Hi on the Intercom App , on A digital channel , would it be possible to add a time slot setting ( time slot 1 or 2) this function is required for using TDMA Repeaters (DMR Tier II) ,that are used widely , and is a requirement for the 6.25khz channel spacing equivalent Regulations .
This would be helpful to connect to the (https://brandmeister.network) network DMR Repeaters.

Another feature to be added : It would be great to have the possibility to save channels settings  on  file  and have ability to edit settings with external computer .   (Codeplug editor)

Hello, all...

I would like to add my voice and second these notions regarding the time slot selection and if not a "code plug" then at least some way to back up and restore the channels we edit, especially if that leads to editing them via computer in a spreadsheet or even just a plain text editor.

I would like to add a request for an explanation of the new "code list" (or was it "group list"?) matrix at the bottom of adding or editing a digital channel. I think it's for listing all talk groups the user is interested in listening to, but would like confirmation as I've never used DMR before.

How is the new "message" feature used?

I would very much like some kind of scan option. Either scanning continuously between two frequencies, or, scan all channels saved in a channel group ("Device Area").

Is it possible to set the radio to use other modulation methods, like AM or sideband? More justa curiosity here.

Thanks a bunch!

Has anyone contacted the software people at CHIRP to see if they have the ability to add support for the Android Application used... Intercom? It is used on multiple phones that have built in two way radios. They may make support for it.

I finally got a replacement phone & tried to head a headset with a push to talk button. When the intercom app is open, it tries to activate Google.

Could a feature be added to an external PTT button can be used with the intercom app? Wired or bluetooth would be great.

I like that idea, too. Possibly either using earbuds with a play/pause button as the PTT trigger or if there's a pinout available that could be used to fashion a "real" mic or even adapt like an old 8-pin DIN style CB mic to it...... But now I'm bordering on ridiculous. Haha, walking around with a curly corded CB hand mic attached to my cellphone.

Shame the hardware won't support a more rugged/durable connection than this TRRS.

CallMeColt wrote:

Has anyone contacted the software people at CHIRP to see if they have the ability to add support for the Android Application used... Intercom? It is used on multiple phones that have built in two way radios. They may make support for it.

That's an interesting idea.
I just visited their website.  Looking at the way it seems to work, you would need some way to get the data into the device.  I know Baofengs and the like are programmed using a simply USB adapter to the phone's speaker/mic connector.  I assume there's either a digital interface or it works somewhat like an analog modem.  Either way, we obviously don't have that on these phones.  The only option in that route is the TRRS which we already know to be troublesome to begin with or the USB which won't provide filesystem access to the location where Intercom's configurations are stored.  Putting a file into the "SD" storage on the device would be trivial to do, but the trick would be getting Intercom to load it when we've already seen the app has no such option [yet]. 
In short, what CHIRP would need would be direct access to the files that the Intercom app uses, and currently that's not possible [without root].  Maybe there would be a way if CHIRP itself were an Android app, but I think current implementations of Android sandbox each app separate from the others so it still wouldn't work.
I do remain hopeful, though, that an interface can be made. 
I'd be interested to know what firm developed this Intercom app, because I've now seen it on BV devices and on the Ulefone Armour 3T.  I'm curious what other phones use it.

I saw someone else post a link to a web site, and since I already had a table of my own made up from data I found elsewhere on the web, I cross-referenced the information on that link with what was in my table, made some edits, and have it publicly shared on my Google Docs.  Hopefully it's useful to others as well.

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Tech Addict wrote:

I saw someone else post a link to a web site, and since I already had a table of my own made up from data I found elsewhere on the web, I cross-referenced the information on that link with what was in my table, made some edits, and have it publicly shared on my Google Docs.  Hopefully it's useful to others as well.

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Yes, I was bored tonight.

ADMIN:  Since the attachment on the third post of this thread is known to be inaccurate for our device, can it be removed or simply hidden to avoid confusing future forum readers?

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Hello Admin!  Is there any word back from the tech team on their thoughts regarding our feature requests?  

On that note...

I've got a list of features requested so far in the Intercom app:

1. CTCSS frequencies in lieu of (or addition to) the numbers currently shown
2. Ability to encode and decode morse code over the air
3. Time Slots  (This is a BIG one -- absolutely a must if this radio is going to be used with DMR amateur radio repeaters)
4. Settings/Config export/import or backup/restore (a la "codeplug")

I want to add several more:

1. PTT start tone and PTT end tone:  Select different tones
2. Ability to break squelch manually (using a toggle switch on the "Intercom" tab, maybe above and to the side of the big PTT button on screen) so that I don't have to go in and edit a channel to squelch zero to monitor for weak signals.  I sometimes manually scan through all the channels and I don't want to edit twenty two of these suckers to "squelch 0" then have to edit them all back to "squelch 1" when I'm done.   On that note....
3. A button on the "Intercom" tab that lets me edit the channel I'm currently using without going to the "channel" tab first.
4. Ability to set defaults.  For instance, I want to default it to analog, not digital.  I want to default it to squelch 1, not 0.  I want to default to wide band, not narrow band. And, I want to set a default to send CTCSS 20 (127.3 Hz).  I want the ability to set these defaults for myself.
5. Ability to save more than 12 characters in the channel name.  I enter names of repeaters using the repeater callsign, but then I also tack on the city the repeater is in, and maybe follow it with something like a club name or a feature it has.  For example, lets say Detroit has the Detroit Amateur Radio Club (they might, I don't know, never been there) which runs an analog repeater on callsign KD7XYZ or whatever.  I would put the name as "KD7XYZ - Detroit - DARC Analog" but all I'd be able to get into the app is "KD7XYZ-DARC-" or "KD7XYZdetroi" which you can see is a bit limiting.  I see nowhere in the app interface where there's not enough room to display all this info, so the limitation is somewhere else.
6. Ability to combine all PTT Recordings from one channel into one file with time delay built into the recording end.  For instance, right now, every staticky contact I hear, if the squelch cuts out to silence, it stops recording and with the next break in squelch the next recording begins.  A recording should start, and have a delay, adjustable, to say "stop recording after x seconds" so that if the contact is staticky or if a conversation is going on, the entire conversation gets recorded in one file instead of each transmission being a new file.  The real trick will be recording the transmit side as well, into the same file.  
7. PTT Recording filenames:  right now the file is saved by channel number, but the channel number is meaningless because there are multiple channel groups and "channel 22" may not be the same now as it was when the recording was made.  Instead of channel number, it should be a receive frequency and timestamp of the beginning of the recording.
8. Ability to rearrange channels with a simple drag-handle.  I arrange my repeaters by frequency.  Maybe later it will be by callsign.  Maybe I delete a channel today, and tomorrow I add a new channel somewhere else in the middle of the frequencies I use, but I have to either put it at the end of the list or in the spot where the deleted channel is.  I want to be able to adjust the channels or the channel orders/arrangements without having to delete them all and re-enter them manually.  (This wouldn't be so bad if the ability to back up, edit, and restore channels and settings existed -- at least the computer keyboard editing a file is a lot easier than using a touch interface on a six inch screen).

I'm POSITIVE I'll have more later on

Something else I'd like to ask...   I put an old Radio Shack SWR/Wattmeter on this thing using an SMA-to-PL259 cable and an adapter on the other end of the meter to attach the antennas I tested.  I tried the stock antenna, a dual-band antenna I bought on Amazon, and a homemade 4-element Yagi antenna.  I tested SWR and it was very good on all antennas.  I also checked the power output, and I found low power to be about a quarter of a watt, or maybe as much as a third of a watt (it was a small meter, with a 15-watt logarithmic scale, so it was hard to tell at such low power).  I found high power to be just a hair under a watt and a half.  Can we get confirmation on this?

Also, between wide band and narrow band, can we get confirmation on what the bandwidths are for each setting?  Does it vary with frequency used?


Sorry for such a long post, lots of stuff to ask and I rarely get a solid chance to do forums anymore.


Thanks!

Tech Addict