BridgeWatch
Bridgewatch, created by Ben K7DMG, also uses the same piping options as Callwatch. Additionally, Bridgewatch will allow selection of repeaters to further specify showing only valid talkgroups. One click will…
CallWatch
Callwatch shows the traffic across PNWDigital's 4 primary c-Bridges. Top table show the active talker information Lower table shows the call history, 900-1500 calls in the history generally Both tables show…
PeerWatch
PeerWatch shows you the repeaters currently connected to each c-Bridge. The network activity is also displayed using red and green coloring. Yellow may occasionally be seen if a repeater has…
Timeslot
A simple way to view a timeslot (TS) is that it refers to 1 of the 2 slices of time in a DMR Tier II signal. It means that 2…
Hotspot
A hotspot is a low-power (10-20 milliwatt) digital voice repeater and gateway that enables you to connect to our PNWDigital netork (or others). We have 10 MMVDM servers which have…
MMDVM
What is an Mmdvm? MMDVM means: Multi Mode Digital Voice Modem. That is to say, it's your Internet gateway to a particular digital network of hams, in our case the PNWDigital…
How Are The Repeaters Connected To Each Other?
PNWDigital's DMR repeaters are connected by IP network connection to "c-Bridges" or conference bridges. These are computers that provide the backbone to manage up to 50 repeaters per (c-Bridge). Each…
Talkgroup
A Talkgroup (TG) is simply a name or label that describes a specific voice call over DMR. Also known as a "group call" in the Anytone radios, the TG is…
Codeplug
A codeplug (old school term) is the programming file that contains all the radio settings, repeater information, talk groups, contacts, and other easy to mess-up stuff, all which works together…
RSSI, BER & Loss Rate
All are indicators of the quality of the received DMR signal RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) - a negative number -100 dBm is good, -65 is superior and -115 likely…