Gotcha, I got way-laid and was thinking Armada. I haven't had an opportunity to play with FPP on an NX-5000 yet. I did with the NX-1000 series, and it works pretty well-oh, and you don't need a license for it!
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At least in my test scenario, it does not automatically select dual slot direct mode (thank goodness), I tried both simplex and repeater based. I do remember someone mentioned no FPP in Armada DMR. I haven't had a chance to test it out there, still waiting on my order.
I add TG’s on the fly all the time. For each ham repeater I program 2 channels (most popular ones), one for each time slot. I have scan all TG’s box checked. Any TG received I can talk back if quick enough. I have a soft button for GROUP (long press of return button). I press button, scroll to TG I want and PTT. This new TG expires with timer so if conversation has gaps then radio reverts to programmed channel.
My VP8000 is similar but the new TG persists until I manually set it back (hopefully I remember because it persists power cycling). Also the VP has more flexible receive
groups similar to Motorola.
Yeah, no DMR fpp. FPP is still buggy where it does work. I can’t alter the channel name—I punch in new name OK but there is no Save button visible.
lucasec
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I managed to get this resolved. The dealer got Kenwood support involved and they gave me a few extra account seats I should have been more insistent about asking for in the first place (you did warn me... I failed to put two and two together when you said "ask for the 10-seat account key").
LMC worked fine on the second computer I tried. Why it didn't like my first one, who knows.
lucasec
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So I'm still learning all the DMR settings... mind pointing me to a quick primer on dual-slot direct and what problems it causes?
So I have found that for individual user IDs it lets you either select from list or manually key in an ID. As far as I know no equivalent function for groups, e.g. to receive a given group ID it must already be in the radio's group list.
I actually currently have all my DMR repeaters programmed as two channels, one for each timeslot, with "Group ID Scan" enabled. I set "Selcall on PTT" to call up some sensible default group. Then I'm using the "Group" key/menu item to call up other particular group I want to talk to on that slot. It will keep calling the selected group until the "Auto Reset Timer" expires and it reverts back to the channel name on the display. I'm not sure I will keep this strategy long-term though, as it's kind of error-prone to remember each repeater's rules for which groups can be called on which slot.
