Re: Is there any intention to continue this wonderful project?
Posted: Sun May 30, 2021 4:08 pm
The scanner option at start is great. But it might be would be more correct, instead of a switch in the "options" section, to do that simply if we turned off the walkie when it was scanning on start it would continue with the scanner enabled.
Or let the switch do what I say or not. Now the switch forces you to start with the scanner, whether you were using it or not.
It’s not too complicated, I think, to change how the switch works. simply, it should be added that the moment the user activates the scanner, save it to the settings. And, if the user turns off the radio with the scanner on, when you turn it on again, restart the scanner.
If, on the other hand, it is not scanning when it is turned off, the machine would not be ordered to resume scanning and would start normally.
Anyway, as it works it is very interesting and useful.
Another thing I saw in this firmware has to do with the beep.
If I select "silence" no tone is heard. I usually try to remove the key tones, but I'm interested in hearing the activation tone of the DMR repeater, so I know when to start talking. In silent mode, would it be possible to continue listening to the repeater tone? Now, I have the tone turned to -24dB and the dmr tone is heard at a correct volume. I think with previous firmwares, turning off the beep didn’t affect the DMR tone, but I may be confused.
Anyway, I think we have a very robust firmware, usable and focused on how the hamradio community works.
I’ve been playing these months with several dmr radios and really, if you’ve tried opengd77 before, it gives you the feeling that the other radios are in the stone age.
If I were to own a large communications equipment company, I would ask the software engineer to go through these pages every day to learn how amateur radio equipment should work.
Or let the switch do what I say or not. Now the switch forces you to start with the scanner, whether you were using it or not.
It’s not too complicated, I think, to change how the switch works. simply, it should be added that the moment the user activates the scanner, save it to the settings. And, if the user turns off the radio with the scanner on, when you turn it on again, restart the scanner.
If, on the other hand, it is not scanning when it is turned off, the machine would not be ordered to resume scanning and would start normally.
Anyway, as it works it is very interesting and useful.
Another thing I saw in this firmware has to do with the beep.
If I select "silence" no tone is heard. I usually try to remove the key tones, but I'm interested in hearing the activation tone of the DMR repeater, so I know when to start talking. In silent mode, would it be possible to continue listening to the repeater tone? Now, I have the tone turned to -24dB and the dmr tone is heard at a correct volume. I think with previous firmwares, turning off the beep didn’t affect the DMR tone, but I may be confused.
Anyway, I think we have a very robust firmware, usable and focused on how the hamradio community works.
I’ve been playing these months with several dmr radios and really, if you’ve tried opengd77 before, it gives you the feeling that the other radios are in the stone age.
If I were to own a large communications equipment company, I would ask the software engineer to go through these pages every day to learn how amateur radio equipment should work.