Kenwood NXDN channel steering

[oli2bo]

Hi all,

I managed to program a NX-1700 with NXDN status message channel steering with 2 zones : zone 1 and zone 2.

When in zone 1, it receives a status message, and then switches to zone 2. This works via the External device/ Aux and Remote zone-channel capabilities : one output port gets the output status message, one input port linked to the precedent selects the zone 2.

That works well, but the radio stays with "RMT CTRL" displayed as long as the input stays grounded. As the link between the 2 ports interrupts or as the input state changes, the radio comes back to zone 1.

So I'm searching a way of changing the zone (fom zone 1 to zone 2) via a status message, and staying in this zone definitely when the change is done.

The final aim is to be able to migrate a fleet of mobiles from the actual configuration (analog) to the future configuration (NXDN) in a couple of months, remotely, and without any capability for the end user to go back to zone 1.

Do you have any idea ?

I thank you in advance,

Oli

 

[kd4efm]

Not really the proper way of handling this for migration. MY OPINION.

touching radios twice would be smoother and less headaches.

 

[oli2bo]

Finally It's working quite good. The only thing is that when it goes in "RMT CTRL", it's stuck without any button active (only the ON/OFF is working). So I made this in the other way : radios will be in RMT CTRL mode (I changed the display word), with a minimum volume, and when they are ready, they migrate to the digital zone by sending a Fleetsync status message. At this moment, user will have to reboot the radio, because buttons are again inactive.

So it's not perfect but it saves a lot of time.