There is Indiana TRS in the Michigan code plug I uploaded. Where is Mudhole?
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It is a pager, not a two-way radio!
What you are seeing is the Standby LED. It flashes periodically to let you know the pager is on. You can disable it or change the flash interval on page D-8 in PPS. Scroll to the bottom of the page to the LED Setting. Uncheck the Enable box if you don't want the LED to blink at all. Or, change the Blinking Interval to your desired flash interval. I have mine set to 240 seconds.
DJ11DLN
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I'm in the Terre Haute area, lots of us call the local small town Mudhole, very old joke about a drainage system that used to fail spectacularly every time it rained more than 0.5". I'll look for your codeplug later, thanks.
I didn't get that far south/west. St Joseph to Howard Counties along US31.
N0WRE
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I'm hoping the new version of the software for import is easier to use. Programming by hand is a pain in the rear for building systems.
tvengr
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There needs to be a way to add zones from another codeplug..
Did you try the Indiana system I have posted here? Large TRS - all control freqs Tab D2 P25 Trunking System Setting
It works with newer G5s.
I used it yesterday afternoon in LaPorte and St Joseph Counties.
N0WRE
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Is there a code plug for the Colorado DTRS system that anyone has that they can share? This one is driving me nuts as I keep getting Out of Range. Thanks for the help in advance.
What Site are you trying to listen to?
N0WRE
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State of Colorado DTRS Trunking System, Statewide, Multi-State - Scanner Frequencies
I have all the control channel and alternates programmed in for a single county and the talkgroups correct but It might be the system name that's wrong. I had to for WyoLink type it in that exact way to get the system here to work in Cheyenne. I have tried DTRS and DTS with no luck System ID and WACN are set correctly. Unless there is a special way to put in the CC and Alt channels in to make it work. What I did for the WyoLink system was the CC first and then the Alt and it works fine. DTRS has one CC and several Alt where Wyolink has one CC and one Alt per tower. Hope that helps.
Thanks for the help!
I have all the control channel and alternates programmed in for a single county and the talkgroups correct but It might be the system name that's wrong. I had to for WyoLink type it in that exact way to get the system here to work in Cheyenne. I have tried DTRS and DTS with no luck System ID and WACN are set correctly. Unless there is a special way to put in the CC and Alt channels in to make it work. What I did for the WyoLink system was the CC first and then the Alt and it works fine. DTRS has one CC and several Alt where Wyolink has one CC and one Alt per tower. Hope that helps.
Thanks for the help!
ok I had a thread yesterday, the Big Hangup will be the RFSS and Site Number, if wrong they will give the radio out of range, also it all has to be in HEX for it to work properly
I would try just one tower first then go from there, if you have a unit like an SDS100/200 436/536 that displays the information from a site or even DSD and Unitrunker, that will be the best way to go as sometimes the database can be incorrect.
on a Motorola System, you only need to put the primary and alternate control channels in, DTRS is Motorola so you are good there Most Motorola systems WACN is BEE00 the database has it listed as BEE07 so you might want to check that
so to review
make sure the SYSID, WACN for the system are correct, and make sure the RFSS, SITE ID for each site are correct and in HEX where noted
I would try just one tower first then go from there, if you have a unit like an SDS100/200 436/536 that displays the information from a site or even DSD and Unitrunker, that will be the best way to go as sometimes the database can be incorrect.
on a Motorola System, you only need to put the primary and alternate control channels in, DTRS is Motorola so you are good there Most Motorola systems WACN is BEE00 the database has it listed as BEE07 so you might want to check that
so to review
make sure the SYSID, WACN for the system are correct, and make sure the RFSS, SITE ID for each site are correct and in HEX where noted
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N0WRE
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I have tried DTRS and DTS for the system name. I have the main and alt CC channels in DTRS lists one main and three alt CC for DTRS in Colorado.. RFSS sites are verified through RR. I did check to make sure they were hex as well. Might change it to BEE00 and see if that works.
I don't have access to a scanner at this time. Might just have to wait for the import feature from Unification to see if that works. Its not a system I listen to all the time but would be nice to have it in the pager for when I do go to Colorado.
Thanks for the help however and I will double check settings. Might have to pick the closest tower and play with settings to see of I can get it to work.
I don't have access to a scanner at this time. Might just have to wait for the import feature from Unification to see if that works. Its not a system I listen to all the time but would be nice to have it in the pager for when I do go to Colorado.
Thanks for the help however and I will double check settings. Might have to pick the closest tower and play with settings to see of I can get it to work.
I would recommend watching the YouTube videos, search G5/G4 and there is several good videos to watch that are helpful to help you navigate the PPS programming software. I have built several code plugs for our county fire departments and yes it can take time to dig in and get everything in there when you add VHF Paging configurations and all the trunked stuff. Once you get the handle on it it is fairly easy to navigate and inside PPS they have an excellent help bar that follows you with each click. If you are programming for a department or several departments like I do customer support has been helpful early on to assist with that or another local radio vendor, which was the route I went with our local vendor we purchased the units from. To build a complete code plug it certainly can take a couple hours to get what you need in there.
N0WRE
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I have watched the videos, been working on building codeplugs for the pager. Mine keeps blinking red and according to the quick start guide its a low battery but the battery meter shows full and it charges just fine. WyoLink works just fine and I will be back to Colorado over the weekend to see if my settings for DTRS are going to work after a few changes.
bkramm
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Check in D8 under general settings.
LED setting, it is a reminder that the unit is on.
Can be turned off or set for the interval of blinking.
LED setting, it is a reminder that the unit is on.
Can be turned off or set for the interval of blinking.
N0WRE
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Got a phase II system in this one G5 now, will see how well it does. Anyone else monitor phase II systems? Let me know thoughts on this one if you have.
Thanks
Thanks
tvengr
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I have a Harris Phase 2 system, the ultimate test, in my G5's and it works great.
Works fine on my G4
Phase II reception is superb on my G4 and G5. I have several Phase II systems programmed in both (as well as Phase I.)
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