No I don't think you're arguing, just frustrated. We've all been there and I know you were a contributor during the initial release. I'm not that familiar with DSD, but have seen it working so I don't know how dependable it is? I read UPMan said he hasn't ruled out a firmware issue, and I thought you might have found something this late in the game too. Like I previously posted, I'd shut the DSD down, start programming from scratch via Sentinel and give it a whirl. I've been very successful programming many of these systems (Except Tier 3), so I thought I'd throw my 2 cents in. You have the attention of the right person on here, you do know what you're doing and i'll keep my fingers crossed you get it figured out. Keep us up to date and good luck.
i just hate to get beat by simple things lol
the reason i use DSD is it gives an easy overview of generally how a system works, the reason dsd is missing transmissions is it does not have trunk following for CAP plus systems so im relegated to using the scanner plugin for SDR# and since there was extra transmissions (extra data stream and a CW ID) it will not immediately go to the next frequency.
given that the 536 within 5 minutes was able to set the LCN correctly as UPman said, im still not convinced it is missing frequencies in the plan,, if it was missing frequencies DSD should be showing those in the channel display i.e it should show slots 3-4 and 7-8 without a frequency once a transmission occurs on those slots, meaning the slots are used but the frequency has not been entered in the file yet. now i'm not turning this into a DSD thread but am using this as a tool to see if something is amiss with my 536
slot2 BS DATA DCC=2 CSBK Cap+ RestCh=2 ActiveCh:TG=10:195
example of the data stream here, the radio is tuned to the Rest Channel (Channel 2 - LCN 1 Slot 2)
there is an active voice call on channel 10 (in this case LCN 5 Slot 2)
so i have TG 195 saved and am holding on it (the most active an ambulance company)
the screenshot is an example of the situation
what looks like to me like is happening is that the following is happening
Rest Channel is on LCN 1 Slot 1
Voice Call on LCN 1 Slot - Scanner Catches it
Voice Call (Reply) on LCN 1 Slot 1, Rest Channel swapped to LCN 1 Slot 2 - Scanner Catches it
Rest Channel Moves to LCN 5 Slot 1 while TG195 is still active on LCN 1 Slot 1
once TG 195 relinquishes the slot the scanner instantly finds the rest channel, however sometimes on this system and other CAP+ ones i have seen there can be transmissions on the non rest channel, the rest channel is sending the data for that transmission, but somehow the 536 misses it and sits on the rest channel, it wont pick up the voice from 195 until the rest and voice channels are synced - i.e. Voice on one slot and Rest on the other in the same LCN
at least that is what i think i am seeing
Edit---- that's exaclty what is happening, i have the scanner sitting on TG 195, 2 Complete transmissions heard on the 536 then the rest channel swapped and you could see and hear the next transmission on a slot other than where the rest channel was on DSD,But the scanner missed it
this is what DSD saw while on the Rest Channel (LCN 1 LSN 1)
slot2 BS DATA DCC=2 CSBK Cap+ RestCh=1 ActiveCh:TG=9:195
-DMR slot1 BS DATA DCC=2 CSBK Cap+ RestCh=1 ActiveCh:TG=9:195
the ActiveCh:TG=9:195 is supposed to be telling the radio where the Active transmission for TG 195 is but appears the 536 ignores it
Basically telling it to tune to LCN 5 LSN 1 and its not happening
