Plugin integration for other DMR services

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Plugin integration for other DMR services

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Pi-star has nice tight integration with Brandmeister, you can install the API key and then have the additional panel providing visibility into your static and dynamic talkgroups.

There is an every growing number of DMR services and it's not practical for pi-star to have integrations for each built in. It would be just too heavy weight for things that will never get used.

Instead I propose a plugin module system which would allow DMR network operators to publish and have the users install, maybe from a drop down list or upload a ZIP file. Either way this module would allow the user to add an API key etc and provide the same feature set as is all ready provided for Brandmeister. This module could even perform the initial configuration wizard to get the users connected to their service, ie IP address, port, rewrite rules etc.

And on that note.. it would also be advantage to end users to be able to see on the pi-star if in fact their pi is connected to the networks. They are all listed under "DMR Master" on the left panel, maybe a green for connected and red for failure. With the on set of Peer passwords it's becoming more likely people have the passwords incorrect and not connecting but have no feedback to this simple error.
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Re: Plugin integration for other DMR services

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APIs also require the DMRMaster to support it too, BM and TGIF have APIs, so we support those, nobody else does at this point.
Its all very well having a modular system in Pi-Star but with only two networks providing any support... where do we go from here?
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Re: Plugin integration for other DMR services

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Well I’ll support it too :D

I’ve built the RAYNET-UK DMR service and rather than trying to have you include this service for everyone with only a few who would benefit. I am thinking bigger picture, I agree about the few at the moment but one side needs to take the leap and the other side will see the advantage and soon allow it from their side. Specially if they see others having tighter integration and their users asking about it.
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