Yaesu APRS IGate 2.0

Ygate2 is an APRS Internet gate working with Yaesu radios. This version is an improved version based on my previous first version Igate-n with additional features. More features to follow. (c) 9V1KG

The script will turn your Yaesu radio (FT1D, FTM-100, FTM-400) into a receive-only APRS IGate. All APRS packet traffic received by your radio will be forwarded to the Internet (APRS-IS Servers) for further routing. Just connect the Yaesu supplied USB cable from your radio to the computer and run the script under Python 3.

The script is still experimental under testing on MacOS and Raspberry Pi 3B+. It should run on Windows too.

Features

• Runs under Python 3 (tested with 3.7 and 3.8)
• Checks and recovers from lost network/internet connection
• Interactive terminal input during runtime
• NEW: allows to send and receive messages via APRS-IS
• NEW: kiss interface to direwolf
• Beacon of your position and altitude in compressed format
• Statistics showing up-time, processed packets and unique call signs
• Checks packet payload decoding and highlight invalid bytes
• Displays APRS data type POS, MSG, MICE, WX etc.
• Colored terminal text output
• All output data logged into a log file

User Settings

Please modify the following parameter in ygate2.py according to your requirements:

User settings

 Parameter to set:
    "mycall": "MYCALL",
    "ssid": 10,
    "secret": 00000,
    "pos": {
        "lat": (14, 7.09, "N"),
        "lon": (120, 58.07, "E"),
        "alt": (0, "m"),
    },
    "filter": 150,  # range in km
    "beacon": "Testing Yaesu IGate 2.0 program - 73",
    "status": "IGate is up - RF-IS for FTM-400: https://github.com/9V1KG/Ygate2",
    "serial": ("/dev/tty.usbserial-14110", 9600),
    "aprsis": ("rotate.aprs2.net", 14580),

• mycall=: your call sign, e.g. DU1KG
• ssid=: ssid for the gateway (default 10)
• secret=: your APRS 5-digit pass code
• pos= (Latitude, Longitude, Altitude):
• Latitude and longitude in the format (degrees, minutes as decimal number, N/S/E/W). Altitude in meter "m" or feet "ft", e.g. (0.,"m") if none
• filter Filter range to receive from APRS-IS in km
• serial: Serial driver and baud ("/dev/ttyUSB0")
• aprsis: APRS server address

Radio Setup FTM-400

Setup -> APRS -> (5) APRS Modem -> ON
Setup -> DATA -> (1) COM PORT SETTINGS
    SPEED     -> 9600 bps
    OUTPUT    -> PACKET
    WP FORMAT -> NMEA 9
Setup -> DATA -> (3) DATA SPEED
    APRS 1200 bps
    DATA 9600 bps

Install and Run

Modify the parameter as explained above. Start the program from the command line window in your directory with:

cd ygate2
python3 -m ygate2

Stop the program with exit.

Install as Python module

git clone https://github.com/9V1KG/ygate2.git
cd ygate2
# create and activate virtual environment
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
python setup.py install
# python setup.py install --user (Raspi)
# run Ygate2
python3 -m ygate2

Runtime Commands

help: This help text
kiss: Connect Kiss modem
isrx: Toggle internet receive on/off
pos:  Send my position
msg:  Send message
que:  Show message queue
stat: Show statistics
exit: Exit program