Video Tutorial: Setting up DMR Decoding with SDR#, DSD+ and an RTL-SDR

Over on YouTube user Tech Minds has uploaded a useful video which shows how to set up DMR decoding with SDR#, VB-Cable, DSD+ and an RTL-SDR dongle. He also uses the DSD plugin for SDR# which makes controlling the command line DSD+ software a little easier. If you are interested we also have a short tutorial on DMR/P25 decoding available here. The video starts from downloading and installing the software, and explains every step very carefully, so it is a very good starting video for beginners.

DMR (aka MotoTRBO or TRBO) is a digital voice protocol used by Motorola radios. Software like DSD+ is required to listen to it, but it can only listen in if the signal is unencrypted.

Tech Minds has also uploaded several other tutorial videos to his channel over the last few months including guides on how to set up the ham-it-up upconverter, ADS-B tracking, using a Raspberry Pi to create a FM transmitter and more.

How To Setup SDR # Sharp To Decode DMR Digitial Using DSD Plus And An RTL SDR Receiver on Windows 10

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Jim
#206034

The Configure button on the DSD + plugin will not move after it is enabled and I can not push the OK button to make the program work because I can not resize the screen. Is there a fix for this problem?

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SP4IZK
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Jest błąd. Urządzeniem wyjściowym audio nie może być VC. Trzeba wstawić urządzenie audio, do którego włączone są głośniki komputera.

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Steve Keith
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Enjoyed you video but am unable to find the DSD SDR# plugin to open DSD from within SDR# on the linked site. Is it still available.
Thanks

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Charles WD4W
#97621

My default devices in the DBD+ dos window shows the virtual audio cable but this is not choose by the DBD as default. How can I change this?

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Luk
#100513

I have the same problem ever since last Windows 10 april update…

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Kerteszradio
#91522

Inspired by this article, i try again the DMR decoding use with DSD – succesful ! My desktop computer (W7/64bit) use SDR#,DSD, and VAC (virtual audio cable). Very surprised me, but works ! Also try my old Asus EEEpc900 (XP/32bit) with HDSDR, VAC, and of course DSD. And also works ! Basically the installation not too hard, but the configuring and correct work is achieved, but hard.

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Alexander Protasov
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This is a very old and non actual tutorial.
There is a nice plugin dsd_tcp http://rtl-sdr.ru/uploads/download/dsd_tcp.zip (from the same authour) which allows to decode DMR/P25 without virtual audio devices. Data is transmitted over TCP.
But unfortunately all these plugins work only with old DSD+, with latest fast line version they do not work.

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