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OPERATION ON THE RADIO, ITS POSSIBLE TO CHOOSE DIFFERENT OPERATING MODES.
THIS CAN BE DONE DIRECTLY BY THE TOUCHSCREEN OR BY GOING THROUGH THE
MMDVMHOST CONFIGURATION PAGE.  IN ADDITION TO THE SUPPORTED MODES INDICATED
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ARTICLE, ITS ALSO POSSIBLE TO OPERATE IN P25 AND
NXDN.  IT OFFERS CONVERSION BETWEEN DIFFERENT PROTOCOLS SUCH AS YSF2DMR,
YSF2NXDN, YSF2P25, DMR2YSF, AND DMR2NXDN.  WHEN TWO MODES ARE ACTIVATED AND
THEY ARE IDLE, THE RADIO AUTOMATICALLY ENTERS SCAN MODE BETWEEN THESE TWO
MODES UNTIL A COMMUNICATION IS RECEIVED ON ONE OF THEM.  THEN, IT WILL
REMAIN IN THIS MODE ACCORDING TO THE PROGRAMED HANGTIME IN THE
CONFIGURATION.  BY DEFAULT, THE HANGTIME IS 20 SECONDS, BUT ITS POSSIBLE TO
CHANGE IT FOR EACH MODE ACCORDING TO THE OPERATORS PREFERENCE, AS SHOWN IN
FIGURE 8.  TO CHANGE BETWEEN MODES, THE CONNECTED TALKGROUPS TG OR
REFLECTOR, JUST PRESS MODE ON THE SCREEN TO SWITCH BETWEEN THE ACTIVATED
MODES.  IN MY CASE, I USE DMR AND D STAR MOST OF THE TIME.  EACH OF THEM IS
CONNECTED TO A SPECIFIC NETWORK, THE DMR IS CONNECTED TO A TG ON THE
BRANDMEISTER NETWORK WHILE THE D STAR IS CONNECTED TO A DCS REFLECTOR.
THUS, THE RADIO MONITOR BOTH MODES AND SWITCHES BETWEEN THE TWO IF A SIGNAL
IS RECEIVED.  THE RADIO SPEAKER CHANGES COLOR DEPENDING ON THE STATUS OF
THE RADIO, IF THE RADIO IS IN THE IDLE STATE, THE SPEAKER IS BLUE, AND IT
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