Some thoughts on the Handover and Roaming RSSI Threshold in Capacity Max Tuesday, June 03, 2025 In a previous post, I wrote about the Acceptable RSSI Threshold . There are two more settings that will affect radio roaming behavior on a C...
Some thoughts on the Acceptable RSSI Threshold in Capacity Max Tuesday, May 20, 2025 The Acceptable RSSI Threshold is a configurable parameter in a MOTOTRBO radio operating on a Capacity Max DMR Tier 3 system. It plays a role...
Capacity Max: Underneath the hood Tuesday, November 05, 2024 Several changes have been made to Capacity Max in the last few months which are not immediately obvious but might prove useful. I've had...
REPOST: MOTOTRBO and IP 📖 Tuesday, December 05, 2023 In 2012, I wrote a post about IP networking in MOTOTRBO. This post got updated a few times and when I was looking at it the other day, I dec...
Motorola Radio on a Tait Tier 3 network Tuesday, September 19, 2023 I'm trying to register a Motorola Radio on a Tait Tier 3 network . I am in control over this network, it only consists of one base stati...
USBD/LIP Tuesday, July 18, 2023 M2023.01 adds Unified Single Block Data (USBD) Polling Service and Location Information Protocol (LIP) to Capacity Max. The radios and syste...
Ugrading to Capacity Max - what kind of server does one need? Tuesday, May 30, 2023 Q. We are on the middle of a Server planning's and because we my come to upgrades of our IP Site systems to Capacity Max what would be ...
Working out how many talkpaths are needed for logging voice calls. Tuesday, April 11, 2023 In Capacity Max, if voice calls need to exit the system, they will do so via the VRC Gateway. A voice call will exit the system if the (or o...
What is the minimum and maximum possible frequency separation on a VHF Capacity Max system? Tuesday, December 06, 2022 Question What is the minimum and maximum possible frequency separation on a VHF Capacity Max system? Answer It depends on whether the Fixed ...
Capacity Max Fast Start Tuesday, July 12, 2022 Fast Start is a new feature in Capacity Max that allows a talkgroup call to start even if a payload channel (a.k.a traffic channel) is not a...
Upgrading your Capacity Max system? Here are some notes from me. Tuesday, May 31, 2022 I've recently spent some fun time upgrading the Capacity Max demonstration systems I look after. While I was vaguely familiar (high-leve...
Capacity Max status: a quick way for radio users to send messages. Thursday, May 05, 2022 Status messaging is a Capacity Max (only) feature that allows the transmission of a 7-bit packet on the control channel. The number sent in ...
What is the difference between MPT1327 and Capacity Max? Thursday, January 20, 2022 MPT1327 MPT1327 was a technical standard for trunked radio communications, developed by the (then) UK Ministry of Posts and Telecommunicatio...
Converting a Flat Number to a DMR ID Tuesday, March 02, 2021 MOTOTRBO Capacity Max Radios and Infrastructure uses the DMR Air Interface as described in ETSI TS 102 361-1 (v2.5.1) Annex A*. This basical...
Two enhancements to emergency in Capacity Max Monday, September 21, 2020 1. Voice Interrupt for Emergency Alarm Prior to M2020.02, radios users on a Capacity Max system might have missed an emergency alert in circ...
Capacity Max Single Slot Data Revert now also in Open System Mode Monday, September 14, 2020 Single Slot Data Revert is a Capacity Max feature; that allows Data Revert to be provisioned per timeslot, instead of per repeater. Prior t...
The System Identity Code and Capacity Max Tuesday, August 18, 2020 The information required for radios to identify a DMR Tier3 network is contained within the System Identity Code. This is regularly transmit...