fluke281
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WH6AV's firmware for the MD380 installs a new opening screen and many useful options in the Utilities section of the MD380 menu. It allows you to change background images, add a microphone volume meter, change the length of time for the backlight, use a promiscuous mode,and many others. The most useful feature is called UsersCSV in the MDTOOLS section of Utilities. It allows a database of 3 Mb to be loaded into the MD380 so that an amateur's radio ID is matched with the name, call sign, location, and talkgroup and displayed on the screen. This feature can be turned off as well. For scanner users, the talkgroup of a DMR commercial or municipal site only is displayed and can be used to program other radios.In promiscuous mode, you do not need to have talkgroup information in advance.
MD380 TOOLS must be downloaded to radio using a Debian compatible Linux system such as a Raspberry Pi, Ubuntu and its forks such as Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Zorin, and Linux Mint. There is no need to install one of these on the computer since Linux Mint or others can be run from booting a live USB drive using a program such as YUMI for Windows. The Linux ISO can also be burned to a live DVD for a live CD. The instructions on
https://github.com/wh6av/md380-radio
were written for a Raspberry Pi controlled through SSH such as putty.exe. In Linux terminal mode (CLI), where the commands must be entered, I had success with Setup Procedure 2 and used "sudo apt-get install git -y" to install git. After installing the program in terminal mode, it runs through numerical menu choices and follow the instructions on the page to continue. To update the database with a live USB or DVD, you will need to start from scratch since the program is being run in memory only.
MD380 TOOLS must be downloaded to radio using a Debian compatible Linux system such as a Raspberry Pi, Ubuntu and its forks such as Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Zorin, and Linux Mint. There is no need to install one of these on the computer since Linux Mint or others can be run from booting a live USB drive using a program such as YUMI for Windows. The Linux ISO can also be burned to a live DVD for a live CD. The instructions on
https://github.com/wh6av/md380-radio
were written for a Raspberry Pi controlled through SSH such as putty.exe. In Linux terminal mode (CLI), where the commands must be entered, I had success with Setup Procedure 2 and used "sudo apt-get install git -y" to install git. After installing the program in terminal mode, it runs through numerical menu choices and follow the instructions on the page to continue. To update the database with a live USB or DVD, you will need to start from scratch since the program is being run in memory only.