Get on the air.
Use what you have.
A hotspot, a repeater, a phone, or a PC. Each one has a path into RI Digital Link, and every path ends up in the same conversation. Find your setup below, or open a full step-by-step guide.
Full walkthroughs, one mode each.
Each guide takes you from radio or hotspot in hand to connected and talking, using real RI Digital Link settings.
AllStar How-To
Reach hub node 45595 from a repeater, your own node, or an app. Typical radio and node configs.
Open guide DMR / PDFDMR How-To
TG 31444 on Brandmeister and TGIF, hotspot codeplugs and sample settings.
Open guide XLX / D-Star / PDFXLX How-To
Link to DCS059 A / XLX059 A from D-Star, DMR and YSF. Includes an Icom ID-51 example.
Open guide APRSAPRS How-To
Recommended APRS-IS and RF gateway paths on the network.
Open guideHotspot settings, mode by mode.
Pi-Star, WPSD, OpenSpot and most MMDVM hotspots use these settings. Set one, key up, and you're on the network.
On Brandmeister or TGIF. Timeslot 2 on most hotspots. Program a Group Call contact named RI DIGITAL LINK, ID 31444.
Pick the YSF reflector named RI DIGITAL LINK, ID 31444, from your hotspot's YSF startup host list.
Link to the reflector, then set URCALL back to CQCQCQ or "Use Reflector" to talk. Send UNLINK when you're done.
Select P25 reflector 31444 as your hotspot's startup reflector, or dial it from the radio.
Select NXDN reflector 31444 as your startup reflector.
Point any M17 hotspot or client at reflector M17-003, module A. If it isn't in your client's host list yet, add host ridigitallink.net, port 17000.
From your own AllStar node, send *345595 to connect. See the command reference below.
From an IRLP node, dial 9871, the Tri-State Reflector channel linked to the network. Dial 73 to disconnect.
Running a repeater instead of a hotspot?
Repeaters can link in too. How depends on the controller, and it's always the trustee's decision, not an individual user's. Please contact us first. No permanent links without a control operator's OK.
- DMR (MMDVM controller): connect to Brandmeister or TGIF and carry TG 31444, the same as a hotspot.
- Fusion (MMDVM controller): link to YSF reflector RI DIGITAL LINK #31444. A Yaesu Wires-X-only repeater (HRI-200) can't reach a YSF reflector directly and needs a separate bridge.
- D-Star (MMDVM controller): link to DCS059 A / XLX059 A.
- AllStar repeater (ASL / app_rpt): link to node 45595.
No radio nearby? Use an app.
A licensed callsign is still required. Apps marked "no hardware" run on their own. The rest need your own node or a vocoder dongle.
DroidStar
YSF, DMR, D-Star, M17, P25, NXDN and AllStar (IAX). Use the same settings as the hotspot list above.
No hardware Android / WindowsPeanut
Join room XLX059A for direct access to the XLX core.
No hardware iOS / Android / WindowsEchoLink
Search for and connect to KA1MXL, which is bridged into the network.
No hardware AndroidDVSwitch Mobile
Connects to your own AllStar node. From there, send *345595 to reach the hub.
Needs your node WindowsBlueDV
YSF, DMR and D-Star from a PC with a DVMEGA, ThumbDV or similar AMBE dongle.
Needs dongleHOIP and NEXTET
Hams over IP 100041 and NEXTET extension 4012 also land in the same conversation.
See Network & NodesTwo DMR networks, one talkgroup.
Brandmeister and TGIF are separate networks run by different groups. Both carry TG 31444 into RI Digital Link, but an account on one doesn't give you access to the other.
Brandmeister
- Get a free DMR ID from RadioID.net if you don't have one.
- Log in to Brandmeister SelfCare and set a hotspot security password.
- Enter that password in your hotspot's DMR settings, then add TG 31444 on timeslot 2.
TGIF
- Get a free DMR ID from RadioID.net if you don't have one.
- Create a free account at tgif.network, verify your callsign and email, and generate a security key.
- Enter the security key in your hotspot's DMR settings, then set TG 31444.
DTMF command reference.
Send these from your own AllStar node, on RF or from its console. They do nothing on DMR, YSF, D-Star or EchoLink.
*345595Connect to the hub, full two-way*245595Connect, monitor only*145595Disconnect from the hubYour hotspot, node or app must identify with a valid amateur callsign. Stations that don't may be muted or blocked.
Leave a gap between overs so every linked RF and digital path can reset without clipping audio.
Don't link other networks or permanent systems without a control operator's permission.