RATS Codeplug Generator Public Beta Through April 5
RATS unveiled an awesome interactive online tool to help generate codeplugs for a variety of DMR radios including the Baofeng DM32. You pick your radio, then you select a combination of datasets of interest which will pull from their massive database of 1,842 channels in 168 zones and 9 datasets. It's available for PUBLIC BETA (no RATS membership required) through April 5. A big thank you to KG4PEQ and the RATS codeplug team for their work.
Visit: https://codeplugs.rats.net/ and click on the TRY IT button at the top of the screen.
The tool generates separte CSV files for Zones, Talk Groups, and Channels which you can import directly into your CPS software and use to program your radio. I've been testing it with my DM32's and it is a HUGE time saver.
One note for DM32 users: when CPS 1.45 for DM32 creates a blank codeplug, it does NOT include any default actions for your programmable buttons, e.g. for the two side keys below PTT (SK1 & SK2) or the P1 and P2 keys on the front keypad (for both long and short presses in both cases). If READ from your radio to see how these buttons are currently set, you can configure these in any new codeplug. I have mine set to switch zones up/down, scan on/off. If you don't include these, those buttons will just BEEP and do nothing!
Note number two for DM32 users: the latest DM32 Baofeng CPS software doesn't properly program configure some SCAN LIST settings from the codeplug data. Cleanup after you write to the DM32 is pretty simple to correct so that the correct SCAN LIST will be used with any channel that is configured to use one. That's the only bug I've seen so far.
Even if you're not yet comfortable programming a DMR codeplug, it's worth it to try it out! 73
I maintain Excel workbooks for both the DM32 and the AT578 with column widths formatted to show the fields in their entirety. Have created new ones and downloaded the full 1800+ channels plus the zones and talkgroups to them. Happy to share them with the club. Just let me know how to transmit them. Am definitely seeing a few things that I'll send feedback on, and may comment further after sending inquiries to Steve. One think I'm really liking with this is that it seems to be producing very 'clean' channel templates where analog channels don't have generic digital settings and vice-versa. 73/Allen (N4JRI)