Dsdplus lockout?

[dave3825]

Is there any way to lock out a tg in dsdplus? I am using fmp to feed dsdplus.

I am listening to onevoice network and there appears to be a scrambled or encrypted tg on the system.

Thanks

 

[slicerwizard]

When the talkgroup is active, right click on the talkgroup's number or name until the priority override shows L/O.

Channel Activity Window:
  Left click on priority    Increase traffic priority
  Right click on priority   Decrease traffic priority
  Left click on target      Increase priority override
  Right click on target     Decrease priority override   <---
  Left click on headings    Clear all lockouts
  Right click on headings   Clear hold

This assumes you're running a full trunking setup with two copies of DSD+.

 

[dave3825]

When the talkgroup is active, right click on the talkgroup's number or name until the priority override shows L/O.

This assumes you're running a full trunking setup with two copies of DSD+.

Thank you, it works...But I am only running 1 instance of dsd.

That was going to be my next post.

When I start up, I launch in this order fmp-cc.bat, cc.bat, fmp-vc.bat.
With just those 3 bat files, I get the fmp tuner thats locked on the cc channel. I get a fmp tuner that displays a spectrum when there is voice activity and and I get one instance of dsd thats decoding audio and a dsd cc channel activity window that displays tx freq and talk groups

When I launch the last bat file,vc.bat, it comes up and the only thing that does anything, is the scope that it popped up. The vc dsd+ window will say no signal when there is no voice, and it says auto when there is voice. It does not display any thing other than the number of records saved. The dsd vc channel activity window does not display anything.

This is the last entry in the vc log

DSD+ 1.101pt
Program role is voice channel decoder; audio modes set to mono
Assuming FMP is signal source; auto polarity detect is disabled
Writing synthesized audio to per-call wav files
Source audio waveform window origin set to (400,210)
Source audio waveform window dimensions set to 100x200
Event log window origin set to (172,522)
Channel window origin set to (528,0)
Appending synthesized audio to file 'VC-DSDPlus.wav'
4 frequency records loaded
221 radio records loaded
59 group records loaded
0 site records loaded
0 network records loaded


Initiating TCP connection to 127.0.0.1:20002...
Connected to 127.0.0.1:20002
audio output device #1 = 'Speakers (Realtek High Definiti'
audio output device #2 = 'CABLE Input (VB-Audio Virtual C'

audio output device #1 (Speakers (Realtek High Definiti) initialized

D-STAR decoding enabled
NXDN4800 decoding enabled
NXDN9600 decoding enabled
DMR/MotoTRBO decoding enabled
P25 Phase 1 decoding enabled
X2-TDMA decoding enabled
ProVoice decoding enabled
59 group records loaded
221 radio records loaded
222 radio records loaded
223 radio records loaded

And the other issue is I see it tuning to "0.00000" some times. Does that mean I am missing a freq?


Thanks

 

[slicerwizard]

You need to add accurate frequency entries for the system/site you're monitoring to the DSDPlus.frequencies file. If you haven't done that, the programs don't know what the voice frequencies are.

 

[dave3825]

You need to add accurate frequency entries for the system/site you're monitoring to the DSDPlus.frequencies file. If you haven't done that, the programs don't know what the voice frequencies are.

I did that. I entered all thats listed in the database.

; DSD+ frequency file
;
; you can edit this file while DSD+ is running
;
; line format:
;
;  protocol, networkID, siteNumber, OTAchannelNumber, TXfrequency, RXfrequency, sortOrder
;
;  for TIII, siteNumber format = area.site
;
;
;   use site number = 0 for network-wide definition
;
;   use 0.0 for unknown frequencies
;
;   use sort order = 0 to sort by OTA channel number
;
;
; protocols:
;
;  D-Star
;  IDAS
;  NEXEDGE48
;  NEXEDGE96
;  dPMR
;  DMR
;  Cap+
;  Con+
;  TIII
;  P25
;  ProVoice



Con+, 171, 3, 1, 472.56250, 472.56250, 0
Con+, 171, 3, 2, 477.78750, 477.78750, 0
Con+, 171, 3, 3, 477.88750, 477.88750, 0
Con+, 171, 3, 4, 478.48750, 478.48750, 0

The cc is 477 8875


Tuning, It either to tunes to 478.4875 and at times says tuning to 0.0000 or something really low.

 

[cg]

In the database, there is a small grey number before the frequency. That is the channel number. Because there are 2 slots on each frequency, the database shows the odd numbers only.
003 (3) Selden Suffolk 01 472.56250c 03 477.78750c 05 477.88750c 07 478.48750c

Replace the 1, 2, 3, 4 that you have with 1, 3, 5,7 like this:

Con+, 171, 3, 1, 472.56250, 472.56250, 0
Con+, 171, 3, 3, 477.78750, 477.78750, 0
Con+, 171, 3, 5, 477.88750, 477.88750, 0
Con+, 171, 3, 7, 478.48750, 478.48750, 0

chris

 

[nick223]

When the talkgroup is active, right click on the talkgroup's number or name until the priority override shows L/O.

Channel Activity Window:
  Left click on priority    Increase traffic priority
  Right click on priority   Decrease traffic priority
  Left click on target      Increase priority override
  Right click on target     Decrease priority override   <---
  Left click on headings    Clear all lockouts
  Right click on headings   Clear hold

This assumes you're running a full trunking setup with two copies of DSD+.

Curious on what you mean by running a "true truncking" system operation with 2 instances of dsd+ ? Why do you need to run 2 dsd+'s

 

[dave3825]

Why do you need to run 2 dsd+'s

I to am curious because now that my second instance of dsd is running, I hear an echoing sound when both dsd's are decoding.

It seemed to be working fine with out launching the vc.bat, that load's dsd.

 

[cg]

You probably don't have the CC DSDPlus audio muted. When the voice channel is using the second slot of the frequency the control channel is using, you are most likely hearing audio from both instances of DSDPlus, CC & VC.

Try adding -o0 to the batch file or command line you use to start the CC DSDPlus

chris

 

[nick223]

So another instance of dsd running does slot 2? Hmm .. Kinda confused here

 

[cg]

NO, you are running one copy of FMP and one copy of DSDPlus on the Control Channel and another set on whatever voice channel is in use.
If you don't mute the audio output of the CC setup with -o0, the CC copy will play any voice activity it sees on that frequency. Since the CC is on slot 1, any voice on slot 2 will be played by your CC DSDPlus. That same conversation will also be played by the VC DSDPlus setup, thus the echo.

One copy is to monitor and "decode" the control channel and then steer the second copy to the active voice channels and then "decode" the digital voice.

chris

 

[slicerwizard]

Curious on what you mean by running a "true truncking" system operation with 2 instances of dsd+ ? Why do you need to run 2 dsd+'s

Trunking decoders typically use two receivers, one for the CC and the other for the VC. Most programs (TRUNK88, Unitrunker, ...) do all that with one copy of the program running, but DSD+ uses separate copies for the CC and VC tasks, so for a true trunking / voice following setup, you need to run two copies of DSD+. If you only run one copy, there is no way to follow specific talkgroups.

 

[nick223]

Trunking decoders typically use two receivers, one for the CC and the other for the VC. Most programs (TRUNK88, Unitrunker, ...) do all that with one copy of the program running, but DSD+ uses separate copies for the CC and VC tasks, so for a true trunking / voice following setup, you need to run two copies of DSD+. If you only run one copy, there is no way to follow specific talkgroups.

so im running the bat files a tapped scanner for CC and CC bat, FMPVC and VC bats I need to run another DSD?

 

[cg]

Kinda important to mention a tapped scanner.Tapped scanner replaces first copy of FMP

Tapped scanner monitors the CC. First copy of DSDPlus decodes the CC and tells FMP where to tune the SDR for the Voice Channel. Second copy of DSDPlus decodes voice and outputs it to speakers.

chris

 

[nick223]

Like this?

 

[slicerwizard]

That looks about right.

 

[nick223]

That looks about right.

Thanks, Thats just one dsd file folder but started the 3 bat files with in the folder!!