User Guide for RPi hotspot with FAN, Simplex hotspot,Model MMDVM_AlloySPOT,RPiZW SPOT Basic Edition

The first time use MMDVM Simplex hotspot , you can follow this guide.

1, Config WiFi  Connect

2, Config Pi-Star setting

3, Config Digital Radio setting

3.1 DMR radio

3.2 YSF radio

3.3 P25 radio

3.4 D-STAR

3.5 POCSAG

Firmware upgrade
http://mmdvm.bi7jta.org/search/label/Firmware_upgrade

Demo Video
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6Us7z_gkxNKc0PcCuS7fYQ

Pager Setting User Guide 0810/update 2023.12.04 #POCSAG, #DAPNET

YouTube demo https://youtu.be/TFliDkjQnR0

MMDM System Requirement

Pi-Star 3.4.16 or higher

Firmware 1.4.8 or higher

Software description

Download: 

Support Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 10, Windows11

Pager ID programming software:

Software V3.2+ adapter:

Software: https://www.bi7jta.org/files/POCSAG/Pager_ID_Programmer-SI-V3.24s_Li-ion.zip

Software V3.09 adapter:

Software: https://www.bi7jta.org/files/POCSAG/ProgrammerV3.0.9_2020_CH340.zip

USB Adapter use CH340 Chip (Support Windows11)

USB Driver : https://www.bi7jta.org/files/POCSAG/Driver_CH341_SER_Support_Windows11.zip

Driver install and hardware connection:

USB Adapter use Pager id Chip (Very Old version)

https://www.bi7jta.org/files/POCSAG/Programmer_x64x32.zip

Settings
Write your RIC and S/N ,frequency

Enable Night-light

Video for LCD

Register your DAPNET account https://hampager.de/

Test send message in web: https://hampager.de/#/calls

Test send message in Android/iOS: 

Google Play for free : https://play.google.com/store/search?q=DAPNET&c=apps

AppStore $0.99USD: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dapnet/id1638627303

Register your PagerID/Transmitter (HAM RADIO in MMDVM)

New in 2024

Request your DAPNET Auth key

https://hampager.de/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=procedurenewtx

https://support.hampager.de/open.php

(Old) 

1, Request your DAPNET Auth key 

2, Add your Pager to DAPNET

3, Test send message to yourself.

Run send message to yourself, change the Callsign. (Deprecated in new version of Pi-Star, use web send call or Android, iOS instead )

sudo pistar-dapnetapi BI7JTA "Test message 144.5125MHz, RIC 123456"

Add your Pager RIC to DAPNET, one callsign can add multiple RIC

View log

tail -100f /var/log/pi-star/DAPNETGateway-2018-09-01.log  

Pager Feature && instruction

PLL or crystal, 137-199 MHz and 400-499 MHz, POCSAG. 

Please notice that the frequency you use.

*One device just with 4MHz bandwidth.
*The frequency can be customized in the frequency range, 4MHz bandwidth you can program when come out factory.

For example, your order 1x 439.9875MHz, you just can use 437.9875-441.9875 MHz.
You can not use 458.6625MHz when you customize 439.9875MHz.

*Default frequency is 439.9875MHz.

Warning

Q&A

1) You can use the default RIC id if can not write your ID, the first and the second have Beep Beep  voice,

2) Some language  Character coding not support in DAPNET server,  will cause unintelligible text, change to English is ok.

3) Some time DAPNET server connect timeout, try later or change network(WiFi).