KK6ZNS
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does anyone know if a 7550 can be on a Connect Plus network and also be setup for Brandmeister? The primary conflict I see is the radio id
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Using an XPR7550e on Connect Plus and Brandmeister?
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that's the problem with school bus radios. MSI designed them for "single system" use. The RID is unique to each radio. Stupid design but that's the way they implemented it. The problem with Lidmeister and other hammy school bus radio networks is they validate subscribers by the CCS7 RID. So, the viable option is to see if the Connect Plus system owner(s) will allow you to use the CCS7 ID on their network. It's a crap shoot but they may or may not be able to provision it. I ASSume the CP network is a commercial SMR one and not a private system for company use (e.g., your work radio system?)
That’s what I ended up doing.
KK6ZNS
K1MES
So I actually did the reverse (since I'm the owner & admin of my C+ network): I used the 7 digit DMR ID from radioid.net as the RID for my C+ network. For this one radio, it works great (one radio can access C+ and Brandmeister). However, since I can't get multiple RID's from radioid.net (they're running out and therefore restricting 1 per callsign), how do I achieve this for a larger fleet of radios?
N4KVE
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Plenty of locals in the same boat did that. They told the coordinating body what their 5 digit ID # was, & it’s used on the ham repeaters.
KK6ZNS
K1MES
Can you help me explain? I'm still new to how DMR & Brandmeister work. My understanding was that access to the BM network required a radio ID that was registered with the BM network (and associated with a call sign). If instead I have a unique RID for my C+ network and call up the admin of my local DMR BM repeater, and ask him/her to associate my unique RID to my... call sign? then that allows me access to the BM talk groups on that repeater? I know my understanding is imperfect, please help me understand? Thank you
N4KVE
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I don’t know about Brandmeister, but I know when D-Marc was handing out ID#’s, & someone already had a 5 digit ID for a DMR commercial repeater, he’d inform D-Marc, & they’d issue that 5 digit number for use on the ham repeaters.
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Brandmeister will not pass traffic on their network if the radio is using a Capacity Plus compatible ID. Other DMR networks may vary and I'm pretty sure there are others out there that do still allow Capacity Plus compatible IDs since you can still get them from radioid.net.
Your traffic will pass in local repeat on any talkgroup on just the repeater you happen to be on, however it will not go wide-area, even through a wide-area talkgroup on that local repeater.
Unfortunately, with a Motorola DMR subscriber, you are locked into one radio ID at a time, so your options are to either reprogram every time you want to use a different system (commercial Capacity Plus vs. amateur) or you can carry two radios. Not real convenient, I know.
Your traffic will pass in local repeat on any talkgroup on just the repeater you happen to be on, however it will not go wide-area, even through a wide-area talkgroup on that local repeater.
Unfortunately, with a Motorola DMR subscriber, you are locked into one radio ID at a time, so your options are to either reprogram every time you want to use a different system (commercial Capacity Plus vs. amateur) or you can carry two radios. Not real convenient, I know.
CanesFan95
Analog already is interoperable.
Just put in 1.
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