Transmission1

ive loaded the new firmware on my radio,the one with the 380 tools like mic bar graph and roger bleep and that i know it takes the tg s away but it dose not get private calls and the last experimental firmware used to get them but i cant find it because it has disapeared because everyone is sharing the new version but as im not dx ing on it its not as good as the old firmware ,does any one know of a link or can help me get pms ,thanks

You need to enable 'Promiscuous mode' to hear private and unprogrammed talkgroups.

ive enabled promiscuos mode but i still dont get pms ,i used to get loads of missed calls but i cant get them now ?

I have the original experimental firmware from va3xpr, but at 5.5Mb it's too big to attach here, if you're desperate for it then I can upload it somewhere.

nice one admiral can you do it for me ill be made up but you will have to help me how i download it ,cheers thats the one i want its gone off that site now hasnt it !

Link sent via PM as I don't want half the world trashing my Dropbox.

A 2 second googlehttp://www.va3xpr.net/programming-software-firmware/

That no longer seems to have the firmware that stan is looking for, this one is about 15 months old now.

thelad wrote:A 2 second googlehttp://www.va3xpr.net/programming-software-firmware/

no admiral your right thats the one i loaded and its not the one i want ,the one you sent is the one i wanted ,ive downloaded it but ive not really had my radio on much as ive been with something else the only thing i noticed is when i loaded it but the old one still seems to be there whether they work with each other or do i need to remove the old firmware first ? if so would i loose all my programmed frequencies ?

You should not loose any programmed frequencies when installing firmware but it's always safe to make a back up first.

You will only receive missed calls if you've cloned a radio id that was receiving a private call which isn't need with promiscuous mode. I don't know why you're not receiving private calls because i receive them just fine with the latest firmware. If you intercept a private call it will show on screen "Private Call".

I compile the firmware myself because firmware compiled by other people do not disable the test functions ( sms_test() on key 1 ) which isn't needed for regular users and regardless of TX disabled it still sends the test message so if your listening to calls and accidentally press key 1 on your radio it will transmit the message "md380tools rulez" which will be seen by the system and they will know it's being listened to and may start enforcing encryption.

You say the old firmware does not seem to be over written? It may be releated to: https://github.com/travisgoodspeed/md38 ... issues/645

If you look in netmon "Press # key" a private call will show as "cs U sender->receiver" if you see anything else then it's not a private call if you do not see anything that says "cs" then it's not a voice call or you have the wrong colour code.

Good info danny, but any earwigger that has a repeater input programmed in too is a bit of a mug.

"any earwigger that has a repeater input programmed in too is a bit of a mug" You're 100% right.

Some people do program inputs and will assume that with TX disabled they are safe from transmitting when they are not.

Just like how some people are lazy and can't be arsed learning to program their own radios and choose to download codeplugs and blame the radio when things go wrong.

TX disabled was obviously an issue with the original firmware about two years ago, that's why most sensible people use a UK Light or PMR446 frequency for the TX on a repeater channel in case the bug manifests in hacked stuff too, and also as you say for test applications and for people with more than one handset and hear their mate shouting on one set, and accidently pick up the set that's monitoring Shopwatch and give him a shout back.

danny i understand but with my old radio and experimental firmware it did come up pm but with this new firmwars on my new radio i havnt had one ,i used to get loads and missed calls now nothing

Just for the record, I have stuck the new firmware on mine for the hell of it and I still get private calls.