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R A R A Academy on DMR 05/02/2020 Rochester Amateur Radio Association, Inc. DMR - Part 2 of 3 May 2, 2020 Part 1 - Mike Moore KC2NM Part 2 - Rich Hoffarth K2AXP Part 3 - Steve Verzulli KA1CNF http://rochesterham.org 1 Introduction • DSTAR • DMR • System Fusion (YSF) http://rochesterham.org 2 Rich Hoffarth K2AXP 1

R A R A Academy on DMR 05/02/2020 Rich K2AXP Heathkit EK-2  Sep 2018 Tech, Nov 2018 Gen  Anytone AT-D868UV Zenith  Clarkson University – ECE  Computer Programmer http://rochesterham.org 3 DMR  Network – Structure, Talkgroups, Brandmeister site  Link – Repeaters & Hotspots  Radios = Hardware + Firmware + Codeplug  Operations http://rochesterham.org 4 Rich Hoffarth K2AXP 2

R A R A Academy on DMR 05/02/2020 DMR History  Digital Mobile Radio - 2005  Commercial Background  12.5 Khz  2 time slots TDMA  DMR-MARC - Brandmeister http://rochesterham.org 5 Network Primary Parameters Network Radio Id, Talkgroup Servers Link Id, Tx, Rx, Color Code, Time Slot Repeaters Hotspots Channel, Zone, Scan Lists Radios Receive Group http://rochesterham.org 6 Rich Hoffarth K2AXP 3

R A R A Academy on DMR 05/02/2020 DMR Networks  Brandmeister  DMR-MARC, DMR-Plus  Rocky Mountain Ham Radio - CO  DMR of Anarchy - NoCal  Papa - SoCal http://rochesterham.org 7 DMR-MARC vs Brandmeister  First in US 2009  2015  More popular  Use C-Bridge  Master Server  Repeaters set TGs  All* TG available  DMR+ connects hotspots  More open (hotspots)  Network Hierarchy  Passes all traffic http://rochesterham.org 8 Rich Hoffarth K2AXP 4

R A R A Academy on DMR 05/02/2020 Connections http://rochesterham.org 9 BM Talkgroups What is a Talkgroup??? Country, state, regional talkgroups Topic talkgroups Language talkgroups US Regional talkgroups are all assigned. http://rochesterham.org 10 Rich Hoffarth K2AXP 5

R A R A Academy on DMR 05/02/2020 BM Talkgroup Structure api.brandmeister.network/v1.0/groups 1 – Test networks 3 Digit Country Code 2 – Europe 208 – France 235 – UK 3 – North America 262 – Germany 4 – Asia and Middle East 310-319 – US 5 – Oceania 440 – Japan 6 – Africa 602 – Egypt 7 – South/Central America 724 – Brazil 9 – World-wide http://rochesterham.org 11 DMR Identifiers # Digits Identifier Range 1 Very Special Talkgroups 9 2 Special Talkgroups 90 3 Country Talkgroups 900 4 State Talkgroups 99 for US 5 Region Talkgroups 10 per state for US 6 Repeater Ids 900,000 7 Radio Ids 9,000,000 http://rochesterham.org 12 Rich Hoffarth K2AXP 6

R A R A Academy on DMR 05/02/2020 Radio IDs by Country Country IDs United States 72,682 Canada 4,426 China 3,272 Australia 2,727 Brazil 2,440 Total Countries: 99 Total Ids used: 97,148 Chile 1,319 Japan 1,281 http://rochesterham.org 13 Radio IDs by State State IDs California 7,643 Florida 4,838 Texas 4,664 Ohio 3,559 New York 3,205 North Carolina 3,088 Colorado 2,542 http://rochesterham.org 14 Rich Hoffarth K2AXP 7

R A R A Academy on DMR 05/02/2020 Brandmeister Websites  Dashboard - brandmeister.network  Hoseline  News - news.brandmeister.network  Wiki - wiki.brandmeister.network http://rochesterham.org 15 Link Overview  Repeaters  Hotspots  Phone Apps  Simplex http://rochesterham.org 16 Rich Hoffarth K2AXP 8

R A R A Academy on DMR 05/02/2020 Link - Repeaters Analog Digital  Static vs Dynamic Talkgroups Rx, Tx Rx, Tx  Local Talkgroups  Use TG10-90 CTCSS Color  Use Repeater Id Code Time Slot  Owner sets TS rules for TGs  BM Dashboard Repeaters Talkgroup http://rochesterham.org 17 Link - Hotspots  Time slot – Use TS1, TS2 or both!  No color code – use CC:1  Talkgroups static and dynamic  Only one static talkgroup http://rochesterham.org 18 Rich Hoffarth K2AXP 9

R A R A Academy on DMR 05/02/2020 Link – Phone Apps Search on Brandmeister DMR BrandMeister repeaters DMR BrandMeister Device Manager DMR BrandMeister Tool http://rochesterham.org 19 Link – Digital Simplex  Promiscuous Mode VHF UHF 145.790 441.000  CC:1, TS1, Talkgroup 99 – 145.510 443.450 DIRECT (DMR_MARC) 446.500 446.075  ALL CALL (16777215) http://rochesterham.org 20 Rich Hoffarth K2AXP 10

R A R A Academy on DMR 05/02/2020 Radios DMR Radio = Hardware + Firmware + Codeplug http://rochesterham.org 21 DMR Radio Manufacturers  Anytone – AT-D868UV, AT-D878UV PLUS  Hytera  Tytera - MD-380  Alinco  Motorola  Baofeng http://rochesterham.org 22 Rich Hoffarth K2AXP 11

R A R A Academy on DMR 05/02/2020 Programming Tools  CPS  Contact Manager – N0GSG  Edit CP  CPS Programmer by DL5MCC http://rochesterham.org 23 CPS - DMR Programer  Demo  Read codeplug  Export csv files http://rochesterham.org 24 Rich Hoffarth K2AXP 12

R A R A Academy on DMR 05/02/2020 DMR Terms Radio CPS Csv Files Channel Channels Channels.csv Zone Zones Zones.csv Scanning Scan Lists ScanList.csv Receive Groups ReceiveGroupCallList.csv FM Broadcast FM Stations FM.csv Menu - Settings Options Menu - Talkgroups Talkgroup Talkgroups.csv Digital Contacts DigitalContactList.csv http://rochesterham.org 25 Other Radio Features  VFO  GPS  Dual Band  Digital APRS  Promiscuous mode  Roaming  Auto Power Off  Bluetooth http://rochesterham.org 26 Rich Hoffarth K2AXP 13

R A R A Academy on DMR 05/02/2020 Codeplugs  Radio configuration  Websites provide codeplugs  Analyzer – reads csv files  Analyzer output http://rochesterham.org 27 Codeplug Analyzer  Analog Repeaters  Analog Simplex Freq  Digital Repeaters  Digital Hotspots  Digital Simplex Freq http://rochesterham.org 28 Rich Hoffarth K2AXP 14

R A R A Academy on DMR 05/02/2020 Entity Relationships http://rochesterham.org 29 CPS Lookup  Radio Id – https://www.radioid.net/  Talkgroups – https://api.brandmeister.network/v1.0/groups/  Digital Contacts – https://www.radioid.net/  Repeaters – https://www.rochesterham.org/learn_links.htm http://rochesterham.org 30 Rich Hoffarth K2AXP 15

R A R A Academy on DMR 05/02/2020 Call Types  Group Call  Private Call – not really used  All Call – Special talkgroup 16777215 http://rochesterham.org 31 Programming Order 1) Create Talkgroups 2) Create a Channel 3) Create Scan lists, add one channel 4) Create Receive group, add channel 5) Create channels, add TG, scan list, receive group 6) Create zone, add channels 7) Update Scan lists 8) Update Receive groups http://rochesterham.org 32 Rich Hoffarth K2AXP 16

R A R A Academy on DMR 05/02/2020 CPS Programming  Options  Talkgroups  Channels  Zones  Scan Lists  Receive Groups http://rochesterham.org 33 CPS Strategy  Receive Groups  Zones  Talkgroups  Channels  Digital Contacts  Scan Lists http://rochesterham.org 34 Rich Hoffarth K2AXP 17

R A R A Academy on DMR 05/02/2020 Rochester Repeaters Call Rx, -Offset CC TS1 TS2 W2RIT 442.075, +5 1 310582 KD2FRD 443.600, +5 1 Monroe No TAC or WW County only TG’s N2MKT 442.250, +5 1 http://rochesterham.org 35 Parrot - Echo Test  9990 – Private Call  310997 – Private Call  31000 – Group Call  Some hotspots provide other features (9998) http://rochesterham.org 36 Rich Hoffarth K2AXP 18

R A R A Academy on DMR 05/02/2020 Operations  Parrot  Reflectors  Repeater  Local Talkgroups  Hotspot  Monroe County 31369  Simplex  WNYFLDMR - 310799  Announce talkgroup http://rochesterham.org 37 Digital Nets  Friday 9:30 PM ET Colorado HD net - 31088  Sunday 7:30 PM ET Monroe County – 31369 (after RocCity analog)  Sunday 8:00 PM ET WNYFLDMR – 310799  http://www.k6bkd.org/dmr-nets/  http://hamnetlist.blogspot.com/2017/04/dmr-nets.html http://rochesterham.org 38 Rich Hoffarth K2AXP 19

R A R A Academy on DMR 05/02/2020 Useful Links 1 https://www.dmrfordummies.com/brandmeister-network/ https://amateurradionotes.com/ https://amateurradionotes.com/dmr.htm#dmrsimplex http://hellaszone.com/index.php/hellaszone/all-categories/12-technology/481-repeater- reader https://padmr.net/ https://www.farnsworth.org/dale/codeplug/editcp/ https://github.com/DaleFarnsworth/codeplug/tree/master/editcp http://dl5mcc.de/cpsprogrammer/ http://n0gsg.com/contact-manager/ http://rochesterham.org 39 Useful Links 2 https://brandmeister.network/ https://news.brandmeister.network/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXNHQaXyBDQ - Radioddity GD-77 DMR Amateur Radio programming for Brandmeister http://papasys.com/dmr/resources/DATA/docs/BrandMeisterGettingStartedGuide.pdf https://news.brandmeister.network/using-correctly-formatted-user-mcc-id-on- brandmeister/ https://tapr.org/pdf/DCC2018-KC5HWB-UnderstandingDMR-Networks.pdf http://papasys.com/attachments/DMR_CodePlug-101_AnyTone_20190203.pdf https://www.rmham.org/dmr-network/ http://www.wnydmr.network/network/ http://rochesterham.org 40 Rich Hoffarth K2AXP 20