A little DMR help PLEASE

[mgf]

What am I missing? I purchased the DMR key. Updated everything. Created a 3 new favorites list..1 Westerville City Schools…2 Columbus Ham DMR…3 Ohio Health – Central Ohio. Enabled correct service types and tried 3 different antennas…So far not 1 transmission has been received.

 

[RakkFO]

Send me your code plug RakkFO@gmail.com

We could go back and forth with check this and check that, each round will take 8 hours.

How do you have them programmed? Off top of my head I think I have Ham programed as single site.

If you park your scanner on W8TRB 145.370 or 443.150 do you get any decode?


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[mgf]

RakkFO thanks for the quick response.

I am a little under educated here. I do not know what a code plug is.

All I did was go in to Sentinal clicked on each of the above and created 3 new favorite lists. I have had it on Westerville City Schools for about 2 hours with nothing at all. Before the switch to DMR (Last school year) I was able to hear the school and some buses most of the day.

 

[hiegtx]

RakkFO thanks for the quick response.

I am a little under educated here. I do not know what a code plug is.

All I did was go in to Sentinal clicked on each of the above and created 3 new favorite lists. I have had it on Westerville City Schools for about 2 hours with nothing at all. Before the switch to DMR (Last school year) I was able to hear the school and some buses most of the day.

He's referring to your Favorites lists.

Export them into *.hpe files, then email. He can then load them and see what needs to be done.

File->Export to *.hpe on the menu in Sentinel.

 

[RakkFO]

Sorry I did not even think about the terminology.

Let's start small. What scanner do you have?




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[mgf]

RaKKFO - (436) Just emailed you a file..Thanks

hietx - Thanks for the explanation

 

[RakkFO]

It just occurred to me that if you are using Sentinel you must have a x36 series radio.

Go to settings then upgrade and DMR and let me know what you see


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[mgf]

DMR/MotoTRBO has already been activated.

 

[RakkFO]

Good, I am looking at your programing now


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[RakkFO]

Ok so the ID: Search is set to off. Since there is no talk group id's programed the radio is searching for a known talkgroup but there are none.

Try setting ID: Search to on and let me know if there is any change. There is an icon with a star and pencil over top of it. Click that and the favorite list your DMR list is in, you should see ID: search. Double click on off and change to on.


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[mgf]

I had it switched to ON eariler today, then turned it off. It's back on now (All 3 DMR Favorites)...Not a peep so far.

 

[RakkFO]

Ok so program the frequencies as a conventional system to see if you get any hits. Try the Columbus amateur radio DMR repeater first.

Maybe you are not in range? Have you ever decoded DMR?



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[mgf]

I will have to do some searching / reading to try and figure out how to create a conventional system….I’ll keep you posted on the progress…Thanks again.

 

[RakkFO]

Found here: http://info.uniden.com/twiki/bin/view/UnidenMan4/DigitalMobileRadioUpgrade


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[RakkFO]

I will program my scanner with your data. When I go to Columbus I will scan and see if I get anything.


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[W8RMH]

I wasn't receiving any DMR either until I came across the thread linked below. Placed a few layers of copper EMI tape on the inside of the battery cover and now I receive DMR great, even better than the P25 systems.

http://forums.radioreference.com/uniden-tech-support/337172-436-how-improve-your-uhf-reception.html

 

[mgf]

RakkFO – Thanks for all of the help. I have it working (somewhat) now.

W8RMH – I was reading about that yesterday and plan on giving it a try today.

 

[RakkFO]

So now you have it decoding you can hand program the TGID and see if that helps.

On the bottom right of your screen does it say CON or CON+


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[RakkFO]

Also remember to submit the data you discover so the next person that wants to listen does not have to do all this work again please.


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[mgf]

Just saw a tranmission on 460.2875 Color 13....Bottom right of screen was XTP