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Channel Knob Selection

Another great tip by @Phil NR001
(Only applicable for devices with a indefinite rotating channel knob selector who run a PRO version of Button Mapper & Google Play Store)

This configuration enables you to use an indefinite channel knob to browse trough your numbered channels.
For me this is a great added feature because now I can safely browse channels when I’m driving in my car. Most of my frequently used channels are assigned to the program buttons, but now you have a more extended channel list at your finger tips.

Example on an Inrico TM-7 plus
  1. Add numbering to your channels/contacts: 01 Channel 01, 02 Channel 02, 03 Mom, …
  2. Add the rotate left & rotate right button in Button Mapper
    1. (“Add Buttons” or sometimes they are already added)
  3. For the Left Button: Select “Broadcast Intent” and add the following line to the field “Action“: com.zello.intent.channelDown
    • Do this for “Single”, “Double” and “Long Press”
  4. For the Right Button: Select “Broadcast Intent” and add the following line to the field “Action“: com.zello.intent.channelUp
    • Do this for “Single”, “Double” and “Long Press” and mind the capitals!

This should work with most indefinite rotating channel knob selectors. If you find a Network radio that doesn’t support this, let us know!
(We know about the Telo TE-390 already)

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Multiple PTT apps on your Device

Some of use more than one PTT app on their Network radio.
Me, for example, I use Zello for hobby and when at work I use WalkieFleet to communicate with my team. I don’t like to carry around to many devices
(I do like to collect them though 😁 ).
Other hobbyists like to use peanut, echolink, …

Zello, in its greatness, has a few items that might need some improvement or modification, but I’ll leave that to the project managers and developers. I’ll just stick to solutions and work arounds.

When you install Zello it claims all usage over the PTT button. No matter what you do, when you push the PTT button it will push Zello as primary PTT application and it will pop up. (Unless you disabled background usage in the PPT menu in Zello, but that’s only when your screen is off.)

This is actually great when you only use Zello, but like me if you use other apps like WalkieFleet it’s quite annoying. There’s are two ways to work around this:

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