ASIII firmware / DSP upgrade?

ev351 · Post by **ev351** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 1:47 am

Hello all,
My first post here, and G'day from down under, I have been reading thru posts here and enjoying myself a lot, Im relatively new to the whole Astro thing, but enjoying myself a lot....
I just read the newbies astro sticky, and have a question arising out of:
If you have a astro sbaer with an old firmware / dsp verison, is there anyway to upgrade it? ie by pulling bits out of a AS I or by re programming etc?I have one ASIII tthat does all the stuff i like (ASTRO 25, omnilink etc) and one that is just dead boring R03.02.01, DSP I05.00.18, and this one will not xmit digital, well, it transmits something that sounds like digital, but the other saber cannot hear it??? So, If anyone can point me to a thread cause im sure this has all been coverd a load of times before now, I would be much obliged..

Ev.

Post by **alex** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 6:47 am

Your older astro saber R3/DSP 5.00.18 is probably VSELP digital, and is not IMBE, which would explain why your hearing "digital" style modulation, however, your not actually hearing anything out of the other radio. VSELP is an older protocol that was used for digital - you should be able to search through the forum to find information on it if your more curious about it.

The shortest answer to your question about upgading it:

You need to either a) try and buy a flashkit from Motorola that will upgrade your firmware. b) Depot the radio (sadly, Astro Sabers no longer have support, so you can't do option b. c) purchase a new Vocoder off of ebay or here and simply plug and play (after retuning of course, and making sure it's the right band for the radio...)

Those are just about the only ways you can go about getting the upgrade done.

Search terms to use to read more:

VSELP
flash and upgade

Those should keep you busy for a while

-Alex

mr.syntrx · Post by **mr.syntrx** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:04 am

In Australia, it's my experience that the Motorola service centre won't talk to you unless you're a government agency. For firmware upgrades etc, you'd need to track down a large dealer who'll do it for you.

ev351 · Post by **ev351** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 11:09 pm

ok, thanks for the input everyone, so alaex, are you saying that another old dsp version that is 'VSELP', would be able to communicate with my radio? not that i would bother, as i would not be able to talk to anyone but myself..... but just curious, and thanks again, i will look around...

Ev.

Post by **alex** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:12 am

ev351 -

Yes - if you found another older "compatable" vselp radio - yeah, you should be all set.

If you look at the newbie guide - i think it says what host/dsp requirements there are for IMBE - so if you stick with stuff below that - you should be all good.

-Alex

ev351 · Post by **ev351** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 6:21 pm

Ok cool Alex, yeah, i finally found this board but it was a little late, i had already stuck myslef with the old version radio, oh well, i think it might just be easier to use it for conventional analog duties, and i will procure myself a later version unit for digital stuff..... At least now i know what version to look for!
Thanks

Ev.

K8TEK · Post by **K8TEK** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 6:27 pm

It is nice to see my post has been deleted. I guess my advise is not needed here.

All the information I posted was obtained from the board, not shaun. I haven't talked to him for over a week

Post by **alex** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 6:35 pm

Yup. It was pulled because what your speaking of is actually illegal.

-Alex