ASTRO RSS

[SLASH40917]

Hi,

Simple question. What's the lastest and greatest Astro RSS for portable and mobile version. XTS software. Thankx

[FireCpt809]

RSS?? That is DOS based. The latest version of Astro Saber/XTS3000 is CPS windows based is 5.03.00

[SLASH40917]

CPS for XTS2500 I have version 20 and it's telling me I need a newer version. Just wondering what the lastest version is.

[KG4INW]

Since you're talking about Astro 25 CPS (Not Astro), the latest for both portable and mobile is R20.01.00.

[SLASH40917]

Thats what I needed Thankx

[tsunami_australia]

Is the XTS considered more as a Saber than a XTS series (similar to 5000 etc)? I'm just about to get into this gear so I'm trying to get some info and have been puzzled as to why XTS seems/seemed to share software with both Saber and 2500/5000 etc.

[d119]

It works like this:

ASTRO Saber & XTS 3000 are the "ASTRO" series. Neither one of them is capable of operating on a P25 trunking system, except for the 800MHz units, and there are some major caveats to doing so (special firmware & flash requirements, feature limitations, etc.) Both the ASTRO Saber & XTS 3000 use the same CPS (ASTRO Saber & XTS 3000 CPS).

XTS 1500/2500/500 are the "ASTRO25" series. They can operate on P25 trunking systems natively (with the appropriate flash option), and don't require any special firmware to do so, and there aren't any feature deficiencies. They will operate in Phase 1 (FDMA) mode only, and do not support Phase II TDMA operation (that you need an APX for). These radios use the ASTRO25 Portable CPS.

There's the difference.

[N4KVE]

Hi,

Simple question. What's the lastest and greatest Astro RSS for portable and mobile version. XTS software. Thankx

I believe it was 9.5. GARY

[tsunami_australia]

It works like this:

ASTRO Saber & XTS 3000 are

Thanks for that, much appreciated. May explain a little more why both the XTS3 and AS are 256ch limited since they appear to be the same thing AND why the 3k was dumped by a lot of the emergency services here (they received them during and post Olympics2k). Since our P25 up here is conventional voting (no trunking anywhere near us) I guess either of the entire Astro/25 series would do the job. Explains the price difference as well.

As for F/TDMA, one of the nearby VKG (police) setups has several towers txing on the same frequency for the same area. I always thought this was TDMA (timed division). They are all Tait/XTL gear. So if it cannot be TDMA how could it work as AFAIK FDMA is frequency divided meaning different frequencies? Or is it timed transmissions per tower to simulate TDMA which is really TDMA anyway?

Also on that note, our Rural Fire Service has just jumped the P25 hurdle and I notice that each region has the EXACT same mobile tx (tower rx) frequency for EVERY tower for that region/council and then different RX (tower tx) per tower. I assume this is to overcome the bs issue we had with the old system where the MCS' would "prefer" a channel regardless of it being out of range each time the radio was powered up? It was real annoying and even my XTL would prefer a tower it hadn't heard and rarely used (other side of the council area). Question there is how to the towers work out then or vote the received signal to work out which tower should listen? Obviously once the tail comes back from a tower the radio will vote to the right tower (well hopefully) but still there has to be some system in place for the towers to not try and step over each other. It is the first time I've seen this practice in use here.