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The Icom RP2C DStar repeater controller is setup via an ethernet connection through the RJ45 socket on the front of the unit. The USB connections are for other, less common, uses. The RP2C has a Windows based configuration program that talks to the unit via standard TCP/Ip networking. While the unit comes from the factory with a standard default address, it is changeable should you wish to add the controller to your LAN. Due to this method, it's quite likely that the RP2C control program can function from Linux with the WINE libraries (I have not tested this) or via a virtual Windows on OSX. This ethernet connectivity can also allow for remote disabling of the repeater for those with internet connectivity at their repeater site-- something not only helpful, but a legal necessity (which I am certain many DStar repeater owners don't ever think about). [NOTE: in my case I have a separate controller that can kill the power to the DStar repeater if needed-- it's handy too, as my repeater tends to crash every few months and an easy way to cycle the power remotely is quite convenient]. Yea--- DO NOT FORGET THE FCC REGULATIONS!... they apply to DStar repeaters just like any others. (IMHO perhaps only 5% of ham repeaters are legally operated-- I would really enjoy being proved wrong on this, but I'm not too hopeful-- as it is, VERY few hams have actually read the regulations, so how would they know what's required?).
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