Question: Does P25 Reflector support Soft ID?

[mrickey]

We have four repeaters running on MMDVM devices. We have been asked by a number of people about support for the Soft ID feature that allows a radio to send both it's ID and a text identifier (call sign).

Is this supported by P25 Reflector (and other components)? Is there anything I need to do to enable it?

Related, do you know if this feature is supported on the Kenwood NX-5000 radios, if so, do they call it something else?

Thanks in advance,
Michael AF6FB

[g4klx]

Hi Michael From my brief research it appears that Soft Id is a proprietary feature of Motorola radios, and as far as I remember isn't documented in the P25 specification. Generally speaking I only implement features in the main specification of a protocol and not what a specific manufacturer things it should have. I too have an NX-5000 series radio, and don't remember seeing it as an option. You need to talk to Evans KD4EFM about the Kenwood support, or lack of it, for these radios. If you discover more, then please let me know. Jonathan  G4KLX On Wednesday, 18 November 2020, 23:26:08 GMT, Michael Rickey <[email protected]> wrote: We have four repeaters running on MMDVM devices. We have been asked by a number of people about support for the Soft ID feature that allows a radio to send both it's ID and a text identifier (call sign). Is this supported by P25 Reflector (and other components)? Is there anything I need to do to enable it? Related, do you know if this feature is supported on the Kenwood NX-5000 radios, if so, do they call it something else? Thanks in advance, Michael AF6FB — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.

[W2GLD]

Soft ID is proprietary Motorola only and is not included by default in all radios nor is this supported by Kenwood NX series radios or any other manufacturers SU’s. With that, TIA and DHS have been discussing adding OTA into the P25 standard, but that’s years away at this stage.