SharkRF openSPOT2 - Auto Connect; Call Rerouting

YoucanalsoupdatetheRoutecrossmodecallstoIDwiththeQuickcallfeature.
C4FMnotes
IfyouuseaC4FMradio,makesureitisindigitalnarrow(DN)mode,otherwiseyourcallscan'tbeconvertedand
onlysilencewillbesenttothenetwork.
YoucanupdatetheRoutecrossmodecallstoIDwithaC4FMradiousingDTMFcodes.Youcanstartashort
privatecalltoanIDbyenteringtheSpecialcommand/crossmodeprivatecallDTMFcode(bydefaultit's*)
followedbythedestinationIDinDTMFcode.YoucanstartashortgroupcalltoanIDbyenteringtheCrossmode
groupcallDTMFcode]followedbythedestinationIDinDTMFcode.
SoforexamplewiththedefaultDTMFcodes,youcanlinkTG3100byenteringDTMFcode #3100,andlink
reflector4770byentering *4770.IfyouwanttotrytheBMparrot,enterDTMFcode *9990,releasethePTT,
thenifyoupressthePTTagain,thecallwillbeforwardedtoprivatecall9990,whichisusuallytheBMserver's
parrotserviceID.
YoucanalsousetheWires-XbuttonmenuofyourC4FMradiotoselect/searchforservers.
Advancedsettings
IfAdvancedmodeisenabled,thefollowingsettingsbecomeavailable:
YoucansetabackupserverwhichwillbeusediftheopenSPOT2can'tconnecttotheprimaryserverforBackup
serveractivateconnecttimeoutseconds.Ifthebackupserverisdisconnectedthentheprimaryonewillbetried
automaticallyagain.
YoucansettheDMOmodeTDMAchannelforthenetwork.DMOmodeisenablediftheconnector'sRXandTX
frequenciesmatch.ThissettingspecifieswhichTDMAchannelisusedforsendingcallstotheserver.Onthe
BrandMeisternetworktheDMOmodelinksthetwotimeslotstogether,sothissettingisirrelevant.
Autoconnect
TheAutoconnecttoIDwillbequickcalledwhentheopenSPOT2connectstotheserver.PleaseseetheQuick
call'sdescriptionformoreinformationaboutthisfeature.
Usingtheautoconnectfeatureisnotneeded(andnotrecommended)onBrandMeister,asthisnetwork
supportsautostatictalkgroups:thefirsttalkgroupyoucallaftercallingTG4000willbesetasautostatic.Auto
statictalkgroupswillnotbeunlinkedafteratimeoutlikedynamictalkgroups(thistimeoutisusually15minutes,
butthisdependsonserversettings).Example:startashortcalltoTG4000.ThenstartashortcalltoTG3100.
NowTG3100willbeautostatic,whichmeansitwon'tbeunlinkedafteratimeout.
Ifyouareusingautoconnecttoatalkgroup,itisadvisabletochecktheDisconnectTG/ref.onautoconnect
checkbox.Ifit'schecked,theopenSPOT2willautomaticallyquickcallTG4000afteritisconnectedtotheserver,
sothecurrentlyactiveTG/reflectorwillbedisconnected.Thisisusefulifyouonlywanttouseatalkgroup,but
theserveralwayslinksyoutoareflectorautomatically.
Notethatreflectorandtalkgrouplinking(andunlinking)isdonebythenetwork,nottheopenSPOT2.The
openSPOT2hastomakequickcalls,whicharethesameaspressingPTTforashorttimeonaradio
(kerchunking).TheseemptycallswillalsoshowupontheBrandMeisternetwork'sdashboard.
Callrerouting
YoucanenablereroutingbysettingtheRerouteDMRTG9callstoIDotherthan0.Ifreroutingisactive,allvoice
callsarereroutedtoandfromTG9.Thismakesusingtalkgroupseasier,asyoudon'thavetosetthemintheRX
grouplistonyourradio.
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