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ecarvalho

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I don't think there is DMR in the actual protocol page for neither G4 or G5. I own both and never seen DMR listed. Would be nice tho!
 

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When i got my G4 about a year ago the help files in the software mentioned DMR as well.
Although it never officially supported DMR the hardware can. Its an issue of licensing the hardware per unit to do it and then writing the code for the programming software to handle it as well.
 

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Probably. I was hoping it was already there since Phase II is already going to cost another $150. :) I'd be more interested in DMR than Phase II right now, but it would be nice to have both.
 

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Yep... so, for now I sit here and wait for that awesome phase 2 firmware upgrade. Having 2 pagers I guess I have to buy the upgrade twice? Is one PPS. for both so I'm not so sure how that is going to work
 

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I posed a hypothetical question to David a while back about that. The response was basically IF there was enough interest in DMR to justify the cost of R&D to enable it in the radio they would seek those avenues.
Across the country there are a number of police, fire and ambulance services going the DMR route. Perhaps once the Phase 2 upgrades are done they might have time to focus on DMR.
I too would love to see it happen. Id sell my 2 G4 units and pick up a couple of G5 UHF in a heartbeat.
 

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Yep... so, for now I sit here and wait for that awesome phase 2 firmware upgrade. Having 2 pagers I guess I have to buy the upgrade twice? Is one PPS. for both so I'm not so sure how that is going to work

The PPS reads your serial number off the radio - it will know which radio is plugged in and if it has license for the upgrade.
 
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I wouldn't hold my breath on DMR. We can't even get a scan delay and a hold/resume button, much less Phase II.
 

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I wouldn't hold my breath on DMR. We can't even get a scan delay and a hold/resume button, much less Phase II.

Phase II is coming. There were other things that took priority over it, but it's coming in a few months. Unication has also hinted that they might be willing to add some scanner-like features, but since the G5 isn't a scanner, it hardly seems legitimate to criticize it for not having the features of a scanner.

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I wouldn't hold my breath on DMR. We can't even get a scan delay and a hold/resume button, much less Phase II.

How about it's just about impossible to access the menu or settings when receiving audio. A simple task that just about any cheap scanner/radio/pager can do.
 

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It's not a scanner but I agree that trying to get to the menu while on a busy system can be a hassle. What I do is turning the knob to a quiet system and perform my menu changes. It's not a show stopper right now.
 

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But really, I mean, how many lines of code would it even take to fix these problems? And why does it take months and months?
 

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Fixing the menu issue might not be as easy as you might think at first. If you're a first responder, you certainly need to make sure that you don't miss something because you're in a menu. Therefore, you might think that they way to fix this is allow the reception of the signal, but don't display the "To" and "Fm" indicator. However, that might be important information to a first responder, so that may not be the right solution.

Personally, I would prefer for Unication to not only take their time and make sure that any change is implemented as it should be, but also to continue to focus on the bread and butter of their market; first responders. Many scanner hobbyists aren't willing to spend so much money on a G4/G5, and if Unication caters to us at the expense of first responders, it might not be a wise business decision.

Just another perspective.

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It takes months and months because of all the liability they face if they screw something up.
This isnt a device used by hobbyist. Its in the hands of first responders. Those who are also saving lifes.
I wouldnt want my first responder to have a pager fail due to rushed software updates.

Plus im sure they have someone over seas writing the code and making adjustments and it gets sent back to US for testing and back and forth. That stuff takes time.
 

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But really, I mean, how many lines of code would it even take to fix these problems? And why does it take months and months?
It takes months and months because it is a commercial pager that is being used by hobbyists.It is not a consumer grade scanner.

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But really, I mean, how many lines of code would it even take to fix these problems? And why does it take months and months?

There's a saying in programming: Fix one thing, break 3 others. And it's true. I spent 5 years in a software company, and saw many times the programmers change 2 lines of code, and see 3 totally unrelated things break. They'd spend hours trying to figure out why.
 
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