Building a Swiss Army Knife with the Inrico T320

This post is actually a combination of different “Tips & Tricks” I previously wrote in the knowledge base. I’m not going to explain all settings again. Just hit the tags in the sidebar most of the subjects discussed here are filled under “Button Mapper” and “Zello

Since a few weeks I’ve got this new found love for the first Network Radio I bought: the Inrico T320. As you all know, i’m a huge fan of Telo, I love the build, the audio quality, the design … and especially the big touchscreen. So for a while I was very happy with my TE-590 and I still am. But preferences changes over time. Ever since I started using Walkie Fleet at home and at work, I struggled with the dual app that needs to be configered: Zello for Hobby and Walkie Fleet for Work and Home use.

And now the thing that first led me away from the T320 is actually the thing that I most love about it: Its keyboard. I’ve found out that with most big touchscreens I often accidentally hit the screen and disable or enable stuff! The smaller screen on the T320 is less sensitive and in combination with Button Mapper I’m super fast in changing Apps, settings, channels, ….
So here’s a short description on how I set up my Inrico T320:

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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)

How to change the volume settings on a TM-7 plus

The Inrico TM-7 plus has a lot of advantages and for me it’s probably one of the best mobile devices out there for the moment. But is has one big issue and that is the total useless volume knob. If you dial the knob to change the volume, it just starts a life on its own. The volume flies to on end of the spectrum to the other… really awful and even dangerous in the car.
Luckily there is a work around for it.

The first solution is just uninstall Button Mapper, because this is causing the issue.
The second solution is by configuring the navigation buttons (Up & Down) as volume buttons via Button Mapper. (Oh the irony!)

In Button Mapper, go to option “+ add more buttons
Press the “up key” on the right next to your display and confirm that you want to add it.
Then select customise.
The 3 button actions become active (single, double & long press)
Assign to all 3 buttons actions the same Action: “Volume +”
Do the same for for the “Down Key” with the Action: “Volume –
and you’re good to go…
Now you can adjust the volume settings with the up and down key.

How to map speed dials to channels and contacts in Button mapper.

Tip by Phil – NROO1

On mobile devices you can map the P1/2/3/4 buttons to go to a channel/contact in Zello with Button Mapper. In theory you can map any hardware button to a channel or contact except for buttons that are preoccupied by the Zello app: SOS-button, PPT , … If you still use your dialer, make sure you map the long press key and not the single press key.

  • Rename the channels you want to add to 01, 02 and so on …
  • Add the buttons in Button Mapper and for every button add the Action: “Broadcast Intent” to single tap (for CH 05 to 08 use long press)
  • In the field “action” add “com.dfl.knob” (without the brackets)
  • in the field “key:value” add “frequencyNum:XX” where XX is the number of the channel(01, 02…)
  • save and try 
  • Warning: This only works in the donation version!!!

This also works with other numbers, so if you have allready setup different numbering on your account you can also map “03 ZRB to P2” or “16 Mom to P4”
If you want to use the “single press” on the P1, you should config the “long press” on P1 identical to the “short press.” Otherwise it will not work with “short press” We don’t know why but that’s the work around we found 😉