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Astro O-5 XTL 5000 troubles
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 4:50 am
by N4SZS
Remote mount XTL 5000 trunking radio with the O-5 control heads are locking up. No PTT, No rx, no control head functions at all. These radio are programmed for ignition operation, control head required and cannot be powered down from head.
Radios are running Ver 9.0 software with 4.0 ver heads. older versions do not seem to be having a problem.
Is anyone having similar trouble??.
tks.
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 2:49 pm
by matt_tjaden
I know Fairfax County, VA had a problem with the O-5 radios they got and had to have them all reflashed and had a chip in the control head flashed. I'll see if I can find out some more information tomorrow.
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2007 5:01 pm
by RKG
Ditto in Boston. I was not directly involved, but after installing X new control heads, they had to be unstalled (with old heads reinstalled), radios upgraded, and then new upgraded O-5 heads installed. Major manpower problem.
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:16 am
by fogster
RKG wrote:Ditto in Boston.
Not to venture too far off-topic, but who in Boston is getting the O5 heads? I've heard rumblings about big system changes for BPD.
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 6:50 am
by RKG
As I said, it was not my project, but I believe it is certain Metro area PDs, but do not recall that BPD was included. (BPD tends to swim by itself.)
XTL
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:15 am
by Firebuff66
We have done over 200 head replacements and flashes to fix problems in the 05 head radios. Somone in boston is flashing 700 radios, not sure who.
We are flashing for the head problem, PL decode problem and the DPL narrow band problem. The flash we are now using is Firm 09.00.03 & DSP 09.00.02
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 3:50 pm
by motorola-radio
How much to flash the W7 control head XTLl5000 to use O5 control head?
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 12:11 pm
by Jim202
It's not just a flash upgrade. You need to replace the entire control
cable from the radio to the control head if it is trunk mounted.
The front part of the radio gets changed due to a whole different
type of control cable and different style connectors. The power
cable to the remote trunk mount head is also different.
Jim
motorola-radio wrote:How much to flash the W7 control head XTLl5000 to use O5 control head?
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:35 pm
by motorola-radio
Jim202 wrote:It's not just a flash upgrade. You need to replace the entire control
cable from the radio to the control head if it is trunk mounted.
The front part of the radio gets changed due to a whole different
type of control cable and different style connectors. The power
cable to the remote trunk mount head is also different.
Jim
motorola-radio wrote:How much to flash the W7 control head XTLl5000 to use O5 control head?
All things you said that I was replaced, How much to flash it ? Thanks !