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This page contains links and downloads for utilities that can be used to decode the data streams of various trunked systems. Many, though not all, of these applications require audio from the Discriminator output of your scanner. Some of the older utilities (like Trunker) require you to convert the audio from your scanner into serial data by using one of the circuits (or pre made units) shown on the Data Slicers page. Newer applications such as UniTrunker, DSD and DSDPlus don't require the use of a data slicer. See the applications' page for more information.

Some of these utilities may also be directly addressed by Software Defined Radios, such as the RTL-SDR, or may be used via piping. For this unit, and possibly many others, see the Big List of RTL-SDR Supported Software.

If you have questions about these utilities, please post on the Voice Control Channel Decoding Software forum. SDR related questions should be posted in the Software Defined Radio forum.

Digital Speech Decoder (software package) - Decodes many voice trunking systems, including a few currently not supported on todays scanners (see below)
DSDPlus - Software that decodes audio for NXDN4800 (Kenwood NEXEDGE and Icom IDAS), NXDN9600 (Kenwood NEXEDGE), DMR/MotoTRBO (TDMA inputs + both output slots), P25 Phase 1, X2-TDMA, and ProVoice. D-STAR & dPMR can be decoded but without audio.
OpenEar Decodes DMR, TETRA, ADS-B, NXDN, POCSAG
- OpenEar (YouTube)
OP25
- BoatBod Fork of Op25, current development...
  - DMR (base station)
  - Yaesu Fusion - both halfrate vocoder (DN) and fullrate vocoder(VW)
  - Dstar
  - NXDN48 and NXDN96
  - P25 - Phase I, Phase II, and TDMA-CC
  - Please note that OP25 also contains a full stack of software encoders to enable voice transmission of all the above modes (for P25, o only P1/FDMA/FSK4 is supported). The TX package also includes a P25 P1 trunking control channel / voice channel simulator known as "fakecc" which broadcasts a P25 CC and one voice channel concurrently. An SDR with transmit capability (such as the HackRF or USRP), and/or suitable analog radio transmitter(s) are required for any of these TX modes.
- OP25 Wiki describing Win10 Installation

SDRTrunk - multi-channel audio and control data decoder for USB software defined radio dongles and scanner audio output with decoder support for P25 Phase 1 C4FM/LSM Simulcast, P25 Phase 2, LTR, LTR-Net, Passport, MPT-1327, Fleetsync II, Lojack, MDC-1200 and Tait GPS protocols
- Compatible with some SDR Dongles- see the website for more
TrunkPCR- Motorola and EDACS trunking for the Icom PCR computer-driven receivers
T4Win - development has ceased in favor of Unitrunker, (below)
UniTrunker - auto-detects and decodes Project 25 9600 baud, Motorola 3600 baud, EDACS, EDACS ESK, and MPT-1327 systems

TETRA decoders

See the Decoders section of the TETRA article for applications

Project 25 9600baud decoders

PRO96Com
- Pro96Com User Guide (PDF)
- Description: This utility is designed to log and map 9600bps APCO-25 trunked systems only using the following models of scanners:
  - GRE/Radio Shack: Pro-96, Pro-2096, Pro 106, Pro 197 (trunking stream monitoring only)
  - GRE: PSR-500, PSR-600 (trunking stream monitoring or as secondary radio)
  - Uniden: BC250D, BC296D, BC785D, BC796D, BCD996T, BCD396T, BCD996XT, BCD396XT, BCD996P2. BCD325P2 (trunking stream monitoring or as secondary radio)(listed Uniden radios newer than the "T" series use the same control codes so selecting the "T" as the Source radio also works for them.
  - AOR: AR5000 (secondary radio only, controlled by PRO96Com)
- PRO96Com does not require a discriminator tap.
- The Blue Tail Technologies P25RX-II provides output that is compatible with this app
SDRTrunk
- Description: decodes C4FM and CQPSK LSM Simulcast control and traffic channels and provides decoded audio support via the JMBE library
- Compatible with some SDR Dongles- see the website for more

Motorola Decoders

Trunker - The original DOS based Motorola Control Channel decoder. Provides scanner control and basic talkgroup/id tracking.
MTrunker ported to Win32
TRUNK88 - A Trunked Radio Decoder for Motorola Systems. Very similar in operation to trunker, will control most Uniden radios, will accept data slicer or SB16 compatible sound input. Program download is here.
- Compatible with some SDR Dongles such as the RTL-SDR

EDACS Decoders

EDACS Diagnostics Version 1

Description: Displays EDACS Diag Information for EDACS systems.

Trunker with ESK Support

Description: A version of the Etrunker EDACS decoder that supports EDACS System Key (ESK) systems.

Description: The E-Trunker Utility. Decodes and Displays information from the EDACS Trunked Radio Datastream. This version is dated 07/27/2001

GEAFS

Description:Utility for managing EDACS talkgroups in the Etrunker program. Note this is a DOS application, but is compiled to only run under Windows.

MPT-1327 Decoders

SDRTrunk - provides full traffic channel following when used with one or more USB dongle receivers. Decodes control channel from normal scanner audio or from USB dongle.
- Compatible with some SDR Dongles- see the website for more
Trunksniffer
- TrunkSniffer review at ukmidlandscanner
TrunkView - Does NOT require a discriminator tap.
R00t's MPTTRUNKER

LTR Decoders

LTRTrunk/LTRDump

Description: Eric Cottrell has graciously compiled LTR, Passport and MultiNet Tracking support into a trunker like interface. This is the latest beta release RC4. Some modifications to the discriminator input are necessary to add additional filtering for using this utility. The schematic for these changes is shown here

LTR Analyzer
- Compatible with some SDR Dongles- see the website for more
LTRLogger - Windows commandline application to output LTR data in an easily human-readable format
SDRTrunk - LTR Standard, LTR-Net, Passport
- Compatible with some SDR Dongles- see the website for more

Winradio Trunking Decoders

Winradio Trunking Option For Analog Motorola and MPT1327 systems
Winradio APCO-25 Option For G305 Series receivers

Development and Source Code

Capture.Zip

Description: Holds some C++ source code of a crude port of crucial portions the Motorola Trunker program. This program served as a proof of concept for using a sound card instead of a serial port for input. Persons so inclined may wish to compile this into an executable using Visual Studio 6 or Visual Studio .NET. This example runs in console mode and displays talk group information as it is decoded from the microphone input of the soundcard.

Trunker/ETrunker Source Code

Description: Source code for the Trunker / Etrunker decoding applications. This is the full C++ code for both applications

Miscellaneous Utilities

Marshall Sherard, KE4ZNR, has an online talkgroup converter that can be used to convert between the various formats of talkgroups (EDACS hex, AFS, Uniden, Decimal and Motorola)

H2F

Description: DOS Type I utility to convert hex or decimal values to all Sizecode variations. And now supports converting a hex or decimal number to Uniden AFS.

OUT2OSW.exe

Description: Conversion utility for DUMP.TRE to TREPORT.OSW [Initiate load with 'O'] "OUT2OSW /6 treport.osw"

Trunked Frequency Table (v2).zip

Description: This spreadsheet for MS Excel allows you to figure various options for frequency defined systems (VHF/UHF). You can calculate a base frequency for each allowable offset, print out a full range with a given base and offset, convert a channel hex id to an 800 or 900 frequency, and define a configuration for programming a Motorola radio or system.

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-This page contains links and downloads for utilities that can be used to decode the data streams of various trunked systems. Many, though not all, of these applications require audio from the [[Discriminator output]] of your scanner. In addition, except Pro96com, UniTrunker and some MPT-1327 apps, you must convert the audio from your scanner into serial data by using one of the circuits (or pre made units) shown on the [[Data Slicers]] page.<br>
+This page contains links and downloads for utilities that can be used to decode the data streams of various trunked systems. Many, though not all, of these applications require audio from the [[Discriminator output]] of your scanner. Some of the older utilities (like Trunker) require you to convert the audio from your scanner into serial data by using one of the circuits (or pre made units) shown on the [[Data Slicers]] page. Newer applications such as UniTrunker, DSD and DSDPlus don't require the use of a data slicer. See the applications' page for more information.
-If you have questions about these utilities, please post on the [http://www.radioreference.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=26 Trunker/Etrunker/T4Win Decoders] forum at Radioreference
+Some of these utilities may also be directly addressed by [[Software Defined Radios]], such as the [[RTL-SDR]], or may be used via piping. For this unit, and possibly many others, see the [http://www.rtl-sdr.com/big-list-rtl-sdr-supported-software/ Big List of RTL-SDR Supported Software].
+If you have questions about these utilities, please post on the [https://forums.radioreference.com/forums/voice-control-channel-decoding-software.26/ Voice Control Channel Decoding Software] forum. [[Software Defined Radios|SDR]] related questions should be posted in the [https://forums.radioreference.com/forums/software-defined-radio.193/ Software Defined Radio] forum.
+===DMR Utilities===
+* [https://github.com/IanWraith/DMRDecode DMRDecode]
 === MultiProtocol Decoders ===
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 These decoders support multiple trunked system types:
-* [[UniTrunker]] - auto-detects and decodes the control channel data for Project 25 9600 baud, Motorola 3600 baud, EDACS, EDACS ESK, and MPT-1327 systems.  Limited support for LTR. GRE [[PSR-500]] / [[PSR-600]] and Radio Shack [[Pro-106]] / [[Pro-197]] do not require discriminator tap (Unitrunker can use the PC/IF data stream output from these radios via the programming cable). All other radios require discriminator tap.
+* [[Digital Speech Decoder (software package)]] - Decodes many voice trunking systems, including a few currently not supported on todays scanners (see below)
-* [[UniTrunker (Retro)]] - auto-detects and decodes the control channel for Project 25 9600 baud, Motorola 3600 baud, EDACS, EDACS ESK, and MPT-1327 systems. Earlier generation limited to a single decoding session. Also capable of using PC/IF data from GRE and RS scanners.
+* [[DSDPlus]] - Software that decodes audio for NXDN4800 (Kenwood NEXEDGE and Icom IDAS), NXDN9600 (Kenwood NEXEDGE), DMR/MotoTRBO (TDMA inputs + both output slots), P25 Phase 1,  X2-TDMA, and ProVoice.  D-STAR & dPMR can be decoded but without audio.
-* [[T4Win]] - development has ceased in favor of Unitrunker, above
+* [https://github.com/chaoyi996/openear OpenEar]   Decodes [[DMR]], [[TETRA]], [[ADS-B]], [[NXDN]], POCSAG
-* [http://members.cox.net/crazycalifornian/TrunkMon/TrunkMon.html TrunkMon] for Motorola and EDACS systems
+** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H47oBlqu2LA&t=3s&ab_channel=TechMinds OpenEar (YouTube)]
-* [http://members.cox.net/fiftyone.50/TrunkPcr/TrunkPcr.html TrunkPCR] Motorola and EDACS trunking for the Icom PCR computer-driven receivers
+* [http://osmocom.org/projects/op25/wiki OP25]
-** See our [[TrunkPCR]] article for tips on how to use this software. The [[PCR-100]] requires a discriminator tap, the other supported radios don't.
+** [https://github.com/boatbod/op25 BoatBod Fork of Op25, current development... ]
+*** DMR (base station)
+*** Yaesu Fusion - both halfrate vocoder (DN) and fullrate vocoder(VW)
+*** Dstar
+*** NXDN48 and NXDN96
+*** P25 - Phase I, Phase II, and TDMA-CC
+*** Please note that OP25 also contains a full stack of software encoders to enable voice transmission of all the above modes (for P25, o only P1/FDMA/FSK4 is supported). The TX package also includes a P25 P1 trunking control channel / voice channel simulator known as "fakecc" which broadcasts a P25 CC and one voice channel concurrently. An SDR with transmit capability (such as the HackRF or USRP), and/or suitable analog radio transmitter(s) are required for any of these TX modes.
+** [[OP25]]  Wiki describing Win10 Installation
+* [https://github.com/dsheirer/sdrtrunk/wiki/ SDRTrunk] - multi-channel audio and control data decoder for USB software defined radio dongles and scanner audio output with decoder support for P25 Phase 1 C4FM/LSM Simulcast, P25 Phase 2, LTR, LTR-Net, Passport, MPT-1327, Fleetsync II, Lojack, MDC-1200 and Tait GPS protocols
+** Compatible with some [[Software Defined Radios|SDR]] Dongles- see the website for more
+* [[TrunkPCR]]- Motorola and EDACS trunking for the Icom PCR computer-driven receivers
+* [[T4Win]] - development has ceased in favor of Unitrunker, (below)
+* [[UniTrunker]] - auto-detects and decodes Project 25 9600 baud, Motorola 3600 baud, EDACS, EDACS ESK, and MPT-1327 systems
+=== TETRA decoders ===
+* See the [[TETRA#TETRA_decoders|Decoders]] section of the TETRA article for applications
-=== Project 25 9600bps decoders ===
+=== Project 25 9600baud decoders ===
-* [http://www.psredit.com/pro96com/index.html PRO96Com]
+* PRO96Com
-**'''Description:''':  This utility is designed to log and map 9600bps APCO-25 trunked systems '''only''' using the following models of scanners:
+** [[Media:Pro96Com.pdf|Pro96Com User Guide (PDF)]]
-***'''Radio Shack (GRE)''': [[Pro-96]], [[Pro-2096]] (trunking stream monitoring only), [[Pro-106]], [[Pro-197]] (trunking stream monitoring or as secondary radio)
+**'''Description:'''  This utility is designed to log and map 9600bps APCO-25 trunked systems '''only''' using the following models of scanners:
+***'''GRE/Radio Shack''': [[Pro-96]], [[Pro-2096]], Pro 106, Pro 197 (trunking stream monitoring only)
 ***'''GRE''': [[PSR-500]], [[PSR-600]] (trunking stream monitoring or as secondary radio)
-***'''Uniden''': [[BC250D]], [[BC296D]], [[BC785D]], [[BC796D]], [[BCD996T]], [[BCD396T]] (secondary radio only, controlled by PRO96Com) [[BCD396XT]] (trunking stream monitoring or as secondary radio) Note: The BCD396XT must have the control channel in a programmed system and be in the hold mode to decode.
+***'''Uniden''': [[BC250D]], [[BC296D]], [[BC785D]], [[BC796D]], [[BCD996T]], [[BCD396T]], [[BCD996XT]], [[BCD396XT]], [[BCD996P2]]. [[BCD325P2]] (trunking stream monitoring or as secondary radio)(listed Uniden radios newer than the "T" series use the same control codes so selecting the "T" as the Source radio also works for them.
 ***'''AOR''': [[AR5000]] (secondary radio only, controlled by PRO96Com)
-**Plans for 3600bps Motorola support is planned for a later release '''for GRE PSR-500/600 only''' (the Pro-96 cannot be supported due to the fact it does not output the necessary data).  Of note, PRO96Com does '''not''' require a discriminator tap.
+**PRO96Com does '''not''' require a discriminator tap.
-** [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pro96com/ PRO96Com Yahoo group support]
+**The [[Blue Tail Technologies P25RX-II]] provides output that is compatible with this app
+* [https://github.com/dsheirer/sdrtrunk/wiki SDRTrunk]
+**'''Description:''' decodes C4FM and CQPSK LSM Simulcast control and traffic channels and provides decoded audio support via the JMBE library
+** Compatible with some [[Software Defined Radios|SDR]] Dongles- see the website for more
 === Motorola Decoders ===
 * [[Trunker]] - The original DOS based Motorola Control Channel decoder.  Provides scanner control and basic talkgroup/id tracking.
-** The Yahoo support group for Trunker and its variations can be found [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trunker/ here]
+* [https://www.r00t.cz/SW/Trunker MTrunker ported to Win32]
-* [http://www.r00t.cz/SW/Trunker MTrunker ported to Win32]
+* TRUNK88 - A Trunked Radio Decoder for Motorola Systems. Very similar in operation to trunker, will control most Uniden radios, will accept data slicer or SB16 compatible sound input. Program download is [http://home.ica.net/~phoenix/wap/TRUNK88/ here].
-** A forum for this software can be found [http://www.r00t.cz/forum/viewforum.php?f=4 here]
+** Compatible with some [[Software Defined Radios|SDR]] Dongles such as the [[RTL-SDR]]
-** You will need .RAR decompression software, such as [http://www.download.com/WinRAR/3000-2250-10007677.html?part=dl-winrar&amp;subj=dl&amp;tag=button WinRAR] to decompress this file
-* [http://www.thebriarpatch.org/treport/ Treport] - mainly displays diagnostic information for a Motorola trunking datastream
-* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TRUNK88 Trunk88] - A Trunked Radio Decoder for Motorola Systems. Very similar in operation to trunker, will control most Uniden radios, will accept data slicer or SB16 compatible sound input. Program download is [http://home.ica.net/~phoenix/wap/TRUNK88/ here]. Support can be found on the TRUNK88 Yahoo group.<br> Now supports The PSR500/PR-106, PRO-107, and Uniden "XT" radios. Note: The XT radio and PRO-107 must have the control channel in a programmed system and be in the hold mode to decode.
 ===EDACS Decoders===
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 '''Description:''' Displays EDACS Diag Information for EDACS systems.
-* [[Media:‎Esk.zip|ETrunker with ESK Support]]
+* [[Media:Esk.zip|Trunker with ESK Support]]
 '''Description:''' A version of the Etrunker EDACS decoder that supports EDACS System Key (ESK) systems.
 * [http://www.radioreference.com/digital/e383/e383.zip ETrunker Version 3.83]
-'''Description:'''The E-Trunker Utility. Decodes and Displays information from the EDACS Trunked Radio Datastream. This version is dated 07/27/2001
+* [http://www.radioreference.com/digital/m383/trunker.pdf Trunker 3.83 documentation (last two pages include Etrunker info.)]
+'''Description: '''The E-Trunker Utility. Decodes and Displays information from the EDACS Trunked Radio Datastream. This version is dated 07/27/2001
 * [http://www.radioreference.com/trunked/edacs/geafs25.zip GEAFS]
 '''Description:'''Utility for managing EDACS talkgroups in the Etrunker program. Note this is a DOS application, but is compiled to only run under Windows.
-* [http://www.pcitizen.com Decimal to EDACS Agency Fleet Subfleet (AFS) Number Converter]
-'''Description:''' Translates decimal IDs to EDACS AFS format. Select from the left frame about 1/2 of the way down
 <br>
-==='''MPT-1327''' Decoders===
+===MPT-1327 Decoders===
-* [http://www.tbsa.com.au/trunk.html FTrunk and PTrunk]
+* [https://github.com/dsheirer/sdrtrunk/wiki SDRTrunk] - provides full traffic channel following when used with one or more USB dongle receivers.  Decodes control channel from normal scanner audio or from USB dongle.
-** The Yahoo mailing list for this software can be found [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ftrunk_users/ here]
+** Compatible with some [[Software Defined Radios|SDR]] Dongles- see the website for more
-** [http://www.ukmidlandscanner.co.uk/ftrunkrev.htm FTrunk review at ukmidlandscanner]
+* Trunksniffer
-* [http://www.trunksniffer.com Trunksniffer]
-** The Yahoo mailing list for this software can be found [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trunksniffer/ here]
 ** [http://www.ukmidlandscanner.co.uk/trnksniffrev.htm TrunkSniffer review at ukmidlandscanner]
 * [http://www.linato.net/trunkview/ TrunkView] - Does NOT require a discriminator tap.
-** The Yahoo mailing list for this software can be found [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/trunkview/ here]
-* [http://www.radioreference.com/downloads/decoders/tronquito.zip Tronquito] - a Linux based MPT-1327 decoder, and supports trunktracking using Icom radios. Tronquito has also been ported to Win32, and a binary executable is included with the distribution.
 * [http://www.r00t.cz/SW/MPTTrunker R00t's MPTTRUNKER]
 ===LTR Decoders===
-* [http://wiki.radioreference.com/images/6/6f/Ltreacb04.zip LTRTrunk/LTRDump]
+* [[Media:Ltreacb04.zip|LTRTrunk/LTRDump]]
-'''Description:''' Eric Cottrell has graciously compiled LTR, Passport and MultiNet Tracking support into a trunker like interface. This is the latest beta release RC4. Some modifications to the discriminator input are necessary to add additional filtering for using this utility. The schematic for these changes is shown [[media:LTRDicer1.png|here]] and an updated version [[media:LTR_Dicer2.jpg|here]]
+'''Description:''' Eric Cottrell has graciously compiled LTR, Passport and MultiNet Tracking support into a trunker like interface. This is the latest beta release RC4. Some modifications to the discriminator input are necessary to add additional filtering for using this utility. The schematic for these changes is shown [[media:LTRDicer1.png|here]]
-* [[Media:‎Ltreacb04.zip|LTR Analyzer (zip file)]]
+* [http://home.ica.net/~phoenix/wap/LTR/ LTR Analyzer]
-<br>
+** Compatible with some [[Software Defined Radios|SDR]] Dongles- see the website for more
+* [http://www.ericcarlson.net/ltrlogger/ LTRLogger] - Windows commandline application to output LTR data in an easily human-readable format
+* [https://github.com/dsheirer/sdrtrunk/wiki SDRTrunk] - LTR Standard, LTR-Net, Passport
+** Compatible with some [[Software Defined Radios|SDR]] Dongles- see the website for more
 ===Winradio Trunking Decoders===
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 ===Miscellaneous Utilities===
-* [http://www.mjw.com/scanner/convert.htm Basic Conversions for Radio Scanner Operations]
+* Marshall Sherard, KE4ZNR, has an [http://qsl.net/ke4znr/TGID/ online talkgroup converter] that can be used to convert between the various formats of talkgroups (EDACS hex, AFS, Uniden, Decimal and Motorola)<br/>
-** This page translates EDACS hex, AFS, Uniden, Decimal and Motorola talkgroup IDs
 * [http://www.thebriarpatch.org/treport/files/h2f.zip H2F]
 '''Description:''' DOS Type I utility to convert hex or decimal values to all Sizecode variations. And now supports converting a hex or decimal number to Uniden AFS.
-* [http://home.comcast.net/~brerf0x/treport/files/OUT2OSW.zip OUT2OSW.zip]
+* [http://www.thebriarpatch.org/treport/files/OUT2OSW.ZIP OUT2OSW.exe]
 '''Description:''' Conversion utility for DUMP.TRE to TREPORT.OSW [Initiate load with 'O'] "OUT2OSW /6 treport.osw"
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 '''Description:''' This spreadsheet for MS Excel allows you to figure various options for frequency defined systems (VHF/UHF). You can calculate a base frequency for each allowable offset, print out a full range with a given base and offset, convert a channel hex id to an 800 or 900 frequency, and define a configuration for programming a Motorola radio or system.
-* [http://www.unitrunker.com/unitrunker.html kNACk] (Bundled with [[UniTrunker (Retro)]] suite)
+[[Category:Software Downloads]]
-'''Description:''' kNACk is a tool for receiving the NAC codes for Motorola APCO-25 trunked system control channels and non-trunked channels using APCO-25 digital modulation.  (NAC codes are roughly equivalent in APCO-25 systems to PL or DPL codes in analogue radio systems.  Presently the only radios on the market that can auto-decode NAC codes "on the fly" are the GRE [[PSR-500]] and [[PSR-600]], Radio Shack Pro-197 and Pro-106, and Uniden 396XT and 996XT models.)
+[[Category:Software for Signal Analysis and Decoding]]
+[[Category:UniTrunker Software]]
-Return to [[Connecting Radios to Soundcards]]
-[[Category:Downloads]]
-[[Category:Software Applications]]