MOTOROLA COMTEGRA

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mfdeng5
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MOTOROLA COMTEGRA

Post by mfdeng5 »

Anybody familiar with repairing these?
GlennD
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Post by GlennD »

What sort of problem are you having? We have about fifty of these wonderful (not) boxes in service. The most commom problem is software corruption. It is rare to see a real hardware problem.

We did demand and receive schematics for our Comtegra and Command pluses.
tbendick
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Post by tbendick »

Anyway to upgrade a basic unit to make it do more?
GlennD
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Post by GlennD »

The ones we have are all single channel 4 wire with relay and mdc boards.

Unlike the Command Plus I think the out of the box settings support whatever hardware you have.

I have only been with my city for seven years and the Comtegras pre date my employment so I am not really certain. I do know that we updated the eproms in house but from what I understand that was for bug swatting.
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57Shasta
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Post by 57Shasta »

If you are looking for someone to repair, GUYtronics will still touch 'em
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Ranger522
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What radios do you own?: APX8000, everything ASTRO

Post by Ranger522 »

While on the subject, can you add an MDC and DTMF board to a Command Plus console and decode both on the same channel? We have many different make and model radios on the system and would like to have radio ID for all users. Thanks
My Radios:
Motorola- APX8500/8000/7500/7000/6500, ASTRO Spectra, XTS3000, XTL5000, XTS5000, HT1000, MCS2000, MCC7500, MaraTrac, GTR8000/Quantar/K-Core/IMW/CompassCom AVL
Kenwood- TK-8160, TH-F6
Datron- Gardian Mobile/Portable
Thales- Racal T25
Yaesu- FT8900
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GlennD
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Post by GlennD »

From the menus it looks like it decodes both. We only use MDC. Next time I have one on the bench I will feed it a touch tone string and see what happens.
911-EMT
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Post by 911-EMT »

im wtb a power cable for the comtegra, pm me thanks
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