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Dear All,
Can it really show the GPS information on the XTS5000 display?
How to set it? Does it require any Flash upgrade?
Thanks and 73 de KMB

yes it can, I think it was version 8
It will just show lat long

Yes, it will display your GPS coords as long as your host is 6.01.00 and your CPS is 6.00.00 or higher. No flash needed. Motorola says you need to add a location item to your menu display in order to access the coords from the radio.

Interestingly the mic is also a Commander model, you can change channels and adjust volume from the mic as well.

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Also you can look at Motorola's product brochure for the GPS microphones. (motorola.com)

I can not get this to work with the XTS5000 and HMN4080A . I have tried numerous locations, both lower and higher elevations. I obviously have the "Loc" turned on but all it does after a few minutes is advise, "previous location.". It just will not come up with any lat and long!!!!!!! Anyone really see it work?

radio43

What is your radio's firmware version?

Host- R09.00.03
DSP- R09.00.02

RADIO43 wrote:Host- R09.00.03
DSP- R09.00.02

Same as mine!
As I want to buy one but not sure that it's work or not.

RADIO43 wrote:I can not get this to work with the XTS5000 and HMN4080A . I have tried numerous locations, both lower and higher elevations. I obviously have the "Loc" turned on but all it does after a few minutes is advise, "previous location.". It just will not come up with any lat and long!!!!!!! Anyone really see it work?

radio43

Most GPS units take much longer than a few minutes to get a lock from a cold start. The GPS is within the mic head, I'm guessing its not the best set up and takes longer than a few minutes to get a cold lock.

Jason

They work very well indeed as the GPS uses the SiRF II chipset (same as used in the Garmin 60). They are very sensitive and work as well in urban canyons and under heavy forest foliage. Sitting in my office window the position reported is less than 30 feet off the same spot shown on Google Earth.

However the position is only able to be viewed as Lat/Long in decimal degrees and only in the WGS84 datum. It is not possible to get a map grid or select a local datum as you would in a normal GPS. Your mapping application needs to be able to do the necessary conversions. Also note that unless you have a complete Motorola IV&D system there is essentially no way to do anything with the feature (other than read the display). If you do have a the Motorola infrastructure there are a bunch of XML based applications you can download from Motorola to build up a automatic location reporting system. The details are available from the MotoDev site (search under ‘position services’).

As noted by Jason the time to first fix can be quite long as the unit has no initial location or ephemeris to assist in narrowing down the satellite search.