ygate - Yaesu igate
(C)2022 Craig Lamparter \ \ \ \ \ \ General Public License v2
This software and a raspberry pi will turn your Yaesu radio (FTM-100,FTM-400) into a receive-only APRS igate. All APRS packet traffic your radio hears will
Connect your Yaesu amateur radio with APRS to a Raspberry Pi (or PC) with the Yaesu-supplied USB cable. Set the radio to output "packet" data in "nmea9" format at "9600" bps over the com/serial port. This script will login to an aprsis server, and relay the packet data after reformatting the reduculous output from the radio into real APRS packet strings.
Be sure to set your callsign, password and position at the top of the script.
To do list:
- translate yaesu output into aprs packets, upload to aprs-is servers
- invalid callsign detection, currently filtered by aprs-is servers
- convert telnet sandbox to socket(s)
- lower latency
- duplicate detection and suppression with timer
- binary inspection, handle all encodings, utf-8 errors ignored for now
- reconnect socket after server disconnets
Testing/QA:
- Yaesu FTM-400
- Yaesu FTM-100
- Yaesu FTM-300
- Yaesu FT1DR (not possible, aprs data on com port incomplete)
- Yaesu FT2DR "
- Yaesu FT3DR "
- Yaesu FT5DR "
Install
Download ygate.py to your system, Raspberry Pi OS Buster, or any Linux system with Python3.
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/craigerl/ygate/master/ygate.py
Make the file executable, run the command:
chmod 755 ygate.py
Edit the top of the file (nano ygate.py), modify three variables:
USER = "KM6XXX-1"
PASS = "00000"
POSITION = "3899.70NR12099.15W"
Your APRS password may be generated here: https://apps.magicbug.co.uk/passcode/
In the POSITION, put your latitude/longitude with the decimal shifted two places to the right, similar for longitude.
For example:
38.9970 degrees North 120.9915 degrees West
becomes "3899.70NR12099.15W"
If you see errors like missing modules, or "not defined", you might need additional python libraries, try "sudo pip3 install pyserial" if there are serial errors, for example.
Configure Radio
Hold down the [DISP/Setup] button, and change the following values:
APRS Menu
Modem: On
Data menu
Speed: 9600
Output: Packet
WP Format: NMEA9
Connect the USB cable Yaesu provided in the box (USB to serial cable) to your computer/Pi. For a Pi, a USB adapter cable will be needed to fit the micro USB port.
Run ygate
./ygate.py
Example output
# aprsc 2.1.10-gd72a17c
# logresp KM6LYW-4 verified, server T2PR
W6SCR>APMI06,W6SCR-4*,qAR,KM6LYW-4:@241522z3942.75N/12147.10W/Butte SAR Headquarters 14.0volts
KS4FUN-12>3X0PRU,KM6ZTH-4*,WIDE2-1,qAR,KM6LYW-4:`2^=l!U+/'"4>}|(?%r'l|!wkO!|3
KB6EC-9>APDR10,K6CDF-8,ACARC-1,WIDE2*,qAR,KM6LYW-4:!3942.16N\12131.36WWKB6EC Location
>>> Internet packet not gated: NC6J-1>APBPQ1,K6FGA-1,KM6ZTH-4*,qAR,KM6LYW-4:}W6TKD-9>SX3XUT,TCPIP,NC6J-1*:`1`/",^j/]"4x}=
>>> Internet packet not gated: NC6J-1>APBPQ1,K6FGA-1,ACARC-1,WIDE2*,qAR,KM6LYW-4:}W6TKD-9>SX3XUT,TCPIP,NC6J-1*:`1`/",^j/]"4x}=
PLKPIN>APOT30,ALDER,ACARC-1,WIDE2*,qAR,KM6LYW-4:!3845.70N/12034.70W# 12.6V N6YBH Pollock Pines DIGI
KJ6DZB-3>APAVT5,ALDER,ACARC-1,WIDE2*,qAR,KM6LYW-4:=3849.70N/12002.21W>025/000/A=007453144.390MHz 4.12V 70.7F|S!).9%Q#N|
WA6MAT-1>APT310,W6SCR-5,ACARC-1,WIDE2*,qAR,KM6LYW-4:!4032.25N\12219.49WO174/000/A=000475/Matthew's Truck