Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents openSPOT3 user manual First steps Connecting to a Wi-Fi network 1.2.1 Quick Setup 1.2.2 Setting up your transceiver DMR radio setup 1.3.1 Example configurations 1.3.1.1 DMR usage notes 1.3.1.2 D-STAR® radio setup 1.3.2 D-STAR® APRS® 1.3.2.1 C4FM/Fusion® radio setup 1.3.3 Using the Wires-X® button 1.3.3.1 C4FM/Fusion® APRS® 1.3.3.2 NXDN® radio setup 1.3.4 P25 radio setup 1.3.5 POCSAG pager setup 1.3.6 LED states Status LED 1.4.1 Power LED 1.4.2 Button usage Power button 1.5.1 Wi-Fi button 1.5.2...
Page 3 C4FM/Fusion® settings 2.6.8 NXDN® settings 2.6.9 P25 settings 2.6.10 POCSAG settings 2.6.11 Transcode gain settings 2.6.12 Lock settings 2.6.13 Call mute settings 2.6.14 Beeper settings 2.6.15 RTC settings 2.6.16 Call audio settings 2.6.17 Miscellaneous settings 2.6.18 Network page Network traffic 2.7.1 Network settings 2.7.2 NTP settings 2.7.3 Wireless settings 2.7.4 IP settings 2.7.5 MAC settings 2.7.6 Side panels / Tools page Quick call 2.8.1 BrandMeister Manager 2.8.2 DMR SMS chat 2.8.3 POCSAG/DAPNET...
Page 4 SharkRF IP Connector Client 3.12 SharkRF IP Connector Server 3.13 AutoCal 3.14 Advanced usage Powersaving Control calls Cross modes DMR transceiver 4.3.1 D-STAR® transceiver 4.3.2 C4FM transceiver 4.3.3 NXDN® transceiver 4.3.4 P25 transceiver 4.3.5 USB serial console Factory reset Miscellaneous Troubleshooting Specifications Acknowledgement Open source licences...
Page 5: Openspot3 User Manual
This user manual is for the stable firmware version v12. It's updated with new information when a new stable firmware is released. The PDF version is available here. Company names and products in this manual are trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective company. D-STAR® is a registered trademark of Icom Inc. System Fusion® is a registered trademark of Yaesu Musen Co., Ltd. NXDN® is a registered trademark of JVC Kenwood Corp. and Icom Inc. APRS® is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR MMDVM® is a registered trademark of Shenzhen HKCNMA Co., Ltd. Support information...
Page 6 The openSPOT3 is designed to be very simple to use, but if you have questions, feel free to ask them in email. You can also seek help in our community forum. Please note that we don't have official support on other platforms like Facebook. Package contents The openSPOT3 package contains an AC/USB power supply and a USB cable. These are all you need to operate the openSPOT3, however, you will need a web browser on a computer, tablet or mobile phone for setting up the openSPOT3 through it's web interface, but after that, the device can work standalone. Please only use the supplied AC/USB power supply to charge the openSPOT3, unless you are plugging the openSPOT3 to a power bank, a computer or your vehicle's built-in USB power adapter. The usage of inappropriate power supplies voids the warranty.
Page 7: First Steps
First steps First steps Charging the battery Connect the openSPOT3 to a USB power supply to start charging the battery. The openSPOT3 is fully functional while it is charging. Powering up Power up the openSPOT3 by pressing the power button for at least 1 second. If the device is running with the factory default configuration, then there's an initialization running for about 15- 20 seconds and the status LED will be blinking white: After this, the LED will be slowly pulsating white indicating that the device has entered access point (AP) mode and it's broadcasting it's own Wi-Fi network called openSPOT3 AP:...
Page 8 First steps The AP mode is the openSPOT3's default mode of operation if no Wi-Fi networks are configured. AP mode lets you configure a Wi-Fi network which the openSPOT3 will connect in normal mode. You can switch between AP and normal mode anytime by pressing the Wi-Fi button for about 3 seconds. Connecting the openSPOT3 to a Wi-Fi network Connect your web browser device (phone/tablet/computer) to the Wi-Fi network called openSPOT3 AP. If there is no Wi-Fi network called openSPOT3 AP, then make sure the openSPOT3 is in AP mode (status LED is pulsating white). You can switch between AP and normal mode anytime by pressing the button for 3 seconds. Also make sure the openSPOT3 is placed close to your phone/tablet/computer. The initialization setup opens automatically. If the initialization setup won't open automatically, then you can open it by entering http://192.168.99.1/ into the web browser while your browser device is connected to the Wi-Fi network openSPOT3 AP. Select the country of operation, then click on the Next button. Select which Wi-Fi network the openSPOT3 will use (usually your own Wi-Fi network) by clicking on the Connect button at the desired Wi-Fi network. Enter the Wi-Fi network password in the Network key dialog (make sure you enter the password case sensitive), then click on the dialog's Connect button. The openSPOT3 stops broadcasting it's own Wi-Fi network, and automatically tries to connect to the selected Wi-Fi network. This is indicated by the status LED becoming blue and then eventually alternating green/orange, or green. The web browser device (ex. your phone) detects that the openSPOT3 AP is no longer available, and drops the connection. It should automatically connect back to the previously used Wi-Fi network. If it does not, connect it to the same Wi-Fi network as the openSPOT3. A successful connection to the Wi-Fi network is indicated by an alternating green/yellow (or green) status LED on the openSPOT3 which means the Null connector is active and the device is connected to the Wi-Fi network. Quick Setup initialization Open SharkRF Link in your web browser. Enter the openSPOT3's device UID (you can find this ID on the sticker at the bottom of the openSPOT3), then click on the Connect button. The openSPOT3's web interface will open in your web browser. If not, then make sure your browser device (phone/tablet/computer) is connected to the exact same Wi-Fi network as the openSPOT3, and that the openSPOT3 is connected to the Wi-Fi network indicated be green/orange or green LED. Fill in your callsign and IDs in the Quick setup, then click on the Save button.
Page 9: Quick Setup
First steps Quick Setup Quick Setup helps you to configure the openSPOT3 with your transceiver and connect to the preferred network. Select the type of your radio Set some basic settings like the frequency, and select the network you want to connect (this will set which connector will be used) Select the server to connect, set the needed network parameters (like your callsign, IDs, etc.), and click on the Connect button After the openSPOT3 is connected to the selected server it is ready to use with your transceiver...
Page 10: Setting Up Your Transceiver
Setting up your transceiver Setting up your transceiver Here are some tips on setting up different types of transceivers. DMR radio setup Set up a simplex channel (with the same RX and TX frequencies). You can set the timeslot to any value, as it is not used in simplex mode. Set the channel's color code to the openSPOT3's color code (by default it's 1, it can be changed on the Settings page, DMR settings section). Set the TX contact for the current channel to the talkgroup you want to talk on. If you want to use a reflector, or Homebrew call rerouting, set it to ID 9 with a group call (which means TG9). Create an RX group list and add TG9 to it. Assign this RX group list to the previously created simplex channel. This way you'll be able to hear the openSPOT3's voice announcements, which will be sent to TG9. Create a contact with private call to ID 9999, which is the openSPOT3's built-in local echo service. Make a call to this ID to test the connection between the transceiver and the openSPOT3. Run AutoCal in case you have voice quality issues. See the AutoCal's usage description in the Connectors section below. Take a look at the example channel configurations. D-STAR® radio setup Set the radio to single frequency mode. If you want to use a reflector, set the URCALL on your radio to CQCQCQ, and the local module on the openSPOT3 to D. If you want to use a gateway, set the URCALL on your radio to the gateway's callsign and remote module. The remote module should be the last character of the URCALL. Make sure you have registered your local module on the D-STAR® gateway registration system. If you have a registration, you have probably registered the "space" local module. In this case set your openSPOT3's local module to a space (empty) character. You can check your D-STAR® registration here. You don't have to care about RPT1 and RPT2 settings. You can make a test call to the openSPOT3's built-in local echo service to test the connection between the transceiver and the openSPOT3 by setting the URCALL to (7 spaces and an E, replace dots with ..E spaces). Take a look at the D-STAR® APRS® page if you want to forward your transceiver's GPS position to the APRS® network. If you use a Kenwood TH-D74A transceiver, then make sure the Direct Reply feature is turned off, as it basically causes automatic callsign routing, which could cause one's transmission to not be heard on the used reflector. C4FM/Fusion® radio setup Set the radio to single frequency mode. Use digital narrow (DN) mode. Voice wide (VW) mode does not support late entry.
Page 11 Setting up your transceiver AUTO (or ALL or 00, depending what's available on your radio) after you've done with the local echo test. Run AutoCal in case you use the C4FM Half Deviation mode and there are voice quality issues. See the AutoCal's usage description in the Connectors section below. Take a look at the Wires-X® button usage description and the C4FM/Fusion® APRS® page if you want to forward your transceiver's GPS position to the APRS® network. NXDN® radio setup Set up a simplex channel (with the same RX and TX frequencies). Set the channel's Radio Access Number (RAN) to the openSPOT3's RAN (by default it's 0, it can be changed on the Settings page, NXDN® settings section). Create a contact with private call to ID 9999, which is the openSPOT3's built-in local echo service. Make a call to this ID to test the connection between the transceiver and the openSPOT3. Run AutoCal in case you have voice quality issues. See the AutoCal's usage description in the Connectors section below. P25 radio setup Set up a simplex channel (with the same RX and TX frequencies). Set the channel's Network Access Code (NAC) to the openSPOT3's NAC (by default it's 0, it can be changed on the Settings page, P25 settings section). Note that the openSPOT3 requires the NAC in decimal format (example: if you have the NAC 0x293 in your radio then you have to enter 659 in the openSPOT3). Create a contact with private call to ID 9999, which is the openSPOT3's built-in local echo service. Make a call to this ID to test the connection between the transceiver and the openSPOT3. Run AutoCal in case you have voice quality issues. See the AutoCal's usage description in the Connectors section below. POCSAG pager setup Make sure you set the your pager's receive frequency to the openSPOT3's POCSAG frequency, and that the baud rates match. Polarity should be normal. The openSPOT3's POCSAG frequency and other settings can be changed on the Settings page, POCSAG settings section. Make sure you set the RIC(s) in your pager's configuration to the address(es) you want to receive messages See the DAPNET Wiki for more information about POCSAG and DAPNET.
Page 12 Setting up your transceiver Example DMR radio channel configurations Hytera Motorola...
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Page 15: Dmr Usage Notes
Setting up your transceiver DMR usage notes There are two basic types of DMR calls your transceiver can transmit or receive: private and group. The openSPOT3 forwards what it receives from your radio to the network, or from the network to your radio. The network may forward your calls to it's other connected stations (hotspots/repeaters/gateways) or calls from other connected stations to you based on linked talkgroups and reflectors. Talkgroups and reflectors are network features, they are completely handled by the network and not the openSPOT3, and their behavior may be different on each network. Talkgroups DMR networks usually have static or dynamic linking available for a talkgroup. Statically linked TGs remain linked all the time, dynamically linked TGs stay linked for you only for a limited amount of time after the last call (usually 15 minutes on BrandMeister, depending on the currently used server's configuration). Having a talkgroup linked either dynamically or statically means that stations which have the same linked talkgroup will receive all (usually group) calls sent to that talkgroup. Dynamic talkgroups You can link a TG dynamically by simply starting a (group) call to the talkgroup ID. The network will automatically link your openSPOT3 to the called TG ID. To unlink all dynamically linked talkgroups, call TG4000 (start a short group call to DMR ID 4000). Note: calling TG4000 will also unlink linked reflectors, not just all dynamic talkgroups. Dynamic talkgroups on the BrandMeister Network The BrandMeister Network lets you call any talkgroup ID and will create that talkgroup dynamically for you. There's BrandMeister Network feature for hotspots called auto static talkgroups: the first talkgroup ID you call after calling TG4000 will be linked auto static which means it won't be unlinked after a timeout. You can unlink this auto static TG by calling TG4000. Static talkgroups on the BrandMeister Network Statically linked TGs can be configured on the BrandMeister Network's dashboard after logging in, or by using the openSPOT3's BrandMeister Manager.
Page 16 Setting up your transceiver Static talkgroups on DMRplus/IPSC/other networks You can define what TGs to link statically at the DMRplus options section at the bottom of the Homebrew/MMDVM® connector settings page.
Page 17 Setting up your transceiver Reflectors Reflector IDs are between DMR ID 4000 and 5000. To link a reflector, start a short private call to the reflector ID. To unlink the reflector, start a short private call to DMR ID 4000. Only 1 reflector can be linked at a time. To talk on the linked reflector, send your calls to DMR ID 9 with a group call (TG9). You'll receive all calls from the reflector also to TG9. Reflectors on the BrandMeister Network Reflector usage is deprecated (and nowadays mostly disabled) on BrandMeister servers. Use talkgroups instead. Advices for hotspot usage BrandMeister Network Avoid statically linking talkgroups and only use one auto static talkgroup at a time. DMRplus/IPSC/other networks Define what TGs to link statically at the DMRplus options section at the bottom of the Homebrew/MMDVM® connector settings page. Changing modules on XLX servers To unlink the currently linked module, call DMR ID 4000. To connect to module A, call DMR ID 4001, for module B call DMR ID 4002 and so on.
Page 18 Setting up your transceiver Example If you have TG969 linked either dynamically or statically, then the server will forward group calls (coming from other stations (repeaters, hotspots, gateways)) going to DMR ID 969 to your openSPOT3. Your openSPOT3 will transmit it on RF and your radio will receive it. Your radio will open the squelch if: The TX contact of the currently active channel is set to TG969, or You have an RX group list with TG969 in it and this RX group list is assigned to the currently active channel.
Page 19: D-Star® Aprs
Setting up your transceiver D-STAR® APRS® You can set up the openSPOT3 to forward your D-STAR® transceiver's location information to the APRS® network, so it will be visible on APRS® maps like aprs.fi Setting up the APRS® connection First you have to set up the APRS® special connector using the openSPOT3's Quick Setup. Make sure you check the Enable in background checkbox. You don't need to check the Allow uploading device location checkbox for D-STAR® location forwarding. You can verify the APRS® connection status on the Status page. Setting up your D-STAR® transceiver The following setup is described using the Icom ID51's menu structure. The menu structure of your transceiver may be different, but the names of the settings should be the same or similar.
Page 20 Setting up your transceiver Enabling the GPS receiver Go to Menu > GPS > GPS Set > GPS Select and select Internal GPS. Selecting the position data format Go to Menu > GPS > GPS TX Mode and select D-PRS (DV-A). This is the easiest method. You can enable the Course/Speed extension. Now your radio will transmit location information during your calls if it has a GPS fix and you hold the PTT for at least 5-10 seconds. The APRS® location comment will be your D-STAR® radio's TX message (Menu > My Station > TX Message). Advanced settings If you want to select your own APRS® symbol, SSID and comment for your transceiver then enable Advanced mode, go to the Connectors page, open the APRS® connector settings, and enable forced SSID/symbol/comment. You can also set the APRS® symbol and SSID in your transceiver without using forced settings on the web interface: select the NMEA(DV-G) GPS TX mode. Enable the RMC and GGA GPS sentences. Other sentences are ignored by the openSPOT3 so turn them off. You can set the APRS® symbol for your transceiver by entering it as the first 2 characters of the GPS Message. You can use the symbol selector on the openSPOT3's web interface at the APRS® connector settings to find out the character code of a symbol. You can set an SSID for your transceiver by entering it after the APRS® symbol in the GPS Message. Setting a symbol and an SSID is optional. You can enter 2 space characters for the APRS® symbol, or nothing for the SSID, or you can leave the GPS message completely empty if you want. GPS message examples: House symbol with no SSID: /y Car symbol with SSID 9: />9 Default symbol with SSID 12: (replace the 2 dots with 2 spaces) ..12...
Page 21: Using The Wires-X® Button
Setting up your transceiver Using the Wires-X® button If the openSPOT3's modem is in C4FM (or C4FM Half Deviation) modem mode, then the device will automatically broadcast Wires-X information which will be displayed on radios in Wires-X mode. You can switch your C4FM/Fusion® radio into Wires-X mode by pressing it's Wires-X button (sometimes labelled as DX button). Note that the transceiver on the animations shown on this user manual page display the device as "openSPOT 2". Everything described here apply both to the openSPOT2 and openSPOT3. The openSPOT3 displays the currently active configuration profile number at the bottom right corner of the FT2D's display. Displayed information may look different on other type of C4FM/Fusion® radios. The examples here are demonstrated using an FT2D. Using your openSPOT3 with a C4FM/Fusion® radio in Wires-X mode is very convenient as you'll always see the active server's name, and you can easily switch between servers using the radio's user interface. Listing servers You can get a server listing by selecting the Search & Direct option and then selecting the All button.
Page 22 Setting up your transceiver The first 5 entries will be your openSPOT3's configuration profiles. The list will contain the servers of the currently active connector. In case the currently active connector does not have a server list (ex. the Null connector), YSFReflector servers will be listed. To switch to an entry, select it using the dial and press PTT for a short time (or just tap on it in case you have a touch display). Searching for servers You can search in the server list by selecting the Search & Direct option and then selecting the Search & Direct button. You can enter a part of the server name. All matching servers will be listed. To switch to a server, select it using the dial and press PTT for a short time (or just tap on it in case you have a touch display).
Page 23 Setting up your transceiver Direct ID entry You can connect to YSFReflector servers directly if you know the desired server's ID. Select the Search & Direct option, then select the Search & Direct button, then select the ID button. Enter the server ID and then select the ENT button. Server IDs are 5 digit long, make sure you've entered all digits otherwise the radio won't let you select the ENT button. Also make sure the ID starts with a # character (not all transceivers enter the # before the ID automatically). Categories You can save your favorite servers by adding them to categories. The openSPOT3 will automatically switch to the saved server's connector in case it's needed. Adding a server Select the server name on the main Wires-X screen (the option at the bottom). This will load the station information screen. Select the Add button, then select a category.
Page 24 Setting up your transceiver Recalling a server Select the Search & Direct option, then select a category to list it's saved servers. To switch to a server, select it using the dial and press PTT for a short time (or just tap on it in case you have a touch display). Deleting/renaming You can delete a server from a category in your radio's main settings menu. Select the Wires-X option and then the Remove room/node option.
Page 25 Setting up your transceiver You can rename a category also in this Wires-X menu.
Page 26: C4Fm/Fusion® Aprs
Setting up your transceiver C4FM/Fusion® APRS® You can set up the openSPOT3 to forward your C4FM/Fusion® transceiver's location information to the APRS® network, so it will be visible on APRS® maps like aprs.fi Setting up the APRS® connection First you have to set up the APRS® special connector using the openSPOT3's Quick Setup. Make sure you check the Enable in background checkbox. You don't need to check the Allow uploading device location checkbox for C4FM/Fusion® location forwarding. You can verify the APRS® connection status on the Status page. Setting up your C4FM/Fusion® transceiver The following setup is described using the Yaesu FT2D's menu structure. The menu structure of your transceiver may be different, but the names of the settings should be the same or similar.
Page 27 Setting up your transceiver Enabling the GPS receiver Go to DISP > APRS® > GPS POWER and select ON. Enabling GPS data sending during voice calls Go to DISP > TX/RX > DIGITAL > LOCATION SERVICE and select ON. Now your radio will transmit location information during your calls if it has a GPS fix and you hold the PTT for at least 2-3 seconds. The openSPOT3 will automatically set an SSID and symbol for location reports based on the transceiver type in the received location data. Advanced settings If you want to select your own APRS® symbol, SSID and comment for your transceiver then enable Advanced mode, go to the Connectors page, open the APRS® connector settings, and enable forced SSID/symbol/comment.
Page 28: Led States
LED states LED states The openSPOT3 has two LEDs: one Status LED and one Power LED. Status LED Factory default configuration, access point (AP) mode initializing: This LED state is shown when the openSPOT3 is running with the factory default configuration. The initialization takes about 15-20 seconds. Access point (AP) mode active, no clients connected: AP mode is the openSPOT3's default mode of operation if no Wi-Fi networks have been configured.
Page 29 LED states The LED will show this state if the openSPOT3 is broadcasting it's own Wi-Fi network called openSPOT3 AP. See the Connecting the openSPOT3 to a Wi-Fi network section for information on how to connect to this access point and set up the openSPOT3. If you've previously set up the openSPOT3 and want to switch it back to normal mode, press the Wi-Fi button for 3 seconds. Access point (AP) mode active, client connected: The LED will show this state if you've connected your browser device (phone/tablet/computer) to the openSPOT3's own Wi-Fi network called openSPOT3 AP. openSPOT3 is trying to connect to a Wi-Fi network: Connecting to a Wi-Fi network should only take 10-20 seconds. If the LED is showing this state for too long, then please make sure you are in the range of a previously set Wi-Fi network, or turn on AP mode by pressing the Wi-Fi button for 3 seconds, and set up a new Wi-Fi connection again. See the Connecting the openSPOT3 to a Wi-Fi network information on how to set up a Wi-Fi network connection in AP mode. Also please refer to the troubleshooting section for additional help. openSPOT3 is connected to the Wi-Fi network and trying to connect to the selected server: Connecting to a server should only take a few seconds. If the LED is showing this state for too long, then please see more information in the Troubleshooting section. openSPOT3 is connected to the Wi-Fi network and a special connector is active (ex. Null connector or AutoCal): openSPOT3 is connected to the selected server and is standing by:...
Page 30 LED states openSPOT3 is connected to the selected server and is in powersave mode: openSPOT3 is connected to the Wi-Fi network, but there's a problem with the internet connection: The LED will show this state if the openSPOT3 is connected to a Wi-Fi network, trying to connect to the selected server, but it can't because there's a problem with the internet connection. This error can be caused if the router, network, or the internet service provider is using a proxy or some kind of traffic filtering which blocks the openSPOT3 from connecting. Upgrading Wi-Fi module firmware: The LED may show this state for 1-2 minutes after a successful firmware upgrade, if there's a new Wi-Fi module firmware is available and being flashed to the openSPOT3's Wi-Fi module. Do NOT unplug the openSPOT3 during the upgrade! Modem transmitting: A brief yellow LED during transmission signals an invalid received packet sequence number (which means network packet loss). Modem trying to transmit, but an active BCLO is preventing it:...
Page 31: Power Led
LED states Modem receiving: Hardware error: If you see this LED state then please refer to the troubleshooting section for help. Bootloader running, standing by: The LED will show this state only when the bootloader has been started manually. If you see this state after powering up the device, and normal device operation can't be resumed then please refer to the troubleshooting section for help. Bootloader working, upgrading firmware: The bootloader will automatically reboot and start the openSPOT3 after an automatic firmware upgrade. Do NOT unplug the openSPOT3 during the upgrade! Power LED Fast charger detected...
Page 32 LED states The openSPOT3 starts charger detection when a USB cable is plugged in. It signals that a fast charger is detected by blinking the power LED green twice. Normal charger detected The openSPOT3 starts charger detection when a USB cable is plugged in. It signals that a normal charger is detected by blinking the power LED green once. Charging, full charge Charging, almost full charge Charging, medium charge Charging, low charge Normal operation, full charge...
Page 33 LED states Normal operation, medium charge Normal operation, low charge A low charge is also signalled by the beeper (if it's enabled). Charge error Please refer to the troubleshooting section for help.
Page 34: Button Usage
Button usage Button usage Please only use your fingers, or a ballpoint pen to press the buttons. Don't use sharp items like a needle! Power button You can turn on/off the device by pressing the power button for a few seconds. The device reboots if the power button is held more than about 7 seconds. If the openSPOT3 is turned on, then the power LED will blink white while the power button is held. The blink interval indicates how much time is left until the power button press is confirmed. Confirmation is indicated by two short white power LED blinks and an audible beep (if the beeper is enabled). There will be no confirmation if the power button is held more than about 7 seconds (hard reset). If you press the power button for a short time, then the power LED will immediately signal the current charge level. Note that about 5-10 seconds have to pass after turning off the device before it can be turned on again. Press the Power button 3 times quickly and the openSPOT2 will beep the letter P followed by the currently active profile number and the profile's name in Morse code. Wi-Fi button Hold the Wi-Fi button for at least 3 seconds to switch the openSPOT3 between Wi-Fi access point (AP) mode and normal mode.
Page 35 Button usage If the openSPOT3 is turned on, then the Wi-Fi LED will blink white while the Wi-Fi button is held. The blink interval indicates how much time is left until the Wi-Fi button press is confirmed. Confirmation is indicated by two short white status LED blinks and an audible beep (if the beeper is enabled). In AP mode, the openSPOT3 broadcasts it's own Wi-Fi network called openSPOT3 AP. The status LED is pulsating white in access point (AP) mode and solid white if a Wi-Fi client is connected. You can use this mode to set the openSPOT3's Wi-Fi networks. See the First steps section for more information. In normal mode, the openSPOT3 is trying to connect to one of the Wi-Fi networks which have been set on the Network page, Wireless settings section (or using the Initialization setup in AP mode). If there's no Wi-Fi network set on the Network page (Wireless settings section) then the openSPOT3 automatically switches to AP mode. Hold the Wi-Fi button for 30 seconds to perform a full factory reset. In this case all configuration profiles will be cleared. Press the Wi-Fi button 3 times quickly to enable/disable powersaving.
Page 36: Opening The Web Interface
Opening the web interface Opening the web interface You can use SharkRF Link to easily open the web interface of the openSPOT3. Enter the device UID (you can find this ID on the sticker at the bottom of the openSPOT3), then click on the Connect button. All entered device UIDs will be saved in your web browser's local storage so you don't have to enter them again. Just click on each openSPOT3's Connect button to open their web interfaces.
Page 37 Opening the web interface Please keep in mind that your computer/tablet/phone with which you've opened SharkRF Link needs to be on the same network the openSPOT3 is connected to. You can also add the SharkRF Link application to your phone's home screen by clicking on the Add to Home Screen button at the bottom of the page on your mobile phone's browser.
Page 38 Opening the web interface If you are using an iPhone and the Add to Home Screen button does not appear at the bottom of the SharkRF Link page, you can use the following method to add the app icon to your home screen: Open SharkRF Link in the browser Click on the iPhone's Share icon at the bottom Click on the Add to Home Screen button You can see the whole process on this animation: Other ways to open the web interface...
Page 39 Opening the web interface You can also open the web interface by entering http://openspot3.local or http://openspot3/ or the openSPOT3's IP address into the web browser. The recommended way is to use SharkRF Link to open the web interface. Please keep in mind that your computer/tablet/phone needs to be connected to the same network the openSPOT3 is connected to. If the web interface does not open, then check if the openSPOT3 is connected to the Wi-Fi network by looking at it's status LED. Please see the LED states section for possible status LED states. If the openSPOT3 is not connected to the Wi-Fi network according to the status LED, see the Troubleshooting page for help fixing the connection. If the openSPOT3 is connected to the Wi-Fi network, but you still can't open the web interface, then check the Wi-Fi client isolation in your Wi-Fi router's settings. It should be turned off. If you prefer opening the openSPOT3's web interface using it's IP address, then there are several methods to find out the openSPOT3's IP address: Look at the DHCP clients list in your router's web interface. If voice announcements are enabled on the openSPOT3, you can query the active IP address: DMR: start a call to the IP address query ID (by default it's 9997). In DMR mode, voice announcements are sent to TG9, so to hear them, make sure you have TG9 in your radio's RX group list. D-STAR®: start a call to the repeater info callsign (7 spaces and an A, replace dots with ..A spaces), or enter DTMF code B. C4FM/Fusion®: enter the Special command/cross mode private call DTMF code (by default it's *) followed by DTMF code B. NXDN®: start a call to the IP address query ID (by default it's 9997). On Android and iOS phones, you can use MDNS/Bonjour and network discovery applications. A recommended app for Android is Fing Network Tools. Notes: Android phones do not support LLMNR or MDNS name resolving so http://openspot3/ and http://openspot3.local/ won't work. Use SharkRF Link or enter the IP address of the openSPOT3 into the browser to open the web interface. If http://openspot3/ and http://openspot3.local/ do not work on your non-Android device then make sure multicast data is not disabled on your Wi-Fi network. Some Wi-Fi access points and routers have multicast data disabled by default. This is required for LLMNR and MDNS name resolving.
Page 40: About The Web Interface
About the web interface About the web interface Header The current battery charge status is shown right next to the openSPOT3 logo. Additional battery charge information is shown if the mouse is hovered over the battery icon (or the icon is clicked). Note that the displayed remaining battery charge/discharge time is a rough estimate and is affected by the device's recent power consumption. The openSPOT3's hostname is displayed at the right of the page header. The device's IP address is displayed by hovering the mouse above the hostname. The hostname will be hidden on small displays (mobile phones). In this case, you can get the current IP address on the Network page, Network settings section. You can also see the device's IP address on the Network page, Current configuration section. When the web interface is communicating with the openSPOT3, a loader animation (2 pulsating circles) is displayed next to the hostname at the right of the header.
Page 41 About the web interface Footer The currently active configuration profile number and name is displayed at the left of the footer. You can also switch between configuration profiles there. Please read the Notes on configuration profiles section for more information about configuration profile switching. The openSPOT3's status is displayed at the middle of the footer. The Advanced mode checkbox is at the right of the footer. If this is checked, all advanced mode settings show up. Advanced mode is not needed for normal operation. Light and dark web interface themes You can switch between dark and light web interface themes in the Quick Setup, or at the Miscellaneous section on the Settings page.
Page 42: Status Page
Status page Status page You can see information about the openSPOT3's current status, and listen to call audio on this page. Call log The call log displays all calls coming from the network, from the modem, or from the openSPOT3 itself (voice announcements). In modes where IDs are used as destination and source IDs (ex. DMR, NXDN®) the IDs are matched to the ID database and replaced with callsigns. You can get more information about an ID or callsign if you hover the mouse over it. Each call log entry has information about the call at the top right corner of the entry bubble. BER is displayed in percent after the letter B, packet loss (in case of network calls) is displayed in percent after the letter L. The call duration is also displayed after a call ends. You can export all call log entries in CSV format by clicking on the Export call log button. If the Limit call log lines is checked (it's checked by default) then only a limited number of call log entries are allowed to be in the call log. This is good for limiting the web browser CPU/memory use. Call audio You can toggle call audio playback by clicking on the speaker icon under the call log, or with the keyboard shortcut . There's a small oscilloscope view which shows call audio being played. Note that the Ctrl+M oscilloscope view's signal levels does not actually represent the volume of the played back audio, as the...
Page 43 Status page openSPOT3 uses audio dynamic range compression. You can change the audio volume with the slider, or with the keyboard shortcuts and Ctrl+V Ctrl+B Note that smooth call audio playback requires a Wi-Fi connection with a good signal quality. If you have issues with call audio playback, then please try using different browsers and make sure they are updated to the latest version. Browsers reduce CPU allowance on non-active tabs after a while. The tab of the web interface must be kept active, otherwise the audio will be garbled. This browser behavior cannot be changed. If the audio becomes garbled, activate the tab, and/or reload the web interface to fix it. You can find the settings for the call audio playback on the Settings page. The device log is only shown if Advanced mode is enabled. You can see all device log messages coming from the openSPOT3 here. All log lines are shown here except lines coming from the Wi-Fi module handler. Use the USB serial console log if you also want to see these messages. If Limit lines is checked (it's checked by default) then only a limited number of log lines are allowed to be in the log. This is good for limiting the web browser CPU/memory use. You can export the log lines to a .txt file by clicking on the Export log button. openSPOT3 info...
Page 44 Status page You can see basic information about the device in this section. Additional battery charge information is shown if the mouse is hovered over the charge percent (or the charge percent is clicked). Note that the displayed remaining battery charge/discharge time is a rough estimate and is affected by the device's recent power consumption. The USB data field shows connected when the openSPOT3 is connected to a host with USB enumeration capabilities (like a computer) using a USB cable which supports data transfer, not just charging. The USB serial console can only be used if this field shows connected. The supplied USB cable supports data transfer. Graphs...
Page 45 Status page The RSSI graph shows receive signal strength from the modem. The BER graph shows received Bit Error Ratio during a call. BER is calculated also for packets received from the network, not just from the modem. The dejitter queue graph (only shown if Advanced mode is enabled) shows the number of packets waiting in the dejitter queue. About the dejitter queue All packets received from the network will first go to this queue to eliminate network jitter. If the dejitter queue length is too short, the graph's line can touch zero during a call and the audio can stop for a moment as the modem runs out of frames to transmit. If the queue's length is too long, the delay can be uncomfortably high. You can use this graph to set a proper dejitter queue length. There should be at least a few packets in the dejitter queue when receiving a call from the network. You can set the dejitter queue length on the Network page (the setting only shows up if Advanced mode is enabled). As a general rule, if you have a good network connection to the selected connector's server, set dejitter queue length to 500ms, and if you have a 3G/4G internet connection or voice stutters a lot, try setting the length to at least 1000ms.
Page 46: Connectors Page
Connectors page Connectors page In openSPOT3 terms, a connector is the protocol which you use to connect the openSPOT3 to a server. The easiest way to choose which connector to select is using the Quick Setup. You can activate a connector by selecting it from the Edit connector list and clicking on the Switch to selected button. You can edit a connector's settings by selecting it from the Edit connector list. Don't forget to click on the Save button after changing a connector's settings. Notes on connectors Each connector has it's own assigned RX/TX frequencies and modem modes. These frequencies and modem modes will be used when the connector becomes activated. Some connectors have Add server and Remove buttons. These can be used to add and remove custom servers in the server list. Note that these custom servers are stored in the browser's local storage (they won't show up using another browser). Some connectors have a Keepalive interval setting. This means the server requires the openSPOT3 to periodically send keepalive messages to the server. The RX timeout setting specifies the time after the last received valid network packet needed for the openSPOT3 to consider the connection is dead and it should reconnect. If the openSPOT3 frequently disconnects from the server, try increasing the RX timeout. If a connector has both the Keepalive interval and RX timeout settings, then make sure the RX timeout is set to a greater value than the *Keepalive interval. The Connect retry interval sets the delay between server connect retries. As a general rule, try to use a server nearest to your location to avoid packet loss and high latency. Please see the Connectors section for more information about each connector. General connector settings...
Page 47 Connectors page This section is only available if Advanced mode is enabled. By setting the Change to Null connector after last call other than 0 will change the active connector to the Null connector after the last received call (minimum timeout value is 5 minutes). For example, if you set a timeout of 600 seconds, openSPOT3 will change to the Null connector if there is no call received in the last 10 minutes. If Power down instead of changing to Null connector is checked, then the device turns off when the timeout is reached. This can be used as an auto sleep feature.
Page 48: Modem Page
Modem page Modem page You can change the modem settings on this page. If you change the modem mode, RX or TX frequency on this page, the values will be copied to the currently active connector's settings. If Advanced mode is turned off, both RX and TX frequencies will be automatically set to the same value (the separate RX and TX frequency fields will be hidden). If the Idle modem mode is activated then the openSPOT3's modem won't transmit and will ignore all received transmissions. In case you have half deviation enabled in your C4FM/Fusion® radio (some models don't have this setting and have half deviation mode enabled by default), use the C4FM Half Deviation modem mode. Frequency The Modem receive frequency offset setting can be used to correct the frequency difference (RX offset) between the openSPOT3 and the used transmitter. This setting is only available if Advanced mode is enabled. Setting an RX offset may be needed in case others report that transmissions coming from your transceiver have voice quality issues. This should rarely happen as the openSPOT3 has a built-in, factory calibrated, extreme accurate clock reference. You can also use the AutoCal special connector to find out the required RX offset value, or you can use the openSPOT3's built-in local echo service to find out the RX offset value yourself by listening back your recorded voice. CW ID You can set a CW ID which the openSPOT3 will transmit at the specified interval with the specified speed. You can use letters, numbers, slash (/) and space characters in the ID.
Page 49 Modem page The openSPOT3 transmits an unmodulated carrier wave by default, so you'll only be able to hear it using a radio which is capable of CW/SSB demodulation. You can turn on Audible CW ID, so the carrier wave will be modulated, and you'll be able to hear it on a regular FM receiver. Note that if Audible CW ID is turned on, the openSPOT3 transmits the CW ID without going to RX between dits and dahs, so you won't be able to transmit using your transceiver while the CW ID is transmitted. Before the openSPOT3 starts to transmit the CW ID, it waits at least TX delay seconds after the last received call. An incoming call (both from a radio or from the network) will interrupt the CW ID transmission, so enabling the CW ID does not interfere with the openSPOT3's normal operation. Other modem settings If Advanced mode is enabled, you can tweak various other modem parameters at the bottom of the modem page. The Call hang time setting specifies how many milliseconds the openSPOT3 will wait after the last valid frame has been received to consider a call has been finished with a timeout. If the BCLO level (BCLO - Busy Channel Lock Out) setting is not 0, then the openSPOT3's modem will only start a transmission if it's RSSI meter does not measure a signal strength above the specified BCLO value in dBm.
Page 50 Modem page The Ignore RX after TX setting specifies a time for which all received frames by the modem will be ignored after the last TX has ended. This is useful if you want to use the openSPOT3 to link a repeater to the internet through RF and the repeater has a lengthy internal buffer and it is still transmitting even after the openSPOT3 has finished transmitting (which means the openSPOT3 will start receiving it's own stream again). The modem's Sensitivity level can be changed in 6 levels. Note that increasing sensitivity decreases the linearity of the filters, which may result in incorrectly demodulated bits (which means increased BER). By default, sensitivity is low (level set to 5 or 6) for modem modes using 4FSK. The sensitivity of the modem's filter can be changed with the Filter gain setting. Note that increasing sensitivity decreases the linearity of the filters, which may result in incorrectly demodulated bits (which means increased BER). By default, filter gain is set to 8. The modem's AGC (Auto Gain Control) is configured by software for optimal values for low BER in 4FSK demodulation modes. However, you can turn automatic AGC on with the Auto AGC setting, but it is recommended to keep this checkbox off so the openSPOT3's AGC can work on it's own. When the AGC is turned on, you can set the AGC low/high threshold values. These values will be considered as low and high thresholds for the Auto AGC circuitry in the modem. The External VCO checkbox should be checked when an external VCO is applied to the openSPOT3. Currently there's no external VCO used by the openSPOT3. Note that applying an external VCO is considered as an after- market modification and voids the warranty of the openSPOT3. You can also reset all modem settings back to defaults by clicking on the Reset modem config back to defaults button. All of the settings above are stored independently for each modem mode in the current profile.
Page 51: Settings Page
Settings page Settings page You can change the general settings of the openSPOT3 on this page. Configuration profile The openSPOT3 stores all it's configuration in individual profiles. There are 5 of them, and profile #1 is active by default. Initially all configuration profiles have the factory default settings. You can switch between them on the web interface, or by using your radio (see the Control calls section for more information). You can rename profiles, copy one to another slot or export/import to/from a file. By setting the Change after last call setting to non-zero (this setting is available if Advanced mode is enabled), the openSPOT3 will switch to the specified profile slot after a timeout since the last call was received. The Don't show init setup on login checkbox is checked if the Initialization setup has been completed. Notes on configuration profiles...
Page 52: Firmware Upgrade
Settings page Please keep in mind that all configuration profiles are empty by default, so if you switch to a previously unused profile, the openSPOT3 will start in Wi-Fi AP mode as there will be no configured Wi-Fi networks to connect. The openSPOT3 reboots on profile switch. Wi-Fi networks and passwords are stored for each profile separately. The web interface password is stored for each profile separately. Firmware upgrade The openSPOT3 will automatically check for firmware and data upgrades periodically, as specified by the Check interval setting (only available if Advanced mode is enabled). If Automatic upgrade settings are checked then the openSPOT3 will automatically download upgrades. Data upgrades are applied immediately, but upgrading the firmware requires a reboot to the bootloader. If a new firmware has been downloaded, a reboot will be automatically scheduled for the (local) time set by the Auto upgrade at setting. By default it's set to 4am next day. The reboot will only be performed if there were no calls received for at least Auto upgrade RX/TX delay seconds (this setting is only available if Advanced mode is enabled). Note that you have to plug the openSPOT3 into a USB power supply, otherwise the bootloader can't start and the firmware will not be upgraded. Do NOT unplug the openSPOT3 during the firmware upgrade! SharkRF Network You can log your device in to the SharkRF Network. Currently only developers and alpha testers have access to the network's features. Eventually, these features will be available for all openSPOT3 users. Voice announcements...
Page 53: Location Settings
Settings page The openSPOT3 has an own, built-in voice announcement system. Some announcements are played locally from the openSPOT3's built-in flash memory, but some are played using our open source voice announcement server. Modem mode notes: DMR: voice announcements are sent to TG9, so to hear them, make sure you have TG9 in your radio's RX group list. NXDN®: voice announcements are sent to TG0. P25: voice announcements are sent to TG9. If the battery charge percentage is 15% or below, and the Enable battery low announcement is turned on, then the openSPOT3 transmits battery charge status voice announcements every 5 minutes. If you enable Advanced mode, the following settings will show up: You can shorten profile announcements by checking the Shortened profile announcement checkbox. If you don't want to hear the linked reflector/talkgroups list, then you can shorten BrandMeister announcements by checking the Shortened BrandMeister announcement checkbox. You can disable built-in voice announcements by checking the Use server only checkbox. Note that startup voice announcements played right after the openSPOT3 boots will still be played from the openSPOT3's flash memory. You can set your own voice announcement server's host and port. Net state announcement int. sets the interval of the announcement if the openSPOT3 can't connect to a Wi-Fi network. See the Control calls section for more information about Profile query/change base ID, Connector query ID and IP address query ID. Location settings Setting location data is optional. It is used by some connectors like the Homebrew/MMDVM® to report the location of the openSPOT3 to the connector's network. Latitude and longitude is in decimal degrees. Google Maps will display a location's coordinates in decimal degrees if you click on it:...
Page 54: Dmr Settings
Settings page Both height values refer to the height of your openSPOT3 (they are used separately). DMR settings The modem will only process DMR calls with a matching Color code. If the source callsign of a cross mode call has no associated DMR ID, and it can't be parsed into a number, then the Default cross mode source DMR ID will be used for the outgoing DMR call. If you are the only person using the openSPOT3, set this to your DMR ID, and then you don't need to change the callsign of your radio to your DMR ID. If Advanced mode is enabled, the following settings show up: If a call is received by the modem to the Echo ID, then the openSPOT3's built-in local echo service gets activated. It will record the call and plays it back after the call is finished. Both private and group calls are answered with a private echo call reply. If the Allow only IDs as cross mode callsigns setting is enabled, and the source callsign of a cross mode call has no associated ID in the database, and also it can't be parsed into a DMR ID, then the call will be ignored. If the Force source ID from modem is set to other than 0, the source DMR ID of all voice calls received by the modem will be replaced with this ID. If the Send no in-band data to network setting is enabled, then in-band data coming from the modem (like the talker alias or in-band GPS position information) won't be sent to the network. If the Force talker alias to DMR network is set, then this talker alias will be sent for all calls coming from the modem. If the Send no in-band data to modem setting is enabled, then the openSPOT3 will remove all in-band data from calls coming from the network. By default this setting is enabled. If you have a radio which supports talker alias decoding (like Hyteras with at least firmware version v8), turn off this setting to let the openSPOT3 pass through in-band data to your radio. If you have a radio which does not support talker alias decoding, turn on this setting to prevent issues with decoding voice calls containing in-band data (voice stuttering, calls dropping etc.). D-STAR® settings...
Page 55: C4Fm/Fusion® Settings
Settings page The Default callsign for cross mode calls will be used when a received DMR or NXDN call does not have a talker alias, or the call's ID doesn't have an associated callsign in the database (or the database is not available). If Advanced mode is enabled, the following settings show up: If a call is received by the modem to the Echo callsign, then the openSPOT3's built-in local echo service gets activated. It will record the call and plays it back after the call is finished. If the Force message to D-STAR network in cross mode is not empty, then the specified message will be sent to the D-STAR® network if a DMR, C4FM or NXDN call is received from the modem. If the Transmit RX confirmation checkbox is checked, the openSPOT3 will transmit a short call confirmation after the PTT is released on the D-STAR® radio. If the Auto mute DTMF commands checkbox is checked and a call is ongoing from the modem, and a DTMF sequence is being entered, then the call to the network will be automatically ended, so others won't be annoyed by hearing your DTMF tones on the same reflector/gateway. C4FM/Fusion® settings The Default callsign for cross mode calls will be used when a received DMR or NXDN call does not have a talker alias, or the call's ID doesn't have an associated callsign in the database (or the database is not available). If Advanced mode is enabled, the following settings show up: Allow data calls to network: if enabled, data calls will be forwarded from the modem to the network. This is not required for normal operation. Ignore Wires-X® button commands: Wires-X® button commands received by the modem will be ignored in case this settings is enabled. Do not convert Wires-X® server names to uppercase: all server names sent to the transceiver are converted to uppercase by default, and space characters are replaced with dashes. This conversion can be turned off with this setting. The conversion is done because some radios (like the Yaesu FT70) do not show lowercase characters on their displays, and space characters prevent the radio from saving the current server to a category. Don't send automatic Wires-X® connect messages: the openSPOT3 automatically sends Wires-X® connect messages in case it connects or disconnects to/from a server. These automatic messages can be disabled with this setting. Hide profiles in Wires-X® "all" reply: if this setting is enabled, configuration profiles won't be listed on the first page for a Wires-X® "all" server search. Auto mute DTMF commands: if a call is ongoing from the modem, and a DTMF sequence is being entered, and the first character is a Special command / cross mode private call or Cross mode group call DTMF...
Page 56: Nxdn® Settings
Settings page code, the outgoing call to the network will be automatically ended, so others won't be annoyed by hearing your DTMF tones on the same reflector/talkgroup. Special command/cross mode private call DTMF code: this code is used as the first character for entering a control DTMF code, or starting a private call in cross modes. See more info at each connector's description, or at the Control calls section. Cross mode group call DTMF code: if a connector is active which supports group calls and C4FM cross mode, then this code can be used to start group calls to the ID entered after this code. If Transmit RX confirmation is checked, then the openSPOT3 will transmit a short call confirmation after the PTT is released on the C4FM radio. If a call is received by the modem to the Echo DGID, then the openSPOT3's built-in local echo service gets activated. It will record the call and plays it back after the call is finished. If the Only receive DGID from modem checkbox is checked, then calls only to the specified DGID from modem will be processed by the modem. If the Replace DGID to modem enabled checkbox is checked, then the DGID in all frames received from the network will be replaced with the specified Replace DGID to modem value. If the Replace DGID to net enabled checkbox is checked, then the DGID in all frames received from the modem will be replaced with the specified Replace DGID to net value. NXDN® settings The modem will only process NXDN® calls with a matching Radio Access Number if it is set other than 0. If a call is coming from a mode which does not have ID information (ex. C4FM), or the source ID is outside the NXDN® ID range (0-65535), then the Default cross mode source ID will be used as the source ID for the call. This ID will always be used if the Always use this ID in cross mode checkbox is checked. If you use a non-NXDN® network with your NXDN® radio, you can set this to your NXDN® ID. If Advanced mode is enabled, the following settings show up: If a call is received by the modem to the Echo ID, then the openSPOT3's built-in local echo service gets activated. It will record the call and plays it back after the call is finished. Both private and group calls are answered with a private echo call reply. If a call is coming from a mode which does not have ID information (ex. C4FM), or the destination ID is outside the NXDN® ID range (0-65535), then the Default cross mode destination ID will be used as the destination ID for the call. This ID will always be used if the Always use this ID in cross mode checkbox is checked. If the Allow only IDs as cross mode callsigns setting is enabled, and the source callsign of a cross mode call has no associated ID in the database, and also it can't be parsed into an NXDN® ID, then the call will be ignored. P25 settings...
Page 57: Pocsag Settings
Settings page The modem will only process P25 calls with a matching Network Access Code (NAC). Note that the openSPOT3 requires the NAC in decimal format (example: if you have the NAC 0x293 in your radio then you have to enter 659 in the openSPOT3). If the source callsign of a cross mode call has no associated DMR/P25/CCS7 ID, and it can't be parsed into a number, then the Default cross mode source P25 ID will be used for the outgoing P25 call. If you are the only person using the openSPOT3, set this to your DMR/P25/CCS7 ID, and then you don't need to change the callsign of your radio to your DMR/P25/CCS7 ID. If Advanced mode is enabled, the following settings show up: If a call is received by the modem to the Echo ID, then the openSPOT3's built-in local echo service gets activated. It will record the call and plays it back after the call is finished. Both private and group calls are answered with a private echo call reply. If the Allow only IDs as cross mode callsigns setting is enabled, and the source callsign of a cross mode call has no associated ID in the database, and also it can't be parsed into a DMR/P25/CCS7 ID, then the call will be ignored. POCSAG settings This section is only available if Advanced mode is enabled. If the modem is transmitting POCSAG messages then it will switch to the POCSAG frequency. The TX delay in other modem modes setting specifies how many seconds the openSPOT3 should wait after the last call has been finished to switch to POCSAG mode and start transmitting the queued messages.
Page 58: Transcode Gain Settings
Settings page There are 16 timeslots for POCSAG, these timeslot settings can be overridden by the DAPNET server when the DAPNET connector is connected unless the Do not allow DAPNET to override timeslots checkbox is checked. Each timeslot is 6.4 seconds long. The openSPOT3 will only start transmitting POCSAG messages if the current timeslot is allowed. Transcode gain settings This section is only available if Advanced mode is enabled. These settings allows you to adjust the gain used during transcoding to correct the volume difference between systems. Lock settings This section is only available if Advanced mode is enabled.
Page 59: Call Mute Settings
Settings page These settings allows you to lock the openSPOT3 to the given IDs and/or callsigns. If lock is enabled, the openSPOT3's modem will only allow calls originating from the given IDs or callsigns. Call mute settings This section is only available if Advanced mode is enabled. These settings allows you to mute calls coming from the given IDs and/or callsigns (both coming from the network and the modem). Calls from muted IDs/callsigns will still be transmitted, but with silent audio. Beeper settings This section is only available if Advanced mode is enabled. If the Beep profile number on startup setting is enabled, then the openSPOT3 will beep the letter P followed by the currently active profile number on startup in Morse code. If the Beep profile number on startup setting is enabled, then the profile's name will also be played in Morse code.
Page 60: Rtc Settings
Settings page If the Beep on modem mode change setting is enabled, then the openSPOT3 will beep the modem mode's name in Morse code when it is changed. Call audio settings If the Do not play audio from modem setting is enabled, and call audio playback is enabled on the Status page, then audio of calls received by the modem won't be played. This is useful if you use the web interface to listen to call audio, and you want to answer calls using your transceiver. RTC settings This section is only available if Advanced mode is enabled. You can set a daily wakeup and a powerdown time here. You can also set the profile to boot when waking up, so it's possible to jump between configuration profiles. Miscellaneous settings You can enable Dark mode and Power saving here.
Page 61 Settings page Enabling the Power off if no charger is connected setting is useful if the openSPOT3 is installed in a vehicle, as the device will follow the USB power status (it will turn off if USB power is lost and it will turn on if USB power is restored). You can also set the Status and Power LED brightness with the sliders. Please note that the new brightness setting will be only applied by the openSPOT3 at the next LED state change. There are also buttons for turning off/reboot the device or resetting the config profile.
Page 62: Network Page
Network page Network page You can change the network settings of the openSPOT3 on this page. The Network status section shows current network status. The Wi-Fi RSSI graph can be shown by clicking on the little arrow next to the RSSI value. The Internet connection quality is determined by the openSPOT3 by periodically measuring the network latency. You can get the measured latency value by hovering the mouse above the quality display circle. The Wireless regulatory domain is set by the country of operation. The openSPOT3 can be switched between AP and normal modes by clicking on the Switch wireless mode button. This is the same as pressing the button for 3 seconds. Network traffic...
Page 63: Network Settings
Network page The traffic graph can be shown by clicking on the arrow at the top of the Traffic section. The Network RX/TX total shows total Wi-Fi traffic of the openSPOT3, the Gateway/internet RX/TX total shows the traffic coming/going from/to the gateway (which is usually the internet traffic consumed by the device), and the Connector RX/TX total shows the traffic used by the currently active connector. The openSPOT3 uses very little internet traffic. Depending on the active connector, the data rate estimates are as follows: Quiet channel is 36-180 kB / hour Active channel is 3-6 MB / hour Network settings The web interface of the openSPOT3 is not password protected by default, which means anyone on the local network can open it. You can set a password by entering it in the Change web int. password input field. To reset the original behavior and clear the password, click on the Clear password button.
Page 64: Ntp Settings
Network page The Hostname is used by openSPOT3's built-in LLMNR and MDNS server which means you'll be able to open the web interface by entering http://hostname/ or http://hostname.local/ into the browser. The hostname is also displayed at the top right corner of the web interface. If you have multiple openSPOT3s on the same network, make sure you use different hostnames for each of them. The following settings are only available if Advanced mode is enabled. Please see the About the dejitter queue section of the user manual for more information on the Dejitter queue length setting. The openSPOT3 checks for internet connection availability and quality periodically. The interval of these checks is set by the Internet conn. check interval setting. The openSPOT3 can send it's log to a syslog server set by the Syslog server field. Check the Send log to syslog server checkbox to enable using the syslog server. Please see the Powersaving section of the user manual for more information about the Power saving feature. NTP settings This section is only available if Advanced mode is enabled. The openSPOT3 synchronizes date and time using the Network Time Protocol (NTP). By default, the NTP server advertised by the Wi-Fi network's DHCP server is used for synchronizing, but if the DHCP server does not advertise an NTP server, the host set at the NTP server setting will be used. Note: The web interface loads the time from the openSPOT3 only when the web interface is opened. After that, the browser is updating the displayed clock and if the browser, or the web interface's browser tab is sent to the background then the time will be updated more irregularly due to the browser's CPU power saving mechanism. This causes the displayed openSPOT3 device time to be incorrect, but this does not affect the openSPOT3's clock, it will stay correct. Reload the web interface to make the displayed time accurate again. Wireless settings...
Page 65 Network page If Advanced mode is enabled, you can define up to 5 Wi-Fi networks (per configuration profile) to connect. If the first configured Wi-Fi network is not available, then the openSPOT3 will try connecting to the second one. If it's not available either, then it'll try the third one and so on. After trying connecting to all of the configured networks, it restarts the sequence with the first network. If Advanced mode is enabled, the Wireless scan list will have a Save button for all previously unsaved networks instead of the Connect button. Clicking on the Save button lets you easily save the network to one of the 5 available Wi-Fi network slots. If you are manually adding a connection to an iPhone's shared internet connection then make sure you copy and paste the phone's Wi-Fi SSID as the iPhone uses a special apostrophe character which looks nearly the same as the one you can enter with your keyboard, but it's different, and all characters need to match. If the Save to all configuration profiles is active then the configured Wi-Fi networks will be saved to all profiles and will be common between profiles. If no networks are configured then the openSPOT3 switches to access point (AP) mode and starts broadcasting it's own Wi-Fi network. This is indicated by the status LED: In this case, complete the steps described in the Initialization setup section of the user manual to set a Wi-Fi network for the openSPOT3.
Page 66: Ip Settings
Network page The AP mode SSID can be set in the AP SSID input field. By default there's no Wi-Fi password set for the openSPOT3's AP mode, but you can set one at the AP key input field. The AP mode Wi-Fi channel can be set in the Channel number input field. If the Always start in AP mode checkbox is checked, then the openSPOT3 will always switch to AP mode after powered on even if there are configured Wi-Fi networks in the current configuration profile. If a BSSID is configured for a network then it'll be used instead of the SSID. WEP encryption is also supported if the network key length is 5 or 13 characters. IP settings This section is only available if Advanced mode is enabled. The openSPOT3 has two IP configuration modes: DHCP: This is the default mode. The device will use the Wi-Fi network's DHCP server for acquiring an IP address. Static: a static IP address can be set for the openSPOT3. This is only recommended for advanced users. The DNS server settings which are advertised by the DHCP server can be overriden if the Override DHCP DNS servers checkbox is checked. If the openSPOT3 can't connect to a server (for ex. the openSPOT3 shows connector connecting after switching D-STAR® reflectors from your radio, but it can connect using the web interface otherwise), you can try overriding the DNS servers to 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4. MAC settings This section is only available if Advanced mode is enabled. You can change/clone the Wi-Fi MAC address of the openSPOT3 here. This is useful if you try to use a Wi-Fi network which uses a captive portal for authentication (example: hotel or airport networks). In this case, do the following steps: Connect to the Wi-Fi network with your phone/tablet/computer, log in on the captive portal to enable the internet access for your phone/tablet/computer's MAC address. Switch the openSPOT3 to access point (AP) mode by holding the button for 3 seconds. Connect your phone/tablet/computer to the openSPOT3 AP, but exit the Initialization setup and open the...
Page 67 Network page Network page. Set the captive portal Wi-Fi network's SSID and key at the Wireless settings section. Click on the Clone button at the MAC settings section (make sure Advanced mode is enabled so the MAC settings section is visible). Switch the openSPOT3 back to normal mode by holding the button for 3 seconds, or by clicking the Switch wireless mode button at the top of the Network page. The openSPOT3 will connect to the captive portal Wi- Fi network with your phone/tablet/computer's already logged in MAC address. Please keep in mind that MAC cloning may cause packet loss and the network connection of both devices may get periodically interrupted.
Page 68: Side Panels / Tools Page
Side panels / Tools page Side panels / Tools page If you are using a computer, or a screen width enough width, the Tools page gets hidden and side panels will show up on the web interface. On small screens they are hidden, and their contents can be found on the Tools page. Quick call...
Page 69: Brandmeister Manager
Side panels / Tools page The quick call feature is available when the Homebrew/MMDVM® connector is active. Reflector and talkgroup linking (and unlinking) is done by the network, not the openSPOT3. The openSPOT3 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. Quick call is useful for linking/unlinking talkgroups and reflectors. Starting a short private call to a reflector ID (between 4000 and 5000) will link the reflector. Starting a short group call to a talkgroup ID will link that TG. On the BrandMeister network, reflectors are unlinked by starting a private call to ID 4000, and both reflectors and talkgroups are unlinked by starting a group call to ID 4000. Quick call shortcuts can be stored in the openSPOT3's current configuration profile. If you hover the mouse cursor over a saved talkgroup's button, or the button is pressed for a few seconds then the (BrandMeister) talkgroup's name will appear. If the Auto group call 4000 before shortcut call checkbox is checked, then the openSPOT3 will automatically start a quick call to TG4000 to unlink everything before quick calling the desired ID. BrandMeister Manager...
Page 70: Dmr Sms Chat
Side panels / Tools page The BrandMeister Manager (BMM) is available when the Homebrew connector is active. With BMM, you can link/unlink static and dynamic talkgroups and reflectors, and you can interrupt the currently ongoing call. A BrandMeister API key is needed to use the BMM. You can get the API key by clicking on the Get key button, and logging into the BrandMeister SelfCare. Copy and paste the API key to the API key input field and click on the Save button. The API key's validity can be checked by clicking on the Check key button. DMR SMS chat...
Page 71 Side panels / Tools page This feature is available when the modem is in DMR mode, or the currently active connector supports DMR SMS sending. Sent messages are displayed on the right, received messages are displayed on the left of the chat box. You can click on each message for additional information. The modem radio button is disabled if the modem is not in DMR mode. Messages sent to openSPOT3's DMR echo ID (it's 9999 by default) will be echoed back to the sender. Note that the openSPOT3 only stores the last received message, so you have to keep open this page in your browser to receive more than one message at once. Use ETSI format if you want to send a message to Hytera radios, UDP format for Motorola radios, and UDP/Chinese format for other Chinese radios (Tyt, Retevis, etc.). If you want to receive messages from the network on the DMR SMS page, you have to check the Handle messages to/from source ID checkbox. If it's enabled, received SMS messages to the given Source ID won't be forwarded to your radio. If you want to send received DMR SMS messages as POCSAG messages, check the Handle messages to/from source ID checkbox, and set a POCSAG RIC to send messages to.
Page 72: Pocsag/Dapnet
Side panels / Tools page You can simply use the ETSI format if you want to send messages through the network. Note that the network must know about the location of your Source ID. If you want to receive DMR SMS messages from the network, you have to set the Source ID to the DMR ID you set at the connector settings, or if you want to use another ID, then you have to start a short call from that DMR ID with your radio, so the network will know that your custom DMR ID can be reached through this openSPOT3. POCSAG/DAPNET You can see the POCSAG message queue here. Queued unsent messages are displayed with a blue background, sent messages are gray. All messages receveid from DAPNET or sent from this interface are first placed in the POCSAG message queue. Note that the displayed current timeslot number and time is calculated by the browser and is not equal to the openSPOT3's internal device time and timeslot framing which is more precise. If the Send to radio button is set to Modem then you can directly add messages to the queue which will be transmitted by the openSPOT3.
Page 73: Aprs® Chat
Side panels / Tools page If you want to send a message to DAPNET, you have to set your DAPNET user callsign and user password first. Note that these have to be the DAPNET user callsign and password, not the transmitter callsign and auth key you've set for the DAPNET connector. Multiple destination callsigns and transmitter groups can also be specified in a comma separated list. DAPNET messages are sent by your browser to the DAPNET API. Note that sometimes the DAPNET API server does not respond to message send requests and times out, but correctly processes received messages. APRS® chat You can send and receive messages via the APRS® network. This feature is available when the APRS® connector is enabled. Sent messages are displayed on the right, received messages are displayed on the left of the chat box. The openSPOT3 stores the last 10 messages in it's internal memory, so you can receive messages even if the web interface is not open. You'll get a notification about unread messages if you open the web interface. If you reboot the device then all stored messages will be lost. Confirmed messages need to be acknowledged by the recipient. If the recipient is unavailable (which means no acknowledge is received for a specific time), then the openSPOT3 retries sending a few times before the message send times out. You can cancel the confirmed message send by clicking on the Cancel button. If a message bubble is clicked then it's callsign will be set as the message send destination callsign. ID database lookup...
Page 74: Upgrade
Side panels / Tools page You can look up IDs or callsigns and display information about them. The lookup will be done through the network if the openSPOT3 has not downloaded a valid ID database. If the Auto match ID and callsign fields checkbox is checked, then all callsigns and IDs will be matched when saving connector settings, and a warning will be displayed if the entered callsign does not match the entered ID according to the database. This is to prevent typos or invalid IDs when trying to connect to a network, as most servers do not allow connections with invalid IDs or callsigns. Upgrade...
Page 75 Side panels / Tools page Information about firmware and data upgrades are displayed here. You can also request an immediate upgrade availability check, and manually start the upgrade process if auto upgrades are disabled on the Settings page, Firmware upgrade section. Note that you have to plug the openSPOT3 into a USB power supply, otherwise the bootloader can't start and the firmware will not be upgraded. Do NOT unplug the openSPOT3 during a firmware upgrade!
Page 76: Login Page
Login page Login page This is the page where you can log in to the web interface. The openSPOT3 does not have a web interface password by default, so the login page is not displayed initially. You can set a login password on the Network page, Network settings section. If you check the Remember me checkbox, the openSPOT3 will not ask for a login password until the device gets rebooted, or the browser forgets the login cookie.
Page 77: Null
Null Null connector The Null connector is a special connector - as it's name says - it does not connect anywhere. This is the default active connector when the openSPOT3 is unconfigured.
Page 78: Homebrew/Mmdvm
Homebrew/MMDVM® Homebrew/MMDVM® connector You can use this connector to connect to a network which supports the Homebrew or the MMDVM® protocol, like BrandMeister, DMRplus, Phoenix, DMR-MARC, XLX. The easiest way is to use the Quick setup to connect to these networks. This connector supports 2 protocols: Homebrew and MMDVM®. Use the Homebrew protocol to connect to BrandMeister network servers, and the MMDVM® protocol to connect to DMRplus, Phoenix, DMR-MARC or XLX servers. The default server password for BrandMeister servers is passw0rd or password, but some servers do not use these defaults. In this case take a look at the BrandMeister wiki, or ask the server's admin for the password if the openSPOT3 won't connect with the default one. If you can't connect to a BrandMeister server because the authentication has failed, then turn off Hotspot Security on your BrandMeister SelfCare page, or use the hotspot password you've set there as the server password. If you are using a BrandMeister server in Homebrew protocol mode, you can see the list of currently linked static, dynamic talkgroups and reflectors on the openSPOT3's Status page. Cross mode usage The Homebrew/MMDVM® connector is a DMR connector, but it supports D-STAR®, C4FM and NXDN® cross modes. In cross modes, you can set the Route cross mode calls to ID to the talkgroup ID you want to talk to (set the call type to Group call). If you use a cross mode which is ID-based (like NXDN®), then this ID (and call type) will be automatically updated based on what ID you call on your radio. This ID will be automatically used if you call the...
Page 79 Homebrew/MMDVM® ID 0, or a callsign-based modem mode is used (like D-STAR® and C4FM). You can also update the Route cross mode calls to ID with the Quick call feature. If the currently used modem mode is callsign-based (like D-STAR® and C4FM), then you can use DTMF codes (see below) to update the Route cross mode calls to ID setting. If the Unlink TG/ref. on cross mode DTMF call setting is enabled (it is enabled by default), then the openSPOT3 will automatically do a quick group call to DMR ID 4000 before calling the new ID, to make sure only one talkgroup is linked at a time. D-STAR® notes You can update the Route cross mode calls to ID with a D-STAR® radio using two methods: Set the ID and call type in the D-STAR® radio's URCALL, then start a short call. After the short call, set back the URCALL to . Examples: CQCQCQ - private call to 2161005 2161005P - group call to 216 216G - group call to 216 (if there's no character then the call type is set to group call) 216 G DTMF codes: you can start a short private call to an ID by entering * followed by the destination ID in DTMF code. You can start a short group call to an ID by entering # followed by the destination ID in DTMF code. Examples: - group call to 3100 #3100 - private call to 4770 *4770 You can switch servers using the URCALL/your call method. This lets you change to the following server types: REF/XRX/Gateway: set the URCALL to for example . Switching to REF/XRF servers or gateways this REF001 C way changes the openSPOT3's active connector to the REF/XRF connector. DCS/XLX: set the URCALL to for example . Switching to DCS/XLX servers this way changes the DCS001 A openSPOT3's active connector to the DCS/XLX connector. BrandMeister: set the URCALL to followed by the BrandMeister server ID. Example: starting a call to BM destination callsign (URCALL) switches to BrandMeister server 2162 (Hungary). Switching to...
Page 80 Homebrew/MMDVM® So for example with the default DTMF codes, you can link TG3100 by entering DTMF code , and link #3100 reflector 4770 by entering . If you want to try the BM parrot, enter DTMF code , release the PTT, *4770 *9990 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 openSPOT3 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 openSPOT3 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 Unlink TG/ref. on auto connect checkbox. If it's checked, the openSPOT3 will automatically quick call TG4000 after it is connected to the server, so the currently active TG/reflector will be unlinked. 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 openSPOT3. The openSPOT3 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. For example, if you set the reroute ID to 3100/group call, then if you call TG9 on your radio, your call will be sent to TG3100, and if someone talks on TG3100, the call will be sent to TG9 on your radio, so it will receive it even if you don't have TG3100 in your RX group list.
Page 81 Homebrew/MMDVM® You can optionally use SSIDs to connect multiple hotspots to the BrandMeister network. For example, if your DMR ID is 2161005, and you have 2 hotspots, use SSID 01 and 02 for them. Append the number to your DMR ID in the Homebrew connector settings DMR ID field like this: 216100501 and 216100502 on the other hotspot. BrandMeister will automatically link you as 2161005 with SSID 01 and 02. This way you don't need multiple DMR IDs for multiple hotspots. Changing modules on XLX servers To unlink the currently linked module, call DMR ID 4000 (either using the Quick Call on the web interface, or using a transceiver). To connect to module A, call DMR ID 4001, for module B call DMR ID 4002 and so on.
Page 82: Dmrplus Dongle
DMRplus dongle DMRplus dongle connector You can use this connector to connect to a network which supports the DMRplus dongle protocol like DMRplus, Phoenix, DMR-MARC, XLX. The easiest way is to use the Quick setup to connect to these networks. You can change the used reflector ID by starting a short private call on your radio to the desired reflector ID (between 4000 and 5000). Cross mode usage The DMRplus dongle connector is a DMR connector, but it supports D-STAR®, C4FM and NXDN® cross modes. D-STAR® notes You can switch reflectors with a D-STAR® radio using two methods: Set the reflector ID as the D-STAR® radio's URCALL, then start a short call. After the short call, set back the URCALL to CQCQCQ DTMF codes: enter * followed by the reflector ID in DTMF code. 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 switch reflectors from your radio by entering Cross mode group call DTMF code (by default it's *) followed by the reflector ID in DTMF code, or use the Wires-X® button menu to select/search for servers. Example: to switch to reflector 4770, enter DTMF code *4770...
Page 83: Dcs/Xlx
DCS/XLX DCS/XLX connector You can use this connector to connect to a network which supports the DCS protocol like DCS or XLX. The easiest way is to use the Quick setup to connect to these networks. DCS and XLX servers usually do not need a valid D-STAR® registration, but you can check your callsign's registration by clicking on the Check D-STAR® registration button. If you want to talk on a DCS or XLX reflector, set the URCALL on your radio to CQCQCQ, and the local module to D in the openSPOT3. Make sure you have not entered any space characters in your radio before or after CQCQCQ in the URCALL. Switching reflectors/gateways using your radio URCALL/your call method You can switch reflectors using your radio by starting a short call to their names as the destination callsign (URCALL), like , or . Set the desired remote module as the last character of the URCALL. You DCS001 A XLX001 A can switch to gateways the same way. The URCALL/your call method lets youe change to the following server types: REF/XRX/Gateway: set the URCALL to for example . Switching to REF/XRF servers or gateways this REF001 C way changes the openSPOT3's active connector to the REF/XRF connector. DCS/XLX: set the URCALL to for example . Switching to DCS/XLX servers this way changes the DCS001 A openSPOT3's active connector to the DCS/XLX connector. BrandMeister: set the URCALL to followed by the BrandMeister server ID. Example: starting a call to BM destination callsign (URCALL) switches to BrandMeister server 2162 (Hungary). Switching to BM2162 BrandMeister servers this way changes the openSPOT3's active connector to the Homebrew/MMDVM connector. FCS: set the URCALL to the FCS server and room number. Example: starting a call to destination callsign (URCALL) switches to FCS001 room 99. Switching to FCS servers this way changes the FCS00199 openSPOT3's active connector to the FCS connector.
Page 84 DCS/XLX destination callsign (URCALL) switches to YSFReflector 89804 (AmericaLink). Switching to YS89804 YSFReflector servers this way changes the openSPOT3's active connector to the YSFReflector connector. NXDNReflector: set the URCALL to followed by the NXDNReflector server ID. Example: starting a call to NX destination callsign (URCALL) switches to NXDNReflector 28299 (America-Ragchew). Switching to NX28299 NXDNReflector servers this way changes the openSPOT3's active connector to the NXDNReflector connector. DTMF method Here are some example DTMF command sequences: Switching to REF servers: or or will change the active connector to the REF/XRF connector and connects to REF001 *1C *01C *001C module C. Switching to XRF servers: or or will change the active connector to the REF/XRF connector and connects to XRF008 B8B B08B B008B module B. Switching to XLX servers: or or connects to XLX005 module B. C5B C502 C0502 or or connects to XLX009 module D.
Page 85 DCS/XLX Module number is the remote module, and it is always 2 digits long. 00 is module A, 01 is module B, 02 is module C and so on. Some examples: ID 4900 will connect to DCS009A (server type 4 (DCS), number 9 and module 00 which is A) ID 4811 will connect to DCS008L (server type 4 (DCS), number 8 and module 11 which is L) ID 10102 will connect to REF001C (server type 1 (REF), number 01 and module 02 which is C) ID 13002 will connect to REF030C (server type 1 (REF), number 30 and module 02 which is C) ID 312301 will connect to XLX123B (server type 3 (XLX), number 123 and module 01 which is B)
Page 86: Ref/Xrf
REF/XRF REF/XRF connector You can use this connector to connect to a network which supports the Dplus protocol like REF or XRF. The easiest way is to use the Quick setup to connect to these networks. If you want to use a reflector, set the URCALL on your radio to CQCQCQ, and the local module to D in the openSPOT3. If you want to use a gateway, set the URCALL to the gateway's callsign and remote module. Remote module should be the last character of the URCALL. In this case, set the local module to a space character in the openSPOT3. Note that if you are connecting to a repeater, you have to set the Reflector/gateway ID connector setting to the callsign of the repeater. If the Auto set URCALL to network setting is enabled, and the REF/XRF connector (list) is set to Reflectors mode, then the destination callsign (URCALL) of calls coming from your transceiver will be automatically set to CQCQCQ. If the REF/XRF connector (list) is set to Gateways mode, then the URCALL will be automatically set to the gateway's callsign and remote module. Some (classic) REF and XRF servers need a valid D-STAR® registration. You can check your callsign's registration by clicking on the Check D-STAR® registration button. Make sure you have registered your local module on the D-STAR® gateway registration system. If you have a registration, you have probably registered the "space" local module, in this case set your openSPOT3's local module to a space (empty) character. Try remote module E on any reflector for the REF/XRF echo service (may not enabled on some servers). Switching reflectors/gateways using your radio URCALL/your call method You can switch reflectors using your radio by starting a short call to their names as the destination callsign (URCALL), like , or . Set the desired remote module as the last character of the URCALL. You REF001 A XRF001 A can switch to gateways the same way. The URCALL/your call method lets you change to the following server types:...
Page 87 REF/XRF REF/XRX/Gateway: set the URCALL to for example . Switching to REF/XRF servers or gateways this REF001 C way changes the openSPOT3's active connector to the REF/XRF connector. DCS/XLX: set the URCALL to for example . Switching to DCS/XLX servers this way changes the DCS001 A openSPOT3's active connector to the DCS/XLX connector. BrandMeister: set the URCALL to followed by the BrandMeister server ID. Example: starting a call to BM destination callsign (URCALL) switches to BrandMeister server 2162 (Hungary). Switching to BM2162 BrandMeister servers this way changes the openSPOT3's active connector to the Homebrew/MMDVM connector. FCS: set the URCALL to the FCS server and room number. Example: starting a call to destination callsign (URCALL) switches to FCS001 room 99. Switching to FCS servers this way changes the FCS00199 openSPOT3's active connector to the FCS connector. YSFReflector: set the URCALL to followed by the YSFReflector server ID. Example: starting a call to YS destination callsign (URCALL) switches to YSFReflector 89804 (AmericaLink). Switching to YS89804 YSFReflector servers this way changes the openSPOT3's active connector to the YSFReflector connector. NXDNReflector: set the URCALL to followed by the NXDNReflector server ID. Example: starting a call to NX destination callsign (URCALL) switches to NXDNReflector 28299 (America-Ragchew). Switching to NX28299 NXDNReflector servers this way changes the openSPOT3's active connector to the NXDNReflector connector. DTMF method Here are some example DTMF command sequences: Switching to REF servers: or or connects to REF001 module C.
Page 88 REF/XRF Server change using a C4FM radio You can change servers by entering the Special command/cross mode private call DTMF code (by default it's *) or the Cross mode group call DTMF code] (by default it's #) followed by the special ID described below. Special IDs for server change The format of the ID to call with your DMR or NXDN® radio, or the ID to enter using DTMF codes on your C4FM radio can be the following: server type + module number or server type + server number + module number Server type can be: 1: REF 2: XRF 3: XLX 4: DCS Module number is the remote module, and it is always 2 digits long. 00 is module A, 01 is module B, 02 is module C and so on. Some examples: ID 4900 will connect to DCS009A (server type 4 (DCS), number 9 and module 00 which is A) ID 4811 will connect to DCS008L (server type 4 (DCS), number 8 and module 11 which is L) ID 10102 will connect to REF001C (server type 1 (REF), number 01 and module 02 which is C) ID 13002 will connect to REF030C (server type 1 (REF), number 30 and module 02 which is C) ID 312301 will connect to XLX123B (server type 3 (XLX), number 123 and module 01 which is B)
Page 89: Fcs
FCS connector You can use this connector to connect to a network which supports the FCS protocol like the FCS network. The easiest way is to use the Quick setup to connect to these networks. You can change rooms with your C4FM radio by entering the Special command/cross mode private call DTMF code DTMF code (by default it's *) or the Cross mode group call DTMF code] (by default it's #) followed by the special ID described below. You can also use the Wires-X® button menu of your C4FM radio to select/search for servers. Cross mode usage The FCS connector is a C4FM connector, but it supports DMR, D-STAR®, NXDN® and P25 cross modes. Server and room change using a DMR, NXDN® or P25 radio You can change servers and rooms using your DMR, NXDN® or P25 radio with a private call to a special ID described below. Server and room change using a D-STAR® radio DTMF method Enter DTMF code * followed by the special ID described below. URCALL/your call method Set the URCALL to the FCS server and room number. Example: starting a call to destination callsign (URCALL) switches to FCS001 room 99. FCS00199 The URCALL/your call method lets you change to the following server types: REF/XRX/Gateway: set the URCALL to for example . Switching to REF/XRF servers or gateways this REF001 C way changes the openSPOT3's active connector to the REF/XRF connector. DCS/XLX: set the URCALL to for example . Switching to DCS/XLX servers this way changes the DCS001 A openSPOT3's active connector to the DCS/XLX connector. BrandMeister: set the URCALL to followed by the BrandMeister server ID. Example: starting a call to BM...
Page 90 BM2162 BrandMeister servers this way changes the openSPOT3's active connector to the Homebrew/MMDVM connector. FCS: set the URCALL to the FCS server and room number. Example: starting a call to destination callsign (URCALL) switches to FCS001 room 99. Switching to FCS servers this way changes the FCS00199 openSPOT3's active connector to the FCS connector. YSFReflector: set the URCALL to followed by the YSFReflector server ID. Example: starting a call to YS destination callsign (URCALL) switches to YSFReflector 89804 (AmericaLink). Switching to YS89804 YSFReflector servers this way changes the openSPOT3's active connector to the YSFReflector connector. NXDNReflector: set the URCALL to followed by the NXDNReflector server ID. Example: starting a call to NX destination callsign (URCALL) switches to NXDNReflector 28299 (America-Ragchew). Switching to NX28299 NXDNReflector servers this way changes the openSPOT3's active connector to the NXDNReflector connector. Special IDs for server and room change The format of the ID to call with your DMR, NXDN® or P25 radio, or the ID to enter using DTMF codes on your D- STAR® radio can be the following: room number or server number + room number Some examples: ID 5 will connect to the current server's room 5 ID 99 will connect to the current server's room 99 ID 205 will connect to FCS002 room 5 ID 314 will connect to FCS003 room 14...
Page 91: Ysfreflector
YSFReflector YSFReflector connector You can use this connector to connect to a network which supports the YSFReflector protocol, like YSFReflector servers. The easiest way is to use the Quick setup to connect to these networks. Switching YSFReflector servers using your radio You can switch YSFReflector servers with your radio by entering the Special command/cross mode private call DTMF code (by default it's *) or the Cross mode group call DTMF code (by default it's #) followed by the desired server's ID (5 digits). You can also use the Wires-X® button menu of your radio to select/search for servers. Cross mode usage The YSFReflector connector is a C4FM connector, but it supports DMR, D-STAR®, NXDN® and P25 cross modes. Using a DMR, NXDN® or P25 transceiver You can change servers using DMR, NXDN® and P25 transceivers by calling their IDs with a private call. Using a D-STAR® transceiver You can switch YSFReflector servers using a D-STAR® transceiver by entering DTMF code * followed by the desired server's ID (5 digits). You can also use the URCALL/your call method. This lets you change to the following server types: REF/XRX/Gateway: set the URCALL to for example . Switching to REF/XRF servers or gateways this REF001 C way changes the openSPOT3's active connector to the REF/XRF connector. DCS/XLX: set the URCALL to for example . Switching to DCS/XLX servers this way changes the DCS001 A openSPOT3's active connector to the DCS/XLX connector. BrandMeister: set the URCALL to followed by the BrandMeister server ID. Example: starting a call to BM destination callsign (URCALL) switches to BrandMeister server 2162 (Hungary). Switching to BM2162 BrandMeister servers this way changes the openSPOT3's active connector to the Homebrew/MMDVM connector. FCS: set the URCALL to the FCS server and room number. Example: starting a call to destination callsign...
Page 92 YSFReflector (URCALL) switches to FCS001 room 99. Switching to FCS servers this way changes the FCS00199 openSPOT3's active connector to the FCS connector. YSFReflector: set the URCALL to followed by the YSFReflector server ID. Example: starting a call to YS destination callsign (URCALL) switches to YSFReflector 89804 (AmericaLink). Switching to YS89804 YSFReflector servers this way changes the openSPOT3's active connector to the YSFReflector connector. NXDNReflector: set the URCALL to followed by the NXDNReflector server ID. Example: starting a call to NX destination callsign (URCALL) switches to NXDNReflector 28299 (America-Ragchew). Switching to NX28299 NXDNReflector servers this way changes the openSPOT3's active connector to the NXDNReflector connector.
Page 93: Nxdnreflector
NXDNReflector NXDNReflector connector You can use this connector to connect to a network which supports the NXDNReflector protocol, like NXDNReflector servers. The easiest way is to use the Quick setup to connect to these networks. Talkgroup handling NXDNReflector servers handle only one talkgroup. You can find each server's talkgroup ID in the server list, or if you enable Advanced mode, then the talkgroup ID setting will be shown. If you use NXDN® modem mode, then make sure you send your calls as a group call to the talkgroup ID, otherwise the server will ignore your calls. Also make sure you have the talkgroup ID in your SelCall list (if SelCall is enabled), otherwise you won't hear incoming calls on your radio. If you use cross modes, then send your calls as a group call to the talkgroup ID, otherwise the server will ignore your calls. If you use a DMR radio, then make sure the talkgroup ID is set as the TX contact for the current channel in your radio, or the talkgroup ID is in an RX group list which is assigned to the current channel of your radio, otherwise you won't hear incoming calls from the server. You can also set the Default cross mode destination ID to the talkgroup ID and enable Always use this ID in cross mode. These settings are available on the Settings page, NXDN® settings section. This way your cross mode calls will be always sent to the correct talkgroup ID. Switching NXDNReflector servers using your radio You can switch NXDNReflector servers with your radio by calling the desired server's ID with a private call. Cross mode usage The NXDNReflector connector is an NXDN® connector, but it supports DMR, D-STAR®, and C4FM cross modes. Using a DMR transceiver You can switch NXDNReflector servers with your DMR transceiver by calling the desired server's ID with a private call. Using a D-STAR® transceiver...
Page 94 NXDNReflector Using a D-STAR® transceiver You can switch NXDNReflector servers with your D-STAR® transceiver by entering DTMF code * followed by the desired server's ID (5 digits). You can also use the URCALL/your call method. This lets you change to the following server types: REF/XRX/Gateway: set the URCALL to for example . Switching to REF/XRF servers or gateways this REF001 C way changes the openSPOT3's active connector to the REF/XRF connector. DCS/XLX: set the URCALL to for example . Switching to DCS/XLX servers this way changes the DCS001 A openSPOT3's active connector to the DCS/XLX connector. BrandMeister: set the URCALL to followed by the BrandMeister server ID. Example: starting a call to BM destination callsign (URCALL) switches to BrandMeister server 2162 (Hungary). Switching to BM2162 BrandMeister servers this way changes the openSPOT3's active connector to the Homebrew/MMDVM connector. FCS: set the URCALL to the FCS server and room number. Example: starting a call to destination callsign (URCALL) switches to FCS001 room 99. Switching to FCS servers this way changes the FCS00199 openSPOT3's active connector to the FCS connector. YSFReflector: set the URCALL to followed by the YSFReflector server ID. Example: starting a call to YS destination callsign (URCALL) switches to YSFReflector 89804 (AmericaLink). Switching to YS89804 YSFReflector servers this way changes the openSPOT3's active connector to the YSFReflector connector. NXDNReflector: set the URCALL to followed by the NXDNReflector server ID. Example: starting a call to NX destination callsign (URCALL) switches to NXDNReflector 28299 (America-Ragchew). Switching to NX28299 NXDNReflector servers this way changes the openSPOT3's active connector to the NXDNReflector connector.
Page 95: P25Reflector
P25Reflector P25Reflector connector You can use this connector to connect to a network which supports the P25Reflector protocol, like P25Reflector servers. The easiest way is to use the Quick setup to connect to these networks. Talkgroup handling P25Reflector servers handle only one talkgroup. You can find each server's talkgroup ID in the server list, or if you enable Advanced mode, then the talkgroup ID setting will be shown. If the Enable group call rerouting setting is enabled (it's enabled by default), then all calls from your P25 radio will be forwarded to the correct talkgroup ID, and all calls from the network will be forwarded to talkgroup set at Reroute group calls from net to ID to your radio. In this case, make sure you have this talkgroup in your radio's selective call list (if SelCall is enabled), or set this talkgroup as the TX contact for the radio's current channel, otherwise you won't hear incoming calls on your radio. Rerouting can be useful if you can't modify your radio's configuration (you don't have a programming cable or software for the radio). In this case, keep rerouting enabled, and set the Reroute group calls from net to ID to the talkgroup you already have in your radio. If the Enable group call rerouting setting is disabled, then you have to send your calls to the correct talkgroup (the P25Reflector's TG ID), and incoming calls will be sent to their original destination ID (the P25Reflector's TG ID). If you use C4FM modem mode, then your calls will be automatically sent to the P25Reflector's TG ID regardless of the Enable group call rerouting setting. Switching P25Reflector servers using your radio You can switch P25Reflector servers with your radio by calling the desired server's ID with a private call. Cross mode usage The P25Reflector connector is an P25 connector, but it supports C4FM cross modem mode. Make sure you use VW (Voice Wide) mode on your C4FM radio, otherwise your calls sent to the server will be silent.
Page 96 P25Reflector You can switch P25Reflector servers with your C4FM radio by entering the Special command/cross mode private call DTMF code DTMF code (by default it's *) followed by the desired server's ID, or use the Wires-X® button menu to select/search for servers.
Page 97: Dapnet
DAPNET DAPNET connector You can use this connector to connect to a network which supports the DAPNET protocol. The easiest way is to use the Quick setup to connect to these servers. This connector supports the POCSAG modem protocol which is the protocol used by pagers. You can find more information about POCSAG and DAPNET here. The openSPOT3 acts as a transmitter on DAPNET, so make sure you use your DAPNET transmitter login and auth key for connecting the openSPOT3. These are not the same as your DAPNET user account. A separate transmitter registration is needed. See this page for more information. This connector can stay active in the background if Stay connected in background is checked, which means you can use the openSPOT3 the same way as before with other active connector, but it will function also as a personal DAPNET/POCSAG transmitter. The openSPOT3 will automatically broadcast DAPNET/POCSAG messages when there's no call coming from the network or modem for POCSAG TX delay seconds (this can be set on the Settings page, POCSAG settings section), so ongoing calls won't be interrupted by POCSAG messaging. If the DAPNET connector is running in the background then you can see it's connection status on the Status page.
Page 98 DAPNET If Transmit time messages is unchecked then the openSPOT3 won't transmit time messages from the DAPNET server. Some messages are ROT1 encoded, these will be automatically decoded if the ROT1 decoder is enabled. Note that not all ROT1 encoded messages can be recognized automatically so there can be received messages which won't be automatically decoded. You can specify 8 RICs (IDs in POCSAG terminology) to filter messages to. If the Enabled checkbox is checked, then the openSPOT3 will only transmit POCSAG messages sent to these RICs by the DAPNET server. DAPNET registration You'll need 2 accounts to use DAPNET: one personal and one transmitter account. Here's how to create these accounts. First, open a new ticket at support.hampager.de and select New DAPNET Account with RIC as the Help Topic. Fill in all required data and create the ticket. After this open a new ticket again and select New DAPNET Transmitter as the Help Topic. Fill in all required data and create the ticket. You can set your callsign for both the personal and the transmitter account. For the transmitter registration, set the Transmitter Type to personal, and the Antenna Type to Omni. Transmitter output power is 0.02 for the openSPOT3. You can set the Antenna gain in dBi to 1 dB.
Page 99: Aprs
APRS® APRS® connector You can use this connector to connect to the APRS® network. The easiest way is to use the Quick setup to set up the connection. This connector can stay active in the background if the Enable in background checkbox is checked, which means you can use the openSPOT3 the same way as before with another active connector, but it will function also as an APRS® client. The openSPOT3 will automatically receive APRS® chat messages and if enabled, it can transmit the device location or position information received from D-STAR® and C4FM/Fusion® radios. If the APRS® connector is enabled then you can see it's connection status on the Status page. You can also enable forwarding incoming APRS® chat messages to your POCSAG receiver by setting a RIC at Send incoming messages to POCSAG RIC. If Advanced mode is enabled, then you can set forced a SSID, symbol and APRS® comment for forwarded location data.
Page 100: Sharkrf Ip Connector Client
SharkRF IP Connector Client SharkRF IP Connector Client connector You can use this connector to directly connect to another openSPOT, openSPOT3, or a network which supports the SharkRF IP Connector protocol, or our open source SharkRF IP Connector Protocol Server. The protocol's documentation can be found on GitHub, so you can also develop your own application for the openSPOT3. The easiest way is to use the Quick setup to connect to a SharkRF IP Connector server. If you want to connect directly to another openSPOT or openSPOT3, make sure that the another device is set up as the server, and the UDP port used by this connector (by default it's 65100) is correctly set up on the server's router (it's open on the firewall and is forwarded to the server openSPOT1/2/3 on it's local network). All modem modes are supported by this connector, with automatic cross mode conversion between the following modes: DMR, D-STAR®, C4FM (DN mode) and NXDN®. C4FM (VW mode) and P25.
Page 101: Sharkrf Ip Connector Server
SharkRF IP Connector Server SharkRF IP Connector Server connector You can use this connector to accept connections from another openSPOT and openSPOT3 devices. This connector only supports 1 active connection, so if you want to link more than 1 device, you can use our open source SharkRF IP Connector Protocol Server. The protocol's documentation can be found on GitHub, so you can also develop your own application for the openSPOT3. The easiest way is to use the Quick setup to set up this connector. Make sure that the UDP port used by this connector (by default it's 65100) is correctly set up on your router (it's open on the firewall and is forwarded to the openSPOT3's IP address). All modem modes are supported by this connector, with automatic cross mode conversion between the following modes: DMR, D-STAR®, C4FM (DN mode) and NXDN®. C4FM (VW mode) and P25.
Page 102: Autocal
AutoCal AutoCal connector AutoCal is a special connector - it does not connect to anywhere. It analyzes an incoming transmission from the modem and tries to find out the frequency difference (RX offset) between the openSPOT3 and the transmitter. openSPOT3's oscillator has a frequency stability of 0.5ppm, and every openSPOT3 is factory calibrated by us, so you'll only need to use this special connector if your transceiver's transmit frequency is drifting. We suggest you to only run AutoCal if the openSPOT3 shows BER above 1% for your radio's transmission, as errors in the voice stream usually won't be noticeable if the BER is below 1%. To use AutoCal, set the modem mode to the mode your radio uses and the modem frequency to the radio's transmit frequency, then click on the Save button. Hold the PTT button on your radio until all 3 phases are completed. The found RX offset will be displayed at the Last found offset field and it will be automatically saved for the current modem mode. Keep in mind, that you can always check your own voice quality by using the openSPOT3's built-in local echo service. If the AutoCal does not enter Phase 2, then hold the PTT on your transceiver for at least the time it takes for the progress bar to go from 0% to 100%. Make sure the transceiver is transmitting on the AutoCal frequency (433.900 MHz by default). If the AutoCal still does not enter Phase 2, then the RX offset between the transceiver and the openSPOT3 is greater than 500Hz. What you can do is to switch frequency on the transceiver or on the openSPOT3, or enter an RX offset greater than 500Hz manually on the modem page and use the openSPOT3's built-in local echo service to find out the lowest BER.
Page 103: Powersaving
Powersaving Powersaving If powersaving is enabled, and it's active, the openSPOT3 consumes much less power. Powersaving is active if the standby status LED sequence is blinking in a much longer interval. The openSPOT3 can only enter powersaving state if the web interface is not open and there are no ongoing calls. Enabling powersaving reduces LED brightness, and enables the Wi-Fi interface to enter power save mode if no important communication is ongoing. The built-in LLMNR and MDNS servers may not function properly in this mode, so opening the web interface by entering the openSPOT3's hostname into the browser (example: http://openspot3.local) may not work reliably. The recommended method is to use SharkRF Link to open the web interface.
Page 104: Control Calls
Control calls Control calls There are some special IDs and callsigns which trigger built-in services and actions when a call is received to them from your radio. Local echo service If the local echo service's ID or callsign is called, the openSPOT3 records the voice transmission and plays it back after the call from the radio is finished. This is useful for hearing your own voice back to test the connection between your radio and the openSPOT3. If you have local echo voice quality issues, see the AutoCal special connector. The local echo service can be triggered if the call is sent to the following IDs/callsigns: DMR, NXDN® and P25:** ID 9999. Both private and group calls to this ID are answered with a private call. D-STAR®: call is sent to (7 spaces and an E, replace dots with spaces). Note that currently the D- ..E STAR® echo reply is limited around 2 seconds. C4FM: call DGID is set to 99. Note that only about 10 seconds can be recorded and played back by the local echo service. Current configuration profile query The current configuration profile's number can be queried by calling the following IDs/callsigns: DMR, NXDN® and P25: ID 9000. Both private and group calls are interpreted. D-STAR®: call is sent to (7 spaces and an P, replace dots with spaces), or DTMF code A is entered..P C4FM: Special command/cross mode private call DTMF code (by default it's *) is entered followed by DTMF code A. The current configuration profile number will be announced by the voice. The DMR/NXDN®/P25 profile query ID can be changed on the Settings page, Voice announcements section. Change configuration profile The active configuration profile can be changed by calling the following IDs/callsigns: DMR, NXDN® and P25: ID 9000+configuration profile number. Example: to switch to config profile 1, start a short call to 9001. Both private and group calls are interpreted. D-STAR®: call is sent to (7 spaces and the configuration profile number, replace dots with spaces), ..1 or DTMF code A is entered followed by the configuration profile number. C4FM: Special command/cross mode private call DTMF code (by default it's *) is entered followed by DTMF code A, then the desired configuration profile number. Connector status query The currently active connector's status can be queried by calling the following IDs/callsigns: DMR, NXDN® and P25: ID 9998. Both private and group calls are interpreted.
Page 105 Control calls The connector status will be announced by voice. The DMR/NXDN®/P25 connector status query ID can be changed on the Settings page, Voice announcements section. Active IP address query The active IP address can be queried by calling the following IDs/callsigns: DMR, NXDN® and P25: ID 9997. Both private and group calls are interpreted. D-STAR®: call is sent to (7 spaces and an A, replace dots with spaces), or DTMF code B is entered..A C4FM: Special command/cross mode private call DTMF code (by default it's *) is entered followed by DTMF code B. The IP address will be announced by voice. The DMR/NXDN®/P25 IP address query ID can be changed on the Settings page, Voice announcements section. Battery status query The battery status can be queried by calling the following IDs/callsigns: DMR, NXDN® and P25: ID 9996. Both private and group calls are interpreted. D-STAR®: call is sent to (7 spaces and an B, replace dots with spaces), or DTMF code C is entered..B C4FM: Special command/cross mode private call DTMF code (by default it's *) is entered followed by DTMF code C. The battery status will be announced by voice. The DMR/NXDN®/P25 battery status query ID can be changed on the Settings page, Voice announcements section. D-STAR® unlink command The openSPOT3 is designed to be always connected, however, the unlink (U) command is supported and activates the Null connector (which - as it's name says - does not connect anywhere). You can unlink if a call is sent to (7 spaces and a U, replace dots with spaces), or DTMF code # is ..U entered.
Page 106: Cross Modes
Cross modes Cross modes The openSPOT3 has a very powerful, yet easy to use cross mode system. It supports the following cross modes: You can use your DMR transceiver to access D-STAR®, C4FM, NXDN® networks You can use your D-STAR® transceiver to access DMR, C4FM, NXDN® networks You can use your C4FM transceiver to access DMR, D-STAR®, NXDN®, P25 networks You can use your NXDN® transceiver to access DMR, C4FM, D-STAR® networks You can use your P25 transceiver to access C4FM networks Hardware transcoding is done automatically by the built-in AMBE® vocoder chip. A software-based conversion method is used for the following cross modes: C4FM transceiver to access P25 networks P25 transceiver to access C4FM networks...
Page 107: Dmr Transceiver
DMR transceiver Cross modes using a DMR transceiver Using a D-STAR® network After you've set up and activated the D-STAR® connector, switch the modem to DMR mode. Your outgoing callsign will be the callsign associated with the DMR source ID. If there's no callsign associated to the ID, then the callsign will be the Default callsign for cross mode calls. If this is not set, your outgoing callsign will be your radio's DMR ID as text. An incoming call's source DMR ID will be set to the ID associated with the source callsign. If there's no ID associated, and the source callsign can be parsed into a number, it will be used as the source DMR ID. Otherwise the Default cross mode source DMR ID will be used. All calls coming from the D-STAR® network will be sent as a group call to DMR ID 9 (TG9). Make sure TG9 is the TX contact of your DMR radio's current channel, or it's in an RX group list which is assigned to the current channel in the radio, otherwise the squelch won't open and you won't hear the calls. Using a C4FM network After you've set up and activated the C4FM connector, switch the modem to DMR mode. Only calls in DN (Digital Narrow) mode will be converted to your DMR radio. If someone transmits in other modes on the C4FM network, you will hear silence on your DMR radio. Your outgoing callsign will be the callsign associated with the DMR source ID. If there's no callsign associated to the ID, then the callsign will be the Default callsign for cross mode calls. If this is not set, your outgoing callsign will be your radio's DMR ID as text. An incoming call's source DMR ID will be set to the ID associated with the source callsign. If there's no ID associated, and the source callsign can be parsed into a number, it will be used as the source DMR ID. Otherwise the Default cross mode source DMR ID will be used. All calls coming from the C4FM network will be sent as a group call to DMR ID 9 (TG9). Make sure TG9 is the TX contact of your DMR radio's current channel, or it's in an RX group list which is assigned to the current channel in the radio, otherwise the squelch won't open and you won't hear the calls. Using an NXDN® network After you've set up and activated the NXDN® connector, switch the modem to DMR mode. The source NXDN® ID of your DMR calls will be set to the same value as the DMR call unless the Always use this ID in cross mode setting is enabled for the Default cross mode source ID on the Settings page, NXDN® settings section. Your DMR calls will be sent to the same NXDN® ID as the DMR call's destination ID unless the Always use this ID in cross mode setting is enabled for the Default cross mode destination ID on the Settings page, NXDN® settings section, or the destination DMR ID is out of the NXDN® ID range (0-65535). In this case, the Default cross mode destination ID will be used for the NXDN® call. The destination and source DMR IDs for an incoming NXDN® call will be set to the same value as the incoming call's destination and source ID unless the Always use this ID in cross mode setting is enabled for the destination/source NXDN® IDs on the Settings page, NXDN® settings section. Make sure the destination ID of the NXDN® calls (the NXDN® talkgroup) is the TX contact of your DMR radio's current channel, or it's in an RX group list which is assigned to the current channel in the radio, otherwise the...
Page 108 DMR transceiver Make sure the destination ID of the NXDN® calls (the NXDN® talkgroup) is the TX contact of your DMR radio's current channel, or it's in an RX group list which is assigned to the current channel in the radio, otherwise the squelch won't open and you won't hear the calls.
Page 109: D-Star® Transceiver
D-STAR® transceiver Cross modes using a D-STAR® transceiver Using a DMR network After you've set up and activated the DMR connector, switch the modem to D-STAR® mode. The source DMR ID of your calls from the D-STAR® radio will be set to the ID associated with the source callsign. If there's no ID associated, then the source callsign will be parsed into a number and this will be used as the source DMR ID. If it can't be parsed into a number, then the Default cross mode source DMR ID will be used. You can set this to your DMR ID. The callsign of incoming DMR calls will be set to the callsign associated with the DMR ID. If there's no callsign associated in the database, then the Default callsign for cross mode calls will be used. If it's not set, the callsign will be the source DMR ID as text. Using a C4FM network After you've set up and activated the C4FM connector, switch the modem to D-STAR® mode. Only calls in DN (Digital Narrow) mode will be converted to your D-STAR® radio. If someone transmits in other modes on the C4FM network, you will hear silence on your D-STAR® radio. If there's an incoming call from the C4FM network, and the incoming call's source callsign can be found in the callsign database, then the openSPOT3 adds the caller's name and country code to the D-STAR® call's message. Using an NXDN® network After you've set up and activated the NXDN® connector, switch the modem to D-STAR® mode. All D-STAR® calls will be sent to the Default cross mode destination ID on the NXDN® network. The source NXDN® ID of your calls from the D-STAR® radio will be set to the ID associated with the source callsign. If there's no ID associated, then the source callsign will be parsed into a number and this will be used as the source NXDN® ID. If it can't be parsed into a number, then the Default cross mode source ID will be used. The default ID will be used if the Always use this ID in cross mode setting is enabled for the Default cross mode source ID on the Settings page, NXDN® settings section. The callsign of incoming NXDN® calls will be set to the callsign associated with the NXDN® ID. If there's no callsign associated in the database, then the Default callsign for cross mode calls will be used. If it's not set, the callsign will be the source NXDN® ID as text.
Page 110: C4Fm Transceiver
C4FM transceiver Cross modes using a C4FM transceiver Using a DMR network After you've set up and activated the DMR connector, switch the modem to C4FM mode (or C4FM Half Deviation mode, if your radio needs that). Only calls in DN (Digital Narrow) mode will be converted, if you transmit in other modes, DMR users will only hear silence. The source DMR ID of your calls from the C4FM radio will be set to the ID associated with the source callsign. If there's no ID associated, then the source callsign will be parsed into a number and this will be used as the source DMR ID. If it can't be parsed into a number, then the Default cross mode source DMR ID will be used. You can set this to your DMR ID. The callsign of incoming DMR calls will be set to the callsign associated with the DMR ID. If there's no callsign associated in the database, then the Default callsign for cross mode calls will be used. If it's not set, the callsign will be the source DMR ID as text. Using a D-STAR® network After you've set up and activated the D-STAR® connector, switch the modem to C4FM mode (or C4FM Half Deviation mode, if your radio needs that). Only calls in DN (Digital Narrow) mode will be converted, if you transmit in other modes, D-STAR® users will only hear silence. Note that some (classic) REF and XRF servers need a valid D-STAR® registration. You can read more about this here. Make sure you've set the callsign in your C4FM transceiver to the exact same callsign that you have registered, otherwise servers which require a registered callsign won't accept the connection, or won't let the openSPOT3 to transmit data. Using an NXDN® network After you've set up and activated the NXDN® connector, switch the modem to C4FM mode (or C4FM Half Deviation mode, if your radio needs that). Only calls in DN (Digital Narrow) mode will be converted, if you transmit in other modes, NXDN® users will only hear silence. All C4FM calls will be sent to the Default cross mode destination ID on the NXDN® network. The source NXDN® ID of your calls from the C4FM radio will be set to the ID associated with the source callsign. If there's no ID associated, then the source callsign will be parsed into a number and this will be used as the source NXDN® ID. If it can't be parsed into a number, then the Default cross mode source ID will be used. The default ID will be used if the Always use this ID in cross mode setting is enabled for the Default cross mode source ID on the Settings page, NXDN® settings section. The callsign of incoming NXDN® calls will be set to the callsign associated with the NXDN® ID. If there's no callsign associated in the database, then the Default callsign for cross mode calls will be used. If it's not set, the callsign will be the source NXDN® ID as text. Using a P25 network After you've set up and activated the P25 connector, switch the modem to C4FM mode (or C4FM Half Deviation mode, if your radio needs that). Only calls in VW (Voice Wide) mode will be converted, if you transmit in other modes, P25 users will only hear silence.
Page 111 C4FM transceiver The source P25 ID of your calls from the C4FM radio will be set to the ID associated with the source callsign. If there's no ID associated, then the source callsign will be parsed into a number and this will be used as the source P25 ID. If it can't be parsed into a number, then the Default cross mode source P25 ID will be used. You can set this to your DMR/P25/CCS7 ID. The callsign of incoming P25 calls will be set to the callsign associated with the P25 ID. If there's no callsign associated in the database, then the Default callsign for cross mode calls will be used. If it's not set, the callsign will be the source P25 ID as text.
Page 112: Nxdn® Transceiver
NXDN® transceiver Cross modes using an NXDN® transceiver Using a DMR network After you've set up and activated the DMR connector, switch the modem to NXDN® mode. The source DMR ID of your NXDN® calls will be set to the same value as the NXDN® call unless the Always use this ID in cross mode setting is enabled for the Default cross mode source ID on the Settings page, NXDN® settings section. Your NXDN® calls will be sent to the same DMR ID as the NXDN® call's destination ID unless the Always use this ID in cross mode setting is enabled for the Default cross mode destination ID on the Settings page, NXDN® settings section. The destination and source NXDN® IDs for an incoming DMR call will be set to the same value as the incoming call's destination and source ID unless the Always use this ID in cross mode setting is enabled for the destination/source NXDN® IDs on the Settings page, NXDN® settings section (or if the incoming DMR call's destination or source ID is out of the NXDN® ID range (0-65535)). Private DMR calls are converted to NXDN® group calls. Using a D-STAR® network After you've set up and activated the D-STAR® connector, switch the modem to NXDN® mode. Your outgoing callsign will be the callsign associated with the NXDN® source ID. If there's no callsign associated to the ID, then the callsign will be the Default callsign for cross mode calls. If this is not set, your outgoing callsign will be your radio's NXDN® ID as text. An incoming call's source NXDN® ID will be set to the ID associated with the source callsign. If there's no ID associated, and the source callsign can be parsed into a number, it will be used as the source NXDN® ID. Otherwise the Default cross mode source ID will be used. All calls coming from the D-STAR® network will be sent as a group call to the Default cross mode destination ID. If you don't hear calls on your radio then make sure this ID is in the selective call list (or SelCall is turned off), or it's the TX contact of the current channel. Using a C4FM network After you've set up and activated the C4FM connector, switch the modem to NXDN® mode. Only calls in DN (Digital Narrow) mode will be converted to your NXDN® radio. If someone transmits in other modes on the C4FM network, you will hear silence on your NXDN® radio. Your outgoing callsign will be the callsign associated with the NXDN® source ID. If there's no callsign associated to the ID, then the callsign will be the Default callsign for cross mode calls. If this is not set, your outgoing callsign will be your radio's NXDN® ID as text. An incoming call's source NXDN® ID will be set to the ID associated with the source callsign. If there's no ID associated, and the source callsign can be parsed into a number, it will be used as the source NXDN® ID. Otherwise the Default cross mode source ID will be used. All calls coming from the C4FM network will be sent as a group call to the Default cross mode destination ID. If you don't hear calls on your radio then make sure this ID is in the selective call list (or SelCall is turned off), or it's the TX contact of the current channel.
Page 113: P25 Transceiver
P25 transceiver Cross modes using a P25 transceiver Using a C4FM network After you've set up and activated the C4FM connector, switch the modem to P25 mode. Only calls in VW (Voice Wide) mode will be converted to your P25 radio. If someone transmits in other modes on the C4FM network, you will hear silence on your P25 radio. Your outgoing callsign will be the callsign associated with the P25 source ID. If there's no callsign associated to the ID, then the callsign will be the Default callsign for cross mode calls. If this is not set, your outgoing callsign will be your radio's P25 ID as text. An incoming call's source P25 ID will be set to the ID associated with the source callsign. If there's no ID associated, and the source callsign can be parsed into a number, it will be used as the source P25 ID. Otherwise the Default cross mode source P25 ID will be used. All calls coming from the C4FM network will be sent as a group call to P25 ID 9 (TG9). Make sure TG9 is in the selective call list of your P25 radio's current channel, or SelCall is turned off, or TG9 is set as the TX contact for the current channel, otherwise the squelch won't open and you won't hear the calls.
Page 114: Usb Serial Console
USB serial console USB serial console The openSPOT3 shows up as a USB serial port (COM port) when plugged into a computer. You can reach the serial console by opening this USB serial port with serial terminal software like PuTTY, RealTerm, TeraTerm, minicom etc. To find out which is your openSPOT3's serial port device path (COM port number), look at the device list of your computer (in your operating system's control panel for example). You can use the following settings for opening the serial port, but in theory any configuration would work: baud rate 115200, 8 data bits, no parity bits, 1 stop bit. The openSPOT3's serial console does not require drivers on modern operating systems, as it shows up as a standard USB ACM device with our official USB ID 0x1fc9:0x8125. You can download a driver for Windows XP, 7 and Vista here. Some users reported that Windows 8.1 also requires this driver, but it can only be installed if the signed driver requirement is turned off. The serial console can be used to change basic network settings, reboot the openSPOT3, switch it to bootloader mode, see it's debug log, reset the web interface password and many more. The list of available commands can be queried with the help command.
Page 115: Api
You can use both an HTTP/WebSocket and a UDP application programming interface to develop your own applications which use the openSPOT3. You can find more information about the API protocols on our GitHub pages: openSPOT3 HTTP/WebSocket API SharkRF IP Connector Protocol (a server application is also available) SharkRF Voice Announcement server...
Page 116: Factory Reset
Factory reset Factory reset The openSPOT3 can be reset to factory defaults if you click on the Reset all config profiles button at the bottom of the Settings page, or you hold the Wi-Fi button for at least 30 seconds (until the LED turns off). These methods will reset all configuration profiles to the default settings. If you only want to reset the active configuration profile to defaults, you can use the Reset config profile button at the bottom of the Settings page, or you can enter the rbc serial console command.
Page 117: Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Please make sure you always use the latest firmware version. Do NOT unplug the openSPOT3 during the firmware upgrade! If you can't find an answer to your issue, then please send an email to us, or ask help in our community forum! The web interface can't be opened Use SharkRF Link to open the web interface. SharkRF Link does not open the openSPOT3 web interface Make sure your web browser device (phone/tablet/computer) is connected to the same Wi-Fi network the openSPOT3 is using. Check if the openSPOT3 is connected to the Wi-Fi network by looking at it's status LED. Please see the LED states section for possible status LED states. If the openSPOT3 is not connected to the Wi-Fi network according to the status LED, see the next troubleshooting question's answer on how to set up the openSPOT3's Wi-Fi connection. Check the Wi-Fi client isolation in your Wi-Fi router's settings. It should be turned off. The openSPOT3 can't connect to the Wi-Fi network Please first check the status LED's color on the device. You can see the list of LED states on this page. The openSPOT3 can't connect to the Wi-Fi network only if the status LED is pulsating blue for a longer period of time (at least 2-3 minutes). If you see other status LED colors than blue, then the issue is not with connecting to the Wi-Fi network. You can reconfigure the Wi-Fi connection if you switch back the openSPOT3 to access point mode by pressing the button for 3 seconds. The openSPOT3 will start broadcasting it's own Wi-Fi network called openSPOT3 AP, indicated by white status LED. You can connect to this network using your browser device (phone/tablet/computer). Place your browser device close to the openSPOT3 during this. The initialization setup will pop up, where you can select the country of operation and configure a Wi-Fi network for the openSPOT3 to connect to. If the initialization setup won't open automatically, then you can open it by entering http://192.168.99.1/ into the web browser while your browser device is connected to the Wi-Fi network openSPOT3 AP. Make sure you've entered the Wi-Fi password case sensitive. After you've chosen the Wi-Fi network and entered the password, the openSPOT3 stops broadcasting it's own Wi-Fi network and starts connecting to the selected network. At that moment, your browser device (phone/tablet/computer) will disconnect from the openSPOT3's network. What you have to do now is to connect to the exact same Wi-Fi network with your browser device as you've configured for the openSPOT3. If you have WEP encryption on your router, then make sure the password is in ASCII, not hex. The openSPOT3 only supports ASCII WEP passwords. The best is to switch the encryption to WPA2 or WPA because it's much safer. Make sure you have enabled 2.4GHz Wi-Fi, not just 5GHz. Place the openSPOT3 close to the Wi-Fi router. Make sure the Wi-Fi bandwith is set to max. 20Mhz in the Wi-Fi router (see explanation here). If it still does not work, try switching Wi-Fi channel on your Wi-Fi router. Only channels 1, 6 or 11 should be...
Page 118 Troubleshooting You can also find more information on the Connecting the openSPOT3 to a Wi-Fi network page on the steps required to set up the openSPOT3's Wi-Fi connection. The web interface only loads partially Make sure you use a supported browser (Chrome, Firefox or Safari), and that the browser is updated to the latest version. If you're trying to do the initialization setup (the openSPOT3's status LED is white), then place the openSPOT3 close to your browser device (phone/tablet/computer) during the setup. Otherwise, try placing the openSPOT3 closer to the Wi-Fi access point (your Wi-Fi router). The openSPOT3 can't connect to my phone's Wi-Fi network Note for iPhones: the phone's hotspot settings page needs to be open all the time during the openSPOT3 Wi-Fi setup because the iPhone will only broadcast it's own Wi-Fi network if the internet share hotspot settings page is open. First you should connect your openSPOT3 to your home Wi-Fi network and then when it's connected (status LED is green or green/yellow) open the web interface using sharkrf.link. After that you can set up additional Wi-Fi networks if you turn on Advanced mode (checkbox at the bottom right corner of the web interface) and go to the Network page, Wireless settings section. Enter your phone's hotspot SSID and key as the 2nd Wi-Fi network. After that if the openSPOT3 can't connect to your home Wi-Fi network it will also try connecting to your phone's Wi-Fi network. I'm not hearing anything on my radio Please read the Setting up your transceiver section. Check if your radio's LED is on when the openSPOT3 is transmitting. The openSPOT3 is transmitting if it's status LED is blinking red: If it's blinking alternating red/orange, then BCLO is on: If this is the case then make sure it's turned off by setting it to 0 at the Other modem settings section. If your radio's LED does not turn on when the openSPOT3 is transmitting, then make sure they are on the same RX and TX frequencies. Make sure the openSPOT3's modem is set to the same mode as your radio, and the following settings are set:...
Page 119 Troubleshooting DMR radio: the color code (CC) match in your radio and the openSPOT3 (example: set it to the default 1). Make sure the talkgroup you want to hear is set as the TX contact of your DMR radio's currently active channel, or the talkgroup is in an RX group list which has been assigned to the currently active channel. You should also add TG9 to your the RX group list and assign it to the currently active channel to hear the openSPOT3's voice announcements. C4FM radio: the DGID is set to the same value both in your radio and the openSPOT3 (example: set it to the default 0). NXDN® radio: the radio access number (RAN) match in your radio and the openSPOT3 (example: set it to the default 0). Make sure the talkgroup you want to hear is in your NXDN® radio's contact list, or it is set as the TX contact of the currently active channel. No one is hearing me on the network Please read the Setting up your transceiver section. Check where your radio is sending your call by looking at the Call log on the openSPOT3's web interface. Make sure your radio is sending the call to the desired talkgroup or reflector. The openSPOT3's status LED should blink green when you press the PTT on your radio: If not, then make sure the openSPOT3 and your radio are on the same RX and TX frequencies. Make sure the openSPOT3's modem is set to the same mode as your radio, and the following settings are set: DMR radio: the color code (CC) match in your radio and the openSPOT3 (example: set it to the default 1). C4FM radio: the DGID is set to the same value both in your radio and the openSPOT3 (example: set it to the default 0). NXDN® radio: the radio access number (RAN) match in your radio and the openSPOT3 (example: set it to the default 0). If you are using a D-STAR® radio, then make sure your D-STAR® network registration is valid on this page. If you use a Kenwood TH-D74A transceiver, then make sure the Direct Reply feature is turned off, as it basically causes automatic callsign routing, which could cause one's transmission to not be heard on the used reflector. The openSPOT3 can't connect to the selected server If the status LED is pulsating like this, then the openSPOT3 is trying to connect to the selected server, but it can't for some reason. If it's not pulsating like on the animation, check the LED states section for more information about the current LED state.
Page 120 Troubleshooting The server may be currently offline, or there may be a connection issue between your openSPOT3 and the server. You can try using another server, or enable the Override DHCP DNS servers setting. Also check if the server password is set correctly (in case there's a server password), and that your connector settings are valid (example: if there's a callsign setting, make sure your callsign is valid, if there's a DMR/CCS7 or NXDN® ID setting, make sure your ID is valid for your callsign). If you want to connect to the BrandMeister network, and the openSPOT3 won't connect to any BrandMeister server, then make sure you use the hotspot security password you've set on your BrandMeister SelfCare page. If hotspot security is turned off on your BrandMeister SelfCare page, then you have to use the default server password, which is passw0rd. The UK server uses the default password passw1rd. There are dropouts in incoming calls, voice is stuttering Make sure you use a server nearest to your location to avoid network dropouts and high latency. Please keep in mind, that packet loss and high latency can occur in VoIP (Voice over IP) streams even if you have a really high quality network connection. Check the dejitter queue graph on the Status page for invalid seqnum errors. These indicate that the openSPOT3 does not receive all network packets so there are missing parts from the incoming call's stream. If there are no invalid seqnum errors, but the dejitter queue graph shows that the queue gets empty during a call, then you can try increasing the dejitter queue length at the Network settings section. Try to set another Wi-Fi channel in your Wi-Fi network (see the next troubleshooting entry for more info). The currently used one may be overcrowded, which you may not notice during web browsing, as the web uses a protocol which resend missing data frames, but this can't be done in real time VoIP streams so the packet loss issue becomes instantly noticable. Wi-Fi disconnects (blue status LED) or internet connection errors (red/blue status LED) Try to set another Wi-Fi channel in your Wi-Fi network. The currently used one may be overcrowded. It is advisable to use Wi-Fi channels 1, 6 or 11. Do not use the others as they only cause more interference. Also try placing the openSPOT3 closer to your Wi-Fi router / access point. Color code mismatch warnings on the web interface Make sure the color code programmed for your radio's current channel is matching the openSPOT3's color code. If they match, then probably there's an offset between the radio's TX frequency and the openSPOT3's RX frequency. Please try to use AutoCal, or manually enter different frequencies in +-100 Hz steps at the RX offset on the Modem page. The device does not upgrade the firmware Note that you have to plug the openSPOT3 into a USB power supply, otherwise the bootloader can't start and the firmware will not be upgraded. This also applies to overnight automatic firmware upgrades. The device can't check firmware upgrades, it shows retrying Make sure the NTP, HTTP and HTTPS outgoing traffic is not disabled in your router's firewall. You can also try turning the Use DHCP server if available option off. Upgrade downloads are slow...
Page 121 Troubleshooting Downloading upgrades is a low priority task so it won't interfere with normal operation and also the device won't consume much power during the download. The device does not turn on If pressing and holding the power button for 1-2 seconds does not turn on the device, then press and hold the power button for at least 7 seconds to do a hard reboot. If the power LED is blinking 3 times, then the devices turns immediately turns off, then the battery is overheated, and it's protection is active. Avoid exposing the device to direct sunlight and wait a few minutes so the battery can cool down. If there is no LED activity at all, then the battery may be completely depleted. Connect the openSPOT3 to a USB power supply and leave it for at least 30 minutes, then turn the device on with the power button. If it still does not power on, hold the power button for at least 7 seconds to perform a hard reboot. If it still does not power on, and both the power and status LEDs are dark, then probably the openSPOT3 had a power outage during a firmware upgrade. Connect the openSPOT3 to a USB power supply, and press both buttons at the same time for 10 seconds, then release them and the upgrade process will continue. If both LEDs are still dark and there's no way to get them light up, or the status LED stays yellow and the firmware upgrade process does not resume, contact us at info@sharkrf.com. DMR ID is not in the database warnings on the web interface A valid DMR ID is only required by the network/server you use. The openSPOT3 only displays a warning about that and does not care if your ID is valid or not. We update the DMR ID database weekly, usually on Mondays. Wait for the next update and your DMR ID will be there. Battery is charged to 100% and shows (ex.) 92% when unplugged The battery is still charging when it is showing 100%. Charge is completed when the battery status on the web interface is "charge done", and the power LED is steady green. Make sure the device is plugged in until the charge is completely done. Battery status displays slow charging Slow charging does not supply enough power for the openSPOT3 to operate, so it will drain the battery while the openSPOT3 is turned on. Make sure the charge speed is normal or fast: use the supplied wall charge adapter, or connect the openSPOT3 to a standard USB port of a computer, also try flipping the USB-C connector of the cable upside down. Also make sure you use the supplied USB cable, or another one which is good quality, otherwise the charge speed will be slow. The device turns off even when it's connected to a charger Make sure the charging speed is normal or fast, not slow. See the previous troubleshooting question/answer. Web interface call audio playback is choppy Note that smooth call audio playback requires a Wi-Fi connection with a good signal quality. If you have issues with call audio playback, then please try using different browsers and make sure they are updated to the latest version.
Page 122 Troubleshooting Browsers reduce CPU allowance on non-active tabs after a while. The tab of the web interface must be kept active, otherwise the audio will be garbled. This browser behavior cannot be changed. If the audio becomes garbled, activate the tab, and/or reload the web interface to fix it.
Page 123: Specifications
Specifications Specifications Dimensions: 100 x 58 x 18.5 mm Weight: 77 grams Operating temperature range: During battery charge: 0 - +45 °C During normal operation: -20 - +60 °C Battery: Polymer Lithium-Ion 1200 mAh Power supply: 5 V DC through the USB-C port Power consumption: max. 800 mA @ 5 V (4 W) UHF modem: RF power output: max. 13 dBm (20 mW) Receive/transmit frequency range: 421-458 MHz (JP: 430-440MHz, TW: 430-432MHz) Receiver sensitivity: Gaussian 2FSK: -114 dBm @ 9.6 kbps Raised Cosine 4FSK: -109 dBm @ 9.6 kbps Oscillator frequency stability: 0.5ppm Emission designators: A1A (CW ID), F1E/F1D (D-STAR®, System Fusion®, P25), FXE/FXD (DMR), F1E/F1W (NXDN®), F1D (POCSAG) Wi-Fi module: Supported protocols: IEEE 802.11b/g/n RF power output: +13 dBm (measured on uFL connector) Receive/transmit frequency range: 2.4 - 2.495 GHz Receiver sensitivity: -91 dBm (802.11b 1Mbps), -88 dBm (802.11g 6Mbps), -88 dBm (802.11n MCS0) This device meets the requirements of the following standards and directives: EN 55024:2010; EN 55032:2012; EN 61000-3-2:2014; EN 61000-3-3:2013; RoHS2:2015/863/EU; WEEE:2012/19/EU; 47 CFR Part 15, Subpart C This device complies with Part 15C of the FCC Rules. All product specifications and data are subject to change without notice to improve reliability, function or design or otherwise.
Page 124: Acknowledgement
Acknowledgement Acknowledgement Thanks to our alpha testers for their continuous work: Lajos Horváth HA5OGR and István Száraz HA7PTY, and to everyone who use beta firmwares and help us finding bugs by reporting them on our community forum!
Page 125: Open Source Licences
Open source licences Open source licences Here are the licences for various open source software used in the openSPOT3. alertify.js The MIT License Copyright (c) 2009-2014 Stuart Knightley, David Duponchel, Franz Buchinger, António Afonso Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. jquery.js Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. ladda.js Copyright (C) 2016 Hakim El Hattab, http://hakim.se Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND...
Page 126 Open source licences THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. pure.css Copyright 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. Neither the name of the Yahoo! Inc. nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL YAHOO! INC. BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. js-sha256.js Copyright (c) 2015 Chen Yi-Cyuan MIT License Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. spin.js The MIT License Copyright (c) 2011-2015 Felix Gnass [fgnass at gmail dot com] Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to...
Page 127 Open source licences permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. sha2.c AUTHOR: Aaron D. Gifford – http://www.aarongifford.com/ Copyright (c) 2000-2001, Aaron D. Gifford All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 3. Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTOR(S) “AS IS” AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTOR(S) BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. heatshrink Copyright (c) 2013-2015, Scott Vokes (vokes.s@gmail.com) All rights reserved. Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
Page 128 Open source licences Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. HamGridSquare.js Copyright 2014 Paul Brewer KI6CQ License: MIT License http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT or CC-BY-SA Javascript routines to convert from lat-lon to Maidenhead Grid Squares typically used in Ham Radio Satellite operations and VHF Contests Inspired in part by K6WRU Walter Underwood’s python answer http://ham.stackexchange.com/a/244 to this stack overflow question: How Can One Convert From Lat/Long to Grid Square http://ham.stackexchange.com/questions/221/how-can-one-convert-from-lat-long-to-grid-square GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake Original Author: 2009-2010 Ryan Pavlik rpavlik@iastate.edu, abiryan@ryand.net http://academic.cleardefinition.com Iowa State University HCI Graduate Program/VRAC Copyright Iowa State University 2009-2010. Boost Software License – Version 1.0 – August 17th, 2003 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person or organization obtaining a copy of the software and accompanying documentation covered by this license (the “Software”) to use, reproduce, display, distribute, execute, and transmit the Software, and to prepare derivative works of the Software, and to permit third-parties to whom the Software is furnished to do so, all subject to the following: The copyright notices in the Software and this entire statement, including the above license grant, this restriction and the following disclaimer, must be included in all copies of the Software, in whole or in part, and all derivative works of the Software, unless such copies or derivative works are solely in the form of machine-executable object code generated by a source language processor. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR ANYONE DISTRIBUTING THE SOFTWARE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. Select box background image Icons made by Google https://www.flaticon.com/authors/google from www.flaticon.com is licensed by Creative Commons BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/...
Page 129 Open source licences jquery-ui.js Copyright jQuery Foundation and other contributors, https://jquery.org/ This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many individuals. For exact contribution history, see the revision history available at https://github.com/jquery/jquery-ui The following license applies to all parts of this software except as documented below: ==== Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. ==== Copyright and related rights for sample code are waived via CC0. Sample code is defined as all source code contained within the demos directory. CC0: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ bpt.c Copyright (C) 2010-2016 Amittai Aviram http://www.amittai.com All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 3. Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY...
Page 130 Open source licences openSSL Copyright (c) 1998-2018 The OpenSSL Project. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the following acknowledgment: "This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit. (http://www.openssl.org/)" 4. The names "OpenSSL Toolkit" and "OpenSSL Project" must not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without prior written permission. For written permission, please contact openssl- core@openssl.org. 5. Products derived from this software may not be called "OpenSSL" nor may "OpenSSL" appear in their names without prior written permission of the OpenSSL Project. 6. Redistributions of any form whatsoever must retain the following acknowledgment: "This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/)" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE OpenSSL PROJECT ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE OpenSSL PROJECT OR ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. This product includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com). This product includes software written by Tim Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com). Smoothie Charts Copyright (c) 2010-2013, Joe Walnes 2013-2018, Drew Noakes Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the...
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