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NX-5000 series DMR Programming Question

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k0pwo

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Hello to the group.

I did a search in regard to my question but was not able to find a thread.

I have several nx5000 series radios (both portables and dual deck mobile). My question is regarding the individual programming of dmr channels as they relate to the Brandmeister Amateur radio project.

Standard DMR conventional network or stand a lone repeaters work work fine.

Brandmeister repeater talkgroups seem to lock up my UHF deck or UHF portables. I program them identically to standard repeater talkgroups. Maybe there is a different method of entering these talkgroups.

On my radios, if a talkgroups on the system becomes active on a slot of that repeater, my display will stop on the first talkgroup that is programmed in that zone that uses that slot and will sit there with the green circles rotating. I will not receive any audio (because a different talkgroups is actually active, not the talkgroup that my radio is locked up on) the yellow musical tone icon will not show or be active (once again because the radio is locked up on a talkgroup that is not active).

Once again, this happens on actual repeaters operating on the Brandmeister Network System. I do not know if this occurs when attempting to use a talk group on a Shark RF Hot spot as I do not have one.

My personality if programmed as follows:

Does anyone else experience this sort of action on the DMR systems they use?

If you do not experience this on your dmr systems, would you mind sharing all the setting that you have selected and not selected on your dmr personalities.

I know I must have something incorrectly checked or not checked. My Motorola dmr radios do not lock up on incorrect talkgroups. Neither do the MD-380 or CS700 radios I have or have used.

Thank you for your time in this.

I appreciate any input you members can provide.
 

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It seams from my very limited testing that the NX5000 stop on the channel and stay until the signal goes away. They only open when the correct talkgroup transmits. I just read where this happens on P25 also.
 

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This is known issue ignored by Kenwood and their dealers. Kenwood will stop on ANY valid digital interface (DMR or P25) and will land scan (green LED). No other things, like GID, are compared with channel settings. So, it will keep silence and will remain landed. If transmittion repeats (e.g. IPSC or BM.network) scan counter will restart. And you will get radio that seats on channel virtually forever :)

I reported about similar issue here https://forums.radioreference.com/2665838-post9.html , but nobody understood my point. And most active RR dealer just said some crazy things and actually did nothing.

They do NOT understand how radio must work - both dealers and Kenwood. Looks like they don't use their radios and have never dealt with Motorola.
 

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DMR BUG / ISSUE

i will be testing the new firmware over the weekend that addresses the dmr issues of the radio locking up.

I have to submit my findings by Tuesday. I will keep you all posted.

Evans
 

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ETSI information, OVCM

5.3.4.1 OVCM service description
To achieve the OVCM service a bit is used in the service options information element in order to set the call as OVCM or
not. This is illustrated in table 7.10.
Service options information element is present in call set-up signalling, Voice LC Header and Terminator with LC for each
type of voice call (Group and Individual).
 

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