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NX talk groups manual dial?
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mmckenna
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You can direct select the Group by keying in the "channel" number. If the group isn't already programmed in, you cannot manually enter it ito the radio.
Is that what you are asking?
Is that what you are asking?
Yep, that's what I was asking. Calling talk groups/UIDs that weren't preprogrammed.
mmckenna
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Yeah, I don't believe there is a way to do that. And I'm glad there isn't. I set the radios up to access talk groups that the users are supposed to have access to, and not ones they aren't. Last thing I'd need is someone hopping on the wrong talk group...
Well, they could make it an option that's able to be toggle in KPG? The only users I am programming for are myself...and if I hear TGs that I don't have preprogrammed, I can't easily come back to them.
mmckenna
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I'm sure they could. Not sure if it's available with front panel programming.
But, not a feature that commercial users need. The sys admin would set things up based on user needs.
If a radio needed to have new talkgroups added on the fly, that's what OTAP is for. Generally you don't want end users messing with the radio setup.
If it is, I can't find. All my NX HTs and Mobiles have the FPP license. Oh well, one can wish.
DMR, as I've come to view it, is largely restricted in function by the subscriber radio. The repeaters are pretty dumb and will pass anything in most cases. It's up to the radios meant to use it to have the functions set up precisely to make the system work properly and limit access to the most important settings: frequency, color code, time slot, talk group. FPP makes some of that accessible, but that isn't an option in use in most radios either.
If you want a DMR radio that is able to access groups manually, a radio with OpenGD77 or an MD380 with MD380 tools - both tailored for ham use, is probably the best route.
-Josh
If you want a DMR radio that is able to access groups manually, a radio with OpenGD77 or an MD380 with MD380 tools - both tailored for ham use, is probably the best route.
-Josh
