[CTSARA] Fwd: [CT ARES Discussion] Info - DMR Programming Workshop

[Jon Perelstein]

If any of you are interested in DMR, this programming workshop in
Middletown might be of interest to you.

SARA's Feb meeting presentation is going to be a presentation on DMR and
programming DMR radios.

73
Jon


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Date: Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 8:44 PM
Subject: [CT ARES Discussion] Info - DMR Programming Workshop

Greetings!

Many of us are hoping that Santa brings us a new DMR radio in his big bag
of toys! But some of us didn’t wait for Santa and already bought our own!
So there are lots of shiny new DMR radios around the Connecticut Section,
with many more new ones hoped for soon!

The proper programming of these complex digital radios is lot more
challenging than your typical amateur analog radio. They have many more
parameters that have to be set accurately so the radios function correctly
on the network. The learning curve is a little steep — so we are going to
provide some help with that!

The CT-ARES DMR Advisory Group will be hosting a DMR Programming Workshop
on Thursday evening, 15 January 2015, from 1900-2100, at the Department of
Emergency Services and Public Protection (DESPP) Headquarters, 1111 Country
Club Road, Middletown, CT 06457. [Note: NO weapons (including knives) are
permitted in the building.]

This will be a HANDS-ON workshop. You will need to bring your radio (any
make/model — Connect Systems CS700, MOTOTRBO XPR 7550, etc), your
programming cable, and a laptop with the programming software and cable
driver installed. If your radio is a portable, be sure the battery is fully
charged and/or bring a spare. If it is a mobile, you’ll need to bring a 12
VDC power source and maybe an extension cord.

We hope this will be the first of what is likely to become several
workshops covering this new-to-amateur-radio mode.

P.S. At this point a lot of folks are sharing codeplugs (the radio’s
programming data file). That is OK and is one way to quickly get on the air
without having to learn ALL the programming details. However, if you are
sharing your codeplug, please be sure to replace your name/call with
something like NOCALL and enter 1234 for the DMR ID and save it before
sharing the file. That way we can spot any issues using online monitoring
and get them corrected. If someone loads your codeplug that still contains
your name and ID, he/she will appear to the network to be you. And if you
try to use the network at the same time, you will be blocked!

Thanx & 73, Wayne N1CLV
CT ARES - SEC