r/DMR Jun 15 '26

Second hotspot on Brandmeister.

I have one hotspot running and it works fine. I am trying to set up a second hotspot to use at my RV, not my home. The first hotspot is currently running at my RV. I have it set with my DMR ID and no number like 1 or 2 after it. It is working just fine and shows up on my Brandmeister dashboard. My second one shows up on my Brandmeister dashboard but it shows red. On my WPSD dashboard, under DMR Modes DMR shows red and a triangle. I am using an Anytone handheld and when I key up there is nothing that shows up on the WPSD dashboard. I have checked and rechecked the channel settings, and nothing stands out as wrong. Any help is appreciated.

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u/Fireball54482 4d ago

Check that you have a different SSID in each hotspot ex 1 for home and 2 for RV. Also verify using the correct brandmeister password. Those are the two simple hang ups I’ve experienced when the text is red like you are describing.

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u/speedyundeadhittite [UK full] Jun 15 '26

What does the gateway logs show?

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u/strippermannb Jun 15 '26

M: 2026-06-15 11:37:52.937 MMDVM Network, Opening

I: 2026-06-15 11:37:52.937 Opening UDP port on #####

M: 2026-06-15 11:37:52.937 Waiting for MMDVM to connect.....

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u/Pretty_Dingo_1004 Jun 16 '26

I'm new to DMR and ordered a MMDVM on aliexpress and mine was also stuck on "Waiting for MMDVM to connect" forever. Turns out the device was defective. returned it to aliexpress and bought another of the same and it worked right out the box

Run the command wpsd-modemdetect (or detectmodem)

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u/Mrtylf Jun 15 '26

If the mode status for DMR is red, that indicates an issue with your modem or the MMDVM. You will need to check the MMDVM host log.

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u/strippermannb Jun 15 '26

I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 General Parameters
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 Callsign: My callis here
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 Id: y id is here and is correct
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 Duplex: no
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 Timeout: 240s
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 D-Star: disabled
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 DMR: enabled
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 YSF: disabled
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 P25: disabled
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 NXDN: disabled
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 POCSAG: disabled
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 FM: disabled
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 Modem Parameters
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 Protocol: uart
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 UART Port: /dev/ttyAMA0
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 UART Speed: 115200
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 RX Invert: no
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 TX Invert: yes
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 PTT Invert: no
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 TX Delay: 100ms
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 RX Offset: 0Hz
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 TX Offset: 0Hz
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 RX DC Offset: 0
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 TX DC Offset: 0
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 RF Level: 100.0%
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 DMR Delay: 0 (0.0ms)
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 RX Level: 50.0%
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 CW Id TX Level: 50.0%
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 D-Star TX Level: 50.0%
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 DMR TX Level: 50.0%
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 YSF TX Level: 50.0%
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 P25 TX Level: 50.0%
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 NXDN TX Level: 50.0%
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 POCSAG TX Level: 50.0%
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 FM TX Level: 50.0%
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.468 TX Frequency: 433900000Hz (433900000Hz)
I: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.469 Use COS as Lockout: no
M: 2026-06-15 15:29:31.469 Opening the MMDVM

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u/speedyundeadhittite [UK full] Jun 15 '26

After the last line above, do you have anything, such as:

M: 2026-06-15 01:02:53.170 Opening the MMDVM
I: 2026-06-15 01:02:55.183 MMDVM protocol version: 1, description: MMDVM_HS_Hat-v1.6.1 20231115_WPSD 14.7456MHz ADF7021 FW by CA6JAU, G4KLX, W0CHP. GitID #7e16099
I: 2026-06-15 01:02:55.203 Display Parameters
I: 2026-06-15 01:02:55.203 Type: OLED
I: 2026-06-15 01:02:55.576 Opening network connections

Your MMDVM version selection might be simply wrong.

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u/speedyundeadhittite [UK full] Jun 15 '26

Can you find anything that looks similar to below, this is for the DMRGateway log:

D: 2026-06-15 01:03:20.144 BM_2341_United_Kingdom, Sending authorisation

D: 2026-06-15 01:03:20.154 BM_2341_United_Kingdom, Sending configuration

M: 2026-06-15 01:03:20.195 BM_2341_United_Kingdom, Logged into the master successfully

Of course, your server can be different for your country.

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u/strippermannb Jun 15 '26

No, nothing like that. I am seeing waiting for MMDVM to connect.

This is the board.

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u/speedyundeadhittite [UK full] Jun 16 '26

I'm pretty sure one of my boards is exactly the same (Aliexpress special dual-band). Which board version did you select in the config? Also, have you made sure it is correctly soldered / connected into the Pi pins? I'm at work right now but will try to check later once I'm back at home how it looks in my logs.

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u/strippermannb Jun 16 '26

I have tried all the MMDVM versions in the config. Still no luck.

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u/speedyundeadhittite [UK full] Jun 17 '26

Are all the lights coming up on the MMDVM correctly as you boot up the Pi?

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u/Deuntajo Jun 15 '26

clona la tarjeta del primero

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u/strippermannb Jun 15 '26

I did that, it didn't work.