BTech DMR-6X2 CodePlug Programming Guide
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STEP 1 – TALK GROUP (DIGITAL CONTACT) LIST
The first step is to identify Talk Groups (TG) you wish to use. These can be Local,
Statewide, Worldwide or Special Interest group. Although there are hundreds of
potential Talk Groups, not all TG are available through all repeaters as they are
selected at the discretion of the repeater owner. This is where
RepeaterBook
is
extremely useful.
A list of talk groups can also be found at
http://www.dmr-marc.net
On the right side of page, click on Talkgroup Databases.
An Excel file will be downloaded.
To populate the Contact List, open the Digital Contact Talk Group tab on the left side
and double click on the first line (No.1). The Digital Contact List contains the DMR Talk
Groups to be used. Regardless of the number of repeaters entered, the TG information
only needs to be entered once in the Contact list.
An easy way to populate the Talk Groups is to:
- Enter at least one or two TGs manually.
- Use the TOOL / Export function shown below to create a .csv file.
- Save this file to where you can access it in the future.
- Add the additional talk groups to the spreadsheet.
- Sort the data as desired.
- Then use TOOL / Import function to load the .csv file back to the program.
You will quickly realize that Import/Export of .csv files is your friend.
