Tytera TYT MD-380 Help with programming analog freqs codeplug

[bobruzzo]

Hello
I have a TYT MD UV 380 HT (no gps version). NEW to DMR. I had a friend from local radio club program the clubs DMR repeater data into Zone 1 on radio. Its working fine, no problem. I want to set up a NEW ZONE with just a few analog repeaters. The radio does both DMR and conventional. I can't find in the menu how to edit/create a contact list for analog only. There is only 1 option for digital contacts. I looked online and found NUTHIN. There doesnt seem to be any instructions on how to do this. The radios manual is pretty useless. I saved the current codeplug on my PC. So I was thinking maybe there might be some people on here using the same radio who could give me some help. Thanks.

 

[chief21]

You first create the new analog channel and then create the new zone, then you add the new channel to the new zone. Rinse and repeat for additional analog channels. Analog channels don't use talkgroups/contacts like digital channels do. Viewing some related YouTube videos might make things a little clearer for you.

 

[alcahuete]

There is no such thing as an analog contact list, because there is no data being transmitted on analog to show who you are talking to.

 

[freqhopping]

Start by downloading and installing the programming software. http://s3.image.ro.s3.amazonaws.com/download/MD-380-software.zip

Then follow my advice here that is relevant to analog. Tytera - Help needed with TYT MD UV 390 use.

 

[hurricaneoleg]

Can someone, without being overly rude and/or angry at my ignorance on the subject, explain what a codeplug is?! I keep hearing about it but can't understand what it actually is. Googling it didn't help, I don't understand engineer speak and can't move forward. Thank you!

 

[a417]

Can someone, without being overly rude and/or angry at my ignorance on the subject, explain what a codeplug is?! I keep hearing about it but can't understand what it actually is. Googling it didn't help, I don't understand engineer speak and can't move forward. Thank you!

It is a data file that the radio reads, decodes the code within, and contains the parameters that interact with the radios firmware to do radio things.

Different vendors call it different things.

 

[fxdscon]

Can someone, without being overly rude and/or angry at my ignorance on the subject, explain what a codeplug is?! I keep hearing about it but can't understand what it actually is. Googling it didn't help, I don't understand engineer speak and can't move forward. Thank you!

Very basically... A computer file uploaded to your radio containing programming information for that radio.

 

[hurricaneoleg]

Very basically... A computer file uploaded to your radio containing programming information for that radio.

Thank you, is it related to firmware?

 

[hurricaneoleg]

It is a data file that the radio reads, decodes the code within, and contains the parameters that interact with the radios firmware to do radio things.

Different vendors call it different things.

Appreciate you and your help.
It's like a settings list then, I get it.

 

[a417]

Thank you, is it related to firmware?

Firmware is more low level than a configuration file.

 

[fxdscon]

Thank you, is it related to firmware?

A codeplug can interact with the firmware already in your radio in the sense that the codeplug tells some aspects of the firmware how you want it to perform based on your preferences. A codeplug is something you generate on your computer, based on how you want your radio to perform and what you want it to monitor/operate on... (agencies, frequencies etc.). Codeplug = programming file.

 

[hurricaneoleg]

Thank you, everyone, I'm so glad I found this forum, all explanations I found were so generic, confused the crap out of me.
What I'm also starting to understand is that my radio didn't have a password and that the store I took it to might have put it on.

 

[KG4INW]

It's actually a Motorola holdover term from the early days. Bob Meister (sadly gone now) summed it up very well in a Batboard post from 2004:

Back in the good old days, radios used crystals to control the frequencies, and sometimes had internal jumpers that were set for the various options. Some time later on, they moved the internal jumpers to a jack on the back of the radio. They configured plugs with wire jumpers in them that plugged into the jack to enable certain options. These became the original code plugs. Later on, more things were controlled by these code plugs, such as tone encode/decode selection.

As radios became microprocessor controlled, the external code plugs moved inside the radio as programming information. The term has, unfortunately, remained with us, although there's not much that still plugs in. The code plug contains the operating frequencies, tone selections, timeout values, system IDs, etc. In some instances, there's even some parts of the program itself in the code plug which defines a radio's personality. These days, the code plug is just a relatively small binary file that's managed by the RSS program and transferred to or from the radio via several proprietary means.

Bob M.

Motorola still uses it but it's become a generic term nowadays. Original post here: what is codeplug?

 

[w2xq]

Perhaps this W2XQ.com : Amateur Radio: DMR: Codeplug page may help you in putting together a codeplug.

 

[ladn]

Thank you, is it related to firmware?

The codeplug or programming file interacts with the firmware.
The firmware (sort of like BIOS in a computer) establishes or enables the basic functionality of the radio. The codeplug works within the rules established by the firmware to use whatever functionalities the radio has.

The word "codeplug" comes from the way some first generation programmable radios were programmed. Then, the codeplug was an actual plug (really a memory chip) that had to be removed from the radio and plugged into the programmer (which was the size of a small suitcase), then returned to the radio for use.