Welcome to DMR Plus North America

DMR Plus is the original network that developed tools to interconnect ETSI Tier 2 DMR repeaters. It has been popular in Europe for years but now, with the cooperation of DMR-MARC, it has finally arrived in North America and the South Pacific. The DMR Plus architecture is similar to D-Star. Users have talkgroups to converse, to disconnect, and to monitor channel status. Users choose from a large pool of reflectors and move back to the converse talkgroup for all QSOs.

The DMR-MARC and DMR Plus partnership is ideal. The DMR-MARC network is robust and reliable. The DMR Plus network is more aligned with experimentation and interoperability of technologies. Think of DMR Plus as the best possible implementation of the former DMR-MARC Sandbox.

DMR Plus also supports a configuration that features the traditional DMR-MARC talkgroups like Worldwide English, North America, Latin America, etc. on TS1 and the DMR-Plus reflectors on TS2. The USA Regional talkgroups and the Canadian Provincial talkgroups are now connected to the TS2 reflectors.

DMR Plus supports connectivity via the DV4mini USB hotspot and the DVMEGA add-on board for the Raspberry Pi. DMR Plus also features MMDVM connectivity. Be sure to visit the Contact Us link at the top of the page and join either Traditional DMR-MARC or DMR Plus North America. You asked for more control over your repeaters and now you have it!



DMR Plus Reflectors



Dongle Access is Here!


DMR-MARC is excited to announce remote access with the DV4Mini from Wireless Holdings, the DVMEGA using MMDVM, and the Open Spot from Shark RF. You may access any of the below DMR-MARC talkgroups on your traditional repeater or via a hotspot connected to DMRPlus. Somone locally must PTT the talkgroup to ensure the connection is made between the stable portion of our network (DMR-MARC) and the experimental (DMR Plus). The inactivity timeout to disconnect is 10 minutes.



Shared Talkgroups between DMR-MARC and DMR Plus

DMR-MARC
Talkgroup Number
DMR-MARC
Time Slot
DMRPlus Reflector Number Talkgroup Name
131 1 4581 DMR+ Quebec (French)
133 1 4639 DMR+ USA (English)
134 1 4380 DMR+ Latin America (Spanish)
143 1 4404 DMR+ United Kingdom (English)
153 1 4851 DMR+ South Pacific (English)
3169 1 4640 Midwest Regional
3172 1 4642 Northeast Regional
3173 1 4643 MidAtlantic Regional
3174 1 4644 Southeast Regional
3175 1 4645 Southern Plains Regional
3176 1 4646 Southwest Regional
3177 1 4647 Mountain Regional
3020 1 4590 Newfoundland/PEI Provincial
3021 1 4591 Nova Scotia Provincial
3022 1 4592 Quebec Provincial
3023 1 4593 Ontario Provincial
3024 1 4594 Manitoba Provincial
3025 1 4595 Saskatechewan Provincial
3026 1 4596 Alberta Provincial
3027 1 4597 British Columbia Provincial
3029 1 4599 New Brunswick Provincial


Our partner group, Phoenix UK, also offer the following Talkgroup to Reflector Mappings




Instructions for DV4Mini Software Configuration



1. Download and install Visual C++ 2013. (both x86 and x64 for 64-bit machines and x86 for 32-bit machines).

2. Download and install the DV4mini software

3. Follow the screenshots to configure your personal information in the DV4mini software in the DV Control tab.

4. Go to the Expert Settings tab and select you nearest server and adjust the DMR - QRG Correction in the Expert Settings tab to show the lowest error rate. Red is high error, Yellow is medium, green is low error. You need to transmit to see the bit error rate (BER) bar. We have seen +150 to +300 Hz be optimal, depending on the type of radio you use.

5. Choose the USA-Wisconsin or USA-California servers. These are the only official DMR-MARC to DMRPlus supported servers. We cannot vouch for the interoperability of the other servers. They may or may not work. Do not choose a BM server.

6. Choose a talkgroup after selecting the TS2 radio button. Then Choose "Connect" on the DV Control tab.

7. Go to TS2 TG9 on your radio for all calls. (This is similar to what D-Star does with the "T" channel profile.)











Configuration of MMDVM on DVMega/Raspberry Pi

1. Purchase a Raspberry Pi and a DVMEGA
2. download the latest Jessie Western D-Star Widget Image
3. Follow these helpful instructions.
4. Below is an example MMDVM.ini file that works well. Our partners in the UK, Phoenix, are hosting this service for Europe. You may use their server in the event ours is down.

[General]
Callsign=YOURCALLSIGN
Timeout=180
Duplex=0
# ModeHang=10
RFModeHang=10
NetModeHang=3
Display=None
Daemon=0

[Info]
RXFrequency=436500000
TXFrequency=436500000
Power=1
# Positive Latitude is degrees north
Latitude=0.00
# Negative Latitude is degrees west
Longitude=-0.00
Height=1
Location=YOURGRIDSQUARE
Description=DVMEGA
URL=dmr-marc.net

[Log]
# Logging levels, 0=No logging
DisplayLevel=1
FileLevel=1
FilePath=.
FileRoot=MMDVM

[CW Id]
Enable=1
Time=10

[DMR Id Lookup]
File=DMRIds.dat
Time=24

[Modem]
Port=/dev/ttyAMA0
# Port=\\.\COM3
TXInvert=1
RXInvert=0
PTTInvert=0
TXDelay=100
DMRDelay=0
RXLevel=50
TXLevel=50
# CWIdTXLevel=50
# D-StarTXLevel=50
# DMRTXLevel=50
# YSFTXLevel=50
# P25TXLevel=50
OscOffset=0
RSSIMappingFile=RSSI.dat
Debug=1

[UMP]
Enable=0
# Port=\\.\COM4
Port=/dev/ttyACM1

[D-Star]
Enable=0
Module=A
SelfOnly=0

[DMR]
Enable=1
Beacons=0
Id=Your7DigitDMRID
ColorCode=1
SelfOnly=0
# Prefixes=234,235
CallHang=3
TXHang=4

[System Fusion]
Enable=0
#RemoteGateway=0

#[P25]
#Enable=1
#NAC=293

[D-Star Network]
Enable=0
GatewayAddress=127.0.0.1
GatewayPort=20010
LocalPort=20011
Debug=0

[DMR Network]
Enable=1
# Address for East and Midwest USA
Address=67.53.13.50
# Address for West USA and South Pacific
# Address=104.236.174.209
# Address for Europe and Africa
# Address=109.69.105.88
Port=55555
Jitter=300
# Local=3350
Password=PASSWORD
Options=StartRef=4639;RelinkTime=60;UserLink=1
RSSI=0
Slot1=0
Slot2=1
Debug=0

[System Fusion Network]
Enable=0
LocalAddress=127.0.0.1
LocalPort=3200
GwyAddress=127.0.0.1
GwyPort=4200
Debug=0

#[P25 Network]
#Enable=1
#GatewayAddress=127.0.0.1
#GatewayPort=42020
#LocalPort=32010
#Debug=0

[TFT Serial]
# Port=modem
Port=/dev/ttyAMA0
Brightness=50

[HD44780]
Rows=2
Columns=16

# For basic HD44780 displays (4-bit connection)
# rs, strb, d0, d1, d2, d3
Pins=11,10,0,1,2,3

# Device address for I2C
I2CAddress=0x20

# PWM backlight
PWM=0
PWMPin=21
PWMBright=100
PWMDim=16

DisplayClock=1
UTC=0

[Nextion]
# Port=modem
#Port=/dev/ttyAMA0
Brightness=50
DisplayClock=1
UTC=0
IdleBrightness=20

[OLED]
Type=3
Brightness=0
Invert=0

[LCDproc]
Address=localhost
Port=13666
#LocalPort=13667
DimOnIdle=0
DisplayClock=1
UTC=0

						
						
						



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