I have spoken to a few people who have felt a bit overwhelmed setting up their OpenSpot from the start. In saying that, I have always been surprised how many people are on digital, some of them have no computer experience at all. It only takes one tickbox to be selected wrongly and you are off the air totally. So clearly there are a lot of helpful Amateurs out there. This website is my way of helping, as I can’t be all over the world to help. I have put things of interest as I find them on my site. If you find it interesting, please subscribe or let me know.
In saying that, OpenSpot has been setup to be as easy as possible with a lot of thought behind it. While I am not claiming this is the best hotspot, I am saying I have two of them and found them great to use at home, mobile, and portable.
This is what I do with my openspot2.
Starting from the beginning
Plug your OpenSpot2 in
Turn your mobile phone wifi (or could use a tablet or laptop with wifi) on and connect to your openSPOT2 AP
If the popup page does not show up (it may take a while to load), type in openspot2.local in a web browser
A welcome screen will ask you to select your country
Scan or manually select your home wifi
Press connect and type in your password for your home wifi
After pressing ok, you will get a message saying this hotspot is going to connect to the wifi now instead of directly connecting to your phone
You can then connect to it via your phone or device that is connected to the home wifi. I recommend you do this via a pc as you get more functions on screen, however you can do it via a mobile phone with a smaller screen. To connect, go to openspot2.local in a web browser. However, if you have two openspot2’s on your network, as I do, you will need to log into your network modem and check the actual ip address of your openspot.
If you can not find it on your network, then I suggest you go back to your phone and see if you can connect to your openspot again via wifi. If it is not there, you may need to unplug the power cord and plug it back in a minute or so later, or press the button next to the power cord until the light goes white to reset it and start again.
Once you connect via the wifi network to your Openspot for the first time you will get a Quick Setup Screen.
Put in your call sign and the DMR ID will auto populate. You can put in your NXDN ID also.
Select the type of radio you will be using to connect to the OpenSpot.
Type in the frequency you want to use while using the Openspot. Make sure it is a different frequency to all other hotspots so you don’t get hotspot feedback. Keep colour code as 1. Then select the network you want to connect to.
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