Anytone Programming Btech dmr 6x2 pro

[crazymays77]

Here is the two titan radio channels we use. The other picture is all the options for that radio not sure if I need to look into any of them and do anything to the btech radio or not. The titan programming software is free I can provide a link to it if needed

 

[crazymays77]

Here is what the btech programming looks like.

 

[buddrousa]

Looking at picture 1 and 2 both I see RX Group List 1.
Did you find that in the Original Radio Software?
Did you create that same list in your BTech Software and Radio?

 

[crazymays77]

Looking at picture 1 and 2 both I see RX Group List 1.
Did you find that in the Original Radio Software?
Did you create that same list in your BTech Software and Radio?

I wamt to say yes but ill check tomorrow night. Ill download from my radio and post screenshots.

 

[buddrousa]

DMR and other Digital are very picky you have to have everything 100% or you get nothing.

 

[K9KLC]

Frequencies are not the same between the two radios. I wish I was more familiar with the titan radio programming, am I missing a way to add contacts in that thing? But to start with the frequencies aren't the same. Also the color codes are not the same, Color code is like a PL tone in the analog world. in the Titan it's 0 and in the BTech it's 1.
Did you download that directly and not change anything?

 

[K9KLC]

Also the titan radios are set to transmit and receive on the same frequencies on both channels although, that's a common UHF repeater split between CH 1 and CH 2 (odd they'd do that to me). Are you sure you guys go thru a repeater? or am I looking at the screen shots wrong?

 

[crazymays77]

Here they are side by side for both radios.

 

[crazymays77]

Frequencies are not the same between the two radios. I wish I was more familiar with the titan radio programming, am I missing a way to add contacts in that thing? But to start with the frequencies aren't the same. Also the color codes are not the same, Color code is like a PL tone in the analog world. in the Titan it's 0 and in the BTech it's 1.
Did you download that directly and not change anything?

that was just a screenshot of the layout for the btech radio. I just posted pics of side by side screenshots of the titan channel and then what i entered into the btech for the channel. sorry for the confusion

 

[crazymays77]

Also the titan radios are set to transmit and receive on the same frequencies on both channels although, that's a common UHF repeater split between CH 1 and CH 2 (odd they'd do that to me). Are you sure you guys go thru a repeater? or am I looking at the screen shots wrong?

I dont think it goes thru any repeaters.

 

[K9KLC]

I was doing repeater

you said this in post 14...

To be of help we probably need screenshots of what you're actually doing. While I appreciate the layout of the BTech, What we need to see if actual programming to be of any assistance. I can only tell you we set up radios to talk on DMR and on simplex (one radio to the other) if you have both radios programmed the same and correctly, they'll talk to each other. We've done TYT, Anytone, Motorola, Alinco and they've all worked fine together. If you enter encryption into the mix then that's possibly an issue but, for standard DMR radio to radio, they've all talked to each other fine.

 

[crazymays77]

you said this in post 14...

To be of help we probably need screenshots of what you're actually doing. While I appreciate the layout of the BTech, What we need to see if actual programming to be of any assistance. I can only tell you we set up radios to talk on DMR and on simplex (one radio to the other) if you have both radios programmed the same and correctly, they'll talk to each other. We've done TYT, Anytone, Motorola, Alinco and they've all worked fine together. If you enter encryption into the mix then that's possibly an issue but, for standard DMR radio to radio, they've all talked to each other fine.

I put screenshots of both radios above how I had them set up. So im guessing i should have selected simplex instead of repeater.

 

[K9KLC]

Where are you setting the talk group numbers? I I think in the titan it's "TX contact name". There should be a contact list somewhere where that is a number and then you assign that a name? I can';t help but think this is a talk group malfunction somehow since you're seeing carrier and not hearing audio.

 

[K9KLC]

I'll get out my Anytone programming this evening if you don't sort this out by then, I haven't programmed that in years now, and don't remember where it's at on the Anytone I have. Btech is made by Anytone (as are the Alincos we've done) and I'll have to see where to set that contact list up I honestly don't remember.

Bottom line is, for two radios to talk to each other on DMR you need
Transmit frequency
Receive frequency
Color code
Time slot
Talk group number It's an actual number and you give it a name when you put it in the CPS (contact either usually called either group or private).
All of those have to be correct (match) for the radio to work.

 

[crazymays77]

I'll get out my Anytone programming this evening if you don't sort this out by then, I haven't programmed that in years now, and don't remember where it's at on the Anytone I have. Btech is made by Anytone (as are the Alincos we've done) and I'll have to see where to set that contact list up I honestly don't remember.

Bottom line is, for two radios to talk to each other on DMR you need
Transmit frequency
Receive frequency
Color code
Time slot
Talk group number It's an actual number and you give it a name when you put it in the CPS (contact either usually called either group or private).
All of those have to be correct (match) for the radio to work.

Ok ill look at it tonight. Only thing is incant test anything till our next event or I get a titan radio which defeats this whole thing. Thanks for the info and ill check tonight

 

[buddrousa]

You still have to setup Talkgroups as I posted before for DMR to work you need.
1.Frequency to match
2. Color Code to match
3. Talkgroups to match
Do you know who programmed the working radios? If you do you would help you to get them to help you.

 

[K9KLC]

Do you know who programmed the working radios? If you do you would help you to get them to help you.

This is great advice. Even someone not necessarily familiar with any particular CPS may be able to pick around in the Btech CPS and get it programmed. What's needed is a good knowledge of programming DMR, not necessarily each individual CPS.

 

[chief21]

So im guessing i should have selected simplex instead of repeater.

That appears to be the case. Instead of "Repeater", set DMR MODE to "DMO/simplex". If that is not how it appears in your CPS, just look for "simplex".
Also, (and this is critical), confirm that your "Call 1" talkgroup actually uses the same Talkgroup ID as the "Call 1" talkgroup in the Titan radios. We can't tell that from your photos.

 

[crazymays77]

That appears to be the case. Instead of "Repeater", set DMR MODE to "DMO/simplex". If that is not how it appears in your CPS, just look for "simplex".
Also, (and this is critical), confirm that your "Call 1" talkgroup actually uses the same Talkgroup ID as the "Call 1" talkgroup in the Titan radios. We can't tell that from your photos.

Ok ill look into this but I don't have a titan radio to test it out with is the only problem.

 

[KD8DVR]

You might need to add the talk group(s) to a RX Group list. Check the CPS to see if it has one.

The BTECH/Anytone radios do not require RX groups.