Automatic Number Identification - Baofeng UV-5R Documentation

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Chapter 12. Automatic Number

Identification

In dispatch environments it's common to have a system in place that will allow radios to

automatically identify themselves to the dispatcher. This is known as Automatic Number

Identification, or sometimes PTT-ID since the radio sends a data burst containing the ID

code at the beginning or end of a transmission.

The Baofeng UV-5R uses DTMF signalling for it's ANI implementation. For details on

what settings to use and questions regarding system interoperability, contact the dispatch

office with your employer.

Procedure 12.1. Setting ANI code

Attach your radio to your computer with a programming cable and open up the

Baofeng programming software, see the section called "Computer programming"

for details.

In the Edit menu, select DTMF. This will open up a window called DTMF En-

code/Decode.

Go to the Program menu, select Read from radio and the Read Data

From Radio window will open.

Click the Read button. The status LED on the radio will flash red indicating it's

transmitting data.

Locate the box named ANI code and enter your personal ID number that you've

been given from your dispatch office into the text field.

If you use group ID codes in addition to, or instead of personal ID codes, you can

enter up to 15 of them in the list to the left in the DTMF Encode/Decode win-

dow. These can be assigned on channel by channel basis in the Channel In-

formation, see the section called "Baofeng software" for further details.

Check the Press PTT to Send box if you want to transmit your ID before

you speak, or;

check the Release PTT to Send box if you want to transmit your ID after

you speak.

In the Program menu, select Write to radio and the Write Data to

Radio window will open.

Click the Write button. The status LED on the radio will flash green indicating

it's receiving data.

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