[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] DMR repeater

Thu Apr 10 13:42:59 EDT 2025

Yup! So any Anytone 878UVII Plus owners out there (I know there are some!)
beware. Use the manufacturer CPS and click "yes" where I clicked "no" :-)

See screenshot. They just snuck that in there on the last firmware update.

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On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM Ian <iann8ik at gmail.com> wrote:

> Separate color codes for TX and RX???  Yikes!  We are CC1 for both.
> 73, Ian N8IK
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2025, 13:24 Ed MacDonald <edmacdonald555 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Heh, I just went on a DMR adventure last evening and this morning.
>>
>> I upgraded the firmware on my Anytone 878UVII Plus to attempt to fix an
>> issue I’ve been having with it. I restored my cqodeplug (using RT Systems),
>> and it could no longer connect to my hotspot!
>>
>> So, I opened another cqodeplug using the new version of the
>> manufacturer’s CPS (they recommend updating CPS and firmware at the same
>> time). I got a message to the effect of: “Confirm that TXCC = RXCC for all
>> channels” <yes> <no>. I had no idea what it was talking about, so I clicked
>> “<no>".
>>
>> Here was the issue:
>> The latest firmware has separate Color Codes for TX and RX! The
>> manufacturer CPS accounts for that (I had to manually go in and modify all
>> DMR channels because I had selected “<no>”). The real moral of the story
>> here, though, is that RT Systems doesn’t have separate TX/RX fields for CC
>> yet.
>>
>> I love RT Systems… but, I have at least on data point of evidence
>> suggesting they lag firmware updates a little bit :-)
>>
>> Also, regarding a DMR programming training class: I’d be happy to
>> participate! In my experience, it would have to be more of a workshop… b/c
>> everyone would have different radios, and each radio would be slightly
>> different. Basically, get everyone in a room with their laptops… and try to
>> get them up and running on DMR.
>>
>> I’ve found this book useful for general concepts, though:
>> https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/rsg-wwdm
>>
>> Ie, if you’re wondering “what are timeslots? what are color codes? …” —
>> that book has your answers.
>>
>> 73,
>> Ed KQ4YGT
>>
>> > On Apr 9, 2025, at 10:36 PM, Rich Adamy <ka4gfy at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi Terry,
>> >
>> > I forgot to mention the RT Systems software can be helpful.  Their
>> > newer software has a DMR calculator built in that can help you pick
>> > the right parameters.
>> >
>> > Rich Adamy, KA4GFY
>> >
>> > On Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM Rich Adamy <ka4gfy at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi Terry,
>> >>
>> >> Check out DMRVA.org.  They have codeplugs for some of the more common
>> radios.
>> >>
>> >> Bridgecom has a lot of resources on their website as well.  The folks
>> there are very helpful.
>> >>
>> >> Rich Adamy, KA4GFY
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Apr 9, 2025, 21:55 Terry Evans <evanstl at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Good afternoon,
>> >>>
>> >>>  Will there be any DMR setup classes anytime soon? I just got a DMR
>> radio and would like some help setting it up.
>> >>>
>> >>> Terry
>> >>> KN9SFG
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>> >>> Sent: Tuesday, April 8, 2025 21:32
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>> >>> Cc: Jay Lovelady <jay at fieldcomm.org>; James Kirkham - K4JK <
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>> >>> Subject: [Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] DMR repeater
>> >>>
>> >>> Our DMR repeater is temporarily offline while Mike diagnoses an
>> antenna
>> >>> issue.  We may need to supply an inexpensive diplexer.
>> >>>
>> >>> 73, Ian N8IK
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