Talkgroups

The picker

The picker is the left panel of the main window. Layout, top to bottom:

1. Search field: Search talkgroups or enter ID…. Auto-focused on launch.
2. Sections appear as muted grey headers, only when they have rows to show:
   • DMR ID — when you’ve typed a numeric ID that isn’t already in favorites. Two cards: Use {id} as Talkgroup and Use {id} as Private call.
   • Favourites — your saved talkgroups, with the activity indicator.
   • Results — database matches from the BrandMeister CSV (only when you’re searching and BrandMeister-connected).

Click a row and VoxDMR immediately sends a subscription update to the server.

Selecting a talkgroup

There are four ways to put a talkgroup on the air:

From your favorites. Click any favorite row.

From a search result. Start typing — results matching by name or ID appear under Results. Click one to switch.

By exact ID. Type a numeric ID. The DMR ID section shows up with Use {id} as Talkgroup (and Private call, see below). Click the talkgroup card. This works for IDs the database doesn’t know about — regional or private TGs, or Homebrew-network TGs that aren’t in the BrandMeister CSV.

From the keyboard. With the search field empty, ↑ / ↓ highlight a favorite and Enter activates it.

Marking a talkgroup as a favorite

Each search result has a ★ button next to the name. Click it to add the TG to favorites. The row drops out of search results and into the favorites list.

If the talkgroup you want isn’t in the bundled CSV (custom, regional, or another network’s), select it by ID first; once it’s active, star it.

Managing favorites

Click a favorite to make it active. The selected favorite shows a small action strip on the right:

• 📌 Pin — move this favorite to the top of the list.
• 🔓 / 🔒 Lock — toggle the private call flag (see below).
• 🗑 Trash — remove from favorites.

To reorder, hold the left mouse button on a favorite and drag it up or down. Drop on the row where you want it. The new order saves automatically.

Keyboard shortcuts on the highlighted favorite:

Renaming talkgroups

You can give any talkgroup a custom name that overrides the database. The alias is per-profile — your BrandMeister profile and your TGIF profile can each give 91 a different label.

Right-click any favorite or search result and the Rename talkgroup modal appears:

• Official name from the database is shown for reference (or — if unknown).
• Custom name field — type your alias here.
• Reset — only enabled when an alias is already set; clears it and falls back to the official name.
• Cancel / Save.

The alias is used everywhere the TG is shown: favorites list, search results, footer (“TG 91 · World-wide”), and the call card.

Useful for:

• Homebrew TGs that aren’t in the BrandMeister CSV — give them a recognisable name once and never look them up again.
• Local nicknames — “Coffee net” instead of 91, “Dad” instead of a private-call ID.
• Multi-language shacks — rename 268 to “Portugal” or “Portuguesa” depending on which profile you’re in.

The picker

The talkgroup picker on Android is a bottom sheet opened from the TG badge in the AppBar of the PTT screen (top right; it shows No TG if none is selected, or TG {id} otherwise).

Layout:

1. Sticky search field at the top — Search by name or DMR ID….
2. DMR ID section when you’ve typed digits-only — two cards: Use {id} as talkgroup and Use {id} as private call, each with a star toggle.
3. FAVOURITES section — your saved TGs (only when search is empty).
4. ALL TALKGROUPS / RESULTS — database rows or search matches.

Tap a row to subscribe; the sheet closes and the AppBar updates.

Marking a favourite

Tap the ★ on any row to save (or unsave) the TG to favorites. The sheet stays open so you can star several without reopening it.

Renaming talkgroups

Long-press any TG row in the picker — favorite, search result, or one of the Use {id} as… cards. The Rename talkgroup {id} dialog opens:

• Official: {csv_name} is shown for reference.
• Custom name field, max 48 chars.
• Reset — clears the alias and falls back to the official name.
• Cancel / Save.

The alias is “used everywhere this ID is shown” — same scope as desktop, same per-profile storage.