Downlink Activate received on Dual Hat

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KC3UXL
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Downlink Activate received on Dual Hat

Post by KC3UXL »

So I got my hotspot working (see one my previous posts) but now I cannot get anything other that the Brandmeister Parrot to work.

I keep getting

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M: 2022-10-23 15:59:54.863 Downlink Activate received from KC3UXL
M: 2022-10-23 16:00:11.950 Downlink Activate received from KC3UXL
M: 2022-10-23 16:00:12.588 DMR Slot 1, received RF voice header from KC3UXL to 310997
M: 2022-10-23 16:00:18.645 DMR Slot 1, received RF end of voice transmission from KC3UXL to 310997, 6.1 seconds, BER: 0.5%, RSSI: -47/-47/-47 dBm
M: 2022-10-23 16:00:22.042 DMR Slot 1, received network voice header from 310997 to KC3UXL
M: 2022-10-23 16:00:28.048 DMR Slot 1, received network end of voice transmission from 310997 to KC3UXL, 6.2 seconds, 0% packet loss, BER: 0.0%
M: 2022-10-23 16:01:01.294 Downlink Activate received from KC3UXL
M: 2022-10-23 16:01:06.698 Downlink Activate received from KC3UXL
M: 2022-10-23 16:01:07.365 DMR Slot 1, received RF voice header from KC3UXL to 310997
M: 2022-10-23 16:01:12.338 DMR Slot 1, received RF end of voice transmission from KC3UXL to 310997, 5.0 seconds, BER: 0.2%, RSSI: -47/-47/-47 dBm
M: 2022-10-23 16:01:15.747 DMR Slot 1, received network voice header from 310997 to KC3UXL
M: 2022-10-23 16:01:20.668 DMR Slot 1, received network end of voice transmission from 310997 to KC3UXL, 5.2 seconds, 0% packet loss, BER: 0.0%
M: 2022-10-23 16:01:37.969 Downlink Activate received from KC3UXL
M: 2022-10-23 16:01:43.611 Downlink Activate received from KC3UXL
M: 2022-10-23 16:01:49.847 Downlink Activate received from KC3UXL
M: 2022-10-23 16:02:05.181 Downlink Activate received from KC3UXL
M: 2022-10-23 16:02:11.812 Downlink Activate received from KC3UXL
M: 2022-10-23 16:02:26.357 Downlink Activate received from KC3UXL
I'm trying World Wide 91, among others. Only the Brandmesiter Parrot (310997) seems to acknowledge.

I did seem someone else on the forum with a similar issue but I couldn't figure out what he meant by "adjusting the DMR audio"

I have looked into MMDVMCal but I didn't have any offset when I first had the hotspot and radio connecting just fine. I'm also not sure how to use that tool with a Duplex hat.

Pics of my config page
https://imgur.com/a/RmMrLP7
AF6VN
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Re: Downlink Activate received on Dual Hat

Post by AF6VN »

Minor side question... Why do you have the unit set up as a PUBLIC node, and then limit DMR to a single ID... Just setting it to private would achieve the same.

As for the other matters... You'd need to show us the radio channel/talk-group configuration. The only thing the above shows me is that your attempts at a group call are not even being seen by the Pi-Star system!

Did you set the Tx and Rx frequencies of those channels properly for a repeater vs simplex board?

The only thing that should differ between the channel set for the Parrot, and the channel set for the group are: Channel Name, and Contact/group name. Everything else should be identical: color code, time slot, frequency...

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KC3UXL
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Re: Downlink Activate received on Dual Hat

Post by KC3UXL »

Making it public was me troubleshooting, same with limiting it to myself, seeing if something changes.

The group calls (World Wide, etc) are set the same as the BM Parrot private call.

I've updated the linked imgur post with the radio settings.
https://imgur.com/a/RmMrLP7

I've also set it back to a private hotspot.
KC3UXL
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Re: Downlink Activate received on Dual Hat

Post by KC3UXL »

Well, figured it out.. Just a stupid code plug issue. Apparently when I added all the RadioID's into my Digital Contacts, the talk groups got set to nothing. Hence not getting anything..Doen't help that my CPS for the MD-UV380 crashes every other time I push data to my radio. Time to save money for a Yaesu or Anytone. Seems like they have better software/support.

Thanks to all that helped either here or my other posts. '73
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