Ramblings of yet another nerd…
So… I am by NO means an expert… but I’ve had some thoughts on DMR programming before, and I have some additional thoughts to share. Contacts The radio can support a boatload of contacts – and there’s a number of places to download the US-only or US database. I load the entire US Database. It …
Read More Some DMR programming thoughts (a draft post)
So, I’ve been having a LOT of trouble getting my MMDVM to cooperate and pass Brandmeister traffic…I could connect to the TGIF network, and got green lights on the Pi-star dashboard, but it was really difficult to figure out what was going on. I could NOT connect to any Brandmeister Talkgroups. On a whim, I …
Read More Picking apart the MMDVM DMR Gateway .INI fileor “Stupid Excel Tricks”, Part 1 So, the CPS (programming software) for both the Anytone 878 and Connect Systems radios is atrocious… well.. in my opinion. I’m used to Astro and APX series software, which, at it’s core, is really a database. Everything is referenced and linked. In the Motorola (P25) world, a “mode” (usually …
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This is a short post… just something I didn’t want to lose, and can no longer find the original source for. The talk permit and post-call tones are, to say the least, obnoxious. I far prefer the tones used by my XTS series radio for P25, or even those used by the XPR radios for …
Read More Anytone 878 – Talk Permit Tones
I’ll start with the link: In the past, I’ve tried manually configuring networks, with no luck – but by copying the above networks (I disabled DMR+, just because I don’t have a need for it) and replacing the DMR ID, it just WORKS. (verified by making a call to 4009990… the parrot on TGIF). To …
Read More DMR – Multiple Networks on a single MMDVM
It took over a week, a complete network reconfiguration, and a lot of google searching to figure this one out. I wanted my MMDVM on P25 for a number of reasons. It should have been as easy as turning the mode on, and selecting a default host, right? well… maybe? It didn’t work that way …
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“Your codeplug will never be complete” – a quote I saw on a site about amateur radio DMR codeplug generation. I’ll argue against that thought. I wish I could get all of the background info I wanted in here – but I haven’t had the training I would like. There are entire Motorola hosted courses …
Read More Some thoughts on codeplug design and layout
Honestly, DMR is getting me excited about UHF/VHF amateur radio again. It’s not a NEW technology by any means, but the concept is really cool – I can have a drivetime chat with my buddies in Ohio, Alabama, and Iowa – assuming they have access to the repeaters. The biggest challenge was wrapping my head …
Read More DMR and Hotspots…. something else to break?