Con+ system DSDPlus downloads incorrect?

[mwjones]

Fix issued. Anyone want to test and make sure it's working as expected?

What I already had for Site 1 of Megahertz Technology that is known working (although it's not been updated to my personal standard that includes the color code of each frequency on DMR systems):

; Dallas

CON+,    120,    1,    1,    454.2500,    0.0,    0
CON+,    120,    1,    3,    454.3750,    0.0,    0
CON+,    120,    1,    5,    454.4000,    0.0,    0
CON+,    120,    1,    7,    454.2250,    0.0,    0
CON+,    120,    1,    9,    454.4750,    0.0,    0
CON+,    120,    1,    11,    454.6000,    0.0,    0
CON+,    120,    1,    13,    454.6500,    0.0,    0
CON+,    120,    1,    15,    454.2000,    0.0,    0
CON+,    120,    1,    17,    454.2750,    0.0,    0
CON+,    120,    1,    19,    454.4250,    0.0,    0

What the download shows:

Con+,120,1,1,454.25,0.0,1
Con+,120,1,2,454.25,0.0,2
Con+,120,1,3,454.375,0.0,3
Con+,120,1,4,454.375,0.0,4
Con+,120,1,5,454.4,0.0,5
Con+,120,1,6,454.4,0.0,6
Con+,120,1,7,454.225,0.0,7
Con+,120,1,8,454.225,0.0,8
Con+,120,1,9,454.475,0.0,9
Con+,120,1,10,454.475,0.0,10
Con+,120,1,11,454.6,0.0,11
Con+,120,1,12,454.6,0.0,12
Con+,120,1,13,454.65,0.0,13
Con+,120,1,14,454.65,0.0,14
Con+,120,1,15,454.2,0.0,15
Con+,120,1,16,454.2,0.0,16
Con+,120,1,17,454.275,0.0,17
Con+,120,1,18,454.275,0.0,18
Con+,120,1,19,454.425,0.0,19
Con+,120,1,20,454.425,0.0,20

It works, but unlike Tier III systems, it's showing each LSN instead of the odd numbered ones only (so each frequency is repeated twice). Just to be certain it was not a system specific fluke, I checked MotoNet CP+, and it is the same.

 

[dave3825]

Mine works and downloads with LSN, and thanks for that.

Anyway to have the DSDPlus formatted freq files for Con+ exclude the even numbered LSN's? DSDPlus only needs the odd ones so the file really does not need each freq listed twice.

What I already had for Site 1 of Megahertz Technology that is known working

The freq are the same. The problem was the downloadable file had lcn instead of lsn which dsdplus uses.

 

[mtindor]

1. Only needs odd number LSNs. But, works fine just as it is as well
2. Last column is sort order. Not sure last column on Con+ was ever DCC as mwjones is suggesting

If last column is DCC, it's an additional column after the sort order column and doesn't replace the sort order column

 

[mwjones]

1. Only needs odd number LSNs. But, works fine just as it is as well
2. Last column is sort order. Not sure last column on Con+ was ever DCC as mwjones is suggesting

If last column is DCC, it's an additional column after the sort order column and doesn't replace the sort order column

The DCC is not in the download and you're seeing the sort order - I have a number of Tier III and Cap+ systems in my frequencies file, so I use the DCC to keep systems from mis-identifying.

 

[mtindor]

The DCC is not in the download and you're seeing the sort order - I have a number of Tier III and Cap+ systems in my frequencies file, so I use the DCC to keep systems from mis-identifying.

I know I am seeing the sort order, as it supposed to be the case. IF there truly is a column for DCC on CON+ systems, then that is an additional column. My point was to tell Lindsay that the columns are accurate as they are and that he should not replace the sort order column with a DCC column.

Until you are absolutely sure [besides in your mind] you should hold off asking him to add the DCC for CON+. Yes, I do recall an option to include DCC, but I don't see the instructions for that at the top of the DSDPlus.frequencies file. I want to find where that is actually documented so that Lindsay can see it.

 

[mtindor]

Added DMR system disambiguation via DCC support in the DSDPlus.frequencies file.

This feature is primarily designed for Cap+ systems where sites share common frequencies.
DCC values can be appended to DMR channel entries in the DSDPlus.frequencies file.

Example:

Cap+, 1234, 3, 1, 454.7625, 0.0, 0, 12

Cap+, 1234, 7, 1, 454.7625, 0.0, 0, 14


You should edit the comment at the top of the DSDPlus.frequencies file
to reflect the new optional DCC field:

Old: ; protocol, network ID, site number, ... sort order

New: ; protocol, network ID, site number, ... sort order [, DCC]

 

[mwjones]

I know I am seeing the sort order, as it supposed to be the case. IF there truly is a column for DCC on CON+ systems, then that is an additional column. My point was to tell Lindsay that the columns are accurate as they are and that he should not replace the sort order column with a DCC column.

Until you are absolutely sure [besides in your mind] you should hold off asking him to add the DCC for CON+. Yes, I do recall an option to include DCC, but I don't see the instructions for that at the top of the DSDPlus.frequencies file. I want to find where that is actually documented so that Lindsay can see it.

I wasn't asking for it. I was just saying that when I format the frequencies file, I add it personally. Just like I add tabs and lots of comments to the file to make it easier to read. Very much personal preference.

 

[dave3825]

All I am after is not having freqs appear for with both LSN’s . While it does work with both odd and even, why have 2 entries for each freq in the dsdplus.frequencies file.

Looks nicer with one, takes up less space with one, and doubles the chance for editing errors with two..

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[GTR8000]

Even numbered LSN's are now excluded.

 

[DaveNF2G]

What does that do to the information displayed in the Channel Activity window, which shows LSNs?

 

[mwjones]

What does that do to the information displayed in the Channel Activity window, which shows LSNs?

If you're asking about deleting the even numbered LSN's - absolutely nothing. DSDPlus knows that in DMR systems (Cap+, Con+, TIII) there are 2 TDMA talkpaths per frequency. The odd numbered is the first, the even numbered the second. If you provide the first, it knows what the second will be. As a result, you end up with a cleaner DSDPlus.frequencies file, since every frequency doesn't have to be entered twice. Of course it doesn't matter to DSDPlus, and it still works either way.

 

[dave3825]

Does not affect it. I have never had both odd and even freqs entered, just odd.