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have an XTS-5000R model 2:
flash: 100008-000002-8
host:7.02.00
dsp:7.01.01

and i can't seem to get MDC decode enabled, it doesn't show up as an option in the Astro25 Ver.10 software. Normally shows under the Radio Configuration --> Displays & Menu --> PTT ID, however that tab is missing for some reason... although when i connect my XTS2500 the tab appears.

i was under the understanding (from a host 6.3 price sheet) that MDC decode/encode is standard on the HOST for those vers and after..

You need Digital ID added. It is the H14 "Enhanced Digital ID Display" option. It would make the first number in your flashcode a "5", there by making it 500008-000002-8. Any MSS should be able to handle the upgrade.

i was under the understanding that that option related to "digital" id's only... is that for conventional MDC ID's as well?

howabout firmware upgrade, would that solve anything?

where can i find a MSS?

Thanks for the quick replies

As stated you need to have it flashed for h14 which will make your flashcode start with "5". Contact your local MSS. It used to be a 75 buck option.

Jason

libuff wrote:where can i find a MSS?

http://www.usmss.org/

Unless I'm missing something, I think the answer is wrong. For conventional (non-trunked, non-Astro) MDC ID, either raw IDs or aliases, you don't need H14. Either that or we've got about 500 radios that do something they're not supposed to.

RKG wrote:Unless I'm missing something, I think the answer is wrong. For conventional (non-trunked, non-Astro) MDC ID, either raw IDs or aliases, you don't need H14. Either that or we've got about 500 radios that do something they're not supposed to.

thats what i understood to be the situation, however i am absolutely no expert at all on this stuff..

On an XTS5000, at least with firmware R10.xx.xx or below, you need H14 enabled for the radio to decode MDC ID's, period.. The tab wont show up in the CPS without that option.

I have seen some of the newer XTS2500's with ID display already built in the Digital/Conventional feature set, but I have yet to see it this way on a 5000.

-Marc

thats the problem im having, my 2500 is my frame of reference...

I thought v8 or above started to include display ID?

Mfire39 wrote:On an XTS5000, at least with firmware R10.xx.xx or below, you need H14 enabled for the radio to decode MDC ID's, period.. The tab wont show up in the CPS without that option.

I have seen some of the newer XTS2500's with ID display already built in the Digital/Conventional feature set, but I have yet to see it this way on a 5000.

-Marc

We have both 2500 and 5000; all FW is less than 10 (from memory, 8-maybe), and all decode MDC ID with alias (conventional, non-trunked, non-Astro, though by experiment, they also do this with Astro channel). Flash starts with "1"; only indicated Feature Set is Q811.

Very interesting then to say the least...

-Marc

RKG wrote:

Mfire39 wrote:On an XTS5000, at least with firmware R10.xx.xx or below, you need H14 enabled for the radio to decode MDC ID's, period.. The tab wont show up in the CPS without that option.

I have seen some of the newer XTS2500's with ID display already built in the Digital/Conventional feature set, but I have yet to see it this way on a 5000.

-Marc

We have both 2500 and 5000; all FW is less than 10 (from memory, 8-maybe), and all decode MDC ID with alias (conventional, non-trunked, non-Astro, though by experiment, they also do this with Astro channel). Flash starts with "1"; only indicated Feature Set is Q811.

I'd like to see a codeplug from one of the 5000s.

Jason

me too for that matter..