Table of Contents

 

Introduction

MOTOTRBO equipment configuration

       MOTOTRBO repeater configuration

       MOTOTRBO control stations configuration

       MOTOTRBO subscriber radio configuration

SmartPTT Radioserver Configuration

 

Introduction

 

When operating in Dynamic Mixed Mode (DMM), MOTOTRBO uses a pair of physical channels configured for 12.5 kHz channel bandwidth for digital operation and 25 kHz and/or 12.5 kHz channel bandwidth for analog operation.

In the dynamic mixed mode (DMM) the repeater dynamically switches between analog and digital modes based on the call it receives from radios. If an analog radio transmits, the repeater switches to analog mode to repeat the analog call. However, the repeater only repeats analog calls that are qualified by PL (DPL/TPL). If a digital radio transmits, then the repeater switches to digital mode to repeat the digital call if the call uses the right color code.

While the repeater repeats one analog call at a time, it can repeat 2 digital calls at a time, one on each logical channel.

When a repeater repeats a new digital call that starts on one of the logical channels, the repeater does not qualify any analog call including an Emergency Call until the digital call (both the transmission and call hang time) is over and the corresponding channel hang time has expired. Similarly, if an analog call is being repeated, the repeater does not qualify any digital call including digital data and Emergency Calls on any of the two logical channels until the analog call is over and the corresponding hang time has expired.

Dynamic Mixed Mode does not support the following configurations/features.

• IP Site Connect configuration. The repeater can only repeat the digital calls over-the-air and cannot send the voice/data packets over the IP network.

• Capacity Plus configuration. Trunking the logical channels of multiple MOTOTRBO repeaters as per Capacity Plus is not supported.

• Transmit Interrupt feature. The Voice Interrupt, Emergency Voice Interrupt, Remote Voice Dekey, and Data Over Voice Interrupt features are presently not supported in Dynamic Mixed Mode systems.

•Repeater Knockdown. The feature is not supported during an ongoing digital transmission.

 

MOTOTRBO Equipment Programming

 

To program MOTOTRBO equipment you will need MOTOTRBO Customer Programming Software (CPS).

1.   Connect your device to the PC via a programming cable and launch MOTOTRBO CPS.

2.   Switch on the device and check its settings by clicking the Read button in the tool bar:

 

3.   In the View menu select Expert to gain access to all the settings parameters:

 

4.   In the Device Information tab make sure that firmware version is no older than R01.08.32. Otherwise, contact the supplier to request firmware upgrade.

Note: It is recommended to use the same firmware version for all MOTOTRBO equipment on the same network.

 

5.   Click Write (next to the Read button in the tool bar) to apply the changes in the settings.

 

MOTOTRBO Repeater Programming

 

1.   In the General Settings tab set the repeater identifier in the Radio ID  field. The Radio ID must be unique.

 

2.   In the Network tab set Link type = None.

 

3.   In the Channels tab add Dynamic Mixed Mode Channel.

 

Set Color Code = 1. Set required RX and TX frequencies for the channel.

 

 

 

 

MOTOTRBO Control Station Programming

 

To work in the DMM operation mode, SmartPTT Radioserver requires three control stations to be connected to. MOTOTRBO control station is MOTOTRBO mobile radio connected via USB and Audio Cable and used as a radio network gateway. One of them works on the analog channel, the other two – on the digital channels.

Each of the connected MOTOTRBO control stations should be programmed in MOTOTRBO CPS.

 

Analog Control Station

 

1.   In the General Settings tab set the Radio ID. This ID number must be unique for each control station in the communication system.

 

2.   In the Accessories tab specify the required value in the Cable Type field, e.g. Rear PC & Audio:

 

3.In the Network tab specify Radio ID. All control stations connected to PC should have different IP addresses. Users are recommended to assign the Radio IPs of radios acting as control stations to be 192.168.11.1, 192.168.12.1, 192.168.13.1 and 192.168.14.1.

In the Network tab in the Forward to PC field select Via USB:

 

4.   In the Channels section create an analog channel. Set required RX and TX frequencies for the channel. The control station TX frequency must match the repeater RX frequency, and the control station RX frequency – the repeater TX frequency.

 

 

Digital Control Station

 

1.   In the General Settings tab set the Radio ID. All radio IDs should be unique in the system though Control Station IDs can be identical and it's wide used for Control Station Configuration. 

 

2.   In the Accessories tab specify the required value in the Cable Type field, e.g. Rear PC & Audio:

 

3.   In the Network tab specify another IP address for each control station.

In the Network tab in the Forward to PC field select Via USB:

 

4.   In the Contacts tab right-click the Digital item and add the All Call contact. The All Call contact is used by the dispatcher to call all subscribers covered by the network. A user can change the All Call alias. The All Call ID value is 16777215 by default and can not be changed.

Add to the contact list subscriber groups, which are planned to be created in the system and must be serviced by the dispatcher. Set a unique ID for each group.

 

5.   In the RX Group Lists tab switch to an Available list. Add created groups from the Available section to the Members list:

 

6.   In the Channels section create a digital channel. Set Color Code = 1. For different Control Stations specify  Repeater/Time Slot = 1 and  Repeater/Time Slot = 2.

Set required RX and TX frequencies for the channel. The control station TX frequency must match the repeater RX frequency, and the control station RX frequency – the repeater TX frequency.

 

 

7.   Assign a list of groups (created in step 5) in the Group List field.

 

 

MOTOTRBO Radio Programming

 

Radio on the Analog Channel

 

1.   In the General Settings tab set the Radio ID. This ID number must be unique for each radio in the communication system.

 

2.   In the Channels tab create Analog Channel. For that add Analog channel and configure it in the following way. Set the required RX and TX frequencies for this channel. The RX and TX frequencies must be equal to the corresponding frequencies of the repeater.

 

 

Radio on the Digital Channel

 

1.   In the General Settings tab set the Radio ID. This ID number must be unique for each radio in the communication system. Enable GPS to track the subscriber location, if the radio supports this functionality.

 

2.   In the Network tab specify ARS Radio ID and TMS Radio ID in accordance with the control station Radio ID:

 

3.   In the Contacts tab right-click the Digital item. Add Group Call for each group which was created in the corresponding section of control station settings. Set appropriate group ID in the Call ID field.

 

4.   In the RX Group Lists tab switch to an available list. Add created groups from the Available section to the Members list:

 

5.   In the Channels tab create Digital channel and configure it in the following way. Enable ARS.Set Color Code = 1.  Specify necessary Slot ID.

 

Set required RX and TX frequencies for the channel.  The RX and TX frequencies must be equal to the corresponding frequencies of the repeater.

Assign a list of groups (created in step 4) in the Group List field. Set Contact Name to one of previously created digital contacts, e.g. GroupCall1.

 

 

SmartPTT Radioserver Configuration

 

To make the system work, you need to configure the radioserver settings, which can be done using the special software application SmartPTT Radioserver Configurator. In this document we will review the main settings of the radioserver, that are required for the system working in the DMM mode.

The configuration process includes the following steps:

1.   Run SmartPTT Radioserver Configurator.

2.   In the setting tree on the left right-click on Control Stations and click Add. When all connected to SmartPTT Radioserver control stations are digital, add three Control Station MOTOTRBO network configurations base station MOTOTRBO. When for analog operation the analog control station is used, add two Control Station MOTOTRBO and one Control Station (Analog) network configurations.

 

Specify the following settings for Control Station MOTOTRBO:

• local IP address of the control station. If two or more control stations are connected to the computer, one of the first three octets of the IP address must be unique for each control station.
• control station identifier.

Note: IP and ID settings must correspond to Radio IP and Radio ID programmed for the control station in MOTOTRBO CPS.

 

• select Active to activate the radioserver work with the control station.
• configure control station channel. Click Channels in the settings tree of SmartPTT Radioserver Configurator. To add a channel click the Add button. At that, a record of the added channel appear in the table. Add all channels which were set up for the control station in MOTOTRBO CPS settings.

 

• in the Control Station Groups window (the Groups item) add all contacts that were added for the control station in MOTOTRBO CPS settings.

 

• select audio devices in the Audio Settings window (the Audio item).

Specify the following settings for Control Station (Analog):

• assign a unique name to the control station in the Name field.
• type the control station serial number in the Serial Number field.
• select the Serial Port to which the control station is connected.
• use the default values of the control signal display to the pins of the socket RS323 (see the DE-9 pin numbers in brackets), if the connection circuit of the analog control station connecting analog stations via COM-port corresponds to the scheme available on the official website (www.smartptt.com).

 

• configure control station channel. Click Channels in the settings tree of SmartPTT Radioserver Configurator. To add a channel click the Add button. At that, a record of the added channel appear in the table. Only one channel can be added for analog control station.
• select audio devices in the Audio Settings window (the Audio item).

3.   Save changes made by clicking Save . To enable saved changes you must restart the service using the Start button.