ASTRO Saber MDC PTT ID

mr.syntrx · Post by **mr.syntrx** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 8:24 pm

What's involved in getting MDC PTT IDs to show up on an ASTRO Saber?

I've enabled MDC on all the personalities I want to see IDs on, and enabled PTT ID display under Display Options. Nothing's showing up, though.

Anything else I need to do?

I've got the following AS3:

HOST R07.25.00
DSP I08.03.03
H04RDH9PW7AN

590008-040600-2

Q806/G806 APCO 25 Digital CAI/IMBE Operation
H14/G114 Digital ID Display
H101/G101/H169 Analog/Conventional Only Repeater Access (MDC1200/Singletone)
H868/W298 Hardware Multikey Operation & MDC OTAR (Analog/Conventional)
H38/G51 SmartZone Operation
Q352/G352 Soft ID
Q387/G387 Conventional Voting Scan
Q173/G173 SmartZone OmniLink Operation

Cheers

jmr061 · Post by **jmr061** » Fri Dec 29, 2006 9:08 pm

I'd be happy to look over the codeplug for you.

Jason

emsbuff3240 · Post by **emsbuff3240** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 7:35 am

Atleast on an MTS2000, I know i needed the Q181 MDC StatAlert, in order to do live decode of MDC, not sure if its the same on an AS, hopefully this helps.

dxon2m · Post by **dxon2m** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 8:21 am

Digital ID is all you need to decode for the Astro line.

Did you enable MDC decode (Call Alert) in each personalities?

fogster · Post by **fogster** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 9:48 am

You definitely have the right MDC system set up on the personalities? That's what kept some of mine from showing up right.

I assume you're not scanning, and that the signal is strong?

Post by Pj » Sat Dec 30, 2006 10:20 am

Also check to see what the MDC hangtime (display) is. If its 0 or 1, it will comes across pretty quick and disappear.

Other than that, I would say its a simple oversight.

mr.syntrx · Post by **mr.syntrx** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 4:23 pm

End of Voice Timer was set to 0. Increasing that caused the IDs to show, but they only appear for about half a second. Temporary and Alternate Display Time don't seem to affect ID display. Where's the display hangtime setting in RSS?

wb4bsd · Post by **wb4bsd** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 3:09 pm

mr.syntrx wrote:End of Voice Timer was set to 0. Increasing that caused the IDs to show, but they only appear for about half a second. Temporary and Alternate Display Time don't seem to affect ID display. Where's the display hangtime setting in RSS?

In CPS its under the MDC system. Cant think of exactly what its called right now but its there.

but maybe you have found it by now since the last post was a few days ago.

jmr061 · Post by **jmr061** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 3:16 pm

Is this by chance post MDC ID via repeater?

Jason

Post by **alex** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 3:16 pm

I believe it's a bug in the firmware.

If you have an older/newer firmware - you'll notice that the problem is fixed.

I believe this is one thing that is also addressed in the Rebanding firmware...

-Alex

Post by Pj » Tue Jan 02, 2007 4:19 pm

KB9KST wrote:Is this by chance post MDC ID via repeater?

Jason

Almost forgot about that....repeater drops, there goes the ID too...

mr.syntrx · Post by **mr.syntrx** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 6:30 pm

KB9KST wrote:Is this by chance post MDC ID via repeater?

Jason

Pre MDC on simplex, from a secure Saber III.

mr.syntrx · Post by **mr.syntrx** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 6:56 pm

wb4bsd wrote:
mr.syntrx wrote:End of Voice Timer was set to 0. Increasing that caused the IDs to show, but they only appear for about half a second. Temporary and Alternate Display Time don't seem to affect ID display. Where's the display hangtime setting in RSS?
In CPS its under the MDC system. Cant think of exactly what its called right now but its there.

but maybe you have found it by now since the last post was a few days ago.

Still having no luck. I've got access to a machine with CPS 5 now, and I haven't found it there either. Just the usual stuff like pretime.

jmr061 · Post by **jmr061** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 7:30 pm

I offered earlier to look at your codeplug and Ill offer again. Contact me via pm if you want.

Jason

mr.syntrx · Post by **mr.syntrx** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 12:22 am

Solved.

Jason took a look at my codeplug, and suggest turning the MDC DOS Coast Time down to zero. Works great now.