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eVerge™ &Amateur RadioMichael Lozano, KØNGA
December 7, 2013
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Agenda
• Concepts• Software & Firmware• Programming Basics
▫Contact List / RX Group List
▫Channel List▫Channel Groups
• Other Settings▫Buttons! Buttons!
Buttons!▫Frequently Used
Features• Differences from
MotoTRBO
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Concepts - eVerge™
•Newer line of DMR radios from Vertex Standard
•Different that VXD series (rebranded Motorola)
•Commercial Radios
•Follow DMR standards
•Can be used on RMHAM and DMR-MARC TRBO
networks
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Important Note - Analog
•eVerge™ Radios are analog capable
•Software assumes commercial use
•Most Ham analog use is wideband, commercial now
narrowband
•USA version of the software is narrowband only
•eVerge™ Radios can be programmed on Ham wideband
analog channels using the international version of the
software
• I’m not a lawyer; proceed accordingly
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Software & Firmware
•Freely available from Vertex Standard (requires
free account)
•Programming cable & radio adapter cable
•Programming cable has a comm port driver
•Firmware package includes update utility
•Sample configuration files available
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Programming Basics
•Install cable driver (once)
•Plug in cable and note the comm port number
•Update firmware (when new, and occasionally after that)
•Install & run programming software
•Configure comm port
•Download & open appropriate sample configuration file
•Change Radio ID in Digital Common settings
•Download to the radio
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Firmware Update
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Contact List / RX Group List
•Contact List contains Talk Groups and User IDs
▫Must be configured in the Contact List to be used
•Tag (a label) limited to 8 characters
•RX Group List used to determine which Talk
Groups are received on each channel
▫Typically 1 TG per RX Group for ham radio
•“Private” IDs used for Radio ID recognition
▫Private calls not used in ham radio
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Contact List / RX Group List
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Channel List - Digital
•TAG (limited to 8 characters)
•RX & TX frequencies
•Repeater Code
•Time Slot
•Contact No. (Talk Group)
•RX Group List (matches Contact Number)
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Channel List - Analog
•W5 – Ham radio wideband
•TAG (limited to 8 characters)
•RX & TX frequencies
•Sub Audio – Decode & Encode
▫C- for CTCSS
▫D- for DCS
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Channel Groups
•16 channels per group
•Number of groups determined by radio model
•Scan settings per group entry; Group Scan per
group
•Channels selected from the Channel List; TAG
automatically populated
•Group name can be changed
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Channel List / Channel Group
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Buttons! Buttons! Buttons!
•Buttons have to be programmed before they will work
•Common – Key Function
•Number of programmable buttons different on each model
•Popular programmable features:
▫Channel Up/Down
▫Group Up/Down
▫Scan, Group Scan, Follow Me Scan, Dual Watch
▫Set
▫Talk Around
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Key Function
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Misc
•Mic Gain – typically needs to be boosted•Talk Around – set per channel on the channel list•RX Power Save – set per channel on the channel list•Priority Channel 1 – global, effects some scan and button
functions•Priority Channel 2 – one per Channel Group, effects
some scan and button fuctions•Default Split – Set to -5, useful for building your own
config files•Talk Back – allows for talking while paused during
scanning•Dimmer Level – mobile radio only, turns on LCD light
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Differences from MotoTRBO
•No roaming
▫But five (Count them! FIVE!) types of scanning
•Contact list limited to 128 entries
▫Not possible to include all RMHAM or DMR-MARC
entries
•Display limited to 8 characters
▫Typical of Vertex Standard / Yaesu radios
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