ZUM Radio Elite 3.5 LCD ZUMspot User manual

Elite 3.5 LCD ZUMspot kit user guide
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Elite 3.5 LCD ZUMspot
The Elite 3.5 LCD ZUMspot kit is low power simplex digit l mode hotspot. It supports Dst r, DMR,
Fusion, NXDN, P25 nd POCSAG.

Elite 3.5 LCD ZUMspot kit user guide
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Table of Contents
ZUMspot bo rd specific tions: ..................................................................................................................... 3
Kit includes: ................................................................................................................................................... 3
Setup: ............................................................................................................................................................ 4
Powering up: ......................................................................................................................................... 4
Ethernet: ............................................................................................................................................... 5
Configure displ y type: ......................................................................................................................... 6
Ethernet: ............................................................................................................................................... 6
Wi-Fi: ..................................................................................................................................................... 7
Configur tion: ..................................................................................................................................... 11
Configur tion (ex mple to en ble D-St r): ......................................................................................... 12
Finished: ...................................................................................................................................................... 13
Support: ...................................................................................................................................................... 13

Elite 3.5 LCD ZUMspot kit user guide
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ZUMspot board specifications:
• ZUMspot Bo rd Fully Assembled And Tested
• High perform nce 32-bit ARM processor
• Supports DMR, P-25, D-St r, System Fusion, NXDN nd POCSAG
• Onbo rd LEDs to show st tus (Tx, Rx, PTT, Mode)
• Up to 10mW RF power
• SMA ntenn connector, UHF ntenn included
• The firmw re is pre-lo ded nd is e sily upgr ded vi softw re
Kit includes:
• ZUMspot RPi UHF Bo rd
• R spberry Pi 4
• Custom c se
• 3A power supply
• 3.5" LCD screen
• UHF Antenn
• Pre-Im ged 16 GB MicroSD C rd with Pi-St r Softw re
• 1 Ye r W rr nty

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Setup:
● M ke sure the SD c rd is inst lled in the R spberry Pi 4
● Inst ll the ntenn onto the RF connector
Po ering up:
● Plug in the USB-C power c ble to your Elite 3.5 ZUMspot LCD kit. Then plug the c ble into the
w ll d pter nd insert th t into n AC outlet.
● If the Elite 3.5 LCD ZUMspot kit doesn’t power up, then press the switch on the c ble nd it
should power up now.

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Ethernet:
● If you re going to use Ethernet, plug the c ble into the RJ45 connector on the end of the c se.

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Setup Pi-Star:
Configure display type:
● In the “MMDVMHost Configuration” section
● M ke sure “MMDVM display Type” is set to “Nextion”
● M ke sure “Port” is set to “Modem”
● M ke sure “Nextion Layout” is set to “ON7LDS L3”
Ethernet:
● If you re using Ethernet, the IP ddress should utom tic lly be retrieved by the DHCP system
built into the PiSt r softw re. No other configur tion should be needed.

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Wi-Fi:
● Power up the Elite 3.5 LCD ZUMspot kit.
● After 3 minutes, sc n for Wi-Fi ccess points from your phone or l ptop. One should ppe r with
the n me “Pi-Star-Setup”
● Connect to it. When sked for the Wi-Fi p ssword type in: r spberry
● After 3 minutes, go to your web browser (Chrome, Firefox, etc.) nd connect to the website:
http://pi-st r (for Windows, Linux nd Android devices
http://pi-st r.loc l (for OS X nd iOS devices)
● You should see this p ge:
● Go to Configuration
○ You will be sked to put in the def ult usern me which is “pi-star” nd the def ult
p ssword which is “raspberry”

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○ Select “Configure WiFi

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oClick on “Scan for Net orks (10 secs)”

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● Select your Wi-Fi SSID nd enter your p ssword.
● Click on “Save (and connect)” to s ve the Wi-Fi configur tion
● Reboot your Elite 3.5 LCD ZUMspot kit