WS1098: DMR Tier 2 programming help

[WRAR891]

Hello!

I have a ws1098, firmware v.3.9 (but same problem applies to v.3.8). I cannot seem to program DMR Tier 2 (no trunking or repeater, juts walkie talkie). I have two DMR push to talk (PTT) radios, a TYT MD-380 and Baofeng GT-3. The TYT is operating using slot one only, the Baofeng uses both slots (like emergency mode), it repeats the voice message on both slots. I cannot seem to program either radio into the ws1098.

Using EZ-scan software:
I tried to program each radio as a conventional frequency
selecting mode=DMR, and DMode=Digital, no joy.
selecting mode=DMR, and DMode=Auto, no joy.
selecting mode=Auto, and DMode=Auto, Thinks is NFM, so no joy

I tried to set-up as a trunking system with one site and *wildcard talk group, as suggested on other posts. No joy.

The craziest thing is I can pickup both radios using Spectrum sweep. But if I save the Spectrum sweep object to a scanlist, then scan the scanlist, it does not pickup either radio. I contacted customer service and got "that's weird" as a reply.

Has anybody successfully programmes\d the scanner for these radios of for any Tier 1,2 DMR?

any help is appreciated.

 

[WRAR891]

I was able to get the Baofeng radio programmed as a conventional freq. as follows:
Mode=DMR
Squelch=Any
DMode=Digital

This started working after pulling the 2/8/2018 update PC App v.2.31.

However, the TYT MD-380 radio still won't program. I am stumped on this. The fact the Spectrum sweep picks it up indicates that the scanner should support the radio. I suspect that it's a timeslot issue. Can this scanner be programmed for a DMR Tier 1,2 using only one of two time slots (slot1)?

Thanks

 

[WRAR891]

SOLVED

Finally, got the single-slot TYT programmed. Not at all straight forward (to me). Here's the magic formula:

1) Create new Trunked Radio System Type=DMR
2) Add a site with the desired frequency (e.g. 4460.000 MHz)
3) DO NOT add a talk group, instead add a Radio ID detail.
3 a) for the TYT radio, each slot has a separate RadioID (slot1=Radio1, slot2=Radio2)
3 b) chose the scanlist that you want the radio added to
4) Joy.

Hopefully this helps somebody else as Spectrum scan doesn't set Tier 1,2 single slot correctly.

 

[Ubbe]

When you transmit with a DMR radio setup for simplex, it uses another protocol compared to when you access a basestation with different tx/rx frequencies.

Seems to me that Whistler only included that simplex protocol in the sweeper and not in other scanner modes in the 1098.

/Ubbe