How to use a Yaesu FT5D with a Pi-Star Hotspot WiresX, just the basics

How to use a Yaesu FT5D with a Pi-Star Hotspot, the basics.
Demonstrating how to setup the necessary settings in Pi-Star for WiresX

[FarouqTaj]

Thank you for putting the time and effort in making this video. Really helpful.

[GaryHarrison-hmyr]

Thank you largely for that video - it answered a lot of questions for me. I’ve bookmarked in and well share with some other “somewhat new to Fusion” folks.

[straightpride]

You're so precious. Thank you for the informative video.

[hithere]

Hi VA3SII you don't have to connect to WiresX to talk on AmericaLInk. It has a YSF reflector too not just a WiresX room and it has a lot more people in it. You can set it as your boot YSF # in PiStar configuration page and it still works to that reflector but not with the wiresx news and other stuff like seeing the number of people in it. But it does work for seeing who is transmitting and for talking and receiving.

[jessechen]

I'm quite curious what is "zl3ab" from the intro at the beginning(the morse code)?

[thomashardy]

That was helpful. Looks like a lot of options available using a hot spot. Will it work using any Pi hotspot? Thanks for the video.

[yoerim]

how long does it run on the power bank?

[MrRicksho]

I have done all that with a pi star hotpsot and ft5d. Pressing the wires x button, I am just not connecting at all

[jonathanandrews]

As it sits everyone including this the videos suck, No one has shown a step by step on how to get the radio set up for a hotspot, They show the radio after it has already been set up setting behind the hotspot and then they show it's working,
You goofy people please take the time. It is made me so mad I am new to ham radio. I do DMR fine., But to try and set up my bought for fusion. I have no concept because all I see is somebody talking about. It has to be set here and it's sitting beside the hotspot show the steps on how you did this, I am sorry if I upset you on how I worded this but I am getting very frustrated. I have already called one company and chew their butt because their videos sucked they just showed a radio sitting beside a hotspot, Please take the time to show on how the radio is set up step by step by step on how you do this Setting up pystar is one thing but the radio you are just showing with it done.

[ronbo]

VA3SII de K5RPM. I can get my PiStar hotspot into a room, if I choose one in the config....such as AmericaLink. I can then communicate with other hams in that room. However, when I push the GM/X button on my FT5DR, I get no response from the hotspot. And I make sure to do this when there's no activity in the room. Neither will my transmission show up in the Local RF window, such as when I'm talking normally in the group/room. I really want the ability to change rooms, like you demonstrated with your FT5DR. I followed all of your settings in the video. I even tried with WiresX passthrough ON and OFF. Still no joy. My hotspot is a DVMega dual-band, running PiStar 4.1.6, which I updated versions in 2021 but, funny thing is, 4.1.6 is no longer available on the PiStar.uk website. It's almost as if my hotspot is deaf to that short little digital burst when pressing/holding the GM/X button. Any thoughts/suggestions, sir? Thank you!! Ron - K5RPM