SMS functions via DMR – Amateur Radio

The Brandmeister network has some functions to request information via SMS messages. To access these functions specific keywords are to be sent to DMR ID 262993. Then the system responds as well via SMS on these requests. Below you’ll find an overview of these commands with some explanation. The commands are not case sensitive.

Command	Explanation
help	Shows an overview of the available functions
echo	Sends immediately a response to test the SMS function
wx	Weather at the repeater site
wx help	Overview of all available weather commands
wx Town	Weather in the city 'Town'
wx zip Town	Weather in the area 'zip' in the city 'Town'
wx zip, cc	Weather in the area 'zip' in country 'cc'
wx Town, cc	Weather in the city 'Town' in country 'cc'
wx zip Town, cc	Weather in area 'zip' in city 'Town' in country 'cc'
wx gps	Weather at the actual position of the DMR user according to the radio's GPS
metar xxxx	METAR message at the airport identified by ICAO code 'xxxx'
gps help	Overview of all GPS commands
gps	Shows actual GPS position including the name of the location (street, city) of the DMR radio. Also direction and distance in relation to the actual repeater are provided
gps set	Stores the actual position as 'Home' location
gps home	Shows distance and direction of the actual position in relation to the previously stored 'Home' position
gps callsign	Shows distance and direction in relation to DMR user identified by 'callsign'