Monitoring software for iDEN control channel

ronenp · #1 (**permalink**) 08-10-2008, 04:40 AM

Hello
Is there any software for monitoring the iDEN control channel trafic like are in trunking ?
if yes where can i find them ?
Thanks Forward
Ronen
http://www.ronen.org

wayne_h · #2 (**permalink**) 08-10-2008, 05:13 PM

<Moved to the Motorola forum>

There is software made by Motorola that allows you to decode (only) the control channel. It requires an iDEN phone and its applicable data cable. From experience it doesn't show you everything but does show a lot. The software is called iDEN Field Test Application. (No, I cannot give it out)

Agilent also produces software called Nitro but that's out of the price range for anyone but commercial wireless companies.

ronenp · #3 (**permalink**) 08-11-2008, 12:45 AM

Thanks for the info
I saw this two options you mentioned.... (while searching the net)
I have iDEN Radio so i might try to look for the first Software .....
Although im more intrested in the software like what the trunker32 do that work ider with SoundCard or with Slicer
Is it possible to write such thig for iDEN or this system can not be monitored ?
I wonder why no one has not written such or mabe i havnt found yet ...
for Analog Cellular i know there is one .....

rescue161 · #4 (**permalink**) 08-11-2008, 07:31 AM

I'd be very interested in software such as UniTrunker or the likes. Wayne, do you have a part number for the iDEN software? I would imagine that you go through MOL to get it?

Thanks.

wayne_h · #5 (**permalink**) 08-11-2008, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by rescue161

I'd be very interested in software such as UniTrunker or the likes. Wayne, do you have a part number for the iDEN software? I would imagine that you go through MOL to get it?

All of the iDEN Tools I've come across Motorola wrote and are not sold. You have to know someone at Motorola to get them (for free).

wayne_h · #6 (**permalink**) 08-11-2008, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ronenp

Is it possible to write such thig for iDEN

Is it possible? Yes, but I wouldn't expect most coders to have the skills to do it. And I believe you would need something more complicated than a 2-level slicer. The frequency the CC uses also has traffic channels interleaved within it. It's not like a 3600 or 9600 control channel.