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# Bridging to BrandMeister

# General Information

Even though BrandMeister supports the ability to bridge to reflectors and servers each Master Server Admin has discretion of reviewing and approving bridge connections. Please be respectful and patient when requesting a bridge connection.

# Bridging Rules

  • Do not re-bridge talk group(s) provided to your bridge. Any bridge connection which shows re-bridging to another server(s) will be disconnected without notice.
  • No Peer Bridging. Peer Bridging is defined as the use of either the MMDVM or DM protocols by using a hotspot or other software which uses MMDVM or DM protocol to bridge reflectors or servers. Please request the appropriate bridging protocol (OpenBridge, XLX Interlink, etc.) when wishing to bridge talk groups to BrandMeister.
  • Review of Bridge and/or Connection status which do not show traffic of more than 60 days or is not showing connected may be disconnected / removed without notice. Please monitor your servers/reflectors to ensure they are online and operating properly.
  • New Bridges will only be provided up to 5 Talk groups which are hosted by BrandMeister (see below on what can be provided)

# What can or cannot be Bridged

  • 91x Global will not be provided any new bridges to any other networks
  • Regional Talk Groups (4-digit) may be provided if you receive permission of the Admin Team of the MCC of the requested Talk Group.
  • 5 Digit, 6 Digit and 7 Digit Talk Groups may be provided if you are part of the group, it is your personal Radio ID or Repeater ID or received permission of the originator of the talk group. Please do your homework to discover the originator of the talk group and provide permission of being able to bridge. This at the discretion of the Master Server Team.
  • Bridging to other networks will not be provided any new bridges to any other networks (DMR+, FreeStar,FreeDMR, etc, etc).
  • This is a Digital Network - Remember this is a digital network and primarily is a DMR network with some cross mode connections to C4FM (System Fusion), Dstar (XLX), etc. Analog bridges are not supported and we will not provide a bridge to any analog based server/network other than what is supported directly from Brandmeister (Hose for example).

# Supported Bridging Protocols

  • Openbridge (HBLink, IPSC2 Servers, etc)
  • XLX Server (must have vocoders installed, we wont provide)
  • Wires-X
  • YSF
  • NXDN

# Bridging Policy

Bridges are not guaranteed to be provided and the BM Admin Teams may deny requests for any reason. Bridge request must be able to show benefit to the BrandMeister Community. Users are encouraged to connect devices directly to a BrandMeister server as most features users enjoy today are only available to direct connetions and are not provided to any of the bridge protocols.

Requests will only be fulfilled for users wishing to link their personal 7-digit Radio ID and 6-digit IDs which belong to themselves and or the group affiliated with.

See below of the questions which must be answered in full for review and consideration. Failure to answer all the questions will be denied the request.

  • Why are the talk groups needed? Please provide an answer for each talk group being requested.
  • Have you performed the research and ask the groups of the originating host if you are able to have them provided to you from BrandMeister? Please provide an answer for each Talk group being requested.
  • How does this Benefit the BrandMeister Network/Community?
  • What is the server you are requesting the talk groups to bridge to? (DVSwitch, MMDVM_Bridge, HBlink, etc).
  • How many repeaters and hotspots will be connected to the server this bridge is being connected to?
  • Are you aware that you are responsible for the behavior of your users when devices/hotspots connect to your server and BrandMeister has the right to disable the full connection (all TGs, Bridge Connection) if and when an issue arises and has not been addressed in a timely manner?
  • Are you aware that you are responsible for the upkeep of your server and is not the responsibility of the BrandMiester team to alert you to issues or down connections? (You may of course subscribe to the Groups id, Telegram and Facebook for Master Server changes/outages).
  • Are you aware no re-bridging of any sorts is not permitted when being provided the talk groups? If found the Admin Team may disconnect either the TG and or all connections for violation of this general policy of re-bridging?

# How to request a bridge

  1. Open a ticket via our support system at http://support.brandmeister.network
  2. Make sure to answer the questions above and place them in the ticket if requesting talk groups other than your 7-digit or 6-digit ID which belongs or assigned to you or your group.
  3. Please allow time for the Admin teams to review and provide a response.