Talker Alias note
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Daniel and I discussed it in one of my PR's without finding a good solution for this.
Perhaps we should display the ID, from contacts or dmrid database, as normal in one line and scroll the TA in the bottom line without any break.
Perhaps we should display the ID, from contacts or dmrid database, as normal in one line and scroll the TA in the bottom line without any break.
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There is a simple solution to the problem in the original post. That problem only occurs if there is no space in the TA Data.
If there is no space then we cannot assume anything about the contents of the TA. In which case we might as well display 16 chars on the first line and the remaining chars on the second line.
Doing this means a long callsign without a trailing space is displayed correctly.
There will be other conditions where the formatting of the TA data is not perfect but it is almost impossible to work in all cases.
I have raised a PR with this change.
Colin.
If there is no space then we cannot assume anything about the contents of the TA. In which case we might as well display 16 chars on the first line and the remaining chars on the second line.
Doing this means a long callsign without a trailing space is displayed correctly.
There will be other conditions where the formatting of the TA data is not perfect but it is almost impossible to work in all cases.
I have raised a PR with this change.
Colin.
Re: Talker Alias note
That would be great if the GD-77 could be made to TX TA data. I wish all DMR radios could do this as it would obviate the need for contact lists.
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I did some experiments with this a while ago and it was not difficult to implement.
I can work with Daniel to add this function, and probably use the Line 1 and Line 2 texts from the Boot screen.
I can't remember how many characters TA can transmit, but I'm pretty sure its less than the 2 x 16 characters of Line 1 and Line 2, and to make the best use of the limited number of characters people would need to split the total text across the 2 lines for themselves
e.g.
"VK3KYY Roger"
"Melbourne. AU"
Or something similar.
Also, this would need to be disabled by default, because I've heard it causes big problems on older Motorola repeaters.
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The TA on my 878 accepts 26 characters, the GD77 displays only 22 (unless you can scroll the screen). Another small note: if I change the transmitted text of the TA or I turn off the TA transmission, the GD77 continues to view the stored text, until I turn off the GD77 and repower on again
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Re: Talker Alias note
Hi,
If you have time, I can capture your TA, just tell me which TG you're connected to.
Cheers.
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Daniel
No, the latest firmware supports far more than 22 characters (27 max + Maidenhead locator), but it depends of the TA encoding, it's lesser in UTF-8 or UTF-16.IK8JHL wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:23 amThe TA on my 878 accepts 26 characters, the GD77 displays only 22 (unless you can scroll the screen). Another small note: if I change the transmitted text of the TA or I turn off the TA transmission, the GD77 continues to view the stored text, until I turn off the GD77 and repower on again
If you have time, I can capture your TA, just tell me which TG you're connected to.
Cheers.
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Daniel
Re: Talker Alias note
I used ISO 8bit, but I can also use ISO 7bit or Unicode, unfortunately now I am at work, in the evening if you want, the TG is 22480, but do you think Brandmeister passes the TA transmitted by the radio?F1RMB wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:44 amHi,
No, the latest firmware supports far more than 22 characters (27 max + Maidenhead locator), but it depends of the TA encoding, it's lesser in UTF-8 or UTF-16.IK8JHL wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:23 amThe TA on my 878 accepts 26 characters, the GD77 displays only 22 (unless you can scroll the screen). Another small note: if I change the transmitted text of the TA or I turn off the TA transmission, the GD77 continues to view the stored text, until I turn off the GD77 and repower on again
If you have time, I can capture your TA, just tell me which TG you're connected to.
Cheers.
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Daniel
Re: Talker Alias note
Hi Francesco,
According to this, it seems so, unless I'm wrong
Cheers.
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Daniel
Okay, I'll add this TG to my static configuration, and try to look at your TA.IK8JHL wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 9:04 amI used ISO 8bit, but I can also use ISO 7bit or Unicode, unfortunately now I am at work, in the evening if you want, the TG is 22480, but do you think Brandmeister passes the TA transmitted by the radio?F1RMB wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:44 amHi,
No, the latest firmware supports far more than 22 characters (27 max + Maidenhead locator), but it depends of the TA encoding, it's lesser in UTF-8 or UTF-16.IK8JHL wrote: ↑Tue Jan 07, 2020 8:23 amThe TA on my 878 accepts 26 characters, the GD77 displays only 22 (unless you can scroll the screen). Another small note: if I change the transmitted text of the TA or I turn off the TA transmission, the GD77 continues to view the stored text, until I turn off the GD77 and repower on again
If you have time, I can capture your TA, just tell me which TG you're connected to.
Cheers.
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Daniel
According to this, it seems so, unless I'm wrong
Cheers.
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Daniel
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Daniel
I have started to write the TA Tx functionality, and it is starting to work, it I will need to look again at the Rx TA data, because I currently have some problems with the offsets.
Its getting too late for me to bug fix it tonight, but I'm sure I will be able to fix it quite easily tomorrow morning.
BTW.
People don't realise this, but the radio already transmits TA data when its in Hotspot mode
I have started to write the TA Tx functionality, and it is starting to work, it I will need to look again at the Rx TA data, because I currently have some problems with the offsets.
Its getting too late for me to bug fix it tonight, but I'm sure I will be able to fix it quite easily tomorrow morning.
BTW.
People don't realise this, but the radio already transmits TA data when its in Hotspot mode
Re: Talker Alias note
This is a log received from MMDVMHOST of my Talker Alias ABCDEFGHIJHKLNOPQRSTUVWXY trasmitted with Anytone 878
M: 2020-01-07 18:15:50.900 DMR Slot 2, received RF voice header from IK8JHL to TG 22480
M: 2020-01-07 18:15:51.442 DMR Talker Alias (Data Format 0, Received 0/2 char): ''
M: 2020-01-07 18:15:51.443 DMR Slot 2, Embedded Talker Alias Header
M: 2020-01-07 18:15:51.443 0000: 04 00 74 41 42 43 44 45 46 *..tABCDEF*
M: 2020-01-07 18:15:52.162 DMR Talker Alias (Data Format 0, Received 0/2 char): ''
M: 2020-01-07 18:15:52.162 DMR Slot 2, Embedded Talker Alias Block 1
M: 2020-01-07 18:15:52.163 0000: 05 00 47 48 49 4A 48 4B 4C *..GHIJHKL*
M: 2020-01-07 18:15:52.882 DMR Talker Alias (Data Format 0, Received 0/2 char): ''
M: 2020-01-07 18:15:52.882 DMR Slot 2, Embedded Talker Alias Block 2
M: 2020-01-07 18:15:52.883 0000: 06 00 4D 4E 4F 50 51 52 53 *..MNOPQRS*
M: 2020-01-07 18:15:56.482 DMR Talker Alias (Data Format 0, Received 0/2 char): ''
M: 2020-01-07 18:15:56.482 DMR Slot 2, Embedded Talker Alias Block 3
M: 2020-01-07 18:15:56.483 0000: 07 00 54 55 56 57 58 59 00 *..TUVWXY.*
M: 2020-01-07 18:15:50.900 DMR Slot 2, received RF voice header from IK8JHL to TG 22480
M: 2020-01-07 18:15:51.442 DMR Talker Alias (Data Format 0, Received 0/2 char): ''
M: 2020-01-07 18:15:51.443 DMR Slot 2, Embedded Talker Alias Header
M: 2020-01-07 18:15:51.443 0000: 04 00 74 41 42 43 44 45 46 *..tABCDEF*
M: 2020-01-07 18:15:52.162 DMR Talker Alias (Data Format 0, Received 0/2 char): ''
M: 2020-01-07 18:15:52.162 DMR Slot 2, Embedded Talker Alias Block 1
M: 2020-01-07 18:15:52.163 0000: 05 00 47 48 49 4A 48 4B 4C *..GHIJHKL*
M: 2020-01-07 18:15:52.882 DMR Talker Alias (Data Format 0, Received 0/2 char): ''
M: 2020-01-07 18:15:52.882 DMR Slot 2, Embedded Talker Alias Block 2
M: 2020-01-07 18:15:52.883 0000: 06 00 4D 4E 4F 50 51 52 53 *..MNOPQRS*
M: 2020-01-07 18:15:56.482 DMR Talker Alias (Data Format 0, Received 0/2 char): ''
M: 2020-01-07 18:15:56.482 DMR Slot 2, Embedded Talker Alias Block 3
M: 2020-01-07 18:15:56.483 0000: 07 00 54 55 56 57 58 59 00 *..TUVWXY.*