4.0 KiB
| title | aliases | summary | categories | tags | date | lastmod | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APRS With The Hytera PD785G |
|
This article is based on the Firmware v9. |
|
|
2020-01-27T17:34:01+01:00 | 2023-12-26T18:36:39+0000 |
I've read many articles about the Hytera PD785G, APRS, GPS, IPSC2, DMR+, Brandmeister and what not...
These are the settings that I currently run with.
GPS settings
These settings remain the same as on the v8 firmware.
{{< figure src="hyt_01_gps.png" alt="GPS settings" caption="" >}}
Also this remains the same -- make sure to disable Quick GPS and enable RSSI Report.
{{< figure src="hyt_02_gps.png" alt="GPS settings" caption="" >}}
You do not really need the other settings. On incoming calls Call Location will show the location of other stations on the display. Voice with Location sends your own location info out with your voice. This is needed for Call Location.
Network settings
Set the Control Center ID to 9057 if you want to appear as portable device.
{{< figure src="hyt_03_network.png" alt="network settings" caption="" >}}
You can also use any of those number-symbol combinations.
| RRS & Radio IDs | description |
|---|---|
| 9050 | without SSID |
| 9055 | house / QTH |
| 9056 | camping / fieldday |
| 9057 | handheld transceiver |
| 9058 | mobile / boat |
| 9059 | mobile / car |
Channel settings
Setup the channel like this. Just make sure to set Location Info Revert Channel. I did not select IP Multi-site Connect and I also did not select an RRS Revert Channel. I am not 100% sure, but I think the RRS Revert Channel
is what makes your HT send your position out when you change channels.
{{< figure src="hyt_04_channel.png" alt="channel settings" caption="" >}}
You can also set Slot Operation to Pseudo Trunk -- that would let you hear statically linked talkgroups of
another timeslot too.
Buttons
Did you set Button as a GPS Trigger? Then you want
to configure a button here.
{{< figure src="hyt_05_buttons.png" alt="buttons settings" caption="" >}}
Basic settings
For what I have tested this works quite well. Although Brandmeister
recommends to set the Data Bearer Service to
Compressed IP if you want to use text messaging.
{{< figure src="hyt_06_basic.png" alt="basic settings" caption="" >}}
Examples
In-call location information does not contain an SSID. That means, that your
location is transferred as your plain CALLSIGN, without the -7 for
9057.
{{< figure src="hyt_08_aprs_route_9057.png" alt="route with the ssid 7" caption="The route looks like this when transmitted as CALLSIGN-7." >}}
{{< figure src="hyt_07_aprs_route_9050.png" alt="route without ssid" caption="The route looks like that when no SSID is appended to the CALLSIGN." >}}
When transmitted with SSID a location point looks like this:
{{< figure src="hyt_09_aprs_ssid_working.png" alt="location with ssid" caption="" >}}
and without SSID:
{{< figure src="hyt_10_aprs_ssid_notworking.png" alt="location without ssid" caption="" >}}
There is usually only a red dot marker and not a house. The house replaced the red dot when I tried new APRS settings with my Openspot2 -- which sended out a beacon for my callsign only. This might not be compatible to each other -- time will tell...
{{< figure src="hyt_11_aprs_ssid_hotspot.png" alt="hotspot beacon" caption="" >}}
In case you don't know that site yet, there is also https://aprsdirect.com as
an alternative to https://aprs.fi -- I love the realtime raw package feed.
I use them both here and there.
{{< figure src="hyt_12_aprsdirect.png" alt="aprsdirect.com station info" caption="" >}}