Asterisk
  IRLP/adpcm ---> Asterisk
  Echolink/gsm ---> Asterisk

  rtpDir bridge can be used to talk to other *Asterisk*/app_rpt nodes using the radio or the computer mic and speakers.

 

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