MCS2000 IGNITION SENSE

cfdeng3 · Post by **cfdeng3** » Wed Sep 01, 2004 9:16 am

Can anyone tell me where the setting for ignition sense is in the program? All I can find is ignition switch. Thanks

jackhackett · Post by **jackhackett** » Wed Sep 01, 2004 9:27 am

That's it. You'll probably want to set it to Soft Power Off, that makes it follow ignition, but can be turned on with the power button even when ignition is off.

cfdeng3 · Post by **cfdeng3** » Wed Sep 01, 2004 9:29 am

Yeah thats what i had it set to and the installer said I programmed it wrong. Thanks for the help!

jackhackett · Post by **jackhackett** » Wed Sep 01, 2004 10:03 am

As usual, Moto can't be consistent from one model to the next, I think there's a guy there who's only job is ignition sense, so he has to come up with a new way to do it each time...

The MCS doesn't even give you an option for the radio to ONLY follow ignition, yet they give you 2 different ways of doing TX Inhibit (something I have yet to have a need for in the hundreds of radios I've done in the last 10 years). They couldn't add one more option?

I like the CM series... nothing for me to do for ignition, no programming, no jumpers, it's left to the installers to wire it one way or the other. One less thing to blame on me ;)

cfdeng3 · Post by **cfdeng3** » Wed Sep 01, 2004 11:24 am

Not to beat a horse dead but on the MCS2000

If I select Soft Power off and he wires it on the correct ignition sense pin it should work..Correct?

Post by **wavetar** » Wed Sep 01, 2004 1:32 pm

cfdeng3 wrote:Not to beat a horse dead but on the MCS2000

If I select Soft Power off and he wires it on the correct ignition sense pin it should work..Correct?

Yes...run the main power lead to constant power, and run the ignition sense wire from pin 15 to an ignition switched power source.

Todd

Wile E. Coyote · Post by **Wile E. Coyote** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 11:33 am

Hey guys,

I am having a similar problem with our MCS2000 radio and the Boss having two ideas on how ignition should work. He likes the soft power off feature, but he is also concerned for the security of the radio when the officer is out of the car.

At this time you can still turn on the radio and transmit on it with no key in the car. It's possible to disable transmit with ignition, but then the battery runs down because the radio won't shut off on its own (our officers are lazy like that) Is their a way to disable the On/Off switch in RSS so that the radio will not turn on without ignition? Based on what I have read so far, I don't think I am going to have much luck.

Post by **wavetar** » Thu Feb 09, 2006 11:43 am

Your assumptions are correct...the power switch cannot be disabled in the RSS. You'd have to physically disable it somehow in order to get it to do what he wants.

Todd

RKG · Post by **RKG** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 5:59 am

But there is an option so that, without ignition sense high, the radio won't transmit.

Post by **wavetar** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 6:04 am

RKG wrote:But there is an option so that, without ignition sense high, the radio won't transmit.

Seems he knows that.

Wile E. Coyote wrote: It's possible to disable transmit with ignition, but then the battery runs down because the radio won't shut off on its own (our officers are lazy like that).

jackhackett · Post by **jackhackett** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 6:11 am

Right under the Ignition Switch setting is Auto Power Off. You could set it up for TX Inhibit and set the timer and then if they left the radio on it would power off by itself after a minimum of 2 hours. That should keep it from killing the vehicle battery.

The problem here is that if they don't use the radio for that amount of time, ie. transmit or push a button, it will power off whether ignition is on or off. The radio is supposed to give an alert for 2 minutes before it shuts down, allowing the user to reset it.

davidguy1973 · Post by **davidguy1973** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 9:54 am

Well I would figure logically if they can deal with no soft power and the radio resetting. You could just tie the main power and ignition in to switched power. This is not ideal and takes away from the soft power feature. This would be one option if they are worried on security. Just throwing it out there.

jackhackett · Post by **jackhackett** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 11:17 am

Yeah, you could put the main power on an ignition switched relay. Another alternative to using the radio auto power off is using a charge guard.

rfd366 · Post by **rfd366** » Thu May 18, 2006 6:13 am

I have a question I have my MCS200 programmed for soft power off right now but I am looking for the radio to follow the ignition what is the easiest way for me to do that? I do have the Ignition wire hooked up.

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