Demystifying DMR -OR- Basic Programming of the TYT MD-380 for Repeaters From Scratch - FAST and EASY
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ม.ค. 2020
- Have you heard that DMR is really hard and programming the radio is complicated?
It's not. I got tired of all the convoluted explanations I keep hearing about DMR so I figured I'd make a video that breaks it down quickly without going off on tangents for 20 minutes about stuff you don't care about.
You can make a "codeplug" (AKA program the radio) yourself using the default TYT software easily in 5 minutes.
There is no need for any weird third-party software, spreadsheets, or any other complicated nonsense that every other guy seems to talk about in DMR How-To videos.
First and foremost, go get a DMR ID here: www.radioid.net/register
Next go to RepeaterBook or Google around for DMR resources in your area to find out the frequencies and talkgroups for the repeaters you want to use.
On to Programming...
1. Open "General Setting" and enter your DMR ID in the "Radio ID" field, change whatever other options you want to change like tones, etc.
2. Go to Digital Contacts and enter in some talkgroups. Name them, leave them as "Group Call" and enter the talkgroup number.
3. Name some zones whatever you want to to name them.
4. Create channels.
4a. Make sure the channel is set to Digital.
4b. Name the channel something unique that helps you identify which repeater it's for.
4c. Select the contact (talkgroup), color code and timeslot.
5. Open the zone(s), and move channels over.
6. Save the file if you want, write it to the radio.
That's it.
Thanks for this. Most useful DMR programming vid I've seen.
Thanks for this vid. I finally got my head around "Zones" . So simple now you explained it . Cheers
Quickest easier explanation! Thank you
Great video, Adam. Thank you. The one thing that through me for a loop was the color code is listed in repeaterbook, but the time slot is not. When I looked up talk groups, the time slot is often listed there. But, this is the first time the DMR contacts, zones, and channels made sense to me. Thank you very much.
Well at least with the timeslot you could figure that out with trial and error - you've got a 50/50 chance of getting it right on the first try too!
well when you put like that yes its easy NOW good explanation thanks
I agree. It's not that complicated to program. What takes a bit of thought is how one wants to organize the channels in the radio....Which Zones? Put some channels in the A group and others in the B group on the radio (since the MD380 has dual-watch capability)? How best to organize scan lists? It's kind of like radio Venn Diagrams. Where does one want things and what points of intersection? On my MD-UV380, I do have some redundant lists in the A and B groups so I can watch a few things without having to always be on Scan. Like lots of things.....many choices can boggle the mind until one decides, well, maybe keeping it simple works just fine.
Good video thanks for posting
I can't the tytera MD. 380 not setting in vfo mode.. 🙄🙄
Awesome video, the instructions were clear and easy to understand. The only problem I have is my radio says "unprogram." on the main display screen where yours shows the channel name. Any recommendations?
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Is there a way to import TG from Brandmeister? like if I want all US talk group in the radio?
Let’s say, I want to set 3 talk groups, but I want to have an access to them through 2 different repeaters. When I travel with a car, I get out of range one repeater but hit the other one.
In such case, should I create 6 channels? (separate channel for each talk group on each repeater)?
Or should I just create 2 channels for each repeater (covering time slots 1 and 2) and then after choosing the repeater within my range - go to contacts menu, find the desired group and connect to it by pressing the ptt button?
*(assuming that the color code is always the same)
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Been using chirp for years for my other radios and there's a dropdown to select comm port, can't find it here. tons of videos and walkthroughs and this detail is skipped. it's nowhere in the manual either, so lame. :(
Thanks for this video. The latest firmware has a TxMode setting under General Settings. Could you explain what this is. The manual is very cryptic about this. Thanks in advance.
Couldn't get a call sign
How do yoh program an analog repeater that is not dmr on an md380
Do it as analog, not digital, just like any radio.