Connecting to Yaesu Wires X - Basics

Connecting to Yaesu Wires X - Basics

[YaesuSystemFusion] What does the HRI-200 actually do ?

I'm trying to work out what the HRI-200 is actually doing.

Fusion radios already contain a CPU, audio ADC/DAC's, a C4FM modem, AMBE+2 vocoder, a DSP (operating as the C4FM mode and vocoder) and a serial communications port for direct connection to a PC.

I could understand having a unit like the HRI-200 IF it had a network port on it that allowed it to act as a stand alone bridge between the radio and the Yaesu internet based network system. But no, a constantly connected and running PC is requi
red to act as the internet-interface/bridge/radio-controller etc, which of caused can already be plugged directly into the Fusion radio without the need of a seperate box (the HRI-200).

So what actually is the HRI-200's role in all this, what is it actually doing that the Fusion radio and PC alone couldn't already do as a pair ?

Yaesu Wires-X and FTM-100 DR Setup

This is a quick video to show some of the confusion I had when setting up my Yaesu wires X node to my radio, and how to set it up properly. Hope it helps some of you out there!
Wires node: 21606

[WIRES-X] Repeater software for C4FM wires-x linking

Is there any information about the release schedule? At the moment only analog wires linking is working with the dr1-x repeater. And the repeater does not announce the connection even though everything else works very well.

Depending on who you talk to (or read), yes and no.

I've been waiting for direct digital repeater support via direct connection for over a year and a half since it was an announced feature.  It has simply been re-announced over and over with the most recent being documentation only holding up the feature to be out in November, then on December 1st.  Of 2015 BTW, never mind 2014.

Now with V1.00d being shipped in repeaters now, it may or may not be beyond WishWare, promiseWare or VaporWare.  Don't know.  But if documentation was the reason not to put it up on the web, then how can they no ship it in the latest repeaters.  It sounds simply to be a hollow excuse to me.

But it surely has been a disappointment in the way it has been handled, Japan's secrecy on this and the repeater PA detonations, the mobile PA's/relay failure and more.  On the upside, the cost of the repeaters are low (for another week anyway), the Fusion implementation is great and the user radios are reasonably mid-range priced for the APRS, dual receive, the digital support and the folks in Commerce CA who have really tried to bridge the gap between Japan and it's USA customers.  I'm sure they are privately disgusted with Japan's intransigence to the wishes of the their USA market.

The efforts on the DV4mini side as well as other gateway projects will likely eclipse the "need" for WIRES-X and their very closed implementation, Japan only based server, and poor handling of feature requests.  While I have 2 WIRES-X boxes, I don't use them and see little improvement in how Japan will handle a better implementation for the USA.  WIRES-X is likely to falter the same as WIRES-II and WIRES before it, at least here in the USA.  If Japan were to release/allow/enable USA based WIRES-X servers, then the latency and stodgy admin issues would go away and drive more of use to truly embrace WIRES-X.

But for all my moaning, I'm solidly behind Fusion owning 2 repeaters, 2 HTs and 3 400's and a couple of HRI-200's, one still on the network as a simplex node idling for a year.

[WIRES-X] Re: Help with wires x and FT991

So am I correct to say that when working in Wires X, the node radio is doing all the hard work with the sending and receiving of signals over the internet and that the 991 (My base radio) just needs a antenna strong enough to reach the node.


Im thinking a little cheap window antenna for the 991 and my main vertical antenna for the node. Would that be sufficient to get things going in wires x? Until I get time to set up another big antenna project.

Yaesu Wires X

Overview of the Yaesu Fusion Wires X setup, using the Wires X HRI 200 interface between my computer and the radio. Connecting via the internet to the Wires server, whereby individual nodes connect to each others or can check in into Chat Rooms whereby multiple nodes can be connected. In this instance, I connect to the America Room and have a pleasant qso. Enjoy the video.

Yaesu DR-1X Fusion (Wires-X) repeater setup

Yaesu DR-1X Fusion (Wires-X)

[WIRES-X] Help with wires x and FT991

I think there might be some nomenclature confusion on this issue here.

The HRI-200 (Wires-X interface) needs to connect to either a repeater or radio. Depending on how it is connected dictates if it can be called a 'node'. In this case a 'node' is an HRI-200 connected to a mobile radio (or really any radio) for the RF component. So if a FTM-400 is connected to a HRI-200 to either point at a repeater or be used on simplex it would be a node.

Anyways back on subject, the radio for interface can be digital or analog. This is why if you have a Yaesu radio that is packet capable or a Fusion mobile you can use one of the supplied cables to (and I hate this term) 'plug & play'. Otherwise you can purchase a CT-167 which has the 10 pin mini-din like connector on one end and a fan out of wires at the other end.

Now, if you have a Yaesu radio (except the DR-1x which is technically a repeater) with the 10 pin mini like din then you can put the radio into "Wires-X" mode AND control the radio from the software or remotely IF the radio is put into Wires-X mode interface.

Otherwise no functionality of the Wires-X software controlling the radio can occur with a 6 pin mini din. This is due to the loss of the RXD, TXD, RTS, & CTS pins that are present on the 10 pin connector.

Therefore, in the case of the 991 I have heard that it has a 6 pin not a 10 pin and control is not possible. Once again from what I have heard.

Now as for operation of the Wires-X software it can be done in analog or digital with DTMF, or with control through digital functionality with another Fusion radio AS long as the 'node' radio is Fusion capable.

Just a few other tidbits on Wires-X...at the current time due to the structure of the Fusion protocol a 'node' in either VW or DN cannot be heard by a DR-1x. I believe this is related to the code which prohibits a DR-1x to repeat a digital transmission from another DR-1x. This in my opinion is a good thing otherwise you would have double, triple, or how many vocding things occuring. (One layer of re-vocoding is sufficent in physically connecting one repeater to digital to another repeater in digital. The audio is not even the best there but if I can someday figure out how to daisy channel three together it maybe completely different.)

Wires-x is going to be a huge powerhouse here and for those that are waiting I suggest to do so and you WILL not be disappointed!

Yaesu FT991 control radio Wires-X

I have a new FT991 and FT1XD HH also, same question about using 991 as control radio.

Yaesu tech support via email said "the FT991" cannot be used as a control radio" as 12-11-15.