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DMR Administration

DMR repeater page can be found at https://www.repeaterbook.com/dmr

Editing a Repeater's Assigned Talk Groups

When editing a repeater, whether with or without a user request submission, there is a DMR section with a link to Manage Talk Groups. Click this link and a new window will appear.

From this window, you have two options. One is to Add a Network and the other is to Add a Talkgroup. You should add the Network if you know what it is. Adding a Talkgroup is for adding a custom talk group not included in the Network.

Networks are preferred as they programmed into the database with all of the talk groups and time slots for that repeaters affiliated network. If you add the correct network, the repeater's details page will automatically retrieve all of the task groups for that network. It saves you a ton of work entering in all of the individual talk groups. It also allows admins to make a single change for the network instead of edit each repeater one by one.

To manage networks, please see DMR Network Administration below. This module will allow you to create and edit a DMR network.

DMR Network Administration

From the admin dashboard, you can access the DMR Management Module from the link in the Tools section of the menu. It will open a new page. This home page displays all of the current networks. A checkmark is shown if you are subscribed to the network. If you need to create a new network, you can click Create a Network from the menu.

When you are subscribed to a network, you will receive notifications from the system whenever an admin makes a change to a network.

Managing Network Subscriptions

Click a network from the home page. The network's home page will show your current subscription status. Simply click the subscribe or unsubscribe link from the menu to perform the desired action. Whenever new networks are created, all admins will receive an email notification with a link to the subscription module to allow for subscribing to the DMR network. Whenever a change is made to a DMR Network, an email notification is sent to all subscribed admins. This email also provides a link to unsubscribe from the DMR Network.

Adding a Network

To add a new DMR Network, click the link from the menu on the DMR Management home page. You will be taken to a page where you can name the new Network. A new network with no talk groups will be created. All admins on the site will be immediately notified by email. The email will give the admin the opportunity to subscribe to the new network you have created. As the creating admin, you will be automatically subscribed to the new network. The network will also be immediately available from the repeater edit pages.

Above, is in effect, what is happening, but behind the scenes, a network is not actually created until the first talk group is assigned to it. Once the first talk group is added, the network becomes available for assigning to a repeater. As you add talk groups, any subscribed admins will be notified.

You cannot technically delete or rename a network, but if you delete all of the talk groups, the network will, in effect, also have been deleted. The network will disappear from the database and will no longer be available for selecting or modifying. Deleting talk groups also notifies the subscribed admins.

Adding and Deleting a Talk Group to a Network

Important: Only common talk groups that apply to all of the repeaters that connect to this network should be added. For example, if all the repeaters but one allow access to a specific talk group, do not add the talk group to the network. If a repeater allows access to a talk group that is not available to all of the repeaters on the network, then use the custom talk group function from the repeater edit page to add the single talk group.

Adding and Deleting talk groups is done from a network edit page. There is not an edit function to edit a specific talk group. If there is a problem with a talk group, you must delete it and then add a new one.

To add a talk group, select the talk group from the drop down menu. Then select the time slot and access. Click save and the talk group will be added. Repeat until all the talk groups are added. If you make a mistake, click the trash can to delete the talk group.

Currently, admins cannot make modifications to the talk groups that can be chosen. If you need to change the name of a talk group as it is shown in the drop down menu, please contact the site admin with proof of the correct name.

User Submissions

Currently, there is no talk group module for users to propose talk groups. Users must put the talk group info in the notes section of the repeater request form. In the future, a form will echo out the current talk groups and allow the user to propose changes.

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