This is how I successfully setup my Anytone 878 with Digital APRS (D-APRS) and had data showing up in aprs.fi.
By way of introduction, the Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) is an amateur radio-based system for real time digital communications of information of immediate value in the local area. Data can include object Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates, weather station telemetry, text messages, announcements, queries, and other telemetry. APRS data can be displayed on a map, which can show stations, objects, tracks of moving objects, weather stations, search and rescue data, and direction finding data.
Notes:
- CPS software version in this post: 2.04
- Looking to setup Digital APRS? Try here
Enable APRS settings
On the main screen head over to Tool -> Options and ensure you have the following checked
Main Menu -> Tools -> Options
Configure APRS
- Go to Common Setting -> APRS
The settings you need to configure are:
- Report Channel – Current Channel
- Report Slot – Channel Slot
- APRS TG – 310999
- Hint: The 310 refers to the first 3 digits of the Brandmeister server you are connected to iei’m connected to BM server 3102 so it’s 310 If I were connected to the Austrlian server which is 5051 you would use 505999
- Call type: Private Call
Configure your channels to send D-APRS packets
- Important: There is no way to set this globally, you need to open each channel and set APRS send manually.
- Go to Common Setting -> Channel
- Hint: You need to set these for every channel you want to send an APRS signal on. Sorry, there is no way to set this globally.
- Set APRS Report type to ‘Digital’
- Set Digital APRS Report Channel to ‘1’
Configure your Brandmeister settings
- Login to https://brandmeister.network/?page=selfcare
- Configure the Self-Care options to look like
Choose Motorola for Brand, the rest you can set as you wish
Test your configuration
- Download the CPS to your radio
- Head over to aprs.fi
- Search on your callsign
- You should have a screen that looks like below
