One Week Review

K6FW

I have been using the M1KE for about one week and these are my observations. It works very well on DSTAR/YSF/and DMR. Have not tried any other modes. Very easy to use and the web interface makes it even easier. Battery life is exceptional. Very happy that I purchased the unit.

I have found three items that did not work as described in my installation.

Setting up iPhone wireless hotspot.

Using the Save button on the Wireless scan list to save to slot 2 did not work. Pressing the Save button did not save anything to slot 2, no SSID or password. Entering the SSID and password manually into slot 2 and saving worked just fine. I am using an iPhone 15 Pro MAX.

BrandMeister Manager

On a large screen where the BrandMeister manager button is on the right side of the screen the manager functions just fine. On smaller screens like the iPhone and iPad where the BrandMeister Manager is opened from the tools menu the API key check and the Drop current call buttons work fine. The Static and Dynamic Talkgroups windows show the word “loading” instead of a drop down list of Talkgroups. I am using the M4 iPad Pro and the A17 iPad mini. Latest hardware released this year.

3 Call Audio

Call audio using the web interface on my desktop computer works fine most of the time. Sometimes I have to relaunch the browser and sometimes the audio is very slow. Most of the time it works well. I am using an Apple Studio M1.

Using the web interface on the iPhone or iPad does not play audio through the speaker, but will play audio through AirPods Pro using Bluetooth.

I have owned every version of the Openspot and believe it is the best product in it class.

Thanks for the M1KE.

Frank
K6FW

HA2NON

Thank you for the feedback, we are very happy that you like our products!

We've just tested saving to slot #2 using the Wireless scan list and it works for us in Chrome. Try using a different browser - we have no issues with Chrome with the call audio.

We've fixed the BrandMeister Manager Tools page issue, thank you for reporting. Fix will be available in the next beta firmware v10.

K6FW

I tried the Chrome browser on both the iPhone and iPad and have the same results as using Safari trying to use call audio. The audio will not play through the internal speakers but will play through AirPods when they are connected.

Frank
K6FW

HA2NON

The web interface outputs audio to the browser, which - I think - outputs it to the default audio device. Try looking at the browser settings to find out what is its default audio output device.

K6FW

Web audio from sites such as YOUTUBE play through the internal speakers. The browser default audio is the internal speakers. I discovered that the M1KE call audio is outputted as a ringtone, alerts and system sounds on my iOS devices. This being the case the Silent Mode switch to silence the phone ringtone also silences the M1KE Call audio. Mystery solved. It would be preferable to be web audio, but I can work with the current configuration. Thanks for all the feedback.