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Setting up the RP2000V DStar repeater is done via the USB ports on the front of the unit and a Windows based program you run on your computer. Yea, you can retire the diddlesticks and the greenies, DStar is software controlled and configured. Sadly, many of the configurable items that repeater owners are accustomed to are not available for setting in DStar. At some point (PLEASE- do NOT hold your breath!) I may check to see if the DStar configuration programs can be made to work in Linux with the WINE libraries, or via a virtualized Windows using VmWare Fusion on a Macintosh. I'm rather doubful due to Icom having proprietary USB drivers, but it's worth a casual look. Just remember that it talks via USB-- so if your newest computer runs Win95 or older you'll have to break a $20 and head on down to GoodWill and pick up something newer. I have NOT heard any rumors that Icom was planning a DOS or CPM version of the controlling program.
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