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MTX838
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 2:34 am
by MattSR
Hi All,
I havent recently bought an MTX838 and im trying to read it with MTSX version R06.07.00. I keep getting "Request not ACKd" error....
Does anyone know what may be causing this? I can read my other radio (XTS3000) just fine with this PC and RIB.
Please help,
Matt
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 4:01 am
by MattSR
And when I go into the software config menu, and hit F6 (test port) it says its communicating with the radio perfectly...
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 6:00 am
by wavetar
Are you in DOS, or using a DOS prompt within Windows?
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 6:20 am
by MattSR
MS-DOS 6.22 running on a Pentium 200Mhz laptop.
I am going to try a genuine RIB and cable as well as a different housing on the radio. Another batlabber has bought radios from the same source and they had faulty flexes too.
Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 4:26 am
by MattSR
OK, after talking to someone else that has bought one of these babies from the same source, the problem has been traced to a faulty housing/flex.
When I read the radio with the front housing detached, it all works fine. When the radio is assembled, it gets the NACK error....
So, in short I have a new housing on the way and the problem will be solved!!
Cheers,
Matt
Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 10:02 am
by MotoMax300
I'd like to know what source that was, im sure others might too, selling quite a bit with faults... Someone would be oweing some money.
Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:55 am
by MattSR
Well, they're quite cheap so I dont mind. only thing is that the auction shows a nice clean radio, but what you get is covered in dirt and looks like its been throw against a wall 100 or so times.
If you wanna know, have a look on eBay, the seller is in Australia and the radios are going for about $100 aussie or so.. PM me if you wanna know more - I think its against board rules to slag people off.
New housing did the trick too!
Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 11:03 pm
by AEC
I get NACK errors when the radio is in scan mode and scanning active channels, OR there is voice traffic....OR you are hearing computer generated hash that keeps the receiver 'open'.
I got that same message twice on a MTS2000 here, so I removed the antenna and placed the radio on a single channel and all was fine afterwards.
The RSS doesn't like to fight with external noise as it corrupts the data stream being read from the radio.