DSDPlus DSD fast lane

[lonlywolf65]

Hello all... I am having an issue with my DSD fast lane....... I am getting a Start up trunking site load fail missing or invalid load data??
I am not sure what this is or what is causing it to happen I haver attached a screen shot to help figure this out... I sure hope it is something easy..lol Thank you all in advance for any help!!

 

[Reconrider]

Since you didn't link the system you're trying to monitor, you need to move the frequency to the control channel

 

[lonlywolf65]

I am not new but I am inexperienced with this could you offer an explanation ho to do this correctly Thanks Dave 73

 

[dave3825]

The file, DSDPlus.siteloader can be populated with trunked systems, trunked sites and conventional channels.

If using the feature to start a system is something of non-interest to you, simply ignore the error.

If you want to utilize the feature to select a system or channel to load up, then you need to populate the file with the content of interest.

DSDPlus.siteloader file says:
; DSD+ system/site loader file
;
; you can edit this file while DSD+ is running
;
;
; line format:
;
;
; trunked network entries:
;
; protocol, networkID, 0, "network name"
;
;
; trunked site entries:
;
; protocol, networkID, siteNumber, "site name"
;
; for TIIIStd and TIIInonStd, add TIII model code (T/S/L/H) before networkID
;
; for TIIIStd, siteNumber format = area.site
; for TIIInonStd, siteNumber format = site
;
;
; conventional channel entries:
;
; Conventional, pseudoNID, pseudoSiteNumber, "frequencyInMHZ protocol channelName"
;
; note: "Conventional" can be shortened to "Conv"
;
; recognized conventional channel protocol names:
;
; Analog (NFM analog)
; FM (NFM analog)
; AM (AM analog - must be supported by FMPx)
; D-Star
; Fusion
; NXDN48
; NXDN96
; DMR
; DCDM
; dPMR
; ProVoice
;
;
; trunked site entries can be copied directly from your DSDPlus.sites file
;
;
; frequency data for P25 trunked sites has to be present in the DSDPlus.P25data file;
; manually tune to P25 control channels to auto-build the DSDPlus.P25data file
;
; frequency data for non-P25 trunked sites has to be present in the DSDPlus.frequencies file;
; this data has to be manually added to the DSDPlus.frequencies file by you
;
; frequency data for conventional channels must be present
; in every conventional channel entry in this file.
; Conventional channel data does not have to be added to any other DSD+ data file
;
;
; data for any site or channel can be present more than once,
; i.e. favorite / frequently monitored channels/sites could be duplicated at the top of this file
;
;
; examples:
;
; P25, BEE11.123, 0, "Mulberry PS"
; P25, BEE11.123, 1.1, "North"
; P25, BEE11.123, 2.2, "South"
;
; Con+, 1234, 0, "ACME"
; Con+, 1234, 1, "Site 1"
; Con+, 1234, 1, "Site 2"
;
; Conv, 1, 1, "119.150 AM ATIS"
; Conv, 1, 2, "163.830 P25 FBI"
; Conv, 1, 3, "443.900 D-Star"
; Conv, 1, 4, "442.200 Fusion"
; Conv, 1, 5, "462.500 DMR"
; Conv, 1, 6, "455.100 NXDN48"
;
; Conv, 1, 11, "162.550 WX1"
; Conv, 1, 12, "162.400 WX2"
; Conv, 1, 13, "162.475 WX3"
; Conv, 1, 14, "162.425 WX4"
; Conv, 1, 15, "162.450 WX5"
; Conv, 1, 16, "162.500 WX6"
; Conv, 1, 17, "162.525 WX7"
; Conv, 1, 18, "161.650 WX8"
; Conv, 1, 19, "161.775 Analog WX9"
; Conv, 1, 20, "163.275 FM WX10"

User @CanesFan95 wrote up a nice guide

The thread
DSD+ 2.465 Setup Guide:
https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/dsd-2-465-setup-guide-july-3-2024.475645/


The guide

3.17 MB file on MEGA

mega.nz

 

[cg]

One of the options in the menu under Control> Startup Options. This is how you want the program to open. You may have some choice selected that you have no information populated in the various files.

chris

 

[daniellanes]

I believe you need sintonize the control channel, from me working well.

 

[lonlywolf65]

Well I went to the start up guide... I figured out I do not have the FMPP.exe file After reading a bit past the beginning I started to get lost... I am hoping someone is willing to walk me thru this delema.. Most of this is just code to me.. of which I do not understand unless I'm taught...
I did try a few settings in the control menue. but nothing changed ???

 

[mtindor]

Well I went to the start up guide... I figured out I do not have the FMPP.exe file After reading a bit past the beginning I started to get lost... I am hoping someone is willing to walk me thru this delema.. Most of this is just code to me.. of which I do not understand unless I'm taught...
I did try a few settings in the control menue. but nothing changed ???

You do have the FMPP.exe file. How do we know? Look at your first post in the black screen on the right. DSDPlus looked to check to see if certain files (and appropriate versions of files) existed, and FMPP.exe is there.

But more importantly, if you aren't using an RSP device you don't need FMPP anyway. It appears you are using a standard dongle and FMP24.exe, which is what you are supposed to use.

It should be very simple though (if you are using Fast Lane). IF you are using Fast Lane, you only need to run FMP24-CC.bat and 1R.bat

And if you've gone into the menu system and changed 50 things for which you didn't know what they do, then you should make sure DSDPlus is shut down and then go into your DSDPlus folder and delete DSDPlus.bin. Then start up FMP24-CC.bat and 1R.bat

 

[lonlywolf65]

You do have the FMPP.exe file. How do we know? Look at your first post in the black screen on the right. DSDPlus looked to check to see if certain files (and appropriate versions of files) existed, and FMPP.exe is there.

But more importantly, if you aren't using an RSP device you don't need FMPP anyway. It appears you are using a standard dongle and FMP24.exe, which is what you are supposed to use.

It should be very simple though (if you are using Fast Lane). IF you are using Fast Lane, you only need to run FMP24-CC.bat and 1R.bat

And if you've gone into the menu system and changed 50 things for which you didn't know what they do, then you should make sure DSDPlus is shut down and then go into your DSDPlus folder and delete DSDPlus.bin. Then start up FMP24-CC.bat and 1R.bat

I stand corrected thank you!! Next I read about about FMP.x file doing a benchmark..?? not sure if I need to do that?? This worked a few weeks ago fine..?? Maybe I clicked something in a menu Tho not exacly sure how it all works... I mainly just tune to my local frquencies to monitor police p25
From what I am seeing is that it is not syncing to p25 and a bad DUID? Not sure what all this means but at least im reading it???
any help is greatly appreciated !!!

 

[dave3825]

I believe you need sintonize the control channel, from me working well.

Tuning to a cc after the program loads won’t eliminate a start up error. I also do not see the same error in your screen shot. Do you get that error when starting up ?


@lonlywolf65 can you post the contents of the files you are clicking to start DSDPlus?

 

[lonlywolf65]

am doing a fresh restart and screen shot

 

[lonlywolf65]

Well I did not see any errors but did see that no frequency data files found I start with FMP24cc batch file then 1R batch file

 

[dave3825]

no frequency data files found

Those files need to populated by you. P25 data is the only frequency data that is maintained by the program.

 

[lonlywolf65]

Those files need to populated by you. P25 data is the only frequency data that is maintained by the program.

How do I populate these files.... This must be new because I never had to do that in the past...?? Thanks Dave3825

 

[CanesFan95]

The 3 files you want to work with are:

• DSDPlus.networks
• DSDPlus.sites
• DSDPlus.frequencies

Each Network is basically a trunking system. Each trunking system can have one or more than one site. Then, each site has its frequencies. Open 'em with Notepad to make edits, preferably in the order listed above. It will take some time to read up and learn the format of how to enter the data, but there is a little information in the commented rows ; inside each file at the top. The setup guide has examples with screenshots.

 

[dave3825]

If what you listen to is a p25 trunked system, those frequencies are stored and maintained by the program so all you need to do in that event is tune to an active control channel on the system. If Dmr, Nxdn Cap+ etc those need to be set up as system which require at minimum a networks file entry, a sites entry with the sites you monitor and a frequencies file with the freqs for each site. Without know exactly what your scanning, ie: trunked systems or conventional it’s difficult to give you specific info on what needs to be done.

 

[Enjoi19]

Worth noting that you’ve got what appears to be maxed out gain and a very weak signal (if any at all), if the frequency you are sitting on there is the one you intend to try to utilize.

 

[lonlywolf65]

If what you listen to is a p25 trunked system, those frequencies are stored and maintained by the program so all you need to do in that event is tune to an active control channel on the system. If Dmr, Nxdn Cap+ etc those need to be set up as system which require at minimum a networks file entry, a sites entry with the sites you monitor and a frequencies file with the freqs for each site. Without know exactly what your scanning, ie: trunked systems or conventional it’s difficult to give you specific info on what needs to be done.

I do believe that I listen to P25 trunked frequencies....I have tried a few different ones and no change.... Antenna wire??

 

[lonlywolf65]

I do believe that I listen to P25 trunked frequencies....I have tried a few different ones and no change.... Antenna wire??

I can say that I did have a faulty antenna wire... Now I feel dumb... a basic check I failed to do... How ever I do appreciate all the help that has been offered!!! The first clue was mentioning the gain and no signal... Now to figure out how to change the gain... It has beena while since I have used this very much....
Again thanks to all!!! 73 KF0EXO

 

[dave3825]

Focus on, meaning click on the top title bar of fmp24 and g & G are gain. One raises and the other lowers

If it’s a large trunked system it might be worth becoming a premium subscriber to radio reference as one of the perks is being able to download talkgroups and sites files formatted for DSDPlus.