Werner... Interesting thought, and I agree that would be a nice capability, but that would be tough. Icom would have to implement an "update" protocol in their radios that would be able to receive, verify authenticity (signed by a source you trust to alter your radio's settings), error checking / and potentially correction, etc.
Werner... Interesting thought, and I agree that would be a nice capability, but that would be tough. Icom would have to implement an "update" protocol in their radios that would be able to receive, verify authenticity (signed by a source you trust to alter your radio's settings), error checking / and potentially correction, etc.
One version of your idea is that EACH repeater could beacon ITS information periodically, and radios that receive that beacon could display a message - New repeater info (display info) - add to internal database? And if the radio already has that info, it's ignored.
One thing about D-Star radios is that it already has the data communications capability - it just needs the firmware in the radio to understand those beacons (and, of course, to create the beacon protocol). Perhaps this is something that M17 Project could implement for M17 repeaters.
Werner... Interesting thought, and I agree that would be a nice capability, but that would be tough. Icom would have to implement an "update" protocol in their radios that would be able to receive, verify authenticity (signed by a source you trust to alter your radio's settings), error checking / and potentially correction, etc.
One version of your idea is that EACH repeater could beacon ITS information periodically, and radios that receive that beacon could display a message - New repeater info (display info) - add to internal database? And if the radio already has that info, it's ignored.
One thing about D-Star radios is that it already has the data communications capability - it just needs the firmware in the radio to understand those beacons (and, of course, to create the beacon protocol). Perhaps this is something that M17 Project could implement for M17 repeaters.