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ZUMspot Duplex user guide
ZUMspot Duplex Kit User Guide
The ZUMspot Duplex Kit has all of the capabilities of the original ZUMspot, but it also enables a duplex
connection between your hotspot and HT. This will allow you to switch to a different talk group from
your HT even if the current talk group is tying up your hotspot.
Copyright 2019-2022 ZUM Radio, Inc
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  • Page 1 ZUMspot Duplex Kit User Guide The ZUMspot Duplex Kit has all of the capabilities of the original ZUMspot, but it also enables a duplex connection between your hotspot and HT. This will allow you to switch to a different talk group from your HT even if the current talk group is tying up your hotspot.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    ZUMspot Duplex user guide Table of Contents Table of Contents ............................2 Board specifications ............................3 Setup ................................3 Powering up ..............................4 Setup Pi-Star..............................4 Wi-Fi ................................4 Configuration ............................8 DMR with Duplex ............................9 Enable D-Star ............................11 Finishing setup ............................

  • Page 3: Board Specifications

     Built-in 1.3" OLED display  Connection for Nextion LCD display  1 Year Warranty Setup ● The ZUMspot Duplex Kit should come with the following: ○ ZUMspot Duplex board ○ Raspberry Pi Zero ○ Pre-programmed SD card ○ 4 plastic screws ○...

  • Page 4: Powering Up

    Powering up ● Plug a USB micro power cable to your ZUMspot Duplex Kit. The USB power port is the right most USB port on the Raspberry Pi Zero. The USB cable should also be connected to a USB power supply.
  • Page 5 ZUMspot Duplex user guide ○ You will be asked to put in the default username which is pi-star and the default password which is raspberry ○ Select Configure Wi-Fi and then click on Scan for Networks (10 secs) Copyright 2019-2022 ZUM Radio, Inc...
  • Page 6 ZUMspot Duplex user guide ● Select your Wi-Fi SSID and enter your password. Copyright 2019-2022 ZUM Radio, Inc Rev 1.0...
  • Page 7 ZUMspot Duplex user guide ● Click on Save (and connect) to save the Wi-Fi configuration ● Reboot your ZUMspot Duplex Kit ● Now you can continue to the Configuration section below. Copyright 2019-2022 ZUM Radio, Inc Rev 1.0...

  • Page 8: Configuration

    ● Click Apply Changes when you are done ● When everything reloads, you will need to set the Radio/Modem Type to ZUMspot - Duplex Raspberry Pi Hat (GPIO) and click Apply Changes again. Copyright 2019-2022 ZUM Radio, Inc Rev 1.0...

  • Page 9: Dmr With Duplex

    ZUMspot Duplex user guide DMR with Duplex Once you have completed the Configuration steps. You can finish setting up your ZUMspot Duplex Kit with DMR using a duplex connection ● Turn on DMR and confirm that Controller Mode is set to Duplex and then click on Apply...
  • Page 10 Enter your DMR ID  Choose your preferred DMR master server  Click Apply Changes in order to save your settings  You can now use DMR with a duplex connection with your ZUMspot Duplex Kit Copyright 2019-2022 ZUM Radio, Inc Rev 1.0...

  • Page 11: Enable D-Star

    ZUMspot Duplex user guide Enable D-Star  Now you can turn on D-Star by selecting the D-Star Mode switch and clicking Apply Changes ● You can now use D-Star with your ZUMspot Duplex Kit Copyright 2019-2022 ZUM Radio, Inc Rev 1.0...

  • Page 12: Finishing Setup

    ZUMspot Duplex user guide Finishing setup Once you have completed the Pi-Star configuration you can start using the ZUMspot Duplex Kit to connect to D-Star, DMR and other networks. There is more information on configuring and using Pi-Star in this document.

  • Page 13: Firmware Update

    ZUMspot Duplex user guide Firmware update The firmware can be updated directly from the Pi. A script needs to be download to flash the board.  Go to Configuration->Expert->SSH Access  Login to pi-star  Run command rpi-rw  Run command: ...
  • Page 14 ZUMspot Duplex user guide  You should now have exited the text editor. You can try the curl command again and it should work now  Next type the command followed by the enter key sudo chmod +x install_fw_duplex.sh ...

  • Page 15: Building Firmware On Pi-Star

     Build the firmware by running this command: make  Stop services by running these commands: sudo pistar-watchdog.service stop sudo systemctl stop mmdvmhost.timer sudo systemctl stop mmdvmhost.service  Upload the firmware to ZUMspot RPi board: sudo make zumspot-pi Copyright 2019-2022 ZUM Radio, Inc Rev 1.0...

  • Page 16: Support

    ZUMspot Duplex user guide Support MMDVM groups.io group: https://groups.io/g/OpenDV Pi-Star support forum: https://forum.pistar.uk/ Pi-Star Facebook support group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pistar/ Pi-Star Wiki: http://wiki.pistar.uk ZUM Radio Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/249802742395450/ Copyright 2019-2022 ZUM Radio, Inc Rev 1.0...

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