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by wavetar
Mon Oct 26, 2020 9:03 am
Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
Topic: Trident Turbo-X2 manual
Replies: 0
Views: 9043

Trident Turbo-X2 manual

Hi,

Would anyone have a PDF manual handy for these controllers?

Todd
by wavetar
Tue Mar 17, 2020 5:39 am
Forum: MotoTRBO Portables and Mobiles (3xxx/5xxx/7xxx/SL) 2.0 Series Subscribers
Topic: Emegency button not loud enough
Replies: 1
Views: 5655

Re: Emegency button not loud enough

There aren't any emergency-specific audio level adjustments, you are reliant on the volume control unless you set "Fixed Volume" and "Volume Offset" levels under the 'General Settings'. You need to be in 'Expert View' to view them. Unfortunately, they also affect other tones, suc...
by wavetar
Mon Feb 24, 2020 8:24 am
Forum: Radio Programming
Topic: Radius M216 no working radmbl
Replies: 4
Views: 7570

Re: Radius M216 no working radmbl

I recently purchased a d51 with an hlb4107a rf board in it (trying to go to 6m ham frequencies with it). I have tried to use radmbl 7.02 and 8.0. I keep getting an invalid opcode on the pc config screen either that or a "radio must be powered on" error, even when it is. I've tried changin...
by wavetar
Tue Dec 17, 2019 10:13 am
Forum: APX Series Subscribers
Topic: BER test failure
Replies: 3
Views: 7211

Re: BER test failure

I don't really see why they are gathering dust if they pass the test with the option unchecked? Unless the feature itself isn't working properly in the field when checked?
by wavetar
Tue Nov 19, 2019 5:00 am
Forum: Smartnet/Smartzone/Project 25 (Phase I/II) Systems
Topic: P25 System Configuaration Question
Replies: 4
Views: 7816

Re: P25 System Configuaration Question

That said, if the situation is what fineshot outlined, you can add additional subscriber capacity licences in blocks of 500, for not too much additional cost.
by wavetar
Mon Nov 11, 2019 11:44 am
Forum: Radio Programming
Topic: HT/CDM Waris CPS Install on Windows 10
Replies: 2
Views: 6456

Re: HT/CDM Waris CPS Install on Windows 10

Awesome, thanks for updating us with the solution!
by wavetar
Mon Sep 23, 2019 6:54 am
Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
Topic: AN000131A01 vs. PCTWSLMR antennas?
Replies: 7
Views: 8877

Re: AN000131A01 vs. PCTWSLMR antennas?

I can confirm the Motorola offering is in fact the PCTEL antenna. I can't speak to real life performance, I don't have any experience with them yet.
by wavetar
Tue Sep 17, 2019 8:03 am
Forum: Vehicle Radio Installs
Topic: 700 trunking antenna on a fiberglass boat roof
Replies: 5
Views: 7742

Re: 700 trunking antenna on a fiberglass boat roof

FYI, PCTel also offers no ground plane antennas. We have found the 700MHz version to work very well:

https://www.pctel.com/antenna-product/n ... gp-series/
by wavetar
Tue Sep 17, 2019 7:46 am
Forum: Radio Programming
Topic: CPS Password
Replies: 1
Views: 6137

Re: CPS Password

Read through this thread for advice:

viewtopic.php?f=15&t=51318&p=383200#p383200
by wavetar
Thu Nov 15, 2018 12:43 pm
Forum: Radio Programming
Topic: cp200 Programming
Replies: 1
Views: 12181

Re: cp200 Programming

I presume these are the regular analog CP200, and not the digital CP200d?

If analog, the best you can do is to point each of the other 10 channels to a scan list with channel 11 in it, and enable auto scan so the users can't turn it off.
by wavetar
Mon Oct 01, 2018 1:48 pm
Forum: Radio Programming
Topic: CDM flash updating
Replies: 1
Views: 6564

Re: CDM flash updating

Are you using either the RLN4853 Adapter or the AARKN4083 Programming Cable, to interface into the accessory connector, along with the HLN9742 Flash Adaptor?
by wavetar
Thu Sep 27, 2018 7:26 am
Forum: Base Stations, Repeaters, General Infrastructure
Topic: MCD 5000 cannot define GU IP
Replies: 3
Views: 9137

Re: MCD 5000 cannot define GU IP

Are you interfacing to it via the 'internal LAN' port?
by wavetar
Wed May 02, 2018 11:48 am
Forum: MotoTRBO Repeaters, Trunking, and Site Infrastructure
Topic: SLR5700 cap plus
Replies: 14
Views: 12405

Re: SLR5700 cap plus

Yes when they were just digital it worked fine. They where using a XPR8300 repeater and XPR6350 radio, now they are using a SLR5700 repeater with XPR3500e radios. When they were using the old stuff everything worked fine now that everything is new intermittingly one radio will tx the other radio wi...
by wavetar
Wed May 02, 2018 11:42 am
Forum: MotoTRBO Repeaters, Trunking, and Site Infrastructure
Topic: Is anyone using LTE/4G backhaul for LCP?
Replies: 3
Views: 6998

Re: Is anyone using LTE/4G backhaul for LCP?

I believe I've seen posts from a couple of people here to say they have done it on a production system...Bill_G comes to mind. Myself, I experimented with running IPSC over LTE, and found it to work quite well during my testing. Of course, the stronger the LTE signal, the better, even for things lik...
by wavetar
Mon Feb 19, 2018 6:49 am
Forum: Radio Programming
Topic: MTS 2000 programming block error
Replies: 4
Views: 8135

Re: MTS 2000 programming block error

Hi Bill, 6.08.00 was the last DOS based version of the MTS RSS (Radio Service Software). 2.03.00 was the last Windows based version of the CPS (Customer Programming Software). If the radio has really old firmware in it, like 5.xx or lower, the Windows CPS will not work with it, as it was developed a...
by wavetar
Thu Feb 15, 2018 8:10 am
Forum: APX Series Subscribers
Topic: APX900 portable
Replies: 13
Views: 13884

Re: APX900 portable

What's the pricing on a 1000 look like for comparison? If it's not that different than the 900 then I'm very confused as to why the two radios exist separately. + 1 The baseline pricing in eCAT is identical, and the common options pricing is identical. 900 gives you AES capability, 5-line display (...
by wavetar
Tue Feb 13, 2018 12:03 pm
Forum: Motorola CP/CM Series Subscribers
Topic: CP200 Erratic Volume Control
Replies: 2
Views: 6790

Re: CP200 Erratic Volume Control

Pretty much guaranteed it's a dirty/worn volume control. You can try & spray some contact cleaner in through the seams of the control, and where the shaft goes in, and fully spin the control completely one way & the other a number of times. Then resolder the volume connections. This will oft...
by wavetar
Wed Jan 10, 2018 8:53 am
Forum: ASTRO Experimental - How to do things a little out of the box
Topic: Transmitting data from custom accessory
Replies: 2
Views: 20054

Re: Transmitting data from custom accessory

Any advice on where to start with this? Yes, choose a different radio. Transmitting low speed packet data via radio requires a 'flat' (no filtering or emphasis applied) TX input at the accessory connector (or a means to inject it somewhere that accomplishes the same thing), which doesn't exist on t...
by wavetar
Thu Jan 04, 2018 9:50 am
Forum: APX Series Subscribers
Topic: APX900 portable
Replies: 13
Views: 13884

Re: APX900 portable

I would say it is as well, and it lines up with the fact they both offer single key software AES.
by wavetar
Fri Dec 22, 2017 5:01 am
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Gold Elite / MCC Emer Alarm audio
Replies: 8
Views: 9983

Re: Gold Elite / MCC Emer Alarm audio

Just FYI, the emergency receive cadence OP is looking for is not part of the 15 default alert tones. I believe it's generated from the VPM, so it'd have to be a recording off the speaker jack or similar. If no one has it I'll see about getting one recorded from our system and post a link to it, if ...
by wavetar
Fri Dec 22, 2017 4:56 am
Forum: ASTRO25 Series (XTS/XTL 1500/2500/5000) Subscribers
Topic: Messages and Statuses functions in Astro25 radios
Replies: 2
Views: 6922

Re: Messages and Statuses functions in Astro25 radios

Status & Messages are only received & decoded by consoles, not other subscribers. The alias list is only to scroll through to find the message or status you want to send, it's not for decoding incoming staut/messages.
by wavetar
Thu Dec 14, 2017 8:45 am
Forum: Base Stations, Repeaters, General Infrastructure
Topic: MTR2000 Audio
Replies: 4
Views: 7762

Re: MTR2000 Audio

What TX level is the MIP box putting out? Is the MTR2000 co-located, or is this being done over leased lines? Standard desired level going into the MTR wireline would be -10 dBm. If co-located, the MIP side likely needs to be turned down, it's probably set for 0 dBm. For your 'quick TX' problem, fir...
by wavetar
Thu Nov 30, 2017 9:38 am
Forum: APX Series Subscribers
Topic: APX 7500 Flashcode
Replies: 5
Views: 8661

Re: APX 7500 Flashcode

This is what I get for that flashcode: G806: ASTRO IMBE Digital Operation G996: Over the Air Provisioning G298: Hardware Multikey Encryption w/ OTAR GA00342: Primary Band: UHF Range 1 High Power GA00309: Secondary Band: VHF High Power GA00579: Enable Dual Band Operation QA01749: Legacy SW System Ke...
by wavetar
Thu Nov 30, 2017 9:36 am
Forum: APX Series Subscribers
Topic: Bluetooth mic pairing issue
Replies: 1
Views: 6523

Re: Bluetooth mic pairing issue

A little more detail would be nice, such as what APX model you are using, what make/model of mic you are trying, whether or not you had an existing accessory that paired correctly, etc.
by wavetar
Thu Nov 30, 2017 9:31 am
Forum: APX Series Subscribers
Topic: APX6000 "AN" End-of-Life announcement
Replies: 9
Views: 11962

Re: APX6000 "AN" End-of-Life announcement

N4KVE wrote:So is it safe to assume a new 6000 BN is really a 8000 hardware wise, with only one band enabled? GARY
That is what I said, yes.
by wavetar
Thu Nov 30, 2017 9:29 am
Forum: APX Series Subscribers
Topic: APX 7500 Flashcode
Replies: 5
Views: 8661

Re: APX 7500 Flashcode

Is that from the online decoder? Not sure if it properly decodes all APX options. I'd be curious to see a screenshot of the Codeplug Featureset Screen from CPS, for comparison's sake.
by wavetar
Mon Nov 20, 2017 6:35 am
Forum: APX Series Subscribers
Topic: APX6000 "AN" End-of-Life announcement
Replies: 9
Views: 11962

Re: APX6000 "AN" End-of-Life announcement

What's new in the BN/enhanced models? Since the APX8000 form factor was the same as the AX6000, it made sense from a manufacturing standpoint for Motorola to use the same, newer hardware in both platforms, and firmware limit the APX6000 to a single band. So now it's wi-fi capable, bluetooth 4.0 com...
by wavetar
Thu Nov 16, 2017 6:22 am
Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
Topic: The Future of Paging and P25
Replies: 7
Views: 5149

Re: The Future of Paging and P25

When I was at APCO close to three years ago, the Motorola folks told me they were working on a P25 pager, in response to the Unication product. However, haven't heard a peep about it since! Not sure if they were blowing smoke, or if it just died during the exploratory R&D phase.
by wavetar
Wed Nov 15, 2017 6:54 am
Forum: ASTRO25 Series (XTS/XTL 1500/2500/5000) Subscribers
Topic: XTL2500 simply won't passive scan
Replies: 9
Views: 11080

Re: XTL2500 simply won't passive scan

I don't know where the cut-off was, but I believe only very early firmware versions of the 'X' series worked with the hidden channel scanning trick, on Astro25 systems.
by wavetar
Wed Nov 15, 2017 6:48 am
Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
Topic: Trouble with CDM1250 repeater
Replies: 10
Views: 5111

Re: Trouble with CDM1250 repeater

Gatekeep may very well be right, since a delay circuit would require power from somewhere. If so, jumpering pins 10 & 13 in the Chinese RX cable end *should* fix it, as that's where the switched V+ is in the CDM. It is also Pin 13 in Maxtracs, but they may have gone with the first pin they found...
by wavetar
Wed Nov 15, 2017 6:34 am
Forum: Radio Programming
Topic: QC-II signaling on APX
Replies: 16
Views: 14217

Re: QC-II signaling on APX

If it works properly in 'regular' mode, but still unmutes in scan mode, try checking off "carrier detect required" in the Scan Wide screen. Not sure if it will make a difference as the help isn't very detailed on it, but it may.
by wavetar
Wed Nov 15, 2017 6:24 am
Forum: Radio Programming
Topic: QC-II signaling on APX
Replies: 16
Views: 14217

Re: QC-II signaling on APX

Try it with the Sel Call, and your unmuting rule set to "AND". Try it both in and out of scan mode to see if it reacts differently.
by wavetar
Tue Nov 14, 2017 5:34 am
Forum: MotoTRBO Repeaters, Trunking, and Site Infrastructure
Topic: SLR5700 Strange Noises
Replies: 16
Views: 14063

Re: SLR5700 Strange Noises

100% agree with Bill on this. Your antenna is way too close, not enough isolation. The duplexer could be doing it's job perfectly, but your antenna radiating so close is effectively causing the repeater to see enough RF on it's receiver, with proper PL/DPL, to think it's a valid signal. If completel...
by wavetar
Fri Nov 10, 2017 7:54 am
Forum: Radio Programming
Topic: P25 system question?
Replies: 7
Views: 9598

Re: P25 system question?

The answer is yes. You can mix conventional and trunked in the same zone with one caveat: You can't scan the trunked and non-trunked together. Sure you can, you just need to set the 'Scan Type' to "Talkgroup", and check off the "Multi System Scan" checkbox in the General tab. We...
by wavetar
Thu Nov 09, 2017 9:18 am
Forum: Radio Programming
Topic: Help with MCS2000
Replies: 2
Views: 5105

Re: Help with MCS2000

The only pin I'm aware of is Pin 8, when you program the "car radio mute" option in the CPS. However, it also trips on carrier detect as well.
by wavetar
Thu Nov 09, 2017 9:13 am
Forum: Radio Programming
Topic: P25 system question?
Replies: 7
Views: 9598

Re: P25 system question?

KE4ZNR wrote: The answer is yes. You can mix conventional and trunked in the same zone with one caveat: You can't scan the trunked and non-trunked together.
Sure you can, you just need to set the 'Scan Type' to "Talkgroup", and check off the "Multi System Scan" checkbox in the General tab.
by wavetar
Mon Oct 30, 2017 8:51 am
Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
Topic: What's the point of an Impres lithium battery?
Replies: 19
Views: 8266

Re: What's the point of an Impres lithium battery?

One day the Impres battery charges OK...but the next day the charger will not charge the battery....flashing red light What has changed? Why is the charger rejecting the battery? Does it charge in a non-Impres charger? There is a relatively complex circuit board within the battery case as well, all...
by wavetar
Fri Oct 13, 2017 8:12 am
Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
Topic: What's the point of an Impres lithium battery?
Replies: 19
Views: 8266

Re: What's the point of an Impres lithium battery?

I haven't looked into the mechanisms behind it, but the new 'Impres2' marketing materials indicate a 40% increase in overall battery cycles for Impres2 LiON batteries when paired with an Impres2 charger, compared to 'standard' LiON batteries and chargers...so there are apparent advantages despite wh...
by wavetar
Wed Oct 11, 2017 2:02 am
Forum: MotoTRBO Portables and Mobiles (4xxx/6xxx) 1.0 Series Subscribers
Topic: XPR 5550 REAR programming ?
Replies: 2
Views: 6828

Re: XPR 5550 REAR programming ?

The USB data pins are 1 & 2, and ground is any number of pins. See image below:

https://forums.radioreference.com/attac ... s-pins.jpg
by wavetar
Wed Sep 20, 2017 11:35 am
Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
Topic: Impres Initialize Yellow Light. right ?
Replies: 10
Views: 5111

Re: Impres Initialize Yellow Light. right ?

Thanks guys. The batteries I had left showed about 4.5 standing volts. After charging about 15 minutes and getting some voltage into them I was able to get them to go steady yellow (only about 5 min.) then went to steady Red. I'm guessing standing voltage on these 3 year old batteries was too littl...
by wavetar
Tue Sep 19, 2017 3:01 pm
Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
Topic: Impres Initialize Yellow Light. right ?
Replies: 10
Views: 5111

Re: Impres Initialize Yellow Light. right ?

If it just flashes several times then does a full red cycle, it means the batteries were discharged to the point that the charger couldn't discharge them any further, and so it put them through a full rapid charge cycle.
by wavetar
Fri Sep 15, 2017 9:25 am
Forum: Radio Programming
Topic: Pro CPS 6.12.09 hack
Replies: 6
Views: 5370

Re: Pro CPS 6.12.09 hack

Ah, gotcha.
by wavetar
Thu Sep 14, 2017 8:08 am
Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
Topic: Interface product for back to back radios
Replies: 5
Views: 4094

Re: Interface product for back to back radios

I've done a number of direct back to back TRBO-to-other radio set ups and haven't ran across any issues with syllables being cut off, etc. I really like using the XPR mobiles even on the analog side, since you can turn off AGC and control the analog & digital rear accessory mic gains on both sid...
by wavetar
Thu Sep 14, 2017 7:53 am
Forum: Radio Programming
Topic: Pro CPS 6.12.09 hack
Replies: 6
Views: 5370

Re: Pro CPS 6.12.09 hack

Not sure which method you're referring to from 2012? The one I'm referring to is simply modifying 4 lines of CPS code. Plus once you write the codeplug into the radio with the modified CPS, it can still be programmed out of band even with unmodified CPS...the fields show as red because the CPS knows...
by wavetar
Thu Sep 07, 2017 7:01 am
Forum: MotoTRBO Repeaters, Trunking, and Site Infrastructure
Topic: SLR5700 GPIO PL/Talkgroup Detect Function
Replies: 3
Views: 7531

Re: SLR5700 GPIO PL/Talkgroup Detect Function

As far as I know, none of the MotoTRBO repeater models have ever had the accessory connector programmable I/O pins do much of anything in digital mode, including the carrier/talkgroup detect. It does work in digital in the mobiles, which is what the CPS help is referring to, since it's the same CPS ...
by wavetar
Thu Sep 07, 2017 6:37 am
Forum: Radio Programming
Topic: Pro CPS 6.12.09 hack
Replies: 6
Views: 5370

Re: Pro CPS 6.12.09 hack

There was a procedure posted on P25.ca when it existed, which i assume you are referring to since it detailed the rui41.dll mod to make the bandsplit info fields editable as part of it. Do a search in proradio.exe for two instances of "75 58" and one instance of "75 60". Their of...
by wavetar
Fri Sep 01, 2017 2:57 am
Forum: APX Series Subscribers
Topic: Apx cloning
Replies: 4
Views: 7016

Re: Apx cloning

Drag N Drop is good, especially when you are transferring specific items from one radio to another. If you're transferring pretty much everything (button configs, menu items, display settings, audio profiles, etc, etc) from one to another, the Import/Export feature is the way to do it. There are a f...
by wavetar
Mon May 29, 2017 2:51 am
Forum: Smartnet/Smartzone/Project 25 (Phase I/II) Systems
Topic: Motorola P25 800 system encryption patching
Replies: 4
Views: 8283

Re: Motorola P25 800 system encryption patching

You can patch them without using the 'patch' key if you set their talkgroups to be 'non-regroupable', but then you utilize two repeaters at each site instead of one.

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