Baofeng NO SOUND , baofeng DM32

[WalterEKurtz]

i recently bought a dm32 because all of my local area went dmr. after going thru the usual "communication" problems i was able to get all of the channels i wanted to start with programmed into the radio along with all of the extra dmr related info. i could find on each channel. the problem is that there is no sound or indication that it is receiving anything. the fm radio stations in the area work fine but nothing on any of my analog or dmr programmed freqs. using the factory cps version 1.38

any ideas are much appreciated, ive spent countless hours with this thing!!
thanks, MIKE.

 

[RaleighGuy]

i recently bought a dm32 because all of my local area went dmr. after going thru the usual "communication" problems i was able to get all of the channels i wanted to start with programmed into the radio along with all of the extra dmr related info. i could find on each channel. the problem is that there is no sound or indication that it is receiving anything. the fm radio stations in the area work fine but nothing on any of my analog or dmr programmed freqs. using the factory cps version 1.38

any ideas are much appreciated, ive spent countless hours with this thing!!
thanks, MIKE.

Do you have the correct color codes, talkgroups and slots programmed correctly? Are you sure the DMR users aren't encrypted?

 

[WalterEKurtz]

Do you have the correct color codes, talkgroups and slots programmed correctly? Are you sure the DMR users aren't encrypted?

i input all of those parameters that i could find for each freq. but a few of them are incomplete but only a few. as far as encryption i dont know, but the fact that even the fm freqs. dont come thru seems strange. ive got a bc125at that still picks up the analog freqs but of course not the dmr. according the RR the closest dmr repeater in 25 miles is actually in my town and it also still does analog for what thats worth. ive been scanning for 30+ years with radio shack, unidens but dmr is totally new to me.

 

[chief21]

If you're using Encode tones on any of the FM frequencies, be aware that the encode and decode entries need to be reversed (due to an error in the CPS). Try this... enter any necessary encode tones in the decode section and leave any decode entries blank (carrier squelch).
Additionally, depending on your particular CPS version, it might also be necessary to tick the Forbid Talkaround box in the channel detail screen. In some cases, this bug would prevent the radio from transmitting the offset frequency to the repeater.

 

[WalterEKurtz]

If you're using Encode tones on any of the FM frequencies, be aware that the encode and decode entries need to be reversed (due to an error in the CPS). Try this... enter any necessary encode tones in the decode section and leave any decode entries blank (carrier squelch).
Additionally, depending on your particular CPS version, it might also be necessary to tick the Forbid Talkaround box in the channel detail screen. In some cases, this bug would prevent the radio from transmitting the offset frequency to the repeater.

hey thanks for the response, im using the downloaded factory cps version that was current when i bought it which they list as V1.38 . i dont have any of the tones programmed in for fm . and also what you said about checking the box to FORBID talkaround confirms something i had just heard a few days b4 so ive had that box chekd too.

THANKS for all the info., im gonna keep working on it.......
mike.

 

[chief21]

hey thanks for the response, im using the downloaded factory cps version that was current when i bought it which they list as V1.38 . i dont have any of the tones programmed in for fm . and also what you said about checking the box to FORBID talkaround confirms something i had just heard a few days b4 so ive had that box chekd too.

THANKS for all the info., im gonna keep working on it.......
mike.

To confirm whether or not you need to tick the Forbid Talkaround box, set your radio to a repeater channel and check the display to see if the frequency changes when you TX. If the frequency doesn't change, change the Forbid Talkaround setting.

 

[WalterEKurtz]

THANKS TO EVERYONE for the information, i was finally able to get the dm-32 working correctly!! now im really liking this thing. being able to hear analog and digital broadcast at the same time is really cool to this old man. now im gonna try to get a uv-5(8) working with computer programming. i bought one in about 2023 and have never been able to get the programming done with any software. it always says some version of "communication failure" etc. etc. im going to start a new thread for this so that hopefully more people see it and i can finally get some use out of the radio.

 

[chief21]

now im gonna try to get a uv-5(8) working with computer programming. i bought one in about 2023 and have never been able to get the programming done with any software. it always says some version of "communication failure" etc. etc. im going to start a new thread for this so that hopefully more people see it and i can finally get some use out of the radio.

You might have better luck with a cable that uses the newer FTDI chip, rather than the older, more common (and problematic) Prolific chip.

 

[WalterEKurtz]

You might have better luck with a cable that uses the newer FTDI chip, rather than the older, more common (and problematic) Prolific chip.

thank for the response, ive got a 340 cable which they say is supposed to work and confirmed it in device manager but no luck so i guess thats what ill try next, i assumed that the FTDI cable type was newer than this type of radio and wouldnt be needed or might not even work at all. im new to this compared everyone else i think.

 

[Azgunguy]

I’m not getting any audio on DMR. Any ideas? I’m hitting the repeater and I can see that I’m RXing traffic but I’m getting 0 audio. But I do get audio on regular FM channels.

 

[WalterEKurtz]

I’m not getting any audio on DMR. Any ideas? I’m hitting the repeater and I can see that I’m RXing traffic but I’m getting 0 audio. But I do get audio on regular FM channels.

sorry, i dont have any specific ideas other than re-reading what other people said in this chain. you might check to see which version of the cps you are using, they were on V1.38 when i first bought the radio and then after a few weeks they came out with V1.41 . i doubt if that is what got mine to working but it was after downloading the newer version that mine started working at some point. i know its grasping at straws but surely it couldnt actually make things worse assuming your not already programming with that version, and also just a reminder, i dont have a ham license, i bought the radio to be able to continue to hear my local agencies that went dmr all at once. thankfully they didnt also go encrypted or i would have bought the radio for nothing because now i can hear all of them again.

good luck,
mike.

 

[devicelab]

I’m not getting any audio on DMR. Any ideas? I’m hitting the repeater and I can see that I’m RXing traffic but I’m getting 0 audio. But I do get audio on regular FM channels.

Attach a copy of your codeplug in this thread. We can take a look and see what you're doing wrong.

 

[Azgunguy]

Attach a copy of your codeplug in this thread. We can take a look and see what you're doing wrong.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dF-dYR2dRqFU1V4eGWA9gD4gyo2WBaaY/view?usp=drive_link

 

[devicelab]

Can you just attach it to the thread using 'attach files' button? I don't have access to your drive.

 

[Azgunguy]

Can you just attach it to the thread using 'attach files' button? I don't have access to your drive.

Give me a little bit and I’ll make it accessible to anyone, sorry about that. I can’t attach .data files unfortunately

 

[Azgunguy]

Can you just attach it to the thread using 'attach files' button? I don't have access to your drive.

Try it again

DMRCP.data

drive.google.com

 

[devicelab]

Got it. I'll review it and get back to you.

 

[devicelab]

Took a look at it. It looks pretty good. I'd probably clean up the RX Group Lists. I don't use them in the DM-32. It keeps giving me 5 lists even though they're empty. That could be mucking up the receive. I would try remove them first. Then assign one channel to each TGID. See if that helps.

The only other thing I could see is the channels squelch are set to 0. Not sure how that would work on the radio but perhaps that's not allowing it to receive digital..?

 

[Azgunguy]

Took a look at it. It looks pretty good. I'd probably clean up the RX Group Lists. I don't use them in the DM-32. It keeps giving me 5 lists even though they're empty. That could be mucking up the receive. I would try remove them first. Then assign one channel to each TGID. See if that helps.

The only other thing I could see is the channels squelch are set to 0. Not sure how that would work on the radio but perhaps that's not allowing it to receive digital..?

I appreciate the feedback. So I'm not sure why you just had 5 empty RX groups. Each TG has its own RX group, and Ive tried one RX group with all the TGs in it. Ive also tried different squelch levels and changing doesnt really seem to matter.

 

[devicelab]

I appreciate the feedback. So I'm not sure why you just had 5 empty RX groups. Each TG has its own RX group, and Ive tried one RX group with all the TGs in it. Ive also tried different squelch levels and changing doesnt really seem to matter.

No RX Group Lists are not required for operation. It just allows you to sit on Parrot and if someone transmits on another TGID from your RX Group List then the DM-32 should play that TGID audio transmission. Per DMR logic, if you then transmit quick enough (under 1 min?) then the DM-32 will jump to that new channel and stay there.

You don't need a RX Group List. If you choose to operate radio like above then you need only one list that is mapped to the channel info. (It wouldn't shock me if there was a bug there...)

I should point out that Radtel's DMR implementation is a little different. Their CPS requires a RX Group List or you won't receive any audio -- period.