Using the script below to install XLXD onto a fresh updated Debian 9 OR 10 computer.Finding an available XLX number if you would like your reflector to be in the pi-star host files automatically.Cross digital modes using a hardware vocoder D-Star can talk to DMR or D-Star to analog or Fusion, etc.Ability to peer with other reflectors, and networks like Brandmeister.Real Time dashboard showing last heard and current ongoing QSOs through the reflector.One reflector 3 modes out of the box: D-Star, DMR, and YSF.By adding another piece of software, AMBEd, and hardware vocoder usb-dongles, it can act as a transcoding server allowing other modes to talk together. Also as of January 2020, XLX supports System Fusion natively. XLX sets itself apart from the other reflectors in the D-Star world because its a ‘multi-mode reflector’ meaning, it has the ability of allowing any of the D-Star linking protocols (DPLUS, DCS, D-Extra, etc) to connect to it. New D-Star users can simply link and start talking. One of the special things about XLX reflectors is they do not require registration on the D-Star trust system to use them. XLX is a piece of software originally created only for D-Star and DMR that runs on a Linux server that can be linked to from other repeaters and hotspots much like a hub and spoke design. Reflectors like REF and DCS, already have servers in place that you request access to use as an admin. XLX is the newest edition of reflectors that allows you to spin up your very own D-Star or DMR, or YSF reflector. Since the dawn of D-Star, there have been a few reflectors and networks built to support this digital mode. XLX is a stand-alone system that uses a feature called 'Call Home' to build an activity list The First multi protocol reflector with transcoding ability and giving admins complete control over the reflector. The original, pre XLX reflectors, X Reflectors. Most are built using the XLX software code. First to use ircDDB and built in 2012.įirst to be open source. Module A on all DCS reflectors are linked together. D-Star's first reflector system that was not originally implemented into D-Star.Ĭreated within the first few years of D-Star's release as the first 'homebrewed' reflector system.īuilt to compete/replace REF with its added functionalities.

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