Follow the next commands in terminal to install HBlink and HBmonitor on raspbian buster or Linux Mint:
apt update
apt upgrade
apt dist-upgrade
apt autoremove
apt autoclean
install hblink
apt install git
apt install python3-distutils
cd /opt/
wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
python3 get-pip.py
apt install python3-twisted
apt install python3-bitarray
apt install python3-dev
git clone https://github.com/lz5pn/HBlink3
mv /opt/HBlink3/ /opt/backup/
mv /opt/backup/HBlink3/ /opt/
mv /opt/backup/HBmonitor/ /opt/
mv /opt/backup/dmr_utils3/ /opt/
rm -r /opt/backup/
cd /opt/dmr_utils3
chmod +x install.sh
./install.sh
/usr/bin/python3 -m pip install –upgrade pip
pip install –upgrade dmr_utils3
cd /opt/HBlink3
cp hblink-SAMPLE.cfg hblink.cfg
cp rules-SAMPLE.py rules.py
Autostart HBLink:
nano /lib/systemd/system/hblink.service
#Copy and paste the next:
[Unit]
Description=Start HBlink
After=multi-user.target
[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /opt/HBlink3/bridge.py
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable hblink
Install Parrot for Echotest:
chmod +x playback.py
#Create directory for registration files, if /var/log/hblink is not created.
mkdir /var/log/hblink
#To start Parrot service must use file /lib/systemd/system/parrot.service
nano /lib/systemd/system/parrot.service
#Copy and paste the next:
[Unit]
Description=HB bridge all Service
After=network-online.target syslog.target
Wants=network-online.target
[Service]
StandardOutput=null
WorkingDirectory=/opt/HBlink3
RestartSec=3
ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 /opt/HBlink3/playback.py -c /opt/HBlink3/playback.cfg
Restart=on-abort
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
#Start Parrot service:
systemctl enable parrot.service
systemctl start parrot.service
systemctl status parrot.service
#To create your own configuration edit next two files or leave them as is, just to see is it all work as it is expected. After check, you can edit this files and add peers and bridges as you want. Advice – do not create bridges between peers. Create bridges only between peers and local masters, where are connected your repeaters or spots. Create bridges between peers can make a lot of headace, except if admins of servers where are connected your peers, are agree with this!
nano /opt/HBlink3/hblink.cfg
nano /opt/HBlink3/rules.py
#Test configuration:
python3 /opt/HBlink3/bridge.py
#If it’s ok exit with “ctrl-c” and start service
systemctl start hblink
systemctl status hblink
Install web monitor for HBLink.
cd /opt/HBmonitor
chmod +x install.sh
./install.sh
cp config_SAMPLE.py config.py
nano /opt/HBmonitor/config.py
#Start monitor as system service:
cp utils/hbmon.service /lib/systemd/system/
systemctl enable hbmon
systemctl start hbmon
systemctl status hbmon
pip3 install pyOpenSSL --upgradeForward TCP ports 8080 and 9000 in router firewall
My HBlink servers: http://kario88.dynamic-dns.net:8184/ and http://lz5pn.freeddns.com:8184/