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- Thu Jul 13, 2017 3:15 pm
- Forum: Base Stations, Repeaters, General Infrastructure
- Topic: GAI-TRONICS ICP9000 Programing Cable
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3090
- Thu Jul 06, 2017 11:15 am
- Forum: APX Series Subscribers
- Topic: Apx4000xe
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6988
Re: Apx4000xe
The next time I see one of these I'm going to try throwing a nonconductive barrier on the top three pins - they're not used for CPS, just for tuning, AFAIK
- Thu Apr 20, 2017 9:17 am
- Forum: Base Stations, Repeaters, General Infrastructure
- Topic: Access and/or listen to a particular repeater - if both have same Freq & PL??
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4773
Re: Access and/or listen to a particular repeater - if both have same Freq & PL??
first thing I can think of is MDC or other signalling at the repeater, but that's pretty ugly. Alternatively, switch to wireline - also ugly. Upgrading to Astro digital systemwide would allow more available NAC to prevent mis or multi key, but is hideously ugly. I don't think there's a "good&qu...
- Thu Apr 20, 2017 9:13 am
- Forum: MotoTRBO Portables and Mobiles (4xxx/6xxx) 1.0 Series Subscribers
- Topic: XPR-4550 Audio Cable...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10139
Re: XPR-4550 Audio Cable...
with the PMKN4010, you can just add whatever pins you need wherever you need them - or if you get PMLN5072A, you can build whatever pinout you want. You can add additional pins to the PMKN4010, if you have the pins. http://wiscomm.blogspot.com/2015/08/motorola-mototrbo-xpr-4000-series-rear.html has ...
- Mon Mar 20, 2017 7:06 pm
- Forum: Consoles
- Topic: Centracom Gold Elite stuck Emergency
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6026
Centracom Gold Elite stuck Emergency
Hey, folks, got a Centracom Gold Elite with a false Emergency alert on an ACIM connected APX consolette running multi-channel (Astro, Encrypted Astro, Analog). We've muppled the ACIM, rebooted all three COIMs (well, both COIM and the CORI), added the false radio id (00000000) to the Alias DB, and no...
- Mon Mar 13, 2017 4:36 pm
- Forum: Vehicle Radio Installs
- Topic: Suggestions of installing AUX input on car audio
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6981
Re: Suggestions of installing AUX input on car audio
ACC, PARK, ILL, ILL-CONT, BU, REMO? ACC = 12v in from ignition switch / switched power PARK = either 12v signal or contact closure or ground signal that park is engaged on the transmission or parking brake, allowing for more in depth use of the unit (media playback, configuration) ILL = variable vol...
- Mon Mar 13, 2017 4:12 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: Whats the point of buying a 110w radio?
- Replies: 71
- Views: 33800
Re: Whats the point of buying a 110w radio?
As an aside, Almost every 'covert' install I've done with those horrible sti-co antennas has been a 110w. My assumption there is that they need all that power to get something other than heat out of the antenna... Someone mentioned challenging coverage areas, and I'd say Alaska is king there. The AL...
- Thu Mar 09, 2017 10:58 am
- Forum: APX Series Subscribers
- Topic: APX Firmware R15.10.00 Released 1/19/17
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8270
Re: APX Firmware R15.10.00 Released 1/19/17
That's pretty much what I had expected - thank you for the heads up. And I'm a lucky lucky dog, since we're getting 15.12.00 before we have a project that requires multi-system scanning...
- Thu Mar 09, 2017 10:37 am
- Forum: APX Series Subscribers
- Topic: APX Firmware R15.10.00 Released 1/19/17
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8270
Re: APX Firmware R15.10.00 Released 1/19/17
No 15.12.00 on my MOL yet, looking forward to it.
- Thu Mar 02, 2017 10:50 am
- Forum: Consoles
- Topic: Mcc 5500 supervisor password
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8530
Re: Mcc 5500 supervisor password
supervisor
- Thu Mar 02, 2017 10:49 am
- Forum: Radio Programming
- Topic: Remote RSS Programming
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3302
Re: Remote RSS Programming
assuming ethernet connectivity between the sites, I'd look at a dedicated hardware solution like a Lantronix UDS-1100 or similar. I'm a big fan of those, you can set them up so they function like a serial extension cord with an ethernet network in the middle. It's my understanding that jitter is the...
- Mon Feb 13, 2017 10:32 am
- Forum: ASTRO Products Feature Requests & Future Speculation
- Topic: Feature Request for TRBO on the APX Line
- Replies: 19
- Views: 31303
Re: Feature Request for TRBO on the APX Line
You'll NEVER see P25 in an XPR radio but there really should be an option for TRBO to be in an APX. This is what I think, as well. The horsepower and hardware is there for an APX to dance the TRBO dance, and I would like to see it, but I don't even entertain the idea of ever seeing an XPR doing P25...
- Mon Apr 11, 2016 8:17 am
- Forum: Software & Firmware Releases & Issues
- Topic: Pro series CPS Entitlement error #1634
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7571
Re: Pro series CPS Entitlement error #1634
We ran into a problem recently that we believe was a mangling of the different types of hyphen character in the ascii characterset. I ended up typing the EID in instead of copy pasting it and it worked. There are three characters that are visually identical (in certain fonts) and all look like "...
- Tue Mar 29, 2016 8:34 am
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: CM200 RF Power Issues
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3876
Re: CM200 RF Power Issues
I'm on my first cup of coffee here, but my brain just saw this and told me that computer heatsink grease (Arctic Silver) might be an improvement over plain white lith for this application. If it is, it's gonna be an unnoticeable improvement in performance, but should provide a higher resistance to d...
- Wed Mar 23, 2016 8:40 am
- Forum: Base Stations, Repeaters, General Infrastructure
- Topic: R1225 intermittant
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3659
Re: R1225 intermittant
Don't forget that you're also dealing with that most corrosive and untrustworthy of substances, Other People. I recently had a job to fix a Quantar that had gone just about completely deaf - if you were within ~1 mile of the repeater, and mostly deaf outside that range. Went through and swept and wi...
- Tue Mar 22, 2016 3:49 pm
- Forum: ASTRO Experimental - How to do things a little out of the box
- Topic: Half-baked: remote control head over Ethernet?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 31237
Re: Half-baked: remote control head over Ethernet?
http://wiki.n1zyy.com/Idea-Bakery should have some relevance
Edit: As should https://paulbanks.org/projects/sb9600/
Edit: As should https://paulbanks.org/projects/sb9600/
- Tue Mar 22, 2016 2:35 pm
- Forum: ASTRO Experimental - How to do things a little out of the box
- Topic: Half-baked: remote control head over Ethernet?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 31237
Re: Half-baked: remote control head over Ethernet?
Well, Fogster is looking at a transparent Control Head over IP transport, I'm just interested. IF SB9600 is on the J2... can a CH be connected there?
- Mon Mar 21, 2016 9:19 am
- Forum: ASTRO Experimental - How to do things a little out of the box
- Topic: Half-baked: remote control head over Ethernet?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 31237
Re: Half-baked: remote control head over Ethernet?
even more delicious when you start looking at O-style XTL or APX, that's non-standard CANBus in there.
- Mon Mar 21, 2016 9:05 am
- Forum: ASTRO Experimental - How to do things a little out of the box
- Topic: Half-baked: remote control head over Ethernet?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 31237
Re: Half-baked: remote control head over Ethernet?
Both Jim and yourself are correct, to the best of my knowledge. SB9600 and some audio isn't the only thing on the control head flex, though. You know, this is really interesting. If I wasn't running around 100% time commitment in the wood shop, I would like to take a look at this. Rpi on both ends, ...
- Wed Mar 16, 2016 8:42 am
- Forum: Experimental - Mods, and how to do things a little out of the box
- Topic: TX Inhibit on XPR 8300?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7331
Re: TX Inhibit on XPR 8300?
It's configurable. From the MotoTRBO CPS, pin 17 is settable to the following (as well as a lot of others) Repeater Knockdown This is an input line, that when activated, will disable the internal repeat path of the repeater for as long as the pin is activated. An external device can then control whe...
- Tue Mar 15, 2016 4:05 pm
- Forum: ASTRO25 Series (XTS/XTL 1500/2500/5000) Subscribers
- Topic: I need your brain
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3731
Re: I need your brain
If your link is correct, you're looking at Astro Spectra VHF 50w radios with hardware encryption... Interesting find, that. They are not XTS or XTL, for that matter. I'm not 100% certain what the most 'modern' control head that can be put on them is. http://www.repeater-builder.com/motorola/spectra/...
- Thu Mar 10, 2016 9:47 am
- Forum: MotoTRBO Portables and Mobiles (3xxx/5xxx/7xxx/SL) 2.0 Series Subscribers
- Topic: XPR 5550 Day/Night mode
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2969
Re: XPR 5550 Day/Night mode
Sorry,
Just chewed through the XPR 5550 sample codeplug in TRBO CPS, there doesn't appear to be any of the relevant functions available on the accessory port. Nothing for display brightness or day/night mode in the accessory pins.
Just chewed through the XPR 5550 sample codeplug in TRBO CPS, there doesn't appear to be any of the relevant functions available on the accessory port. Nothing for display brightness or day/night mode in the accessory pins.
- Wed Mar 09, 2016 9:29 am
- Forum: MotoTRBO Repeaters, Trunking, and Site Infrastructure
- Topic: new SLR8000 repeater
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7754
Re: new SLR8000 repeater
I count 8 rj-45 ports... built in ethernet switch? modular expansion bus?
- Mon Feb 22, 2016 9:10 am
- Forum: APX Series Subscribers
- Topic: APX 7500 Ignition Sense Current Specs
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4098
Re: APX 7500 Ignition Sense Current Specs
Personally I wouldn't hesitate to tap into someone else's ignition sense lead. But I'm sorry, I don't have any specs for that current draw, or even know where I could get them, since it's not in the literature and I've never seen it on Batlabs
- Fri Feb 19, 2016 11:10 am
- Forum: APX Series Subscribers
- Topic: APX 7500 Ignition Sense Current Specs
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4098
Re: APX 7500 Ignition Sense Current Specs
I'm curious, why do you need this info? I don't think I've ever seen a spec for this. Lacking any knowledge of what you're trying to do, my best suggestion is to throw an ammeter inline with the ignition sense line. It is my understanding that the load presented by the APX ignition sense line is so ...
- Fri Feb 19, 2016 10:01 am
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: Motorola HT1250 XPand Technology?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3762
Re: Motorola HT1250 XPand Technology?
Everyone has it. It's fiddlin' with the audio. It does audio things. Please see http://batboard.batlabs.com/viewtopic.php?t=18982 for more information, and the terms "Audio Emphasis" "Audio Expansion" "Audio Compression" should prove fruitful research starters. This is....
- Wed Feb 17, 2016 4:57 pm
- Forum: MotoTRBO Repeaters, Trunking, and Site Infrastructure
- Topic: Capacity Plus System
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7438
Re: Capacity Plus System
http://www.motorolasolutions.com/en_us/products/mototrbo-systems/mototrbo-private-systems/mototrbo-capacity-plus.html pretty much any XPR. Looks like, for the XPR2500 and XPR3500 you have to buy Capacity Plus as an option, but for anything 'higher', such as the 4350 you mentioned, it should be free/...
- Wed Feb 17, 2016 3:54 pm
- Forum: MotoTRBO Repeaters, Trunking, and Site Infrastructure
- Topic: Capacity Plus System
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7438
Re: Capacity Plus System
subscriber (guy in the field) or infrastructure (the repeater at the tower)?
- Wed Feb 17, 2016 3:53 pm
- Forum: MotoTRBO Portables and Mobiles (4xxx/6xxx) 1.0 Series Subscribers
- Topic: XPR4350 handheld ?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7040
Re: XPR4350 handheld ?
Initial research indicates that's 5000 series only.
http://shopwiscomm.com/PMLN7131A-PMLN71 ... 31778.aspx
Though you can remote head the 4000 series with PMLN5404, apprently.
http://shopwiscomm.com/PMLN7131A-PMLN71 ... 31778.aspx
Though you can remote head the 4000 series with PMLN5404, apprently.
- Wed Feb 17, 2016 10:39 am
- Forum: Computer/Technical Assistance
- Topic: Installing M1225 rss in windows 3.1 ???
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6639
Re: Installing M1225 rss in windows 3.1 ???
Wow, Windows 3.1 Wow! OK, from memory, Windows 3.1 actually runs 'on top of' Dos. So, during the boot process, your machine will start off of Dos, and the last line in the autoexec.bat should be c:\windows\win.exe (or similar, or just WIN). If you edit that file (the EDIT command should Just Work), ...
- Fri Feb 05, 2016 11:22 am
- Forum: MotoTRBO Portables and Mobiles (3xxx/5xxx/7xxx/SL) 2.0 Series Subscribers
- Topic: CM300d accessory connector pins
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5191
Re: CM300d accessory connector pins
Howdy! The CM300D is almost a completely different radio from the CM300. The 300D is a "Trbo Light" radio, and supports a subset of the MotoTRBO features and options from the XPR series. The 300 does not. Additionally, the 300D programs using TRBO CPS, while the 300 uses the Commercial Ser...
- Thu Feb 04, 2016 9:11 am
- Forum: Experimental - Mods, and how to do things a little out of the box
- Topic: ROIP-102
- Replies: 23
- Views: 34258
Re: ROIP-102
Wish I had a couple of these to play with, I love this sort of thing. How much did your pair run you?
- Fri Jan 29, 2016 1:35 pm
- Forum: MotoTRBO Portables and Mobiles (3xxx/5xxx/7xxx/SL) 2.0 Series Subscribers
- Topic: Looks like the "E" Models are about to hit the street
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3103
Re: Looks like the "E" Models are about to hit the street
Any datasheet or specs or comparison matrix against the non-e variants?
Aside from the obvious wifi, of course.
Aside from the obvious wifi, of course.
- Mon Jan 25, 2016 11:20 am
- Forum: MotoTRBO Portables and Mobiles (3xxx/5xxx/7xxx/SL) 2.0 Series Subscribers
- Topic: XPR 5350 back-to-back crossbang repeater
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6202
Re: XPR 5350 back-to-back crossbang repeater
As a followup - we got two new XPR5350 in and I rebuilt the RF plate. Before I plugged the RICK in I metered the Digital I/O pins - 0.2v on the low side. much better than the 1.4-1.8v of the previous radios.
go figure, they worked great.
go figure, they worked great.
- Wed Jan 20, 2016 1:57 pm
- Forum: Test Equipment & RF Equipment Alignment
- Topic: General Dynamics R2670B & Aeroflex 3550-R Spurious Emissions
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2211
General Dynamics R2670B & Aeroflex 3550-R Spurious Emissions
What a ride! I apologize in advance for the length on this post, but I wanted to share the whole saga of how I came to understand how important equipment maintenance is. Just got the final wraps on a problem I encountered recently. The short form is that a customer CM300d came in for a PMI and had v...
- Sun Jan 03, 2016 3:55 pm
- Forum: MotoTRBO Portables and Mobiles (3xxx/5xxx/7xxx/SL) 2.0 Series Subscribers
- Topic: XPR 5350 back-to-back crossbang repeater
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6202
Re: XPR 5350 back-to-back crossbang repeater
Cross Bang was a typo, but it was one of the perfect ones that has to be kept. Both radios were on the same power supply at all times, and while I can't guarantee there weren't any transients, the bench power supply is about as trusted as they come (40 pound Motorola adjustable voltage/current unit....
- Wed Dec 30, 2015 10:14 am
- Forum: MotoTRBO Portables and Mobiles (3xxx/5xxx/7xxx/SL) 2.0 Series Subscribers
- Topic: XPR 5350 back-to-back crossbang repeater
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6202
Re: XPR 5350 back-to-back crossbang repeater
1.3 - 1.8v on the PL det line with the other end not connected to anything. No mAmp meter available for ~2 weeks.
HOWEVER, the 5350s are in a box headed back to Big Mo. New radios on the way.
still curious though.
HOWEVER, the 5350s are in a box headed back to Big Mo. New radios on the way.
still curious though.
- Tue Dec 29, 2015 2:22 pm
- Forum: MotoTRBO Portables and Mobiles (3xxx/5xxx/7xxx/SL) 2.0 Series Subscribers
- Topic: XPR 5350 back-to-back crossbang repeater
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6202
XPR 5350 back-to-back crossbang repeater
Just got done bashing my skull against a pair of XPR 5350. Original config was back-to-back through the accessory ports, crossing RX and TX audio, crossing PL Detect and PTT, everything set to active low, debounce off, life is good. Had some Pyramid external notch filters, filtering out the opposing...
- Tue Dec 29, 2015 2:05 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: Selecting a VHF antenna for fiberglass bodied bus
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7024
Re: Selecting a VHF antenna for fiberglass bodied bus
Just noticed the bus, we've been forced to go with the groove mount on the fender as described above. It's for 850 mhz trunked, and works OK. I'd hate to think about VHF into that vehicle, but I'd probably go with the fender mount and see how I did.
- Tue Dec 29, 2015 12:48 pm
- Forum: Base Stations, Repeaters, General Infrastructure
- Topic: Quantar pin outs.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8603
Re: Quantar pin outs.
per the quantar manual:
"USED TO CONNECT TELEPHONE-STYLE HANDSET WITH PTT BUTTON
(TMN6164 OR EQUIVALENT)
OR
MICROPHONE WITH PTT BUTTON (HMN1001A OR EQUIVALENT)"
and
"USED TO CONNECT 6W EXTERNAL SPEAKER (HSN1000)"
"USED TO CONNECT TELEPHONE-STYLE HANDSET WITH PTT BUTTON
(TMN6164 OR EQUIVALENT)
OR
MICROPHONE WITH PTT BUTTON (HMN1001A OR EQUIVALENT)"
and
"USED TO CONNECT 6W EXTERNAL SPEAKER (HSN1000)"
- Mon Nov 16, 2015 5:32 pm
- Forum: MotoTRBO Portables and Mobiles (3xxx/5xxx/7xxx/SL) 2.0 Series Subscribers
- Topic: Trbo Drag and Drop
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4344
Re: Trbo Drag and Drop
That's correct, there is no drag and drop support in TRBO cps.
You should, however, be able to right click individual entries or entire subcategories and copy then paste them. Seems to work across models (I just copy pasted a zone from an XPR 7350 to an XPR 4350 as a test)
You should, however, be able to right click individual entries or entire subcategories and copy then paste them. Seems to work across models (I just copy pasted a zone from an XPR 7350 to an XPR 4350 as a test)
- Thu Nov 12, 2015 1:00 pm
- Forum: Base Stations, Repeaters, General Infrastructure
- Topic: Harris XG75 1-Way Crossband Repeat to CDM1250
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9403
Re: Harris XG75 1-Way Crossband Repeat to CDM1250
John Higham gives us some useful information here at http://jhigham.blogspot.com/2012/07/motorola-cdm-tigertrak-tm-1.html , and your statement of ► Carrier Receive TX Input (COR) gives us some more. What I _think_ is happening is that you have the COR/Carrier Detect from the XG75 (pin that goes hot ...
- Wed Nov 11, 2015 9:04 am
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: KVL Hirose adapter for XTL5000 with hmn4044e head?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2088
Re: KVL Hirose adapter for XTL5000 with hmn4044e head?
dynamite, then your TRN7414 W-Style to Hirose goes into the programming port, and your KVL connects there.
- Tue Nov 10, 2015 12:25 pm
- Forum: MotoTRBO Portables and Mobiles (4xxx/6xxx) 1.0 Series Subscribers
- Topic: XPR6550 Programming Flaw?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11941
Re: XPR6550 Programming Flaw?
a followup - newer CPS will not install in XP
- Tue Nov 10, 2015 12:24 pm
- Forum: MotoTRBO Portables and Mobiles (4xxx/6xxx) 1.0 Series Subscribers
- Topic: XPR6550 Programming Flaw?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11941
Re: XPR6550 Programming Flaw?
TRBO radios (and APX!) are network devices. Shut off Windows Firewall in your VM, and make sure the VM has all the appropriate permissions to IP over the USB. Also upgrade your CPS if you can, and if you can't try applying the MotoTRBO usb driver, which is available from either Moto online or the RV...
- Tue Nov 10, 2015 12:02 pm
- Forum: APX Series Subscribers
- Topic: APX CPS Struggle
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4596
Re: APX CPS Struggle
I could handle the non intuitive and asinine methodology and workflow imposed by APX CPS if it weren't for the performance. My workhorse isn't a slacker of a machine, but with two APX codeplugs and an XTL5000 codeplug open I'm looking at delays that make it blatantly obvious that I'm completely used...
- Tue Nov 10, 2015 11:57 am
- Forum: APX Series Subscribers
- Topic: 7500 O9 Vehicle interface questions
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3378
Re: 7500 O9 Vehicle interface questions
Strike two. VIP inputs are tied to specific functions in the drop down menu except for Logical Switch 2... which can only be steered to Low Power in either an open or closed state under Radio Ergonomics Wide. high beam goes up, opens a relay, relay shorts pin 2 to ground, lights and/or sirens come ...
- Mon Nov 09, 2015 5:54 pm
- Forum: Base Stations, Repeaters, General Infrastructure
- Topic: XPR8400 repeater used for a SCADA link
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3358
Re: XPR8400 repeater used for a SCADA link
First thing that pops to mind is narrowband / wideband - what radios are at the pumping stations, and are they narrowband?
- Mon Nov 09, 2015 12:06 pm
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: KVL Hirose adapter for XTL5000 with hmn4044e head?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2088
Re: KVL Hirose adapter for XTL5000 with hmn4044e head?
connect the Hirose adapter to the CGAI port on the XTL drawer, which should be okey dokey since the control head is on the DB25? HA! Glad I double checked. The above statement would be correct on an APX, but not on an XTL - on an XTL there should be a W-style microphone connector under a rubber dust...
- Fri Oct 23, 2015 7:56 am
- Forum: General Motorola Solutions & Legacy Radio Discussion
- Topic: Replace missing pin on GP340 connector
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1641
Re: Replace missing pin on GP340 connector
whether the missing pin is on the radio itself (GP340 is euro / UK HT750 ) or on the speakermic, your best bet is to replace the broken item. A quick look at an HT750 speakermic indicates that replacing the pogo pin / spring pin is going to be a nontrivial exercise, and just disassembling the connec...