Custom Hosts and Talkgroup Names¶
The lists of reflectors, masters and talkgroups on your WPSD device come from WPSD’s host files, kept current for you (see Host Files). For a server they don’t list, add your own; for a talkgroup they don’t name, or name differently from how you think of it, name it yourself.
Your own reflectors and masters¶
Each mode’s page in Radio has a Your reflectors section (on DMR, Your masters and XLX reflectors) for servers the host files don’t list: a club master, a private or test reflector. Yours show first in every list on your WPSD device, marked Yours. You can also choose Add your own… at the end of a reflector list.
Choose Add a reflector (or Add a master, Add an XLX reflector) and fill in what it asks:
Mode |
What you enter |
|---|---|
DMR master |
The network whose list it joins (BrandMeister; DMR+, FreeDMR or HBlink; TGIF; SystemX), a name, the server’s hostname or address, and if needed the port (62031 unless said otherwise) and password |
XLX |
Its three-letter or -digit number (such as 950), the server, its default module, and the protocol (DCS or DExtra; DCS if unsure) |
D-Star |
Its name: REF, XRF, DCS or XLX and three letters or digits, such as XRF757, and the server. Pick the module when you link. |
YSF |
Its five-digit number, a name of up to 16 characters, the server, and its description and country |
P25, NXDN |
The talkgroup it’s linked by, a name and the server (port 41000 for P25 and 41400 for NXDN unless said otherwise) |
M17 |
Its designator, such as M17-ABC, and the server (port 17000 unless said otherwise). Pick the module when you link. |
A hostname that doesn’t resolve right now is pointed out, so you can check the spelling, but you can save it anyway. D-Star needs an IPv4 address: a reflector whose hostname has none isn’t used until it does.
Edit or Delete yours at any time. Deleting one that’s in use (as a startup reflector, say) leaves it set there, but it won’t connect until you choose another.
Note
If the host files list a server, pick it from the list instead: theirs is kept up to date for you. If the host files later add one of yours, theirs is used and yours can be deleted.
Your own servers are part of your device, not a profile, and are kept in backups. From a WPSD (legacy) backup, the hosts you’d added by hand come with it.
Naming talkgroups yourself¶
With Show talkgroup names on in Preferences, the dashboard names each call’s talkgroup from the host files. Under My talkgroup names on the same page, you can name a talkgroup yourself: enter its number and a name and choose Add. Your name shows in place of the host files’ in Last Heard, call history and Modes & Networks, in every mode, for calls from then on.
Import a names file adds names from a text file, one talkgroup per line: its number and its name, separated by a comma or semicolon. Talkgroups you’ve already named keep your names.