DSD+ Groups/Radio ID's

[Bearded_Schnauzer]

I am a new DSD+ user. I downloaded it last week and have figured out how to monitor my statewide P25 system. I have looked all over the place for a way to locate the Radio ID/Talker Aliases DSD+ has decoded so I can use the data but I can't find it.

Right now DSD+ says "4990 radio records save; 1972 talker aliases"

Where is this data stored??

My searches show that DSSPlus.radios in the root folder should display this data when opened with Notepad. Mine does not. I'm stumped!

 

[jtwalker]

DSDPLUS.radios file

 

[mtindor]

Thy are indeed in the DSDPlus.radios file, 10th column

P25, BEE00.170, 307, 30275, 50, Normal, 0, 2024/11/13 7:07, "", "MON MCSO MOB 8", 3249EFED
P25, BEE00.170, 307, 37005, 50, Normal, 0, 2024/11/13 7:09, "", "MON MCSD MOB12", C0325122

 

[jtwalker]

Also, not every system sends OTA (over the air) radio aliases. I think I read only Motorola systems can.

 

[mtindor]

Also, not every system sends OTA (over the air) radio aliases. I think I read only Motorola systems

P25, NXDN, and DMR can, but that doesn’t mean they all do

And if it says that he has 1700+ talker aliases, then they’ve got to be in his dot radio file

 

[Bearded_Schnauzer]

Guys, the system I am monitoring is using Motorola Group Services. The ID's are decoding fine. My dsdplus.radios file has ZERO data in it except for the instructions for how to add aliases. That's it...

 

[jtwalker]

Is this definitely same directory that you are running DSD+ from?

I’d probably do a windows explorer search for the file name anywhere on the filesystem.

What version of DSD+ ?

 

[gary123]

If your activly monitoting the system the .radios file should update every few minutes. You can look at the created date in your files to help locate it. FYI the .groups file is where you can add in group aliases. it will be in the same folder as the .radios file.

 

[mtindor]

Guys, the system I am monitoring is using Motorola Group Services. The ID's are decoding fine. My dsdplus.radios file has ZERO data in it except for the instructions for how to add aliases. That's it...

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If that's the case, then you aren't running DSDPlus out of its directory, or you are running DSDPlus in a protected folder and things are not allowed to be written to it. Or, as others have said, you are looking at the wrong DSDPlus.radios.

Safe bets:

c:\dsdplus
c:\users\<youruser>\desktop

Some ridiculous location is probably not a safe bet. Some ridiculously named folders with spaces and special characters probably isn't a safe bet.

 

[RMason]

I've seen sync issues with OneDrive cause issues such as this.....

 

[Bearded_Schnauzer]

Thank you all, especially mtindor. The folder was protected. I moved it to another location and I am good to go!

Have any of you been able to get OTA Aliases with SDR Trunk or Unitrunker 2? I might explore those too.

 

[mtindor]

Thank you all, especially mtindor. The folder was protected. I moved it to another location and I am good to go!

Have any of you been able to get OTA Aliases with SDR Trunk or Unitrunker 2? I might explore those too.

SDRTrunk will also gather OTAaliases. The 0.6.1 final does not display them well, but I think they are refining that for a future version. Handled P25 OTA aliases at least. Not sure about DMR.

 

[Mobby1-Kenobby]

Have any of you been able to get OTA Aliases with SDR Trunk or Unitrunker 2? I might explore those too.

Unitrunker 2 does both Motorola and Harris OTA aliases, but you must join the Unitrunker Google group to get that.

Google Groups

groups.google.com

Cheers

 

[gary123]

Glad you found the file.

OTA is nice on systems that have it. Even if the TG is ENC having the alias lets you know who is active on the air. It also helps ID some of the TG service and specific users.